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 ST IV: The Voyage Home
Leonard Nimoy. Leonard Nimoy also directed "Three Men and a Baby".
Catherine Hicks. Catherine Hicks also plays the mother on "7th Heaven", with Stephen Collins, who appeared in "Star Trek - The Motion Picture".
"Klingon justice is a unique point of view.". The Klingon Chancellor objects to Sareks appearance there and accuses Sarek of being biased because Kirk saved Spock.
H.M.S. Bounty. It is an appropriate choice, based on the novel "Mutiny on the Bounty". Like the crew in the novel, the crew of the Enterprise is facing court-martial for disobeying direct orders of a superior officer, and stealing the Enterprise in order to save Spock.
"How do you feel?". His mother tells him that the computer knows that he is half-human and that, as her son, he has feelings, whether he understands them or not.
Because he was there. He is going to offer testimony at Kirk's trial. It is a matter of duty for him.
| McCoy tries to have a "philosophical" discussion about "Life. Death. Life." with Spock while they return to Earth. Spock interrupts him, saying, "Forgive me Doctor. I am receiving a number of distress calls." How does McCoy answer? | "The Voyage Home" - Saving the Whales
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"I don't doubt it.". Spock had told McCoy that it would be impossible to talk about death with him "without a common frame of reference." Being as McCoy probably did not feel like dying just to hold a conversation with Spock, he was probably glad for the interruption.
"Humpbacked? People?". Scotty has never heard of humpbacked whales.
Golden Gate Park. This is Kirk's suggestion. They are all glad to see San Fransico again, even if it is a San Fransico they have never known, because that is where Starfleet Headquarters is located in their time. Sulu was born in San Fransico.
San Francisco Register. Kirk then realizes that they will need money.
$100. Kirk knows that the glasses will be given to him by Dr. McCoy again in the future.
A cadet review. They try to spread out but they end up all in a group no matter which way they turn.
The Cetacean Institute. Marineland is in Los Angeles and Sea World is located in San Diego. The Monterey Bay Aquarium is the location actually used for the Cetacean Institute.
Robin Hood and Friar Tuck. Spock does resemble Friar Tuck in his robe and with a band around his head to cover his ears.
"That much is certain.". Poor Spock. Must have been "too much LDS."
the SARATOGA. The captain identifies her vessel as the SARATOGA quite clearly.
| The woman who played the captain of the first Starfleet vessel we see disabled by the probe would later play the mother of one of the characters from a "Star Trek" television series. Which one? | "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", Part I of II
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Geordi LaForge, from "The Next Generation". Madge Sinclair played Silva LaForge -- another female starship captain, this time of the USS HERA -- in exactly one episode of "ST:TNG", called "Interface." Born in Jamaica, Sinclair sadly died of leukemia in 1995.
| The Federation Council President (Robert Ellenstein) attempts to pacify the Klingon ambassador by noting that Kirk has been charged with a number of violations of Starfleet regulations. How many? | "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", Part I of II
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nine . Oddly enough, when charges are being read at the end of the film, only SIX are listed! (Oops.)
three months. Kirk refers to the "third month of our Vulcan exile." About two years passed for those of us watching the movies, but within the storyline, time is a funny thing. =)
| The first time we see Spock (Leonard Nimoy), he is being subjected to rapid-fire quiz questions from a multi-tasking, multi-screen computer. Which discipline is NOT covered by any of the questions Spock is being asked? | "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", Part I of II
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marine biology. Spock is asked to win a chess game, to identify a Klingon artifact of archaeological significance, and to provide "the molecular formula of yominium sulfide crystals." Nothing about marine biology, despite the events of the rest of the film.
| Meanwhile, back on Earth, we see a character named Admiral Cartwright advising the Federation Council President at Starfleet Command. The man playing Cartwright would later portray a recurring character on one of the "Trek" TV series. Which one? | "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", Part I of II
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Deep Space Nine. Brock Peters would later play Joseph Sisko, father to Benjamin Sisko, the commanding officer of the space station known to Federation citizens as Deep Space Nine.
| On their way back to Earth from Vulcan, Kirk and his crew receive a message from the Federation Council President. Boiled down to its essence, what is the main point of the President's message? | "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", Part I of II
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"Stay away!". The President has no idea that whales are the solution to the disaster, and he seems convinced that NOTHING can destroy the probe. He doesn't ask for any kind of rescue; on the contrary, he warns any ship within the sound of his voice to "avoid Earth at all costs!"
humpback. At Kirk's request, Uhura manipulates the probe's destructive "song" to the effect that the crew can hear what it would sound like underwater. Some quick follow-up research by Spock supports the conclusion that the probe's message is perfectly analagous to the songs sung by humpback whales.
Carol Marcus (Bibi Besch). Rand and Chapel are seen for about two seconds apiece, but Sarek has several lines of dialogue, and even advises the President to declare a state of emergency. Carol Marcus, the mother of Kirk's late son David, made no other appearances after "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (1982) -- she's nowhere to be seen in this film.
| Shortly before attempting time travel, a member of the crew of the now-destroyed ENTERPRISE (now part of the crew of the BOUNTY, the Klingon Bird-of-Prey that Kirk and company commandeered at the end of "Star Trek III"), quotes Shakespeare -- specifically, "Hamlet." Who does this? | "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", Part I of II
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McCoy. "Angels and ministers of grace, defend us," McCoy moans. Spock immediately recognizes the line from Act I, Scene IV of "Hamlet."
He measures the amount of pollution in Earth's atmosphere.. Spock: "Judging by the pollution content in the atmosphere, I believe we have arrived at the latter half of the 20th century."
Sulu. In the original script, Sulu even runs into a young boy who will become his great-great-however-many-great-grandfather...but the scene never wound up in the film, because Nimoy couldn't get a usable take -- the young boy playing the role simply would not stop crying!
sanitation workers. Two men working a sanitation truck are nearby when the invisible BOUNTY causes a great deal of atmospheric disturbance and leaves giant "footprints" in the grass...but they flee the scene, pretending to have seen nothing. (We see some joggers when the BOUNTY *leaves* the park near the end of the film, but not when it arrives.)
Sausalito. The fictional Cetacean Institute is located in Sausalito, CA.
| In one of the funniest scenes in the film, Kirk and Spock encounter an obnoxious punk rocker with a mohawk and thunderingly loud "boom box" on a city bus. The man playing this role also worked on the film's production. What was his "other" job? | "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", Part I of II
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associate producer. Kirk Thatcher not only played the part of "Punk On Bus," he also co-wrote and sang lead vocals on the song "I Hate You" that blares from his boom box.
Stay tuned for part two of this quiz!
| When Spock (Leonard Nimoy) asks Kirk (William Shatner) why the admiral has taken to using profanity since their arrival in 1986, Kirk notes that such language is prevalent in the "classic literature" of the time. Which author does he NOT name while making this point? | "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", Quiz II of II
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Danielle Steel. Kirk: "Jacqueline Susann. Harold Robbins." Spock: "Ah. The giants." A bit of an in-joke, since Susann and Robbins are well-known for writing trashy, sensationalistic material. Could their works somehow become "classics" in the 23rd century...?
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