# "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:** 8
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/141 "2006-12-07T19:11:51Z")
Nobody has bothered to answer my questions from way back on page 1… were they too hard, or did I miss them getting answered somewhere? ---
**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, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/142 "2006-12-07T19:19:51Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] 102. In ST VI, a new technology was added to the set. This meant that the actors no longer had to do what? [/QUOTE] Can you tell us whether the technology was real or a prop? 100.) When they showed Spock doing his Kohlinar ritual, what was presumably Vulcan had a very large moon. In TOS Spock had said that Vulcan doesn’t have any moons. They fixed this digitally in the DVD release a few years back. ---
**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, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/143 "2006-12-07T19:24:07Z")
[QUOTE=DirkGntly] Nobody has bothered to answer my questions from way back on page 1… were they too hard, or did I miss them getting answered somewhere? [/QUOTE] All I could find was your one about the Reliant’s registry (I answered that), and the one about Scotty’s blueprints in STVI. I didn’t see any on page one. As for the scotty question, I’ll just hazard a guess that the nacelles were upside-down. I’ve got assloads of questions no one’s answered yet. ☹ ---
**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, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/144 "2006-12-07T19:25:48Z")
I’ve answered all the ones I know, and suspect most others have as well. You musta stumped us! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/145 "2006-12-07T20:34:55Z")
[QUOTE=Khan] Can you tell us whether the technology was real or a prop? [/QUOTE] It was real. I’ll admit this is an obscure one, a weird bit of trivia that I heard directly from Koenig. What’s odd is that it was a technology badly needed on the Enterprise bridge, but it was first employed on a Klingon bridge, as our heros were hurtling towards the Sun in a quest to save some whales. ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/146 "2006-12-07T20:44:31Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] It was real. I’ll admit this is an obscure one, a weird bit of trivia that I heard directly from Koenig. What’s odd is that it was a technology badly needed on the Enterprise bridge, but it was first employed on a Klingon bridge, as our heros were hurtling towards the Sun in a quest to save some whales. [/QUOTE] Would this be the addition of an actual monitor/viewscreen for the main viewer, so the actors no longer had to pretend about what they were seeing? ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/147 "2006-12-07T20:49:06Z")
[QUOTE=Khan] All I could find was your one about the Reliant’s registry (I answered that), and the one about Scotty’s blueprints in STVI. I didn’t see any on page one. As for the scotty question, I’ll just hazard a guess that the nacelles were upside-down. I’ve got assloads of questions no one’s answered yet. ☹ [/QUOTE] Khan… I forgot to answer about the Ferengi code using light/dark…it’s b’azaal (sp?). And as far as the Scotty question - (this is really, really obscure, and I know I’m right, but will get clobbered by others who will swear I’m wrong, but)…the plans were clearly labeled “Constitution Class”…which is well and good, if Scotty’s taking a trip down Memory Lane…since NCC-1701-A was actually “Enterprise Class” (1701-A was actually orginally christened as a different vessel - which was an “Enterprise Class” ship - and then re-registered after the destruction of the original, re-fitted NCC-1701). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/148 "2006-12-07T20:50:16Z")
[QUOTE=DirkGntly] Would this be the addition of an actual monitor/viewscreen for the main viewer, so the actors no longer had to pretend about what they were seeing? [/QUOTE] They no longer had to pretend something, but it wasn’t a visual thing. Major hint: And that marked the end of Persis Kabata’s jiggly dance. ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/149 "2006-12-07T21:02:29Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] They no longer had to pretend something, but it wasn’t a visual thing. Major hint: And that marked the end of Persis Kabata’s jiggly dance. [/QUOTE] Ah - it must’ve been a stage-gimbal or floor-shaker… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/150 "2006-12-07T21:14:54Z")
[QUOTE=DirkGntly] Ah - it must’ve been a stage-gimbal or floor-shaker… [/QUOTE] That’s it. No longer did the cameraman have to shake the camera while the cast flung themselves about. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/151 "2006-12-07T22:07:16Z")
[QUOTE=DirkGntly] Nobody has bothered to answer my questions from way back on page 1… were they too hard, or did I miss them getting answered somewhere? [/QUOTE] Ditto (unless people thought that my correction on the “medical tricorder” question didn’t count as a qualifying correct answer to a question). ---
**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, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/152 "2006-12-07T23:33:31Z")
I wasn’t entirely sure, but the nature of the situation brings Harcourt Fenton Mudd immediately to mind. Am I right? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/153 "2006-12-08T01:36:05Z")
[QUOTE=Khan] I wasn’t entirely sure, but the nature of the situation brings Harcourt Fenton Mudd immediately to mind. Am I right? [/QUOTE] Er, for which question? ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/154 "2006-12-08T05:51:40Z")
I must be going nuts. I thought I’d quoted it. I was answering your question about who it was who tried to bribe his way out of the Enterprise brig. ---
**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 8, 2006, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/155 "2006-12-08T05:58:42Z")
1. In what guises did Vina appear to Pike in “The Cage”? 2. Kirk wears all three varieties of Starfleet uniform shirt - yellow Command, green captain’s-choice casual, and dress uniform - in just one episode. Which one? 3. What are the two known Starfleet registry numbers of the USS _Excelsior_? 4. Janeway had what kind of pet before _Voyager_ left on its unexpectedly-prolonged mission? 5. What did Cadet Nick Locarno and Lt. Tom Paris have in common? ---
**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 8, 2006, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/156 "2006-12-08T06:13:14Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 107. What did Cadet Nick Locarno and Lt. Tom Paris have in common? [/QUOTE] Same actor (Robert Duncan McNeil) and very similar back-stories. In fact, Paris was supposedly based on Locarno. I believe the chief difference is that Paris was considered redeemable, whereas Locarno wasn’t - which is why they created a new character instead of just using Locarno. ---
**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 8, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/157 "2006-12-08T06:18:43Z")
OK, and since I haven’t actually posted any questions… 108 - A TAS episode involved an established alien race - but not a Star Trek race. What race, in which episode? 109 - Who wrote the book the episode in 108 was based on, and what was its title? (One word difference from the episode title.) 110 - Which other Star Trek related materials do the race in 108 appear in? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/158 "2006-12-08T06:46:39Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] OK, and since I haven’t actually posted any questions… 108 - A TAS episode involved an established alien race - but not a Star Trek race. What race, in which episode? 109 - Who wrote the book the episode in 108 was based on, and what was its title? (One word difference from the episode title.) 110 - Which other Star Trek related materials do the race in 108 appear in? [/QUOTE] 108: The \*\*Kzinti \*\* in “Slaver Weapon.” 109: Larry Niven’s “The Slaver Weapon.” 110: \*Star Fleet Universe \* gaming materials from FASA? ---
**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 8, 2006, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/159 "2006-12-08T06:49:27Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Rieux] 108: The \*\*Kzinti \*\* in “Slaver Weapon.” 109: Larry Niven’s “The Slaver Weapon.” 110: \*Star Fleet Universe \* gaming materials from FASA? [/QUOTE] 2.5 points. Niven’s original story was not called The Slaver Weapon (and the full title of the TAS episode was The Slaver Weapon, but lack of a ‘the’ is not enough to call it wrong). ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/160 "2006-12-08T08:58:49Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 103. In what guises did Vina appear to Pike in “The Cage”? [/QUOTE] Through illusions she appeared as un-injured Vina, girlfriend on Earth Vina, damsel in distress on Rigel Vina and Orion Slave girl Vina before finally appearing as she really was, horribly disfigured. The first and last guises are in order but I’m not sure of the others. [QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 104. Kirk wears all three varieties of Starfleet uniform shirt - yellow Command, green captain’s-choice casual, and dress uniform - in just one episode. Which one? [/QUOTE] Only one? I was sure he wore the dress uniform (formal green tunic with medals) in Journey to Babel, Space Seed and The Menagerie (parts I and II). [QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 105. What are the two known Starfleet registry numbers of the USS _Excelsior_? [/QUOTE] I’m sure one is NX-2000. [QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 106. Janeway had what kind of pet before _Voyager_ left on its unexpectedly-prolonged mission? [/QUOTE] Beagle, dog of some sort at least. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807.md?page=9)