# The Hardest Star Trek Quiz You Will Ever Take - From Rotten Tomatoes (no Facebook login required)

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**Created:** [August 20, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-star-trek-quiz-you-will-ever-take-from-rotten-tomatoes-no-facebook-login-required/632030 "2012-08-20T03:28:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-star-trek-quiz-you-will-ever-take-from-rotten-tomatoes-no-facebook-login-required/632030/21 "2012-08-24T15:49:36Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> P.S. I got a ZERO.

Congratulations. You’re clearly _not_ of the body.

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**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-star-trek-quiz-you-will-ever-take-from-rotten-tomatoes-no-facebook-login-required/632030/22 "2012-08-27T15:01:23Z")

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8/17.

And I guessed on some.

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-star-trek-quiz-you-will-ever-take-from-rotten-tomatoes-no-facebook-login-required/632030/23 "2012-08-27T15:24:46Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> Congratulations. You’re clearly _not_ of the body.

Herbert! Herbert! Herbert!

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-star-trek-quiz-you-will-ever-take-from-rotten-tomatoes-no-facebook-login-required/632030/24 "2012-08-27T15:29:27Z")

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I got 7 right.

3 I knew.  
3 I made an educated guess.  
1 was a shot in the dark.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-star-trek-quiz-you-will-ever-take-from-rotten-tomatoes-no-facebook-login-required/632030/25 "2012-08-27T19:27:59Z")

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Six. I didn’t think I’d get any right - I’m a bigger Star Trek geek than I realized!

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**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-star-trek-quiz-you-will-ever-take-from-rotten-tomatoes-no-facebook-login-required/632030/26 "2012-08-28T05:06:43Z")

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I got 3 right.

I have to call shennanigans on #3: Malachi Throne was not in The Cage, but the wraparound footage in The Menagerie, and Star Trek VI was released nearly a month after Unification Part 2 aired, although they were filmed at the same time.

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**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-star-trek-quiz-you-will-ever-take-from-rotten-tomatoes-no-facebook-login-required/632030/27 "2012-08-28T05:34:47Z")

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I got 12. I am weeping silently now.

The warp calculation seems odd.  
And although I guessed correctly on #3, I think the objection upthread by **Harvey the Heavy** is valid.

At least they didn’t ask for Spock’s serial number.  
Which is (as everyone knows) S179-276SP.

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**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-star-trek-quiz-you-will-ever-take-from-rotten-tomatoes-no-facebook-login-required/632030/28 "2012-08-28T14:30:23Z")

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Why is Nimoys’ fathers’ profession a Star Trek trivia question?

I got 8.

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