Q 01/05

In which 1978 series did Lorne Greene's Commander Adama lead a 'rag-tag fugitive fleet' towards a planet called Earth?

A) Space: 1999

B) Battlestar Galactica

C) Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

D) Planet of the Apes

Answer · why

B) Battlestar Galactica

ABC cancelled it after one expensive season; the 1980 sequel with the fleet reaching present-day Earth is politely forgotten, and the 2004 reimagining...

Q 02/05

Lindsay Wagner's Jaime Sommers headlined which 1970s spin-off?

A) Wonder Woman

B) Isis

C) The Bionic Woman

D) Electra Woman and Dyna Girl

Answer · why

C) The Bionic Woman

She was introduced in The Six Million Dollar Man as Steve Austin's fiancee, killed off, then revived by popular demand for her own show, which won Wag...

Q 03/05

In which Saturday-morning series did the Marshall family fall into a world of dinosaurs and Sleestak?

A) Ark II

B) Space Academy

C) Land of the Lost

D) Electra Woman and Dyna Girl

Answer · why

C) Land of the Lost

Sid and Marty Krofft's show ran from 1974 to 1976 and hired real science-fiction writers, including Star Trek's David Gerrold and Larry Niven, for its...

Q 04/05

Which 1976 CBS children's series followed young scientists and a chimp named Adam across a ruined 25th-century Earth?

A) Salvage 1

B) The Starlost

C) Ark II

D) Gemini Man

Answer · why

C) Ark II

Filmation's live-action show lasted just 15 episodes; its jet-pack sequences and the sleek vehicle itself ate most of the budget.

Q 05/05

In the TV series 'Logan's Run' (1977-78), citizens of the domed city were terminated at what age?

A) 21

B) 30

C) 40

D) 50

Answer · why

B) 30

The 1976 film had raised it from 21 in the novel; the CBS series reused the film's Carrousel footage in the pilot and lasted only 14 episodes.