About This Quiz
"Stargate SG-1" is one of the longest-running science fiction shows in history. Ace this quiz to show how much you know about this popular sci-fi series."Children of the Gods" first aired on July 27, 1997.
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"Stargate" was released in the U.S. on Oct. 28, 1994.
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"Stargate SG-1" premiered on Showtime, which aired the first five seasons of the series.
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Syfy aired seasons six through 10.
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Showtime ordered another 44 episodes midway through the first season.
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O'Neill is the military leader of the first expedition in the movie "Stargate" and a central character in the television series.
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Before "Stargate SG-1," Anderson was best known for the title role in the series "MacGyver."
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Shanks played the archaeologist Daniel Jackson. The character was first portrayed by the actor James Spader in the 1994 feature film "Stargate."
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"The only mission is survival" was not an official tagline for the series. It was, however, a tagline for the spinoff series "SGU Stargate Universe."
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Shea appeared as Siler in 47 episodes of the show.
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Most filming for the series was done in Vancouver, British Columbia. Film and television production spending totaling more than $2 billion in 2014 has made Vancouver the third-largest production center in North America.
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Shanks voiced the character Thor, who is from an ancient alien race called the Asgard.
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Teal'c is of the Jaffa people, who are slaves of the Goa'uld alien parasites.
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Judge appeared in a 1990 episode of "MacGyver" with his future "Stargate SG-1" co-star Richard Dean Anderson.
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In season eight of "Stargate SG-1," Maj. Samantha Carter is promoted to lieutenant colonel and given command of the SG-1 team. Col. O'Neill is promoted to general and assumes command of Stargate Command.
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Stargate Command is a part of the Air Force. "Stargate SG-1" was one of the only television series to be endorsed by the United States military.
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Just before filming the "Stargate SG-1" episode "Nemesis," actor Michael Shanks developed appendicitis. To explain his absence, the same illness was written into the show for his character.
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Dr. Frasier was killed by a Jaffa staff weapon blast in the season seven episode "Heroes: Part 2." The episode originally aired on Feb. 20, 2004.
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Rothery appeared in 75 episodes of the series.
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The character Jonas Quinn replaced Daniel Jackson for one season of the series "Stargate SG-1." Jackson died of radiation poisoning, and the Ancients later returned him to human form.
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Nemec played the character Jonas Quinn in the series.
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The electric nose hair trimmer was used for filming completely unaltered.
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Gen. Landry assumes command of Stargate Command when Gen. O'Neill is promoted to the Homeworld Command office in the Pentagon.
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Seven symbols are required to open a Stargate. The first six symbols specify a point in space, while the seventh gives a point of origin.
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Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is the real-world setting for the fictional Stargate Command. The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is the former home of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD.
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Charlie dies when he accidentally shoots himself with Jack's pistol.
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Once activated, a Stargate can only remain open for 38 minutes.
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"Stargate SG-1" inspired two spinoff series: "Stargate Atlantis" and "SGU Stargate Universe."
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Christopher Judge and Amanda Tapping are the only cast members to appear in all 213 episodes of the series.
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The series finale, "Unending," aired on June 22, 2007.
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