Grammar Theme Park: Battlestar Galactica

The original Battlestar Galactica series was made in the year 1978. ________ its success, the show was cancelled in 1980.

1. Against
2. Although
3. Despite
4. However

The three-hour miniseries was ________ successful that Sci-Fi channel decided to develop this new version of Galactica into a TV series.

1. ---
2. a
3. as
4. so

Richard Hatch, who played Captain Apollo in the original Battlestar Galactica series, plays Tom Zarek, a political agitator who spent ________ twenty years in prison for a terrorist act.

1. above
2. more
3. more that
4. over

In Battlestar Galactica, people are ________ war with Cylons, a robotic race whose aim is to annihilate humankind.

1. at
2. at a
3. in
4. in a

It was surprising to me ________ that Cylons believe in God.

1. learn
2. learning
3. that learned
4. to learn

“Battlestar Galactica” in the TV series is ________ the name of a military space ship.

1. actually
2. concretely
3. currently
4. particularly

Battlestar Galactica was not destroyed at the beginning of the war ________ the computer systems of this spacecraft were not networked.

1. as
2. because of
3. due to
4. for

Laura Roslin ________ a Secretary of Education before she became president.

1. had been
2. has been
3. used to being
4. was

The name of the actress ________ you can see on the cover of Battlestar Galactica Season 1 is Tricia Helfer.

1. as
2. that
3. where
4. which

The plot of Battlestar Galactica centers around the search ________ the lost thirteenth colony of Kobol by the survivors of the original twelve colonies.

1. after
2. by
3. for
4. of