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Do You Know the Crew of "The X-Files"? Quiz

This quiz is dedicated to all the people who worked behind the scenes of "The X-Files".

A multiple-choice quiz by Chris1013. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Chris1013

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

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189,513

Updated
Jul 23 22

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who directed 33 episodes from season 1 to season 7, and the 1998 "X-Files" movie? Hint

Vince Gilligan

R.W. Goodwin

Rob Bowman

Paul Rabwin

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which job did Toby Lindala have on "The X-Files"? Hint

first assistant director

makeup effects artist

stunt double

gaffer

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Question 3 of 10

3. This person directed 10 episodes and wrote or co-wrote 70 episodes throughout the whole run of the show. S/he was born on 13 October 1956. Hint

Chris Carter

Annabeth Gish

Frank Spotnitz

James Wong

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who composed most of the music for "The X-Files"?

Hint

Robert Modell

Mat Beck

Mark Snow

Lori Jo Nemhauser

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who wrote 14 episodes for "The X-Files", created his own series, which was cancelled after the first season, and has a brother who worked on "The X-Files" as well? Hint

Darin Morgan

Luke Wong

James Wong

Glen Morgan

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who directed the largest number of episodes and was known for swearing a lot? Hint

Kim Manners

Michael Lange

Chris Carter

Howard Gordon

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was Thierry J. Couturier's job on the show?

Hint

sound editor

set designer

producer

casting

8. This writer and producer started working on "The X-Files" during season 1, together with his partner Alex Gansa. The first episode this team wrote was "Fallen Angel" (1x10). Gansa left the show soon, but this person continued working for it until 1997.
Hint

Vince Gilligan

Frank Spotnitz

Howard Gordon

David Nutter

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Question 9 of 10

9. Whose main job on the show was first assistant director, but also starred in various episodes as a recurring character? Hint

Dean Haglund

Bruce Harwood

Nicholas Lea

Tom Braidwood

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who worked as a visual effects artist on "The X-Files"?

Hint

Joseph Patrick Finn

John Shiban

Mat Beck

Bernadette Caulfield

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who directed 33 episodes from season 1 to season 7, and the 1998 "X-Files" movie?

Answer: Rob Bowman

Rob Bowman, whose father works as a director and producer as well, directed episodes for "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "21 Jump Street" and others. He also directed the movies "Airborne" (1993) and "Reign of Fire" (2002).

2. Which job did Toby Lindala have on "The X-Files"?

Answer: makeup effects artist

Lindala also worked on the TV shows "Sliders" and "Harsh Realm" as well as on movies like "3000 Miles to Graceland" (2001), "The Butterfly Effect" (2004) and "The Chronicles of Riddick" (2004).

3. This person directed 10 episodes and wrote or co-wrote 70 episodes throughout the whole run of the show. S/he was born on 13 October 1956.

Answer: Chris Carter

Chris Carter, the creator of "The X-Files", had two uncredited guest appearances on the show. In "Anasazi" (2x25) he played one of the agents who question Scully, and in "Hollywood A.D." (7x19) he was sitting in the audience at the cinema. His date of birth appears several times on "The X-Files".

4. Who composed most of the music for "The X-Files"?

Answer: Mark Snow

Mark Snow, who was born as Martin Fulterman, also composed the music for shows such as "Starsky and Hutch", "T.J. Hooker" and "Millennium".

5. Who wrote 14 episodes for "The X-Files", created his own series, which was cancelled after the first season, and has a brother who worked on "The X-Files" as well?

Answer: Glen Morgan

Glen Morgan and his partner James Wong created "Space: Above and Beyond" and wrote the script for the movie "Final Destination". In 1998, Morgan married actress Kristen Cloke, who starred for example on "The X-Files" and "Final Destination".

6. Who directed the largest number of episodes and was known for swearing a lot?

Answer: Kim Manners

Manners directed more than 50 episodes. The first one was "Die Hand Die Verletzt" (2x14). The character Detective Manners, who appears in the episode "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space' " (3x20) and swears throughout the whole episode, was named after this director.

7. What was Thierry J. Couturier's job on the show?

Answer: sound editor

When the logo of Chris Carter's production company "Ten Thirteen" is shown, a boy's voice can be heard saying "I made this". That boy is Couturier's son Nathan.

Answer: Howard Gordon

Gordon wrote and produced several episodes for TV shows such as "Beauty and the Beast", "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer", "Angel" and "24".

9. Whose main job on the show was first assistant director, but also starred in various episodes as a recurring character?

Answer: Tom Braidwood

Tom Braidwood played Melvin Frohike, one of the Lone Gunmen. Braidwood's daughter Kate starred in the episode "The Pine Bluff Variant" (5x18) as the usherette.

10. Who worked as a visual effects artist on "The X-Files"?

Answer: Mat Beck

Beck left the show in 1997 in order to work on movies like "Volcano" (1997) and "Titanic" (1997). However, he returned to "The X-Files" for later seasons and worked on 90 episodes throughout the entire run of the show. He also wrote the episode "Wetwired" (3x23).

Source: Author Chris1013

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