Q 01/05

In which country was Xena: Warrior Princess filmed?

A) New Zealand

B) Australia

C) South Africa

D) Greece

Answer · why

A) New Zealand

New Zealand. Shooting around Auckland also handed the show its star: when the first-choice actress fell ill, producers drafted in Lucy Lawless, a loca...

Q 02/05

Which group makes Gabrielle a princess after its dying heir passes her title on in season one of Xena?

A) The Valkyries

B) The Amazons

C) The Bacchae

D) The Centaurs

Answer · why

B) The Amazons

The Amazons. Gabrielle shields the wounded princess Terreis from more arrows, and with her last breath Terreis hands over her 'right of caste', a titl...

Q 03/05

Which actor played Hercules in the series that introduced Xena as a villainous warlord?

A) Dean Cain

B) Lorenzo Lamas

C) Adrian Paul

D) Kevin Sorbo

Answer · why

D) Kevin Sorbo

Kevin Sorbo. His Hercules reformed the warlord Xena across three episodes, and the spin-off she earned went on to outlast his own show by more than a ...

Q 04/05

Who played Gabrielle, Xena's companion?

A) Alexandra Tydings

B) Renee O'Connor

C) Danielle Cormack

D) Jennifer Sky

Answer · why

B) Renee O'Connor

Renee O'Connor. She had played Princess Deianeira in the 1994 TV movie Hercules and the Lost Kingdom, and its producers remembered her when they neede...

Q 05/05

Which Xena co-creator and executive producer married the show's star, Lucy Lawless?

A) Sam Raimi

B) Robert Tapert

C) R.J. Stewart

D) John Schulian

Answer · why

B) Robert Tapert

Robert Tapert. He produced the Evil Dead films with Sam Raimi, and Lawless had played two other parts on his Hercules before the first-choice Xena fel...