Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Which television network was home to "The Outer Limits" when it debuted in 1963?
"The Outer Limits" began its run on September 16, 1963 on ABC and its affiliates.
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2. The show's iconic opening monologue begins with "There is nothing _________ with your television set."
"There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission."
- Multiple Choice
3. What title did "The Outer Limits" originally use for its unaired pilot episode?
"Please Stand By" was scrapped due to worries that the use of test patterns and those particular words would confuse and upset the Cold War-era audience.
- Multiple Choice
4. Which beloved sci-fi series recycled creatures and effects from "The Outer Limits" after it ended in 1965?
FUN FACT
After "The Outer Limits" went off the air in 1965, much of the crew went to work on "Star Trek," where the pointy ear makeup technique from the episode "The Sixth Finger" was used for Mr. Spock's Vulcan ears.
- Multiple Choice
5. What "Outer Limits" episode directly inspired James Cameron's "The Terminator"?
FUN FACT
Author Harlan Ellison, writer of "The Outer Limits" episode "Soldier" (1964), sued and won a credit on "The Terminator" (1984) over glaring plot similarities between the two projects.
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