The 'Battlestar Galactica' Quiz

Larson also created the series "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century."

Actor Lorne Greene played the role of Adama.

The original series "Battlestar Galactica" premiered in the U.S. on Sept. 17, 1978. The first episode was titled "Saga of a Star World."

Caprica is home to the colonial government.

Due to some similarities, the U.S. Air Force pilots referred to their F-16 fighters as Vipers.

Series creator Glen A. Larson hired former basketball players to play the Cylons so the robotic enemies would look more intimidating.

The Cylons attack the 12 Colonies. The remnants of the human race band together in a fleet of vessels in search of the mythical planet Earth.

Apollo is Cmdr. Adama's son.

In 1999, Hatch financed, produced and directed a short titled "Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming" in hopes of reviving the television series.

Maren Jensen played the role of Athena in the original series.

ABC aired the original series.

Springfield went on to win a Grammy Award for the song "Jessie's Girl" in 1982.

Baltar helped orchestrate a massive Cylon attack on the 12 Colonies under the guise of a peace conference.

Colicos played the first Klingon seen in the series "Star Trek" and years later reprised the same role on the series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."

Benedict fashioned Lt. Starbuck after the title character of the series "Maverick," who was played by James Garner.

Two battlestar ships survived the first Cylon attack in the premiere episode. The episode was released as a feature film in Canada on July 7, 1978, more than two months before it debuted on television in the U.S.

The Galactica and the Pegasus are the only two battlestar ships to survive the Cylon attack on the 12 Colonies in the original series.

Counting the three-hour broadcast premiere as one episode, there were 21 episodes of the original series "Battlestar Galactica." The DVD set of the series counts the series premiere as three episodes, making a total of 24 episodes in the DVD set.

Jane Seymour played the role of Serina in three episodes before the character was killed off.

Actress Anne Lockhart played Lt. Sheba in 12 episodes of the series.

Terry Carter played the role of Col. Tigh.

ABC canceled the series because of high production costs. The series was the first weekly production to cost more than $1 million per episode.

The premiere episode of "Galactica 1980," titled "Galactica Discovers Earth: Part 1," premiered on Jan. 27, 1980.

Lorne Greene and Herbert Jefferson Jr. were the only two cast members from the original series to have regular roles in "Galactica 1980." The duo played the roles of Cmdr. Adama and Col. Boomer, respectively.

ABC aired 10 episodes of the series "Galactica 1980." Due to poor ratings, the show was canceled, and the last episode aired on May 4, 1980.

Benedict reprised his role as Lt. Starbuck in the final episode of "Galactica 1980." Series producers brought back the character in a last ditch effort to boost ratings.

The new series was released in the U.S. on Jan. 14, 2005. The premiere episode is titled "33."

Syfy aired the reimagined series.

Hatch played the character Apollo in the original series and the character Tom Zarek in the reimagined series.

The last episode was broadcast on March 20, 2009. The series comprises 73 episodes.