"Battlestar Galactica" 1.03 - "Bastille Day" Quiz

Answer: Saul Tigh

Tigh, known for his drunkenness in the past, decided to take a couple drinks that morning. He had previously sectioned off his bottle into 'fingers', a haphazard system of measuring alcohol; it can be said that this is an obvious behavior of an alcoholic.

While talking to some of the deck crew, Colonel Tigh said a few unorthodox things. When talking about the fresh water they found on the planet, he said, "Couple of lemons, we could make lemonade," followed by a short chuckle. The deck crew showed signs that they knew he'd had a few.

Answer: The prisoners could earn points which would add up to their freedom.

Lee came up with the idea that the prisoners could work toward their freedom. Not only would this help separate the good from the bad, but it would give the fleet some much needed labor. Alas, when his plans were offered to the prisoners, they were dashed by the notorious Tom Zarek.

Answer: a terrorist

Tom Zarek was known for his revolutionary ways back on Sagittaron and had even blown up a government building. Although several on Sagittaron believed he was a man of the people, or even a freedom fighter, Dualla did not agree with his tactics and labeled him as a terrorist and even called him "a butcher".

Answer: The prisoners broke from their cells.

One of the guards who was seemingly loyal to Zarek released all the prisoners at the same time, leading to chaos and the capture of the party from Galactica. "Bastille Day" refers to the release of prisoners during the French Revolution, although, it is thought that the event itself was later exaggerated.

While the situations are not quite analogous, the generally accepted idea behind Bastille Day and the Astral Queen is enough to warrant the clever title.

Answer: a nuclear warhead

Since the Cylons were known to be weak against certain forms of radiation, Baltar figured that he could take the plutonium from the nuclear weapon and expose blood samples to an ionization process. In this way, he might have been able to detect Cylon from human.

Answer: That Laura Roslin step down as president and that there be free elections.

He called Roslin's administration illegal and demanded she and her ministers resign from their posts so that the will of the people could be heard. Zarek had claimed his little rebellion to be "the first day of the new era." After Adama and Roslin heard his demands, they debated over whether or not Zarek's pleas would be powerful enough to gather a following.

Answer: Starbuck

Although Tigh didn't like Starbuck, he agreed that she was the best shot "in or out of the cockpit." When Starbuck was in the position to shoot Zarek, Lee pushed him aside, saving his life.

Answer: Bill Adama

As Apollo was the son of Zeus, and Lee was the son of Commander Adama, Zarek thought it an appropriate analogy. When Adama called him over the telephone, Zarek said, "Zeus is calling." After this conversation, Lee accused Zarek of only wanting fame since he wanted the marines to come aboard.

He believed Zarek wanted a bloodbath and that the rebellion was "all about Tom Zarek and his personal death wish."

Answer: She bit his ear off.

The man was trying to rape her, and because of her military training, she was, in part, able to protect herself. However, the man had a gun, so after she bit off his ear, he unloaded a bullet into her abdomen. Later, when Cally was lying in a hospital bed talking to other members of the ground crew, she said, "He's lucky that's all I bit off."

Answer: cancer

As was seen in the miniseries, Roslin had been told she had cancer and now we began to see its effects, not only on her, but on other people on Galactica. When Roslin informed Lee she had cancer, he promised not to tell anyone else for fear that it would get the hopes down of everyone in the fleet.