📺 Sci-Fi Fantasy TV Trivia Questions & Answers
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18 Sci-Fi Fantasy TV trivia questions
Q1. Which TV show features 'The Iron Throne' and dragons?
Answer: Game of Thrones
💡 Game of Thrones cost around $15 million per episode in its later seasons. Each dragon in Season 7 cost roughly $1 million per minute of screen time to animate.
Q2. Who plays Eleven in Stranger Things?
Answer: Millie Bobby Brown
💡 Millie Bobby Brown shaved her head for the role of Eleven in Stranger Things.
Q3. Which BBC show features a time-travelling alien known only as "The Doctor"?
Answer: Doctor Who
💡 Doctor Who first aired in 1963 and is the world's longest-running science fiction TV show.
Q4. Which streaming service produces Stranger Things?
Answer: Netflix
💡 Stranger Things premiered on Netflix in July 2016 and became a cultural phenomenon.
Q5. Which TV show is set aboard the starship Enterprise?
Answer: Star Trek
💡 Star Trek: The Original Series first aired in 1966 and launched one of the most enduring sci-fi franchises.
Q6. On which real Hawaiian island was the TV series LOST filmed?
Answer: Oahu
💡 LOST aired on ABC from 2004 to 2010; the survivors' refuge was simply called 'the Island'.
Q7. Who plays the vampire Lestat in the TV adaptation of 'Interview with the Vampire' (2022)?
Answer: Sam Reid
💡 Sam Reid is an Australian actor largely unknown before the role. The 2022 AMC adaptation moved the setting from the 1790s to 1910s New Orleans and made Louis de Pointe du Lac a Black Creole man.
Q8. What is 'The Mandalorian' — the Disney+ series — set within?
Answer: The Star Wars universe
💡 The Mandalorian introduced Baby Yoda (Grogu), who became one of the most viral entertainment phenomena of 2019. Jon Favreau kept Baby Yoda secret even from Disney's marketing team before launch.
Q9. Who created the TV show 'Black Mirror'?
Answer: Charlie Brooker
💡 The name 'Black Mirror' refers to the dark, reflective screens of our devices when turned off — a comment on our relationship with technology.
Q10. In Stranger Things, what name do the kids give the dark parallel dimension?
Answer: The Upside Down
💡 It was almost called 'Dimension X,' a nod to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Q11. What is the real name of The Mandalorian's small green charge, dubbed 'Baby Yoda'?
Answer: Grogu
💡 Ahsoka Tano revealed the name Grogu midway through the show's second season.
Q12. What is the real name of 'The Mandalorian' (original Star Wars character)?
Answer: Din Djarin
💡 The Mandalorian was the first live-action Star Wars TV series, debuting in 2019 on Disney+.
Q13. In which US state was most of 'Lost' filmed?
Answer: Hawaii
💡 The mysterious island was never officially named in the show. Filming was done primarily on Oahu, Hawaii, standing in for a South Pacific island.
Q14. What is the name of the high school in 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'?
Answer: Sunnydale High
💡 Sunnydale is built on a 'Hellmouth' — a mystical convergence point — which is why it attracts supernatural activity. The concept was a metaphor for how hellish high school feels.
Q15. In which US state is Stranger Things set?
Answer: Indiana
💡 The show is set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, though much of it was filmed in Georgia.
Q16. Who created, wrote, and hosted the original 1959 anthology The Twilight Zone?
Answer: Rod Serling
💡 Serling personally wrote 92 of the show's 156 episodes and narrated each intro.
Q17. In The Witcher, what is the name of the character played by Henry Cavill?
Answer: Geralt of Rivia
💡 The Witcher is based on Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski's book series. Sapkowski famously sold the video game rights for a flat fee and later expressed regret as The Witcher games became enormously successful.
Q18. The Battlestar Galactica reboot (2004) was created for which network?
Answer: Syfy
💡 The Battlestar Galactica reboot ran for four seasons and is considered one of the best sci-fi series ever made, exploring themes of politics, religion, and identity through its human-robot conflict.
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