# Calling all Trekkies: only serious nerds need apply **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167 "2002-11-27T18:27:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/21 "2002-11-27T20:33:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > 2. Two: Spock in _Reunification_ and Scotty in _Relics_. DeForest Kelly does make an appearance as an unnamed Admiral in _Encounter at Farpoint_, but \*\*I don’t think it’s ever been established if that was, in fact, McCoy, especially since he would have to be about 120 years old. \*\* Pish. From McCoy’s biography on paramount’s star trek website… > [@](#): > > 2364 – As retired admiral, gave inspection tour of Galaxy-class U.S.S. Enterprise upon departure > “What’s so strange about my having not died?” ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/22 "2002-11-27T20:33:54Z")
There’s no question that was McCoy in Farpoint. Just the way he talked about Vulcans is enough. As to the opening credits, after the second season the music underscore changed slightly, and after the beginning of season 4 Wil Wheaton didn’t appear anymore. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/23 "2002-11-27T20:34:26Z")
There’s no question that was McCoy in Farpoint. Just the way he talked about Vulcans is enough. As to the opening credits, after the second season the music underscore changed slightly, and after the beginning of season 4 Wil Wheaton didn’t appear in the regular credits anymore. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/24 "2002-11-27T20:57:09Z")
Q: 1. What is the name of Picard’s fish? 2. What 2 Deep Space Nine characters have the same name as characters from Star Trek 6? 3. What superhero team did the Next Generation crew meet in a book and comic book series? 4. What’s the name of Spock’s half-brother? 5. How many Rules of Acquisition are there? 6. What was Hugh’s borg designation? A: 1. Livingston 2. Dax and Worf 3. The X-men 4. Sybok 5. 285 6. Third of Five ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/25 "2002-11-27T21:03:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \* > \*\* \ > What statement by William Shatner on national TV angered many hardcore fans? (Answer: The “Infamous Star Trek Sketch” on SNL, where Shatner told a group of conventioneers to “Get a life!” :D) > \ > \*\* At the risk of being corrected, I think the quote was, "Move out of your parent’s basement and get a life! You there, have you ever kissed a girl? " 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/26 "2002-11-27T21:18:08Z")
_ **Wil Wheaton didn’t appear in the regular credits anymore.** _ Thank God… 😃 What were the phony coordinates that the aliens gave Scotty so they could kidnap Kirk? And what were the real ones? Phony: 875-020-709 Real: 875-020-079 (God that was a dumb plot device!) And I probably mixed the real & phony ones up! What ‘Class Ship’ was Kirk’s Enterprise? Picard’s first & second Enterprise? Kirk’s - Constitution class Picard’s 1st - Galaxy class Picard’ 2nd - Sovereign class What mistake now exists at the begining of the DS9 ‘Tribbles’ episode? One Temporal officer says there have been “5” Enterprises, then the other one corrects him saying “6”, because 1701-E had just been introduced at the end of ST:GEN which happended at the same time as this episode of DS9. But of course, Archer’s Enterprise now ruins everything! And as far as I know, NX-01 **is** considered a full-fledged Starship. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/27 "2002-11-27T21:19:34Z")
Off the TOMH so I might be wrong, but… Every main character dies on TOS at least once (or the audience is lead to believe that they do), except for one. name the episodes, characters who died and the one who didn’t. [spoiler]Kirk dies in Amok Time & The Enterprise Incident McCoy Dies in Shore Leave Scotty dies in The Changeling Chekov dies in Specter of the Gun Sulu, ah… oh forget it Sulu wasn’t a main character 😃 As far as I can recall, Spock never died in TOS.[/spoiler] Did I miss anybody? ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/28 "2002-11-27T21:35:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hail Ants \* > [BOne Temporal officer says there have been “5” Enterprises, then the other one corrects him saying “6”, because 1701-E had just been introduced at the end of ST:GEN which happended at the same time as this episode of DS9. But of course, Archer’s Enterprise now ruins everything! And as far as I know, NX-01 **is** considered a full-fledged Starship. \*\* This could be explained by neither of them being right. (a strectch, I know.) But a similar mistake is in Relics. The computer tells Scotty “there have been 5 starships with that name.” ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/29 "2002-11-27T21:36:40Z")
Of course, Attrayant, you’re not counting the movies, which I think is a bit artifical. They’re part of the story too. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/30 "2002-11-27T23:51:08Z")
How did Charlie destroy the Antares? (The exact quote) ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/31 "2002-11-28T00:24:45Z")
In ST:TOS, what is McCoy’s Starfleet Rank? ---
**Author:** ![Pythagras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@Pythagras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pythagras)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/32 "2002-11-28T01:06:54Z")
Which star trek character was declared dead the most throughout all series and movies? (I dont know the answer, Im curious) ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/33 "2002-11-28T01:16:47Z")
> [@](#): > > How did Charlie destroy the Antares? (The exact quote) “One of the baffle shields ruptured, I made it go away…” ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/34 "2002-11-28T01:18:53Z")
What was the NCC number of the USS Reliant? What was the console command code of USS Reliant? - NCC-1864 - 19363 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/35 "2002-11-28T02:27:58Z")
What does VISOR stand for? as in the little girls hairpiece Geordi wears over his eyes ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/36 "2002-11-28T02:39:16Z")
Q. Which actress appeared in the TOS episode “By Any Other Name” and is married to **First Contact** actor James Cromwell? Julie Cobb ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/37 "2002-11-28T04:22:08Z")
Dr Manheim’s experiments create strange effects in space and time. They also have an unusual effect on a crew member. Who and what? What is the full title of Louaxxana Troi? Will Ryker has accomplished many things. However, he has never been able to play what song? In the first appearance of the Ferengi, they use weapons that never appear again. What are they? Space cuz I still can’t do the black spoiler box thingy- Data. He can’t use contractions. But, at the climax of the episode, he clearly says “It’s me!”. Daughter of the fifth house, holder of the sacred chalice of Reeks, heir to the holy rings of Betazed Nightbird Phaser whips ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/38 "2002-11-28T05:42:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > \*\* > 2. How Many TOS characters have appeared on TNG? > 2. Two: Spock in _Reunification_ and Scotty in _Relics_. DeForest Kelly does make an appearance as an unnamed Admiral in _Encounter at Farpoint_, but I don’t think it’s ever been established if that was, in fact, McCoy, especially since he would have to be about 120 years old. \*\* Majel Barret was the voice of the computer in both series. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/39 "2002-11-28T06:43:21Z")
Let’s not forget Kirk makes an appearance in TNG’s first feature film. Also, there was a DS9 episode involving Dax and her former mate, who happened to be female. The episode portrayed lesbianism as acceptable. The problem was that they couldn’t be together because the rules state that Trills don’t mate with each other when they’re in a new body. Questions: Who were the only two people on TNG to play themselves? Other than Majel Barret, what cast member of TNG also appeared on TOS? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167/40 "2002-11-28T08:25:11Z")
Appeared as themselves: Joe Piscopo and Professor Hawking. Cast member of both TNG and TOS: Diana Muldaur. She played Dr. Pulaski in TNG and the “keeper” of the Medusa aliens in TOS (“Is There in Truth No Beauty?”?). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-trekkies-only-serious-nerds-need-apply/139167.md?page=3)