BLASTERMIND
in honour of Fear The Walking Dead, time to test your spin-off nous
How well do you know your spin-off telly and films?
question 1
In Transformers the two main factions are the Autobots and Decepticons. What are their equivalents in spin-off Beast Wars?
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He-Man protects Eternia from Skeletor and his goons. On which planet is his twin sister, She-Ra, based?
question 3
Which long-running sitcom was Mork & Mindy a spin-off from?
question 4
What’s the name of the main spaceship in Babylon 5 follow-up Crusade?
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James Marsters, a veteran of Buffy companion show Angel, also did the spin-off thing with Torchwood. Name the character he played.
question 6
Which famous fictional realm was the setting for the Once Upon A Time spin-off that featured Being Human’s Michael Socha and lasted a single season?
question 7
From what animated series (that also spawned a live-action movie) is The Legend Of Korra a spin-off?
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In the Harry Potter universe, who’s the author of Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them? (He’s the main character in the upcoming movie.)
question 9
Which semi-regular DangerMouse villain went on to front his own cartoon series? question 10 Which member of the original Star Trek cast appeared briefly in “Encounter At Farpoint”, the first ever episode of The Next Generation?
question 11
What’s the name of the morally questionable supernatural law film in Angel?
question 12
Ray “The Atom” Palmer debuted in Arrow, before becoming one of the stars of Legends Of Tomorrow. Who plays him?
question 13
In which DC character’s comics did occult detective John Constantine (co-created by Alan Moore) make his first appearance?
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Name this trapped-in-the-’80s character.
question 15
What was the name of the short-lived follow-up to the original Battlestar Galactica, in which the Galactica finally made it
to Earth? Luke Pasqualino played the young William Adama in one-off Battlestar Galactica prequel Blood & Chrome. In which BBC action drama does he star?
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In which TV show did Xena: Warrior Princess make her first appearance?
question 18
In what US city is The Vampire Diaries spin-off The Originals set?
question 19
In which Stargate spin-off were the Wraith the principal antagonists?
question 20
The X-Files’ Lone Gunmen briefly had their own series. Can you name the trio?