This exam consists of questions pertaining to the second season of Gene
Roddenberry's Andromeda. Information for this exam was taken from the
episodes, the show's official website (www.andromedatv.com), "The High
Guard Handbook" by Gareth Wigmore & Thomasina Gibson (London:
Contender Books; 2003) and related resources.
Each question is worth two points, with the bonus questions worth five
points. A score of 70 on the standard test (35 questions correct) is
considered passing.
While this exam is required for all Andromeda Sector members, all UFP
members are invited to test their knowledge.
Custom printed certificates are available. To request a certificate
via e-mail, contact the school director at anne_sb04@yahoo.com.
Good luck!
Admiral Anne Zecca, High Guard Argosy League
Director, All Systems University & High Guard Academy
Commodore of the Systems Commonwealth High Guard Fleet
United Federated Planets
NAME:
UFP ID #:
CHAPTER:
I. IN GENERAL (TRUE OR FALSE)
1. Dylan Hunt wears a bracer incorporated into the vambrace on his
left forearm that can be used as a defensive shield, communicator &
portable computer.
2. The initials "CY," when used before a year, stands for "Conclave
Year."
3. The Orca pride murdered Tyr Anasazi's pride (the Kodiak) because
his mother would not mate with the Orca's alpha male.
4. Magog have been known to blind & paralize their victims by spitting
poison in their faces.
5. In Greek mythology, Andromeda was a Ethiopian princess rescued from
a sea monster by the hero Hercules.
6. The Andromeda Ascendant, like other Glorious Heritage class
cruisers, is capable of conducting first contact missions.
7. The Free Trade Alliance (FTA) was established in CY 9795 by several
non-Nietzschean governments to promote interstellar commerce & trade.
8. The Than are an insectoid species known for their industriousness
and optimism.
9. Admiral Constanza Stark was an aunt of Sara Riley, Dylan Hunt's
one-time fiancée.
10. Schopenhauer's World has a thriving artistic community, despite
its past as a battleground in the conflict between the Nietzschean Sabra
& Jaguar prides.
II. CASTING CALL
11. Lisa Ryder (Beka Valentine) and Lexa Doig (Andromeda) both
appeared in another TV series based on the work of the late Gene Roddenberry.
Name it.
12. One of Gordon Michael Woolvett's (Seamus Harper) previous TV
appearances was in David Carradine's action sequel
_____________________________ .
13. Christopher Judge (Achilles "The Knight, Death and the Devil") is
better known for which role on "Stargate SG-1" ?
14. William B. Davis (Professor Logich "Pitiless as the Sun") was the
Cigarette Smoking Man on "The X-Files" and appeared with Bruce
Boxleitner in what 2004 SciFi Channel movie?
15. Kevin Sorbo (Dylan Hunt) auditioned seven times for the role of
Superman in the TV series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of
Superman." However, he lost the role to _________________________ .
16. Keith Hamilton Cobb (Tyr Anasazi) was once nominated for a Daytime
Emmy Award for his role of Noah Keefer on what ABC daytime soap opera?
17. James Marsters (Charlemagne Bolivar "Into the Labyrinth") is best
known for appearing in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as Spike,
____________________ .
18. In "The Knight, Death and the Devil," Michael Hurst played Ryan,
an android avatar. He previously worked with Kevin Sorbo on "Hercules:
The Legendary Journeys" as who?
19. In 2005, which Andromeda regular made a guest appearance in the
SciFi Channel original series "Battlestar Galactica?"
20. Steve Bacic's debut as Telemachus Rhade was in
____________________ .
III. SEASON SPECIFICS (MULTIPLE CHOICE)
21. Both Tyr & Harper were infested with Magog eggs, as discovered in
"The Widening Gyre." The eggs in Tyr were removed, thanks to his
Nietzschean constitution. What about Harper?
a. Trance removed them in the same manner as Tyr's.
b. Harper took a laxative & flushed them out.
c. Beka ripped them out from his chest.
d. Trance made a drug to keep the eggs dormant.
22. In "Lava and Rockets," what was the name of Molly Noguchi's
tourist ship?
a. Starliner
b. Hildegaard
c. Starry Starry Night
d. Clarinthian Angel
23. The Knights of Genetic Purity ("Genites") wanted to wipe out the
Nietzscheans & all humans who are genetically engineered in any way. In
"Immaculate Perception," the Genites wanted Dylan to join them on their
mission but he refused. Why?
a. The Genites only wanted Andromeda's nova bombs.
b. Dylan was a product of genetic engineering.
c. Dylan resented the Genites' bigotry & narrow-mindedness.
d. b & c
24. The episode title "The Knight, Death and the Devil" came from the
name of a 16th century ___________________ by German artist Albrecht
Dürer.
a. Picture
b. Opera
c. Ballet
d. Religious book
25. "Be All My Sins Remembered" revealed that Beka kicked Bobby Jensen
off the Eureka Maru and replaced him with Seamus Harper when
______________________ .
a. Bobby stayed out too late at a bar on Shopenhauer's World.
b. Bobby was too abusive in his relationship with Beka.
c. Beka discovered Bobby's covert arms smuggling to the Mugani.
d. Bobby tried to kill Rev Bem.
26. Admiral Telemachus Rhade, commander of Tarazed's Home Guard, is a
________________________ of Gaheris Rhade, Dylan's former first officer
& friend.
a. Direct decendant
b. Genetic reincarnation
c. Genetic clone
d. None of the above
27. "Una Salus Victus" is a Latin phrase that _______________________ .
a. Is the motto of the Argosy Special Operations section
b. Translates into "The one hope of the doomed is not to hope for
safety"
c. Is a quote from the epic "Aeneid" by the Roman poet Virgil
d. All of the above
28. The opening quote in "The Things We Cannot Change" is actually
from the poem "Requiem" written in 1887 by what British author?
a. Robert Louis Stevenson
b. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
c. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
d. Ivor Armstrong Richards
29. In "Bunker Hill," Harper's cousin Brendan Lahey tried to organize
humans on Earth to rebel against their Nietzschean masters. Which
Nietzschean pride claimed Earth as a tribute world?
a. Sabra-Jaguar
b. Orca
c. Drago-Kazov
d. Ghidra
30. "The Widening Gyre" revealed that Andromeda was "reliving" an
Argosy Special Operations mission from the past, before Dylan became her
captain. What was the mission?
a. Finding a safe route back to Tarn Vedra.
b. Infiltrating Magog space to find the worldship.
c. Ascertaining the strength of the Kalderans.
d. Discovering a Nietzschean revolt.
31. The Vedrans were aware of Dylan's mission to revive the
Commonwealth. In "The Fair Unknown," what else did Vice Admiral Uxulta tell
Dylan?
a. That the Imperial Gardens were destroyed.
b. Where on Tarn Vedra his parents were buried.
c. That she left him a copy of the "Complete Works of Sani nax Rifati"
in his quarters.
d. That the Vedrans were proud of him.
32. An infected Trance became a mouthpiece for an ancient ephemeral
entity known as the ____________________ in "Dance of the Mayflies."
a. Botox
b. Bokor
c. Bodidle
d. Bojaxsn
33. In "Ouroboros," the appearance of Dylan's old High Guard crew on
Andromeda happened after what?
a. Harper's Magog eggs were removed.
b. The future Kalderans stormed his ship.
c. The appearance of "gold Trance."
d. His ship arrived at Sinti.
34. By the time of the Season Two finale, "Tunnel at the End of the
Light," how many worlds had signed on to Dylan's new Commonwealth?
a. 150
b. 1,500
c. 50
d. 15,000
35. In the alternate reality seen in "The Things We Cannot Change,"
Dylan found himself married and the father of a young boy. According to
Liandra, his wife, what happened to Andromeda?
a. It was destroyed in combat.
b. It was now under the command of Dylan's first officer, as per High
Guard tradition.
c. It never existed.
d. It was destroyed with all on board during an attempt to rescue
Dylan.
36. Freya, Tyr's mate, gave birth to a baby boy in "Immaculate
Perception." What was the child's name?
a. Barbarossa
b. Tamerlane
c. Tamil
d. Victor
37. "All Too Human" revealed that Machen Alpha was once ruled by
artificial intelligences (AIs) but the people overthrew them when they
realized:
a. The AIs considered them replaceable & insignificant.
b. Where the off buttons were on each AI.
c. The AIs were wasting energy.
d. They were fed up with watching reruns of "AIs Gone Wild."
38. After the Magog killed Captain Perin & his crew, what happened to
Andromeda?
a. She found a survivor to pilot the ship through the slipstream.
b. She ran on auto-pilot through slipstream out of Magog space.
c. She drifted out of control in the slipstream for 13 months.
d. None of the above
39. Some of the delegates on hand to ratify the new Commonwealth
charter wanted Dylan to become First Trimvir but he declined. Who was
Dylan's choice for the position?
a. Charlemagne Bolivar
b. Madam Prebar
c. Falin
d. Rekeeb
40. What did Trance lose in "Last Call at the Broken Hammer?"
a. One of her favorite plants.
b. Her ability to see the possible outcome of events.
c. Her virginity.
d. Her tail.
IV. TRUE OR FALSE
41. Telemachus Rhade ("Home Fires") derived his name from the Ancient
Greek warrior who joined Alexander the Great in his journeys across
Egypt.
42. Captain Perin, a Perseid, commanded Andromeda before Dylan Hunt.
43. Tyr did not go with Beka & Trance to search for the Engine of
Creation because he was off getting a bigger gauss gun for his arsenal.
44. Andromeda has two planetary assault robots, known to Dylan by the
"pet names" Hercules and Xena.
45. Satrina Leander tried to get Harper to give her his copy of the
All Systems University database, in exchange for her getting rid of his
Magog eggs.
46. Bobby Jensen survived an ambush by Ogami raiders and, when Beka
sees him in "Be All My Sins Remembered," was partially rebuilt as a
cyborg.
47. The Nietzscheans believe that a genetic reincarnation of Drago
Museveni would reunite the prides and lead them.
48. The Broken Hammer is a ship repair station on Pierpont Drift.
49. Vedrans have four legs and wing-like appendages, which make them
look vaguely like a pegasus of ancient Earth mythology.
50. The Dragan Admiral Cuatemac ("Bunker Hill") derived his name from
Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec emperor of Mexico.
V. MULTIPLE CHOICE
51. Rev Bem had been fasting for __________________ as penance for
those he killed on the Magog worldship when the Eureka Maru crash landed
on the ice planet.
a. One week
b. Two weeks
c. Three weeks
d. Three days
52. The Cetus had attacked the planet Savion every 6,200 years before
encountering Andromeda. What did the Cetus look like?
a. A blue jellyfish.
b. A Chichin with a rash.
c. A dead Kalderan.
d. A purple barnean.
53. A force lance can "fire" self-guided attack drones called
______________ that can target an opponent and intercept incoming bullets &
missles.
a. Minimees
b. Globugs
c. Bizebs
d. Effectors
54. According to the Than, the Hegemon's Heart is the preserved
remains of the _____________________ .
a. First diamond mined on San-Ska-Re
b. Heart of the first Than queen
c. First attempt to construct a slipstream lens
d. Heart of the first Than Overdiamond
55. Why did the Pyrians attack the Inari cargo ships?
a. The Inari violated Pyrian space.
b. The Pyrians got a bad deal from the Inari on generators.
c. To stop the Inari from dealing ammonium phosphate fertilizer on the
Pyrian black market.
d. Revenge against the Inari for killing a Pyrian Admiral.
56. Dylan gave Rommie one of his medals, the _______________________,
in recognition of her actions on Machen Alpha.
a. Order of the Vedran Empress
b. Gold Spiral
c. Order of the Commonwealth
d. Shield of the Empress
57. In "Una Salus Victus," Beka had to use an authorization code to
bypass some safety protocols on the Maru. What code did she use?
a. "Booster Rocket."
b. "Daddy's Girl."
c. "Shut up and do what I tell you!"
d. "The Big Score."
58. In "Tunnel at the End of the Light," Harper built a bomb he called
Roseanne. It was used against invaders from another universe & an
inter-dimensional tunnel but what was the bomb's intended target?
a. The Drago-Kazov homeworld
b. The Magog worldship
c. Gerentex and his mercenaries
d. None of the above
59. Dylan's offer to return Uxulta back to Tarn Vedra was turned down.
Instead, she invoked her position as a High Guard Vice Admiral to
command him to give her a Nova Bomb & a drop-pod, so she could
__________________________________ .
a. Destroy the Magog worldship
b. Blow up a Genite attack fleet
c. Destroy the Drago-Kazov homeworld
d. Destroy Ral Partheia & the attacking Kalderans
60. Within a ring of fire, guarded by Shinta warriors, Dylan and
Fletcher engaged in combat using what weapons?
a. Swords
b. Shields
c. Spears
d. All of the above
BONUS:
Dylan received the Order of the Vedran Empress for his actions in
repelling a _______________ attack on Dawkinstown.
Kristen Lehman (Molly Noguchi "Lava and Rockets") was previously seen
as a regular in what short-lived sci-fi TV series?
The titles of the Season Two episodes, "The Widening Gyre" & "Pitiless
as the Sun," plus the Season One finale "Its Hour Come 'Round at Last"
were taken from "The Second Coming," written by what noted Irish poet?
The Season 2 Main Title theme, composed by Matthew McCauley, is also
known as the "High Guard Theme" and ______________________ .
Regarding Question #55, why did the Pyrians destroy the Inari shipments
in the first place?
Regarding Question #60, what did the Shinta call the final combat
between Dylan & Fletcher?