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  Notes on "Blake's 7"   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
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This was a science fiction TV series which ran from 1978 to 1981. Despite its limited budget, it was popular at the time and its influence can be seen in many subsequent science fiction series. See how you get on.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy, Mar 16 14
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  'Blake's 7' Season 1   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
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The first season of 'Blake's 7' was one of the best events in the history of television. How much do you remember?
Average, 10 Qns, Phyllis_n_Jean, Aug 07 06
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  Blake's 7 Actors    
Match Quiz
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Over the 4 series, 10 actors played the crew of the two spaceships. Can you match the actor to the character?
Average, 10 Qns, timoggy, Jul 27 21
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  Basic 'Blake's 7' Trivia   popular trivia quiz  
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A short quiz about 'Blake's 7', a science fiction show from the 1970's. The programme featured a group of outlaws and political activists travelling through space to escape imprisonment. Have fun and good luck.
Average, 10 Qns, emj23, Aug 02 05
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  'Blake's 7' Escape from the Federation   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
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These questions are about the events leading up to the future Liberator crew's escape from Federation custody and their commandeering of the Liberator, early in season 1 of 'Blake's 7'.
Average, 10 Qns, Phyllis_n_Jean, Nov 15 06
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  "Blake's 7" Questions    
Multiple Choice
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How much to you remember about the 70s' BBC sci-fi series? Here are some questions about the unselfish freedom fighter Roj Blake, his followers and their adventures aboard the alien starship The Liberator...
Average, 10 Qns, Doug_from_nz, Mar 13 07
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  'Blake's 7' Characters    
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Part two of my 'Blake's 7' quiz related to the main characters.
Average, 10 Qns, mcsurfie, Nov 01 12
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  Blake's 7    
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A hopefully not too hard quiz on the great British Sci-Fi series "Blake's 7".
Average, 10 Qns, mcsurfie, Oct 04 12
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trivia question Quick Question
What was the name of Soolin's home planet?

From Quiz "Blake's 7"





Blake's 7 Trivia Questions
1. Which was the only character to have a speaking part in every episode of "Blake's 7"?

From Quiz Blake's 7

Answer: Vila Restal

Vila Restal appeared in every single episode of "Blake's 7" as a main character. Kerr Avon didn't become a character in his own right until episode two: "Space Fall". Roj Blake made guest appearances in series three and four. Cally died at the start of series four, but you only heard her voice.

2. Which character was often nicknamed "The Reluctant Hero" by critics and went on to become a more popular character than Blake himself?

From Quiz "Blake's 7" Questions

Answer: Avon

Paul Darrow played this part very well. When Blake left the ship I wondered why they didn't call the show "Avon's 7".

3. Who gives the Liberator its name?

From Quiz 'Blake's 7' Escape from the Federation

Answer: Jenna

When Jenna is figuring out what the different buttons on the control panel do, Zen holds her captive for a minute and reads her mind. It takes the name 'Liberator' from her thoughts.

4. Who is the last of the seven to join the Liberator crew?

From Quiz 'Blake's 7' Season 1

Answer: Cally

Blake, Jenna and Avon are the first on the Liberator in episode 2 ('Space Fall'), with Zen making an appearance early in episode 3 ('Cygnus Alpha'). Vila and Gan are rescued from the prison planet at the end of episode 3. Cally joins the crew in episode 4 ('Time Squad').

5. What crime is Blake convicted of?

From Quiz Basic 'Blake's 7' Trivia

Answer: Child molesting

Blake is not guilty of the charges but is convicted of the crime in order to discredit him. He is a political activist working against the Federation, the corrupt organisation ruling part of space.

6. Suitable for a bunch of renegades, what is the name of their spaceship?

From Quiz Notes on "Blake's 7"

Answer: Liberator

Liberator is quite an advanced spaceship for its time, being superior to the pursuing Federation craft. Icarus was from "Planet of the Apes", Enterprise is of "Star Trek" fame and Serenity comes from the more recent "Firefly" renegade series.

7. Which cast member of "Blake's 7" first played a Mutoid in the episode Project Avalon in series one?

From Quiz Blake's 7

Answer: Glynis Barber

Glynis Barber first appeared as a Mutoid with a speaking part in Project Avalon, before returning in series four as Soolin who joins Avon, and the others.

8. One of the people Blake met in the holding cell before boarding the prison ship London was Jenna Stannis. For which crime was Jenna convicted of that warranted her being transported to Cygnus Alpha?

From Quiz 'Blake's 7' Characters

Answer: Smuggling

Jenna was an expert pilot and smuggler until she got caught. Although the nature of what Jenna was smuggling was never revealed, in a later episode it was discovered she did have some scrupples about what she smuggled.

9. The defence mechanism in the Liberator draws intruders towards a hidden weapon by projecting emotive images of their family members. Blake sees his sister and brother. Jenna sees her mother. Who does Avon see?

From Quiz 'Blake's 7' Escape from the Federation

Answer: His brother

Avon's brother beckons to him and says his name, while Jenna sees Federation guards torturing her mother. Blake sees through the trap, because when he was deprogrammed by the resistance members on Earth he learned that his siblings were dead, so he knows the projections are illusions.

10. What is the name of the penal colony Blake was sentenced to spend the rest of his life on?

From Quiz Basic 'Blake's 7' Trivia

Answer: Cygnus Alpha

Cygnus Alpha is a planet populated by criminals. It is ruled by a religious sect who drug newcomers to the planet, telling them there is a curse upon them making them ill, and that they will never be able to leave.

11. "Blake's 7" is a reference to the number of crew in the space craft. In the initial crew, one member is non-human. Which is it?

From Quiz Notes on "Blake's 7"

Answer: Zen, the ship's computer

Blake and two others are being sent to a penal colony. En route they gain control of an alien space craft which they name 'Liberator'. Zen is the ship's computer. You'll find Lister in "Red Dwarf", Data on "Star Trek's" Enterprise and Nip with "the Swiss Family Robinson".

12. What was the name of Soolin's home planet?

From Quiz Blake's 7

Answer: Gauda Prime

Gauda Prime was a former farming colony until minerals were found, leading to many farmers being forced off the planet or killed. Amongst those killed were Soolin's parents, leading to her hunting down their killers, and becoming a gunslinger herself.

13. Another person Blake met in the holding cell was Vila Restal, who stole Blake's watch. What was Vila good at that warranted him to be transported to Cygnus Alpha?

From Quiz 'Blake's 7' Characters

Answer: Opening locked doors

Vila was usually called upon because of his ability to open doors and bypass security systems. A repeat offender, he was finally sentenced for transportation to Cygnus Alpha. He once told Blake there wasn't any door he couldn't open if he was scared enough.

14. What was the name of Blake's arch-enemy who originally was supposed to dispose of Blake before the series began?

From Quiz "Blake's 7" Questions

Answer: Travis

In the fight that ensued, Blake actually fired a lucky shot at Travis which cost him his hand and his eye. Later on when Blake became a wanted fugitive Travis was assigned to "seek, locate and destroy". They knew Travis had a reliable ulterior motive for wanting to eliminate Blake!

15. What is the name of the ship transporting prisoners to the prison planet?

From Quiz 'Blake's 7' Escape from the Federation

Answer: London

The Ortega is the ship in 'Mission to Destiny'.

16. Who has a brain implant that requires surgery?

From Quiz 'Blake's 7' Season 1

Answer: Gan

Gan has a limiter chip implanted in his brain that prevents him from killing people. It malfunctions in episode 10 ('Breakdown') and he has violent attacks, so has to be operated on.

17. Which member of Blake's crew dies in the episode 'Pressure Point'?

From Quiz Basic 'Blake's 7' Trivia

Answer: Gan

Gan dies when the crew attempt to return to Earth and destroy the Federation's computer bank, known as Control. He is killed during the crew's escape. He is crushed by an underground room collapsing.

18. Blake, the leader, was a political prisoner whilst the rest of the crew are more criminally inclined. What do the crew get up to in Series One?

From Quiz Notes on "Blake's 7"

Answer: Attack the Federation

Blake acquires a crew of diverse talents and as he regains some of his memories, his focus is on damaging the Federation. His successes result in Blake and his crew being targeted by Supreme Commander Servalan of the Federation who puts Space Commander Travis on their trail.

19. What finally destroyed the Liberator?

From Quiz Blake's 7

Answer: It disintegrated

On its way to Terminal in the episode "Terminal", the Liberator flew through a cloud of fluid particles, which then corroded the ship's structure. After Servelan captured The Liberator, she ordered it be flown at maximum speed, causing The Liberator's structure to fail and fall apart, eventually blowing up.

20. When Blake decided to lead a mutiny on on board the prison ship London, he called upon Kerr Avon to gain control of the prison ship's central computer. For which crime had Avon been convicted of?

From Quiz 'Blake's 7' Characters

Answer: Stealing money from a bank

Avon had attempted to steal several million credits from the Federation Central Bank. He thought that because of this the love of his life Anna Grant was captured and killed. What Avon later learned was that Anna Grant was the person who had betrayed him to the authorities.

21. What was the planet The Federation used as a penal colony where Blake and his friends-to-be were sentenced?

From Quiz "Blake's 7" Questions

Answer: Cyngus Alpha

En Route to Cygnus Alpha the prison starship came across an abandoned alien spacecraft. Blake and his fellow convicts Jenna Staniss and Kerr Avon were sent aboard by the captain to see if there was anything worth salvaging. And they ended up staying aboard the ship after the prison barge left, and later using it to free some of the other prisoners from Cygnus Alpha. They christened the ship "The Liberator".

22. How does the young prisoner Nova die?

From Quiz 'Blake's 7' Escape from the Federation

Answer: He is trapped in the ventilation shaft next to the hull when it is breached

Poor little Nova. He gets into the ventilation shaft to be useful: "Well let me do it, I haven't done anything yet!" When the ship's hull is damaged, the exposed areas including the shaft fill up with soap suds...*ahem*...sorry, sealing gel... which goes hard in seconds.

23. What liquid do Mutoids ingest in order to survive?

From Quiz 'Blake's 7' Season 1

Answer: Blood

In episode 8 ('Duel') we see the Mutoid replace an empty vial in her chest pouch with a new, green vial of blood serum while on the Federation ship. On the planet's surface, she runs short of serum and has to suck the blood from the local fauna, bats. She also tries to suck Jenna's blood, with a metal proboscis implanted in her wrist.

24. What is the name of the ship captained by Blake?

From Quiz Basic 'Blake's 7' Trivia

Answer: The Liberator

The Liberator was designed in a far-off galaxy controlled by computers. All inhabitants are slaves to the computers, known as the System.

25. In the fouth series, who rescued Avon, Vila, Dayna and Tarrant from Terminal?

From Quiz Blake's 7

Answer: Dorian

Dorian rescued Avon, Tarrant, Dayna and Villa, taking him back to his base. However, he had plans to feed them and Soolin to a Gestalt, a creature that was his former partner, that kept Dorian young.

26. Another member who joined in the mutiny led by Blake was Oleg Gan. He was convicted of killing a security guard that had murdered his girlfriend. To control Gan's murderous impulses, what procedure was carried out to prevent him killing again?

From Quiz 'Blake's 7' Characters

Answer: He was given a limiter implant.

Gan had been given limiter implant to curb his violent urges. Though he could still use his strength, his ability to harm someone and kill them was impaired. The limiter implant though nearly killed him when it malfunctioned and needed repair.

27. Who drops his gun when Gan gives the order, "Drop your guns," aboard the prison ship?

From Quiz 'Blake's 7' Escape from the Federation

Answer: Vila

"I got confused," says Vila as they are placed in custody again and their first escape plan is foiled.

28. Space Commander Travis's standing as a Federation officer is only restored by Servalan so that he can pursue Blake. For what reason was he previously stripped of his rank and authority?

From Quiz 'Blake's 7' Season 1

Answer: Massacring civilians while suppressing an insurrection

In episode 6 ('Seek-Locate-Destroy'), we learn that Travis had been ordered to suppress an attack on the planet Auros, continuing to fight even after the other side had surrendered. The death toll, we are told, was "horrifying".

29. What crime is Avon convicted of?

From Quiz Basic 'Blake's 7' Trivia

Answer: Computer fraud

Avon was being spied on by an agent known as 'Bartholomew'.

30. Sharing his name with a Welsh rugby star from the 1990s and 2000s, which actor played the part of Roj Blake?

From Quiz Notes on "Blake's 7"

Answer: Gareth Thomas

Gareth Thomas is best known for his role as Roj Blake. He however has played in a variety of TV roles as well as on stage. He has had parts in such diverse programmes as "The Avengers", "Coronation Street", "London's Burning" and "Casualty".

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