Q 01/05

What was Steve Austin's job before the crash that led to his bionic rebuild?

A) Racing driver

B) Marine sniper

C) Astronaut

D) Deep-sea diver

Answer · why

C) Astronaut

He was a NASA astronaut and USAF colonel, played throughout by Lee Majors.

Q 02/05

The series was based on a 1972 novel by Martin Caidin with what title?

A) Bionic

B) Rebuilt

C) Operation Nuke

D) Cyborg

Answer · why

D) Cyborg

It was also the show's working title during pre-production; Caidin wrote three sequels that were never adapted.

Q 03/05

Steve Austin was injured in the crash of what kind of aircraft?

A) A supersonic jet fighter

B) A space shuttle prototype

C) An experimental lifting body

D) A helicopter gunship

Answer · why

C) An experimental lifting body

The crash footage in the credits is real: the M2-F2 accident of 10 May 1967, which pilot Bruce Peterson survived.

Q 04/05

Which of Steve Austin's body parts were replaced with bionics?

A) Both arms and both legs

B) Left arm, right leg and right eye

C) Both legs, spine and left ear

D) Right arm, both legs and left eye

Answer · why

D) Right arm, both legs and left eye

His limbs had the power of a bulldozer and the eye a 20:1 zoom lens with infrared.

Q 05/05

What did the initials OSI, Steve Austin's employer, stand for?

A) Office of Scientific Intelligence

B) Office of Special Investigations

C) Organisation for Strategic Intelligence

D) Office of Secret Interventions

Answer · why

A) Office of Scientific Intelligence

In the first TV movie the agency was the OSO, run by Darren McGavin's Oliver Spencer instead of Oscar Goldman.