Nonhuman nature

By Jay Bobbin

Questions:

1) On Fox’s “The X-Files” (1993-2002), what was the name of the FBI assistant director to whom Mulder and Scully (David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson) reported their often-bizarre findings?

2) By what name did reporter Tim O’Hara (Bill Bixby) call his otherworldly guest (Ray Walston) on the CBS sitcom “My Favorite Martian” (1963-66)?

3) Who starred as David Vincent, the architect who tried to warn others aliens were among us, on ABC’s “The Invaders” (1967-68)?

4) Which actor -- also known for an iconic horror-movie character -- played Willie, one of the friendlier aliens, in NBC’s original series incarnation of “V” (1984-85)?

5) What was the last name of the family with whom the furry title visitor resided on the NBC fantasy-comedy series “ALF” (1986-90)?

6) By which term were the aliens who had come to Earth known on the Fox series “Alien Nation” (1989-90)?

7) Which “(James) Bond girl” was in NBC’s 1988 show “Something Is Out There”?

8) Who played “The Visitor” in that 1997-98 Fox show?

9) What was the main hangout for the characters on “Roswell,” first on the then-WB Network, then on UPN (1999-2002)?

10) When “Smallville” began on The WB in 2001, who was Krypton native Clark Kent’s (Tom Welling) rival for Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk)?

Answers:

1) Walter Skinner (played by Mitch Pileggi)

2) Uncle Martin

3) Roy Thinnes

4) Robert Englund, also the original Freddy Krueger in “A Nightmare on Elm Street”

5) Tanner

6) Newcomers

7) Maryam d’Abo (”The Living Daylights“)

8) John Corbett

9) The Crashdown Cafe

10) Whitney Fordman (played by Eric Johnson)