Name That Episode #35 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Time's Arrow, Part 1

A slightly tricky one! Whenever a character on the show was seen as being older, it was usually due to an illness, time anomaly or some bizarre alien influence. The first case applies to the second-season episode, "Unnatural Selection", where Dr. Pulaski contracts the geriatric syndrome and ages in a matter of minutes after attempting to aid those on the quarantined station.

The second case applies to the series finale, "All Good Things...", as practically everyone was shown as older versions of themselves: Picard as an elderly man tending the vineyards, Geordi as a married man with children, Dr. Crusher as the captain of a medical starship and Riker as an admiral (with gray hair and all).

The third case applies to "Future Imperfect", where Riker, Picard, Counselor Troi and Dr. Crusher all appear aged and gray when the ship's First Officer believes he's waken up sixteen years in the future...that is, until he realizes it was all a computer fantasy and a deception created by the lonely alien masquerading as his 'son'. So that leaves "Time's Arrow, Part 1" as the correct answer. Season 5's cliffhanger portrayed all of the characters at their present ages, despite Data (and, eventually, the rest of the crew) travelling back to the past and experiencing 19th-century Earth. One might say that Data's severed head, which is found in San Francisco at the beginning of the episode, is an older representation of Data, but considering that Data's physical appearance (at least by show standards) never changes, this notion must be discounted.

Answer: Emergence

To ensure that the Enterprise arrives in 'Vertiform City', the location in space where the ship could collect the particles necessary for the creation of the new lifeform, the holodeck characters try to stop Data, Counselor Troi and Worf from getting in the way.

The man carrying the brick is followed on the street by Worf and Counselor Troi to a building that is 'under construction'. After placing the brick, the mysterious man disappears down the street, leaving a curious Worf and Troi free to investigate the area.

But then suddenly, bricks and other debris from the building begin falling from above, knocking Troi to the ground and scarring the side of her face. Meanwhile, Data is busy trying to access the ship's power grid from a manhole in the middle of a different street. Without warning, a speeding taxi veers from around a corner and races straight towards him.

But the resident android is alert and evades the oncoming vehicle just in the nick of time. Of course, in both instances, the holodeck safeties were offline and there were conveniently absolutely no other cars or people walking along the street, despite everything happening in broad daylight. Though since this was all taking place on the holodeck, I suppose one has to always expect the unrealistic, eh?

Answer: Unification, Part 2

Thanks to their combined teamwork and computer expertise in modifying the same holographic systems that created the holographic image of Ambassador Spock, Data and the real Spock have created the illusion of Riker and two other Starfleet officers transporting into the conference room of the Romulan Senate, where Sela and her guards had re-entered to further speak with their prisoners.

The illusion becomes clear once she and the guards take cover and begin firing their disruptors: the projectile blasts fly right through their intended targets.

The distraction works long enough for the unsuspecting Romulans to let their guard down, which allows Spock to emerge from behind the holographic wall to render one of the guards unconscious by way of the Vulcan neck pinch while Picard, also emerging from behind the holographic wall, knocks the other guard out with a mighty blow to the head.

Answer: Data's Day

In preparation for Chief O'Brien and Keiko's wedding, Data seeks the ship's chief medical officer for dance lessons. Except initially, the android doesn't mention the wedding to her. So we see the pair on the holodeck, the locale being a studio featuring a broad wooden floor tailor-made for a tap-dancing affair. Outfitted with the proper footwear, Beverly begins teaching Data the basic maneuvers, which he masters quickly.

Then as they move on to more complex routines, an impressed doctor realizes that he's too good.

After the final sequence, where they are practically 'tap-racing' in place, Beverly has to put a stop to the lesson, only to discover moments later that Data actually needs to learn dance moves fit for a wedding ceremony.

Answer: Ensign Ro

A tricky one at the midway point of this quiz! There were several tense moments in the episode that featured the debut appearance of the troubled Bajoran. One particularly tense moment occurs when the away team has beamed down to the surface of the colony.

While traversing through the cave, the team is stopped by a band of gunmen led by the man named Orta. However, instead of initiating combat, Orta, with Ensign Ro accompanying him, opts for a diplomatic approach and explains the situation to a perplexed (and slightly irritated) Picard.

The only 'fight' that does take place is when the Cardassian ships destroy the Bajoran ship with weapons fire towards the end. In "Legacy", both Data and Riker are involved in a brief exchange of phaser fire with Ishara Yar in the underground chamber.

After Data finds her trying to disable the generator that would cause the Alliance to lose its defenses, Ishara tries to blast Data then, after missing her target, Riker. Both men dodge her weapons fire with Data eventually stunning Ishara to end the standoff.

In "Gambit, Part 1", the away team is accosted by the gun-wielding mercenaries down on the surface and engage them in combat. An unnamed crewman is shot by one of the blasts before Riker is knocked off his feet due to being in close range to a boulder that's fired upon. Then in "Preemptive Strike", our beloved Ro Laren, working undercover as a Federation spy, assists the Maquis civilians in defending against the three gun-wielding Cardassians that had secretly walked into the encampment wearing robes while she and the elder man were talking.

Answer: Eye Of The Beholder

Geordi and Data are working in the nacelle chamber when Counselor Troi experiences one of her many hallucinations. After Data detects organic material from behind one of the bulkheads, Geordi confirms it when his hand-held scanner illuminates the image of a skeleton. Moments later, inside sickbay, Worf and the female science officer named Ensign Calloway determine that the remains are that of the female officer who Troi kept seeing in her hallucinatory episodes, Marla Finn.

Answer: The Last Outpost

Riker, Geordi, Yar, Data and Worf are traversing the deserted planet formerly controlled by the ancient Tkon Empire when they encounter a band of Ferengi, who blame the Enterprise crew for holding their ship hostage up in outer space. When the two sides prepare to battle it out with their respective hand-held weapons, the away team's phaser blasts zigzag through the air without hitting any of the Ferengi; likewise, the lasso-like projectiles fired by the elaborately-lobed aliens miss their Federation targets and fly off into the air harmlessly. Just as both sides are confused and wondering how in the world this can be possible, the ruler of the Tkon Empire awakens and emerges right before their eyes, explaining that he is the mighty force responsible for everything that has transpired up in space and on the planet's surface.

Answer: Sarek

The first-season episode "Haven" featured the Human-looking race called the Tarellians, of which the woman whom Wyatt Miller created in his artwork is discovered to have been the true soulmate all along, and not Counselor Troi. The Tarellians are never seen nor spoken of ever again. Likewise, the unnamed Human-looking race from "Angel One", where the women are the dominant gender while the men are submissive, are never seen nor spoken of again either. Further, the alien taking on the form of Jeremy Aster's dead mother in "The Bonding" is never seen nor spoken of again. So that leaves "Sarek" as the correct answer.

The Vulcan Ambassador, from which this episode gets its title, would be seen a second time in the fifth-season episode, "Unification, Part 1", when he ultimately dies. Additionally, a Vulcan is seen again in the sixth-season episode, "Suspicions"; here, the Vulcan wife of a Human scientist is among those whom Dr. Crusher questions in her investigation of the murder of the Ferengi named Dr. Reyga.

Answer: Bloodlines

In the opening teaser, the mysterious probe sends what the bridge crew initially believes to be a holographic image of DaiMon Bok, who warns that Picard's son will be killed. This public threat is soon followed up by a visit to both Picard's quarters and Ready Room, each time Bok repeating the same threat. Geordi and Data are eventually able to determine that Bok is using a new kind of transporter technology, which the Federation considered a long time ago but never implemented due to power conservation considerations. That same technology ultimately results in the abduction of Jason Vigo from the Enterprise and, consequently, leads Picard to go on a solo rescue mission via the Federation flagship's own transporters.

Answer: Pen Pals

A fairly tricky one to close out Quiz #35! "Pen Pals" featured two children: the alien girl on the planet named Sarjenka, plus Wesley himself. In the case of the former, Data actually obtains knowledge of her existence first before establishing direct communications with her. Everything else Sarjenka learns comes afterwards, particularly when she physically comes aboard just as her planet is being saved from destruction near the end.

In the case of the latter, the senior staff was already aware that Wesley would be in charge of the geological survey team; nothing that he knew was anything Picard and company didn't already know during the discussion in the Observation Lounge.

In "The Bonding", Jeremy Aster is the first to see that his 'mother' is alive and well inside his quarters, shortly before Worf enters and observes the same thing.

The alien masquerading as the dead Lieutenant Aster explains later that it only wished to put an end to a long time of suffering and devastation as a result of endless war occurring down on the planet.

In "Imaginary Friend", the girl named Clara was the very first to see Isabella manifested as a real person in the arboretum, followed by Worf (when the two children are running around in the corridor), Counselor Troi (when she's attacked in Ensign Sutter's quarters) and, ultimately, Picard himself. Further, Isabella (still manifested as a child) explains to Picard that the space-faring lifeforms attacking the ship had been purposely draining the shields in order to obtain energy, which he and the rest of the crew had absolutely no idea about. Then in "Hero Worship", Timothy suddenly remembers that the crew of his ship kept wanting to supply more power to the shields in order to escape the distortion, giving this vital information to Data while the Enterprise is in imminent danger of being destroyed and succumbing to the same fate as the Vico.