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'X-files' Season One Plots Trivia Quiz

I will give you the plot of the episode, and you select the name. Every episode will be used only once, and the bonus question will deal with the series in general. If you enjoy this quiz, please check out my others.

A multiple-choice quiz by pannikin. Estimated time: 4 mins.

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pannikin

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Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 25

1. A beast-woman is running wild and terrorizing the homeless? Hint

Conduit

Roland

Beyond the Sea

The Jersey Devil

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Question 2 of 25

2. A rancher kills what he thought was an animal. It turns out to be a man. The rancher's son becomes a werewolf-like creature? Hint

Shapes

Young at Heart

Eve

Lazarus

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Question 3 of 25

3. A cult-like religious group spawns Marty, who is obsessed with sex? Hint

Ice

Gender Bender

Space

Born Again

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Question 4 of 25

4. An old nemesis returns from the 'dead' to haunt Mulder? Hint

Ghost in the Machine

Fallen Angel

Young at Heart

Born Again

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Question 5 of 25

5. An old lover requests Mulder's aid in protecting Sir Malcolm Marsden? Hint

Darkness Falls

Fire

Space

Squeeze

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Question 6 of 25

6. Students who graduated in 1989 are dying under mysterious circumstances? Hint

The Erlenmeyer Flask

Young at Heart

Pilot

The Jersey Devil

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Question 7 of 25

7. A faith-healer dies in jail? Hint

Roland

Fallen Angel

Miracle Man

E.B.E.

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Question 8 of 25

8. An astronaut is sabotaging NASA? Hint

Ice

Conduit

Ghost in the Machine

Space

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Question 9 of 25

9. Scully's friend asks her to assist him in coming up with a profile for a serial killer? Hint

Squeeze

Lazarus

Tooms

Eve

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Question 10 of 25

10. Scully and Mulder attempt to catch a contortionist serial killer after he is released from a mental institution? Hint

Squeeze

The Jersey Devil

Beyond the Sea

Tooms

NEXT>

Question 11 of 25

11. A pilot is kidnapped by the military, then is returned with memory lapses? Hint

Roland

Pilot

Deep Throat

Fallen Angel

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Question 12 of 25

12. A murderer that Mulder put away offers to help the authorities catch another murderer, as long as Mulder joins in the search? Hint

Beyond the Sea

The Erlenmeyer Flask

Young at Heart

Miracle Man

NEXT>

Question 13 of 25

13. Bugs are eating people. Hint

Tooms

Shadows

Shapes

Darkness Falls

NEXT>

Question 14 of 25

14. An old lover of Scully dies on the table, but is brought back with a little something extra? Hint

Born Again

Ghost in the Machine

Fallen Angel

Lazarus

NEXT>

Question 15 of 25

15. A young girl is the reincarnation of a fallen police officer? Hint

Born Again

Fallen Angel

Lazarus

Conduit

NEXT>

Question 16 of 25

16. A scientist uses his mentally-challenged brother to commit murder? Hint

Young at Heart

Conduit

Roland

Born Again

NEXT>

Question 17 of 25

17. Mulder is kidnapped, and Scully is willing to steal to save him. Hint

The Erlenmeyer Flask

The Jersey Devil

Pilot

Gender Bender

NEXT>

Question 18 of 25

18. A teenaged girl disappears, and her brother is the key to finding her? Hint

Born Again

Conduit

Young at Heart

Miracle Man

NEXT>

Question 19 of 25

19. A truck driver claims to have seen a spaceship, but his story changes several times. Hint

Fire

E.B.E.

Ice

Space

NEXT>

Question 20 of 25

20. A dead man protects his secretary from his murderer? Hint

Shadows

Conduit

Born Again

Miracle Man

NEXT>

Question 21 of 25

21. Two identical girls murder their adopted fathers at the exact same time? Hint

Ice

Born Again

Eve

Young at Heart

NEXT>

Question 22 of 25

22. Max Fenig is abducted by aliens. Hint

E.B.E.

Fallen Angel

Darkness Falls

Squeeze

NEXT>

Question 23 of 25

23. Parasites cause some people to kill each other and other people to kill themselves? Hint

Shapes

Ice

Darkness Falls

Shadows

NEXT>

Question 24 of 25

24. The COS (computer) is killing people. Hint

Beyond the Sea

Ghost in the Machine

Young at Heart

Born Again

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Question 25 of 25

25. What is Mulder's middle name? Hint

Andrew

Fox

William

Martin

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. A beast-woman is running wild and terrorizing the homeless?

Answer: The Jersey Devil

No one is sure whether she killed the homeless man, or if it was the beast-man that was her mate, but she does walk the streets at night, and the homeless are pretty freaked.

2. A rancher kills what he thought was an animal. It turns out to be a man. The rancher's son becomes a werewolf-like creature?

Answer: Shapes

Lyle Parker becomes a shape-shifter called a manitou. Ty Miller played Lyle. He went on to star on "Without a Trace".

3. A cult-like religious group spawns Marty, who is obsessed with sex?

Answer: Gender Bender

Marty is both a man and a woman at times. Peter Stebbings and Kate Twa played Marty.

4. An old nemesis returns from the 'dead' to haunt Mulder?

Answer: Young at Heart

It turns out that his death was faked. He was alive and well in South America all the time.

5. An old lover requests Mulder's aid in protecting Sir Malcolm Marsden?

Answer: Fire

Phoebe Green comes all the way from Scotland Yard to gain Mulder's help. Too bad for Mulder that she is actually having an affair with Marsden. Mark Sheppard played the fire starter. He went on to play Crowley, Crossroads Demon/King of Hell, on "Supernatural".

6. Students who graduated in 1989 are dying under mysterious circumstances?

Answer: Pilot

Billy Miles and Peggy O'Dell are members of this group of young people.

7. A faith-healer dies in jail?

Answer: Miracle Man

The roll was played by Scott Bairstow, who later appeared in 'Wild America'. He went on to play Julia's abusive boyfriend on "Party of Five".

8. An astronaut is sabotaging NASA?

Answer: Space

He is not acting of his own volition. He has been possessed by something from space.

9. Scully's friend asks her to assist him in coming up with a profile for a serial killer?

Answer: Squeeze

Scully's aid is requested by Tom Colton in 'Squeeze'. 'Tooms' involves the same villain, but Colton is not in this episode.

10. Scully and Mulder attempt to catch a contortionist serial killer after he is released from a mental institution?

Answer: Tooms

The key here is that it is after Tooms is released. In 'Squeeze', he was not yet institutionalized. Doug Hutchison played Eugene Tooms, who was torn apart by an escalater in this episode. He went on to play a rapist in the film "A Time to Kill", Percy in "The Green Mile", and Horace on "Lost".

11. A pilot is kidnapped by the military, then is returned with memory lapses?

Answer: Deep Throat

This is the episode that introduces Deep Throat as a character.

12. A murderer that Mulder put away offers to help the authorities catch another murderer, as long as Mulder joins in the search?

Answer: Beyond the Sea

Luther Lee Boggs offers to help the police find Lucas Henry, and makes Scully a believer.

13. Bugs are eating people.

Answer: Darkness Falls

The bugs spin people up in their webs, but only after dark. They were described as mites, but seemed to have possibly been dormant for hundreds of years. Titus Welliver appeared on this episode. He later went on to play Jacob's brother, aka The Man in Black and The Smoke Monster, on "Lost". He also played Jimmy O'Phelan on "Sons of Anarchy".

14. An old lover of Scully dies on the table, but is brought back with a little something extra?

Answer: Lazarus

He is brought back with Warren Dupree, parts of both are in the same body.

15. A young girl is the reincarnation of a fallen police officer?

Answer: Born Again

Charlie Morris comes back in the body of Michelle Bishop in order to avenge his murder. Maggie Wheeler played a cop in this episode. She may very well be best known for her role as Janice on "Friends". Andrea Libman played Michelle. She went on to have a successful career voicing cartoon characters.

16. A scientist uses his mentally-challenged brother to commit murder?

Answer: Roland

Dr. Arthur Grable is the twin brother of Roland Fuller. Roland was mentally handicapped, and his parents sent him away forever at age three. After Arthur dies, he uses Roland to continue his work in the jet propulsion lab at Mahan University. Zeljko Ivanek played Roland and Arthur. He went on to star on "Damages", "Banshee", "Revolution", and "True Blood".

17. Mulder is kidnapped, and Scully is willing to steal to save him.

Answer: The Erlenmeyer Flask

She steals the original alien tissue to ensure his return. It is an alien fetus in liquid nitrogen. At the end, CSM is seen placing it with other fetuses at the Pentagon.

18. A teenaged girl disappears, and her brother is the key to finding her?

Answer: Conduit

Kevin Morris is a link to his missing sister Ruby.

19. A truck driver claims to have seen a spaceship, but his story changes several times.

Answer: E.B.E.

Ranheim is actually transporting an alien. Deep Throat uses a fake photo of an alien spacecraft to try and send Mulder and Scully on a wild goose chase. Peter LaCroix played Ranheim/Frank Druce.

20. A dead man protects his secretary from his murderer?

Answer: Shadows

Lauren Kyte was like a daughter to Howard Graves.

21. Two identical girls murder their adopted fathers at the exact same time?

Answer: Eve

Teena and Cindy are part of the Litchfield project. Harriet Sansom Harris played the original Eve (though she was clone 6), and twins EriKa and Sabrina Krievins played the younger Eve (clones 9 and 10). Harriet went on to play Felicia on "Desperate Housewives".

22. Max Fenig is abducted by aliens.

Answer: Fallen Angel

This would happen again to Max, but not until season four. Scott Bellis played Max. He appeared in 3 total episodes of this series.

23. Parasites cause some people to kill each other and other people to kill themselves?

Answer: Ice

The parasites are found in a meteor crater buried in ice. It seems to be a take off of the movie "The Thing". Future "Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman appeared.

24. The COS (computer) is killing people.

Answer: Ghost in the Machine

The Central Operating System is killing out of the most basic need of every sentient being: self-preservation.

25. What is Mulder's middle name?

Answer: William

Fox William Mulder, played by David Duchovny. David went on to star in many seasons of this show, many movies, and the series "Californication".

Source: Author pannikin

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