Can you call yourself an X-Files expert? Take our quiz, spanning the television show and film to find out!
1. What is Agent Fox Mulder’s favorite snack?
A. Pretzels
B. Raisins
C. Cookies
D. Sunflower Seeds
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2. Which X-Files writer played both the Flukeman in “The Host” and Eddie Van Blundht in “Small Potatoes?”
A. Vince Gilligan
B. Frank Spotnitz
C. Darin Morgan
D. Chris Carter
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3. What is the name of Agent Mulder’s missing sister, who he believes to have been abducted by aliens when they were children?
A. Amanda
B. Kristina
C. Miranda
D. Samantha
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4. In the 1998 feature film The X-Files: Fight the Future, what movie poster does Agent Mulder relieve himself on in the back alley of a bar (a not so subtle show of distaste for this film by the filmmakers)?
A. Jurassic Park 2
B. Independence Day
C. Pearl Harbor
D. Titanic
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5. Chris Carter named Agent Scully after Los Angeles sportscaster, Vin Scully?
A. True
B. False
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6. In what episode was Agent Scully NOT abducted?
A. “Duane Barry”/ “Ascension”
B. “Irresistible”
C. “The Jersey Devil”
D. “Unruhe”
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7. Which episode so disturbed viewers that after complaints were fielded to Fox, it was yanked from syndication for years and is the only episode to receive a TV-MA rating?
A. “Home”
B. “Hungry”
C. “Fight Club”
D. “Post Modern Prometheus”
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8. Which A-list star appeared as a local sheriff-turned-vampire in the comical episode, “Bad Blood?”
A. Richard Belzer
B. Luke Wilson
C. Martin Landau
D. Garry Shandling
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9. In what episode does Agent Mulder let out a girlish scream, upon seeing an alien body?
A. “Jose Chung’s ‘From Outer Space’”
B. “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose”
C. “Detour”
D. “Never Again”
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10. Chris Carter’s company, Ten Thirteen Productions – which produced “The X-Files,” “Millennium” and “The Lone Gunmen” – was named after his mother’s birthday?
A. True
B. False
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11. Which episode featured the Lone Gunmen as leads, with Agents Mulder and Scully taking a backseat, plotwise?
A. “Usual Suspects”
B. “This is Not Happening”
C. “The Field Where I Died”
D. “Dod Kalm”
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12. The Cigarette Smoking Man inhales only Morley brand cigarettes?
A. True
B. False
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13. What is Assistant Director Skinner’s first name?
A. William
B. Walter
C. Wayne
D. Warren
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14. In the 1998 feature film The X-Files: Fight the Future what attacks Agents Mulder and Scully when they exit the corn fields and enter a mysterious domed structure?
A. Cockroaches
B. Bees
C. Rats
D. Watch dogs
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15. In which episode did Agents Mulder and Scully pose as a suburban married couple named Rob and Laura Petrie in order to uncover why people in a certain neighborhood community would go missing if they did not follow the rules?
A. “Arcadia”
B. “Dreamland”
C. Piper Maru”
D. “Quagmire”
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16. While at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA, Agent Fox Mulder was given a nickname by his bemused colleagues who found his interest in the paranormal odd. What was this nickname?
A. Freaky Mulder
B. Whacko Mulder
C. Crazy Mulder
D. Spooky Mulder
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17. What is a favorite pastime of Agent Mulder, when hanging out alone on his couch at home?
A. Video games
B. Solitaire
C. Watching porn
D. Reading mystery novels
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18. In which episode does Agent Scully discover she has a cancerous tumor in her nose cavity, leading Agent Mulder on a desperate quest for an antidote?
A. “Memento Mori”
B. “The Unnatural”
C. “Unrequited”
D. “Gesthesmane”
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19. Which man was not a member of the mysterious Syndicate at one time or another?
A. William Mulder (Fox’s father)
B. The Well-Manicured Man
C. The Cigarette Smoking Man
D. Agent John Doggett (Robert Patrick)
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20. The Syndicate believed that aliens had come to colonize planet Earth years ago via what method?
A. Black oil
B. Slugs
C. Shapeshifters
D. Vampires
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21. Who of the following was NOT one of Agent Mulder’s informants?
A. Deep Throat
B. Agent Alex Krycek
C. X
D. Maria Covarrubias
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Answers:
1. D: Sunflower Seeds
2. C: Darin Morgan
3. D: Samantha
4. B: Independence Day
5. A: True (The L.A. native grew up listening to the “voice of baseball”)
6. C: “The Jersey Devil”
7. A: “Home”
8. B: Luke Wilson
9. A: “Jose Chung’s ‘From Outer Space’”
10. B: False (His production company was named after HIS birthday)
11. A: “Usual Suspects”
12. A: True
13. B: Walter
14. B: Bees
15. A: “Arcadia”
16. D: Spooky Mulder
17. C: Watching porn
18. A: “Memento Mori”
19. D: Agent John Doggett (Robert Patrick)
20. A: Black oil
21. B: Agent Alex Krycek
