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Quiz about How Come You Got a Wife
Quiz about How Come You Got a Wife

How Come You Got a Wife? Trivia Quiz


Joss Whedon has said that one of his favourite things to do is make fun of Malcolm Reynolds. Well, he does this in spades in the "Firefly" episode "Our Mrs Reynolds".

A multiple-choice quiz by NatalieW. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
NatalieW
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
272,906
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
1602
Awards
Top 5% quiz!
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Question 1 of 10
1. In the opening sequence, Jayne and a disguised Mal confront some bandits causing trouble for a nearby village. During the confrontation, Mal swears that he will kill one of the bandits if he sees him going for his gun. What does he swear by? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. A short while later, the crew of Serenity are enjoying the celebration put on by villagers to thank them for getting rid of the bandits. Mal and Inara are discussing the events of the day and Mal reveals that he rather likes a particular something about wearing a dress. What is it? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The crew reboard Serenity and Mal soon discovers a stowaway - one who claims she is his wife! The whole crew gather in the cargo bay and Jayne appears to be rather aggrieved that Mal got given a wife, while all he got was a rain stick. He offers to take Mal's wife for himself if he doesn't want her. What does Zoe say to him in response? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Mal finds his wife, whose name we soon learn is Saffron, a short time later and tries to explain the situation to her. Saffron in turn tries to explain to him what her life was like on Triumph and asks if he's going to kill her. Mal is appalled that she would think such a thing and tells her that Triumph is what kind of planet? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Saffron is encouraged by her talk with Mal and offers to cook him dinner. She runs off to the dining area and when Mal arrives soon after, he finds she has made him a wonderful meal. Still slightly uncomfortable with the situation, he starts to eat, but the arrival of Zoe and Wash interrupts him. He decides that it's best if he leaves. As he's about to do so, what is it that a disappointed Saffron asks him? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Mal escapes from the dining area and goes to visit Inara in her shuttle. During the conversation that follows, Inara does a poor job of hiding her jealousy of Saffron. She eventually snaps and sarcastically wishes Mal what for his future? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Emerging from Inara's shuttle, Mal is confronted with a gun-wielding Jayne. Greatly taken aback, Mal asks what he's doing. Jayne offers to swap him his "very favourite gun" for Saffron. What is the name Jayne has given to his "very favourite gun"? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Mal leaves Jayne in disgust and heads for the cargo bay, where he meets up with Saffron, who has obviously just overheard his conversation with Jayne. She says she doesn't want to be married to Jayne, referring to him as what? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Meanwhile, Zoe and Wash are on the bridge, discussing the situation. Zoe is not at all happy, but Wash tries to explain away Saffron's behaviour as just one of those things - even going so far as to say that he once spent time on a moon where the principal form of entertainment was what activity? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Fresh from her attempted seduction of Mal, Saffron pays a visit to Wash, who is alone up on the bridge. Saffron tries a similar approach with Wash, by telling him a myth about the creation of the sky. What is Wash's reaction? Hint



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1. In the opening sequence, Jayne and a disguised Mal confront some bandits causing trouble for a nearby village. During the confrontation, Mal swears that he will kill one of the bandits if he sees him going for his gun. What does he swear by?

Answer: His "pretty floral bonnet"

Mal and Jayne are riding on a wagon when they are stopped by the bandits. Mal is disguised as a woman, ostensibly Jayne's wife, complete with dress and "pretty floral bonnet". Mal and Jayne keep up the disguise for quite a while in front of the bandits, with Mal exclaiming in mock-outrage, "How can you shame me in front of new people?" when Jayne confides to the bandits that he married himself a "powerful ugly creature".
2. A short while later, the crew of Serenity are enjoying the celebration put on by villagers to thank them for getting rid of the bandits. Mal and Inara are discussing the events of the day and Mal reveals that he rather likes a particular something about wearing a dress. What is it?

Answer: The airflow

Inara wonders why it wasn't Zoe who was in the dress, and Mal informs her that besides the fact that tactically he needed Zoe in the back of the wagon, there's something about wearing a soft cotton dress - an "airflow thing" that he's partial to. Inara laughingly withdraws the question and leaves Mal some of his "mystery".
3. The crew reboard Serenity and Mal soon discovers a stowaway - one who claims she is his wife! The whole crew gather in the cargo bay and Jayne appears to be rather aggrieved that Mal got given a wife, while all he got was a rain stick. He offers to take Mal's wife for himself if he doesn't want her. What does Zoe say to him in response?

Answer: "Don't sully this!"

Jayne is annoyed that while all he got from the villagers was some stick that lets you know when it's about to rain, Mal got a wife. Wash and Zoe appear to be greatly amused at the situation, Kaylee is happy for the captain, while Inara is not at all pleased with the turn of events. Mal stubbornly refuses to believe he's married at all until Shepherd Book informs him that the party they attended the night before actually involved the marriage ceremony of the Triumph settlers, in which he unknowingly took part.
4. Mal finds his wife, whose name we soon learn is Saffron, a short time later and tries to explain the situation to her. Saffron in turn tries to explain to him what her life was like on Triumph and asks if he's going to kill her. Mal is appalled that she would think such a thing and tells her that Triumph is what kind of planet?

Answer: Dumb

Saffron's belief that Mal might kill her purely because he didn't want her for his wife leads Mal to have a heart-to-heart discussion with her about her rights as a human being. He reassures her that she has just as much right as the next person to live her life as she chooses and "try to kill people" (well, those that are trying to kill her, anyway!).
5. Saffron is encouraged by her talk with Mal and offers to cook him dinner. She runs off to the dining area and when Mal arrives soon after, he finds she has made him a wonderful meal. Still slightly uncomfortable with the situation, he starts to eat, but the arrival of Zoe and Wash interrupts him. He decides that it's best if he leaves. As he's about to do so, what is it that a disappointed Saffron asks him?

Answer: If he would like her to wash his feet

The look on Mal's face at this point is absolutely priceless! It's during this scene that we can sense Zoe is getting the feeling that all is not quite right with Saffron. Wash is just taken with the fact that Saffron has actually cooked a meal; after Mal leaves, he tucks into what he has left with great pleasure!
6. Mal escapes from the dining area and goes to visit Inara in her shuttle. During the conversation that follows, Inara does a poor job of hiding her jealousy of Saffron. She eventually snaps and sarcastically wishes Mal what for his future?

Answer: Hundreds of fat children

Inara asks Mal what he's doing in her shuttle and he tells her that he's there to "hide". Picking up on Inara's terse responses to him, Mal wonders aloud if she's angry because he got himself a wife, or because he doesn't plan to keep her. At this point, Inara has had enough and asks him to leave her alone.
7. Emerging from Inara's shuttle, Mal is confronted with a gun-wielding Jayne. Greatly taken aback, Mal asks what he's doing. Jayne offers to swap him his "very favourite gun" for Saffron. What is the name Jayne has given to his "very favourite gun"?

Answer: Vera

Mal cannot believe that Jayne had even considered that he might be willing to swap Saffron for a gun ("My days of taking you seriously are sure coming to a middle"). He immediately rejects Jayne's offer (much to the latter's dismay) and tells him that Saffron is a living being who is not to be lent or sold, eventually telling Jayne, "Go play with your rain stick".
8. Mal leaves Jayne in disgust and heads for the cargo bay, where he meets up with Saffron, who has obviously just overheard his conversation with Jayne. She says she doesn't want to be married to Jayne, referring to him as what?

Answer: The large one.

Saffron confesses that she doesn't wish to be wed to Jayne, and tells Mal that if he's sure he doesn't want her for his wife, then she'd rather find work, perhaps on a ranch - something Mal had mentioned to her earlier as a possibility. She gets Mal talking about himself, much to his surprise, and we learn that Mal was brought up on a ranch on Shadow.
9. Meanwhile, Zoe and Wash are on the bridge, discussing the situation. Zoe is not at all happy, but Wash tries to explain away Saffron's behaviour as just one of those things - even going so far as to say that he once spent time on a moon where the principal form of entertainment was what activity?

Answer: Juggling geese

"Baby geese - goslings! They were juggled!" Despite her initial reaction to Saffron's presence on board Serenity, Zoe no longer finds the situation funny. Unimpressed with her husband's defence of Saffron, Zoe is not buying her innocence, and Wash agrees with her that Saffron is trouble, not knowing that they're about to find out just how much trouble she really is!
10. Fresh from her attempted seduction of Mal, Saffron pays a visit to Wash, who is alone up on the bridge. Saffron tries a similar approach with Wash, by telling him a myth about the creation of the sky. What is Wash's reaction?

Answer: "Whoa. Good myth."

Wash's response is an echo of Mal's "Whoa. Good Bible", said when Saffron had just told him that she knows what her Bible says about how a wife should behave towards her husband. This time, though, Saffron doesn't get to use the Goodnight Kiss, instead having to resort to a kick to Wash's head. With Saffron's true colours finally revealed, the crew work together to escape the trap she has laid for them, with Jayne's gun Vera coming to the rescue. Mal eventually tracks Saffron down, retrieves the shuttle she'd stolen and returns to Serenity, leaving Saffron behind, unconscious, but alive to plot and scheme again in the future ...
Source: Author NatalieW

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