# "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:** 9
**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, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/161 "2006-12-08T10:37:19Z")
105.) NX-2000, as **Pushkin** mentioned, and NCC-2000 106.) Irish Setter Some follow-ups: 111.) We know from STVI that Sulu was in command of the Excelsior\* for at least part of the time it was NCC-2000. Name the officer who captained the ship during the NX-period. 112.) The Excelsior had two nicknames: one grandiose, the other not so much (and seemingly an opinion of a fringe minority). What were they? 113.) As for Janeway’s dog, what was happening when Voyager’s mission to the Badlands began? 114.) Where else have we seen an Irish Setter in Star Trek? 115.) There WAS a Beagle in Star Trek, though. Name him, and then provide at least one notable event in his life story (Hint: take, for example, his role in interplanetary relations). \*God. Damn. That was a nice design though, wasn’t it? Why’d they have to go and fuck with it for the Enterprise B? That thing was an abomination. Because of that, we never saw a normal Excelsior again until they became CGI cannon fodder. Bah, I say. BAH! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/162 "2006-12-08T10:52:45Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] 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). [/QUOTE] Niven’s long-short was “The Soft Weapon”. And it was not a Slaver weapon but a tnuctip weapon, in Niven’s original. That was the whole point: although it was in a Slaver stasis box, it was an order of magnitude more advanced than any of the Slaver stuff that had been found to date. ---
**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, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/163 "2006-12-08T10:55:23Z")
[QUOTE=Khan] 111.) We know from STVI that Sulu was in command of the Excelsior\* for at least part of the time it was NCC-2000. Name the officer who captained the ship during the NX-period. [/QUOTE] Stiles. [QUOTE=Khan] 112.) The Excelsior had two nicknames: one grandiose, the other not so much (and seemingly an opinion of a fringe minority). What were they? [/QUOTE] Kirk used the nickname that was probably in wide use in Starfleet IIRC “The great experiment.” Sulu agreed, enamoured no doubt by the possibilities of transwarp drive. Engineer Scott declared that if his Grandmother had wheels, she’d be a wagon. Takei _should_ have been Captain for more than just TUC and that episode of Voyager :mad: [QUOTE=Khan] 113.) As for Janeway’s dog, what was happening when Voyager’s mission to the Badlands began? [/QUOTE] It was having puppies. [QUOTE=Khan] 114.) Where else have we seen an Irish Setter in Star Trek? [/QUOTE] TNG, didn’t a shape shifting carnivore consume one on board a rear end of nowhere Starfleet station and assume its shape? Can’t remember the episode, but it was another one of those ep’s where Geordi just can’t seem to snag a decent woman. ---
**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, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/164 "2006-12-08T10:56:27Z")
And Malacandra picks up the other half point. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/165 "2006-12-08T13:13:18Z")
[QUOTE=Khan] 114.) Where else have we seen an Irish Setter in Star Trek? [/QUOTE] Q briefly transformed Crusher into a barking Irish Setter. ---
**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, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/166 "2006-12-08T14:09:43Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Q briefly transformed Crusher into a barking Irish Setter. [/QUOTE] :smack: I remember that now. ---
**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, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/167 "2006-12-08T14:20:32Z")
[QUOTE=Khan] 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. [/QUOTE] OK. Sorry, that answer is not correct. ---
**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, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/168 "2006-12-08T14:56:25Z")
[QUOTE=Steve MB] [QUOTE=Khan] 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. [/QUOTE] OK. Sorry, that answer is not correct. [/QUOTE] Mirror universe Kirk. ---
**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, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/169 "2006-12-08T16:13:15Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] 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. [/QUOTE] You aced it. Well done. ---
**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, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/170 "2006-12-08T16:17:00Z")
[QUOTE=Pushkin] 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] Exactly right. [QUOTE=Pushkin] 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] Ah, but in only one episode do we see him in ALL THREE kinds of uniform shirt. [QUOTE=Pushkin] I’m sure one is NX-2000. [/QUOTE] Yes. And the other is… answered by **Khan**. [QUOTE=Pushkin] Beagle, dog of some sort at least. [/QUOTE] Incorrect, as noted earlier. ---
**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, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/171 "2006-12-08T16:21:00Z")
[QUOTE=Khan] 115.) There WAS a Beagle in Star Trek, though. Name him, and then provide at least one notable event in his life story (Hint: take, for example, his role in interplanetary relations). [/QUOTE] Capt. Archer’s dog Porthos, who once peed on a sacred alien tree while part of a shore party. Archer eventually had to do some kind of bizarro ritualistic dance to make amends. Shirtless, of course. :rolleyes: [QUOTE=Khan] [Re: USS Excelsior design] God. Damn. That was a nice design though, wasn’t it? Why’d they have to go and fuck with it for the Enterprise B? That thing was an abomination. Because of that, we never saw a normal Excelsior again until they became CGI cannon fodder. Bah, I say. BAH! [/QUOTE] I couldn’t agree more. I loved the original _Excelsior_, before they added that fugly spare tire to the secondary hull. ---
**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, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/172 "2006-12-08T16:37:52Z")
1. What institution remains part of the Federation’s legal system at least into the DS9 era, despite being on the wane in early 21st century America and Britain? (a question for any lawyer Trekkers in the thread 😃 ) 2. What is Spock’s computer-expert rating? 3. Jadzia Dax said she admired the hands of which TOS officer or crewmember? 4. When discussing a knotty time-travel conundrum, Janeway tells Kim that if he doesn’t believe her, he should ask…who? 5. Name the horned white gorilla-like creature who tussles with Kirk. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/173 "2006-12-08T17:40:03Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 120. Name the horned white gorilla-like creature who tussles with Kirk. [/QUOTE] I want to say it starts with an M. Mugatu? Mobato? Mugura? Mayo? Mitsubishi? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/174 "2006-12-08T17:44:26Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 118. Jadzia Dax said she admired the hands of which TOS officer or crewmember? [/QUOTE] Dr. McCoy, in the episode _Trials and Tribble-lations_. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/175 "2006-12-08T18:07:10Z")
1. In the TNG series finale, “All Good Things…”, older Picard says angrily, “Where’s the anomaly, Q?!” Q, mocking him in the guise of an old man, replies… ? ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/176 "2006-12-08T20:43:04Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] I want to say it starts with an M. Mugatu? Mobato? Mugura? Mayo? Mitsubishi? [/QUOTE] Mugato. ---
**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, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/177 "2006-12-08T20:47:28Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Ah, but in only one episode do we see him in ALL THREE kinds of uniform shirt [/QUOTE] I’m going to take a stab at “Journey to Babel” (pun intended!) as I seem to remember the dress uniform worn when with the delegates, yellow when fighting the Andorian imposter and then green casual when taking the captain’s chair from Spock. [QUOTE=TDN] I want to say it starts with an M. Mugatu? Mobato? Mugura? Mayo? Mitsubishi? [/QUOTE] 1. About time I asked one. In tribute to the beastie above and Star Trek in general, what film used its name for a human bad guy. Before I watch the episode, can anyone confirm the answer I gave to the brig question? I’m holding off on watching any episodes with my daughter till I’ve exhausted my answers (my daughter likes Star Trek, ain’t that great!) ---
**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, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/178 "2006-12-08T21:06:31Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] [118.] Dr. McCoy, in the episode _Trials and Tribble-lations_. [/QUOTE] Correct. ---
**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, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/179 "2006-12-08T21:07:47Z")
[QUOTE=winterhawk11] [120.] Mugato. [/QUOTE] Right you are. ---
**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, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807/180 "2006-12-08T21:14:51Z")
[QUOTE=Pushkin] [104. Re: Kirk’s three shirts]. I’m going to take a stab at “Journey to Babel” (pun intended!) as I seem to remember the dress uniform worn when with the delegates, yellow when fighting the Andorian imposter and then green casual when taking the captain’s chair from Spock. [/QUOTE] I don’t think so. I have another episode in mind, which I saw not long before I started this thread. [QUOTE=Pushkin] 122. About time I asked one. In tribute to the beastie above and Star Trek in general, what film used its name for a human bad guy. [/QUOTE] Will Ferrell’s character in _Zoolander_, wasn’t it? [QUOTE=Pushkin] Before I watch the episode, can anyone confirm the answer I gave to the brig question? I’m holding off on watching any episodes with my daughter till I’ve exhausted my answers (my daughter likes Star Trek, ain’t that great!) [/QUOTE] Yep, I think it was the Mirror Universe Kirk, who said something to Spock like “You want money? Power? A ship of your own? I can get that for you, Spock.” To which Spock replied (with possibly his best delivery of the entire series), “Fascinating.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-trivia-contest/382807.md?page=10)