# "Star TreK" trivia contest **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807 "2006-12-04T14:27:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/101 "2006-12-06T23:26:52Z")
[QUOTE=Khan] Oh, I beg to differ. At the time, you could say that it was the most important event in his career. [/QUOTE] The posting itself, sure, but you asked for significant events \*during \*them. 😉 [QUOTE=ivylass] Can no one answer my questions? Are they too hard? ☹ [/QUOTE] It’s really hard to keep track of all the questions, especially since I’m late to the thread, and I didn’t notice yours. [QUOTE=ivylass] During an episode of DS9, Jake and Nog utter a phrase punning a similar phrase from an Oscar-winning movie. What was the phrase, and (obviously) what was the movie? [/quote] It was from _In the Cards_, the last episode of the fifth season, and the line was “Lions, Gigers, and Bears”, in reference to _The Wizard of Oz_. [QUOTE=ivylass] Riker’s father appeared in a mini-series with Jonathen Frakes. What was the mini-series? What two other guest stars also apeared in that same mini-series? What actor from Wrath of Khan ALSO appeared in that same mini-series? [/QUOTE] _North and South_. No idea who his co-stars were, though. Never seen it. And a few questions of my own: 1. Who and what is the bear I referenced in my answer to **ivylass** ’ question? 2. Chekov’s love interest in\* The Way to Eden \*was originally going to be someone completely different. Who was it going to be and what is her significance? 3. What is the Intrepid class’ maximum rated warp speed? 4. What is Malcolm Reed’s favorite food? 5. What is the climate of Ferenginar like? 6. Who is Macha Hernandez and who was originally cast to play her? 7. What does Kira say to Bashir as she is delivering Kirayoshi O’Brien and what is the full significance of the dialogue? ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/102 "2006-12-06T23:30:56Z")
[QUOTE=Aesiron] 80. What does Kira say to Bashir as she is delivering Kirayoshi O’Brien and what is the full significance of the dialogue? [/QUOTE] Partial answer. I don’t know what was said, but no doubt it referred to their real life situation, as Nana Visitor was pregnant with Alexander Siddig’s baby in real life. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/103 "2006-12-06T23:32:37Z")
Oops. Should’ve previewed. Looks like I was beat to the _North and South_ answer and didn’t consider Riker standing up to DeSoto being particularly noteworthy. Bah. [QUOTE=Alan Smithee] Where did they meet? I can’t count this as a trivia question because I don’t know for sure. The Academy? [/QUOTE] It’s not canon but in Peter David’s _Imzadi_, they met on Betazed when Riker was posted there Deanna was an undergraduate in psychology at some university or another. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/104 "2006-12-06T23:40:29Z")
1. Wet and rainy ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/105 "2006-12-06T23:43:53Z")
[QUOTE=Aesiron] 1. Chekov’s love interest in\* The Way to Eden \*was originally going to be someone completely different. Who was it going to be and what is her significance? 2. What is Malcolm Reed’s favorite food? [/QUOTE] 3. Doctor McCoy’s daughter, Joanna. 4. Pineapple ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/106 "2006-12-07T00:19:42Z")
All answers are correct so far although **zev** ’s is only partial. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/107 "2006-12-07T01:22:26Z")
[QUOTE=Bearflag70] What 5-digit number did Enterprise use to force Reliant to lower shields? [/QUOTE] 1-2-3-4-5. No, wait. That was [“Spaceballs”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094012/). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/108 "2006-12-07T04:47:30Z")
[QUOTE=Alan Smithee] Doh! I should have thought before making a guess. Riker was on the Potemkin before the Hood, and knew Troi then, so they couldn’t have met on the Hood. Where did they meet? I can’t count this as a trivia question because I don’t know for sure. The Academy? [/QUOTE] Since this isn’t an official trivia question, I felt no guilt over looking it up in the Star Trek Encyclopedia (Okuda) – just to assist with general information and curiosity. According to that resource, it says, “Early in his Starfleet career, Riker was stationed on planet Betazed, where he became romantically involved with psychology student Deanna Troi”. It mentions the episode “Menage a Troi” (TNG) as a reference. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/109 "2006-12-07T04:57:48Z")
[QUOTE=Monstre] According to that resource, it says, “Early in his Starfleet career, Riker was stationed on planet Betazed, where he became romantically involved with psychology student Deanna Troi”. It mentions the episode “Menage a Troi” (TNG) as a reference. [/QUOTE] Follow-up: I found a couple of places online that listed a script for “Menage a Troi”. Assuming they are accurate (and they both match), then I’d say we can call it canon. Here’s one of Riker’s lines (to Deanna, as they reminisce on Betazed): > [@](#): > > Riker: “A certain junior lieutenant will always remember meeting a very serious psychology student. It was the best thing about being assigned to Betazed.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/110 "2006-12-07T05:17:37Z")
Peter David’s very fun and interesting ST novel _Imzadi_ also has them meeting on Betazed. Zany hijinks ensue. And an answer to an earlier question: 1. Jellico’s kid likes to draw elephants. ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/111 "2006-12-07T06:28:50Z")
#69 goes to **Elendil’s Heir** [QUOTE=Aesiron] The posting itself, sure, but you asked for significant events \*during \*them. 😉 [/quote] I was referring to Riker confronting DeSoto as the cause of his posting to the Enterprise, not the assignment itself. Probably important to clarify that 🙂 1. Macha Hernandez was going to be the Enterprise’s Tactical Officer played by Marina Sirtis, with Denise Crosby playing the role as Ship’s Counselor. I don’t remember what the character’s name was at that point, but the casting for those roles was changed for some reason or other, and so Tasha Yar was born (what, you believed that b.s. about Turkana IV? :p) Didn’t some aspect of that story have something to do with Vasquez from _Aliens_? Did they come up with the character because of her, or change it because of her? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/112 "2006-12-07T06:32:52Z")
[QUOTE=Aesiron] …It’s not canon but in Peter David’s “_Imzadi_,” they met on Betazed when Riker was posted there Deanna was an undergraduate in psychology at some university or another. [/QUOTE] Sorry, I missed that you’d already written this. As to Macha Hernandez, one of Roddenberry’s associates (Bob Justman?) wrote that he and GR saw “Aliens” and were very impressed by the Vasquez character. Roddenberry decided he wanted the _Enterprise_-D’s chief of security to be a tough-as-nails Latina, too. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/113 "2006-12-07T06:37:50Z")
1. One of Riker’s ancestors was saved by a Q during what Earth war? 2. Name the Federation diplomat who shacks up with Zefram Cochrane. 3. What supersecret, extralegal Starfleet branch handles Federation dirty tricks (all with the best of motives, of course :rolleyes: )? 4. What is Christopher Pike’s highest known rank? 5. The crew of what Vulcan-crewed starship plays the DS9 senior staff in a baseball game? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/114 "2006-12-07T06:45:05Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 81. One of Riker’s ancestors was saved by a Q during what Earth war? [/quote] The US civil war. > [@](#): > > 1. What supersecret, extralegal Starfleet branch handles Federation dirty tricks (all with the best of motives, of course :rolleyes: )? Section 31 ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/115 "2006-12-07T07:15:57Z")
I meant to put these in my last post, but I clicked “submit” without even realizing I’d clicked on anything. So, continuing… 86.) Phrasing this one is going to be difficult, so please bear with me: which episode involved a crossover between two series where the “guest” appearance/es were actually one-off character/s in the episode where they originally appeared. (Hint: both series are set in the TNG era). 87.) Name three characters who came to “our” universe from an alternate timeline after their counterparts “here” died. 88.) Apart from phase discriminators, emotion chips (and any associated baggage, eg sadism), and use of contractions mentioned so far, name another way to distinguish Data from Lore. 89.) You might remember that one of Edward Jellico’s first acts as captain of the Enterprise-D was to “get that fish out of the ready room.” What living creature did he essentially replace it with? 90.) What is a popular misconception about Vulcans? ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/116 "2006-12-07T07:57:13Z")
Is the Marc Alaimo question still going? Sorry if I missed an answer, but didn’t he also play a Romulan Commander in the TNG Season 1 finale, “The Neutral Zone”? When delivering Kirayoshi, Kira says to Bashir, “This is all YOUR fault”, which as **Zev** pointed out, referenced the real-life relationship between the actors. [QUOTE=Khan] I meant to put these in my last post, but I clicked “submit” without even realizing I’d clicked on anything. So, continuing… 86.) Phrasing this one is going to be difficult, so please bear with me: which episode involved a crossover between two series where the “guest” appearance/es were actually one-off character/s in the episode where they originally appeared. (Hint: both series are set in the TNG era). [/quote] Erm… not 100% sure I get the question, but if I’m interpreting this correctly… wasn’t there an episode of Voyager which featured two Ferengi who had fallen into a wormhole at the end of the TNG episode “The Price”? > [@](#): > > 87.) Name three characters who came to “our” universe from an alternate timeline after their counterparts “here” died. Chief O’Brien (in “Visionary”), Jennifer Sisko (who appeared in “Through the Looking Glass” and then came over to our universe in “Shattered Mirror”), Vedek Bareil (in “Resurrection”), and possibly Tasha Yar, although she came to our universe well _before_ she died over here. Harry Kim and Naomi Wildman both died in one episode, only to be replaced by versions of them from a copy of Voyager - but from memory, I don’t think it was a timeline thing. Here’s a couple: 1. In which episodes have we seen the Enterprise-D being destroyed? 2. Who betrayed Kai Opaka’s son and his resistance cell to the Cardassians? ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/117 "2006-12-07T09:51:18Z")
[QUOTE=Khan] 90.) What is a popular misconception about Vulcans? [/QUOTE] That they don’t lie? Or was that the Nimbari 😕 [QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] As to 61, the unluckiest ship in Starfleet, the one I’m thinking of is even unluckier than the _Defiant_. [/QUOTE] I’ll throw in the Yorktown, but I can only think of two mishaps, one TOS (Ultimate Computer? Not a loss but major damage?) and one TNG. As an aside, was the first Defiant lost actually part of Starfleet or from a prior organisation? ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/118 "2006-12-07T10:16:16Z")
[QUOTE=Pushkin] I’ll throw in the Yorktown, but I can only think of two mishaps, one TOS (Ultimate Computer? Not a loss but major damage?) and one TNG. As an aside, was the first Defiant lost actually part of Starfleet or from a prior organisation? [/QUOTE] I gave in and researched elsewhere, I can save everyone some time and point out that I’m wrong with my guesses :smack: Sorry, but the question bugged me and the ship name on the tip of my tongue was correct :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/119 "2006-12-07T11:11:01Z")
[QUOTE=Monkey Chews] Is the Marc Alaimo question still going? Sorry if I missed an answer, but didn’t he also play a Romulan Commander in the TNG Season 1 finale, “The Neutral Zone”? [/quote] Yep, that’s the one. Unless I’m confusing him with someone else, the character’s name was Tebok. Turns out though, that there was still one other character he played, an [Antican ambassador](http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Image:BadarNDD.jpg). You’re right about the Ferengi too. > [@](#): > > Chief O’Brien (in “Visionary”), Jennifer Sisko (who appeared in “Through the Looking Glass” and then came over to our universe in “Shattered Mirror”), Vedek Bareil (in “Resurrection”), and possibly Tasha Yar, although she came to our universe well _before_ she died over here. > > Harry Kim and Naomi Wildman both died in one episode, only to be replaced by versions of them from a copy of Voyager - but from memory, I don’t think it was a timeline thing. Looks like I need to get my spatial/temporal anomalies straight. Now that you mention it, I seem to recall some kind of anomaly that made two copies of Voyager, one of which got destroyed in a Vidiian attack. Naomi Wildman and Kim died on the first Voyager, and got replaced by their counterparts on the second. O’Brien is a time thing though, since he came back from a few hours into the future while the earlier one died of radiation exposure. I tried to rule out the Mirror Universe based on the time reference, but I should have also said “replace,” since I don’t see, for example, Intendant Kira, handling things quite the same way as Major/Colonel Kira. 😉 Saying “replace” would have ruled out Tasha too, but you’re right based on the way I phrased the question. 1. Time squared, Cause and Effect, Parallels, Thine Own Self (Troi fails to stop a warp core breach on the holodeck), All Good Things… 2. I’m gonna go with Winn Adami on this one. And you’re right on 90, **Pushkin**. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/120 "2006-12-07T12:34:47Z")
[QUOTE=Aesiron] It was from _In the Cards_, the last episode of the fifth season, and the line was “Lions, Gigers, and Bears”, in reference to _The Wizard of Oz_. [/quote] Correct! > [@](#): > > _North and South_. No idea who his co-stars were, though. Never seen it. It also starred Kirstie Alley, Jean Simmons (from the episode _The Drumhead_) and the older actor who played the Dowd. > [@](#): > > 1. Who and what is the bear I referenced in my answer to **ivylass** ’ question? That’s Bashir’s teddy bear that he gave to Leta, but she refused to give it back after they broke up. Kukalaka, was that the name? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807.md?page=7)