Star Trek Trivia

[Captain Crio Ijoula]

To inaugurate a new trivia section here, I thought it might be fitting to use one of the most popular episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation for trivia.

The Best of Both Worlds
Parts 1 and 2 (TNG)

During a viewers' choice marathon in late 1994, both parts of this episode received the top picks among fan favorites.

"Tbe Best of Both Worlds" won Emmy awards for "Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series" and "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series." It was also nominated for at least two other awards.

Guest cast for this episode include:

George Murdock as Admiral J.P. Hanson
Elizabeth Dennehy as Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Shelby
Whoppi Goldberg as Guinan
Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien

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Trivia from Part 1
=/\= Receiving a distress call from an outer colony world, what does an away team, led by Commander Riker find upon investigating the New Providence colony?

=/\= Admiral J.P. Hanson and Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Shelby come aboard the Enterprise with disturbing news, providing a strong hypothesis as to who had recently visited the New Providence colony. Implicating the Borg, how long has Starfleet Command been anticipating an attack by them?

=/\= The reason for Commander Shelby's presence on this mission is because she is an expert on what species?

=/\= Admiral Hanson also gives another opportunity for Commander Riker to get a command of his own. Which starship does he offer for Riker?

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*BONUS: The following question goes with the previous one about command opportunities for Riker.

=/\= Two previous command opportunites had been offered to Will Riker. Which starships had he been offered before, according to "The Arsenal of Freedom" and "The Icarus Factor" (TNG)?
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=/\= In a desperate search to come up with a suitable offense against the Borg, what component of the Enterprise undergoes modification to become an incredibly powerful weapon?

=/\= When the Borg do reach the Enterprise, they are remarkably specific about whom they want. Much to the surprise of the senior staff and Commander Shelby, who do the Borg want, and later succeed at abducting?

=/\= What new transporter procedure do we get to witness in this episode, as referred to by Chief O'Brien?

=/\= An away team, led by Commander Shelby, finds a way to disable the Borg cube. After destroying a few Borg distribution nodes and fighting off several Borg drones, what do they discover about the missing crewmember from the Enterprise?

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QUOTES: Tell me who said these.

"Coordinates verified sir. You're at the center of town."

"The truth is.... Hell.... We are not ready."

"That's what I'm here to find out."

"Got another King in the hole, eh Data?"

"The only component of the Enterprise designed to channel that much energy at controlled frequencies."

"Fluctuate phaser resonance frequencies. Random settings... Don't give them time to adapt."

"Something of an old tradition... touring a ship before a battle."

"If you can't make the big decisions... I suggest you make room for someone who can."

"Freedom is irrelevant. Self-determination is irrelevant. You must comply.... Death is irrelevant. Your archaic cultures are authority driven..."

"We're in business."
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I have put several questions down. Anyone, and I mean ANYONE is welcome to take a shot at these questions. Do not feel that you have to answer all of them. Feel free to pick and choose.

Enjoy!

[Captain Stephanie Morgan]

=/\= Receiving a distress call from an outer colony world, what does an away team, led by Commander Riker find upon investigating the New Providence colony?

A Crater where the colony use to be.

=/\= The reason for Commander Shelby's presence on this mission is because she is an expert on what species?

The Borg.

=/\= Admiral Hanson also gives another opportunity for Commander Riker to get a command of his own. Which starship does he offer for Riker?

The Melbourne

[LtCdr Eric Kramer]

Well I believe Data said. "Coordinates verified sir. You're at the center of town."

"If you can't make the big decisions... I suggest you make room for someone who can." Elizabeth Shelby

=/\= In a desperate search to come up with a suitable offense against the Borg, what component of the Enterprise undergoes modification to become an incredibly powerful weapon? That would be the Deflector Dish

=/\= Two previous command opportunites had been offered to Will Riker. Which starships had he been offered before, according to "The Arsenal of Freedom" and "The Icarus Factor" (TNG)? The Drake, and the Nova

[LtJG Miria Jesmin]

Apr 11, 2009 13:00:35 GMT -5 LtCdr Eric Kramer said:

=/\= Two previous command opportunites had been offered to Will Riker. Which starships had he been offered before, according to "The Arsenal of Freedom" and "The Icarus Factor" (TNG)? The Drake, and the Nova

Nope, the Drake, and the Aries

[Captain Crio Ijoula]

Not bad, so far.
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Commander Morgan, good eye for the details. Your answers are correct.

Commander Kramer, I have to say that two of your responses are incorrect.

However, I must say I'm glad you correctly answered the 'who said it' of one of the best lines in the episode. It was Commander Shelby who said "If you can't make the big decisions... I suggest you make room for someone who can." She was saying that to Riker, during a bit of an argument in the turbolift.

It wasn't Data who said "Coordinates verified...." That was someone else.

And I don't ever remember any reference to a ship called the USS Nova. However, the Drake is correct.

Ensign Mordak, I see you caught Mister Kramer's mistake and corrected it. Nice.
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There's still a bunch of questions left, along with quotes to identify

[Ensign Bejal Pradan]

It wasn't Data who said "Coordinates verified...." That was someone else.


Was it Worf?[/color]

[Captain Crio Ijoula]

I have to compliment you on a good guess Mister Pradan, but sadly, it's not correct. Do you want to take another shot at it, possibly with a hint?

Again the line that seems to be in question is:

"Coordinates verified, sir. You're at the center of town."

There are still plenty of others as well, and I tried not to make them too hard. If anyone needs a hint or two, feel free to let me know.

[Captain Crio Ijoula]

Okay. I'll put the rest of the questions from "Best of Both Worlds" on the back-burner for now.

I've decided to pull out some new trivia for y'all. This time, it's based on one of the movies.

Star Trek II:
The Wrath of Khan

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Released in 1982, Star Trek 2 brought back the villain known as Khan Noonien Singh. I will give you folks multiple questions here based on the movie.

**This trivia on Star Trek 2 is also in tribute to actor Ricardo Montalban, who portrayed Khan Noonien Singh in "Space Seed" (TOS) and reprised the role for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. He died on January 14, 2009 at age 88.**


=/\= Admiral Kirk gets three notable birthday gifts from two of his closest friends in this movie. What were these gifts, and who gave which gift to Kirk.

=/\= During the first battle with the USS Reliant, Admiral Kirk decides to use a never-before-seen tactic to give the Enterprise an edge by ordering the Reliant's shields to be lowered. In order to accomplish this, he needed the Reliant's command prefix code. Tell me that code.

=/\= In the novel and the Director's Edition DVD release of this movie, there is an extra scene that was omitted from the video release of this movie that established what relationship between Chief Engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott and Midshipman Peter Preston?

=/\= After giving his analysis of the Regula planetoid, what additional descriptive remark did Spock give?

=/\= Just before entering the Mutara Nebula, Scotty described the main energizers as "bypassed like" what?

=/\= Once armed, how long until the Genesis device detonates?

=/\= Although it wasn't really established in the dialog, Khan refers to "my beloved wife." To whom was he referring to?

QUOTES: Tell me who said these.

"He stayed at his post... when the trainees ran."

"May I quote General Order Twelve..."

"KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Mister Sulu, you may indulge yourself."

"Perhaps you're right. What is Mister Scott's condition?"

"You said it yourself; it's a bang that could rearrange the universe."

"Where's the override?!? The override?!?"

"We are one big, happy fleet."

"Not enough against their shields."

"I'm proud... very proud... to be your son."

"Let's find out how badly we've been hurt."

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[Captain Kestra Suder]

To answer your question from "Best of Both Worlds", I am sure it was Chief Miles O'Brien who said "Coordinates Verified, sir. You are at the center of town"

[Captain Crio Ijoula]

YES! I had hoped someone would get that one!

"Coordinates verified, sir. You're at the center of town." -- Chief Miles O'Brien.

I hadn't intended on that one being so hard. If anyone needs hints on these, then PLEASE let me know. I'll give hints to some of the trickier ones, but I just need to be clued in on which ones need the hints. I would've thought that stating a location like that would lend itself to being what a transporter chief might respond with.

At this point, I ask that any answers that follow now be prefaced with which episode/movie trivia you folks are answering.

As an example to help you:
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"The Best of Both Worlds"

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ANSWER.

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Feel free to answer multiple questions if you want to.

Currently left on the trivia for Best of Both Worlds is:

=/\= When the Borg do reach the Enterprise, they are remarkably specific about whom they want. Much to the surprise of the senior staff and Commander Shelby, who do the Borg want, and later succeed at abducting?

=/\= What new transporter procedure do we get to witness in this episode, as referred to by Chief O'Brien?

=/\= An away team, led by Commander Shelby, finds a way to disable the Borg cube. After destroying a few Borg distribution nodes and fighting off several Borg drones, what do they discover about the missing crewmember from the Enterprise?

QUOTES:

"The truth is.... Hell.... We are not ready."

"That's what I'm here to find out."

"Got another King in the hole, eh Data?"

"The only component of the Enterprise designed to channel that much energy at controlled frequencies."

"Fluctuate phaser resonance frequencies. Random settings... Don't give them time to adapt."

"Something of an old tradition... touring a ship before a battle."

"Freedom is irrelevant. Self-determination is irrelevant. You must comply.... Death is irrelevant. Your archaic cultures are authority driven..."

"We're in business."

[Captain Stephanie Morgan]

=/\= Admiral Kirk gets three notable birthday gifts from two of his closest friends in this movie. What were these gifts, and who gave which gift to Kirk.


(/\) Spock gave him an antique copy of A tale of two Cities. While Dr McCoy blessed him with a bottle of finely-aged Romulan ale, and an antique pair of reading glasses. Captain Kirk is allergic to Retinax V.

[Captain Crio Ijoula]

It's been a while since I've been on my trivia page, and I apologize for that. I've since come up with some more trivia designed to hopefully bring back fond memories from the episodes and movies.

I'll start with a popular episode of the Original Series -

"The Trouble With Tribbles"

For now, I'll start out light on the quantity of questions presented.

=/\= The USS Enterprise is summoned to Deep Space Station K-7 by what Federation Undersecretary for Agricultural Affairs?

=/\= This Federation official, mentioned above, issued what kind of call to draw the Enterprise, that was deemed a misuse of the summons?

=/\= At this point, Station K-7 is storing several tons of what Earth grain?

=/\= Lieutenant Uhura and Ensign Chekov meet what interstellar trader in the bar on K-7?

=/\= What three things does this trader try to sell to the bartender?