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It’s Day 3 of Quiz Week!! (the week so big it needs two exclamation points) and we’ve got a special sci-fi quiz for you. Just match the spacecraft to the TV shows they came from. And be sure to post your scores in the comments below. Good luck!
12 out of 12 which makes me worried than happy!!
posted by Chris Murley on 10-31-2007 at 8:20 am
12 of 12. TV does teach us stuff!
posted by stellalunatik on 10-31-2007 at 8:53 am
12 for 12. I feel like I should be sitting in my parents’ basement reorganizing my comic book collection.
posted by Kannaida on 10-31-2007 at 9:10 am
Oh gawd, another 12 of 12.
I still have the Dinky die-casts of both Space:1999 Eagles. I also built the plastic versions of the Space:1999 Eagle (2 copies) and the Hawk (only seen in one episode).
Other plastic spaceship model kits I built:
ST:TOS Enterprise (2 copies)
ST:TOS Romulan Bird of Prey
ST:TOS Klingon Battlecruiser
ST:TOS Galileo Seven
ST:TOS Enterprise Bridge
ST:TOS Spock fighting a 3 headed lizard
ST:TOS Space Station K-7 with miniature Enterprise
(…anyone see a pattern here?)
Glow in the dark UFO with UFO Scout Ship
BSG Viper
BSG Cylon Fighter
Funny, I never did the Star Wars thing, even though I enjoyed the movies. (Episodes 4 through 6 of course.)
BTW, my Halloween costume is a geek.
posted by Ken on 10-31-2007 at 10:02 am
10 out of 12. MST3K and Red Dwarf got me.
posted by mungley on 10-31-2007 at 11:07 am
Gotta ‘em all…
posted by RosiePerez on 10-31-2007 at 11:46 am
12 out of 12. I’m impressed and a little frightened with myself.
posted by Chant on 10-31-2007 at 1:53 pm
12 out of 12 too. I’m just glad I can now proclaim to all that my childhood was indeed NOT WASTED!
posted by onebrownjeff on 10-31-2007 at 2:16 pm
10 out of 12, which means I guess I should be pleased. I misse that all-important distinction between the BABYLON 5 phallus and the SPACE 1999 phallus.
posted by Daniel k on 10-31-2007 at 4:53 pm
12 for 12, I guess I need a life.
posted by John on 11-1-2007 at 8:51 pm
11 out of 12. How did that happen?
posted by Craig Clontz on 11-2-2007 at 1:15 pm
11 out of 12… not bad considering the one I got wrong was waaaaay before my time! :)
posted by Jamie P on 11-2-2007 at 9:41 pm
No Serenity, or space above and beyond? Otherwise good quiz, I am impressed with the Pigs from space.
posted by GoGoMax on 4-14-2008 at 12:22 pm
Woo Hoo!!! Too much time in front of the tv. 100% on the first try.
posted by Jim G on 4-14-2008 at 6:36 pm