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The Search for "Spock's Brain" Quiz

Before "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock," there was Star Trek Season 3's "Spock's Brain." Join the Enterprise crew as they risk life and limb to reunite one Vulcan's brain with his body.

A multiple-choice quiz by Corranterrik. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Corranterrik

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
327,719

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
345

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. The episode begins with a beautiful woman transporting herself onto the bridge of the Enterprise. How does the bridge crew handle the intruder? Hint

Kirk distracts her while Spock attempts to use the nerve pinch on her.

Kirk calls Security to the bridge, then greets her charmingly.

The two security men attempt to stun her, but are killed.

Kirk serves as the distraction while McCoy tries to sedate her.

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Question 2 of 10

2. What, according to McCoy, is worse than being dead? Hint

Your brain being gone.

Being helpless to cure a terminally ill patient.

Being subdued without ever having the chance to defend oneself.

Being lectured to by a pointy-eared computer.

3. The Enterprise crew discovers that Spock's brain could be on one of three planets in a certain system, but they only have time to search one planet before Spock's body dies. How do they choose which of the three planets to search? Hint

One planet is more technologically advanced than the others, so they choose that one.

Regular energy pulses are emanating from an Ice Age equivalent planet.

None of the planets have the technology to transport people across space, so they go to the closest planet.

Spock's brain contacted the Enterprise and gave them a frequency to follow.

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Question 4 of 10

4. The landing party captures a man, who is terrified of the people who come from the caves. What does he call these people? Hint

They who must not be named

Beautiful creatures

Givers of pain and delight

She-devils

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Question 5 of 10

5. What names were given to the men and women on this planet? Hint

Men and Women

Masters and Thralls

He and She

Morg and Eymorg

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Question 6 of 10

6. How did Kirk, Scotty, and McCoy get free of the pain-giving belts? Hint

Kirk surreptitiously pushed the red button on Kara's wrist while teaching her about love.

McCoy used the remote control to have ZombieSpock pull them apart with his Vulcan strength.

Scotty used the tricorder to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow, thereby disrupting the energy to the belts and releasing them.

Kirk used the remote control to get ZombieSpock to push the red button on Kara's bracelet.

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Question 7 of 10

7. Why did Spock not want the landing party to try to save him? Hint

He didn't know where he was, and did not believe anyone would be able to find him without being killed.

He knew his body was dying and no one had the expertise to reinstall a brain into its proper location.

He did not want to be indebted to Dr. McCoy.

He believed he was needed more by the inhabitants than by the Enterprise.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Why was Spock's brain taken in the first place? Hint

To be the new Controller.

To teach the inhabitants.

To enshrine in the Hall of Ancient Thought.

To download its contents into their computer banks.

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the middle of the surgery to replace Spock's brain, McCoy begins to forget how to do it. What does he need to do to aid him in completing the job? Hint

Put the Teacher back on and reabsorb the surgical knowledge.

Have Kirk give him a stimulant shot so he can regain his energy and concentration.

Beam a computer down so he can work from an anatomical diagram of the Vulcan brain.

Reconnect Spock's vocal cords so he can aid McCoy with the surgery.

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Question 10 of 10

10. What mistake did McCoy say he made while performing Spock's surgery? Hint

He didn't shave Spock's head before performing the surgery.

He reconnected Spock's mouth.

He crossed a couple of Spock's nerves, making Spock mix up the directions of right and left.

He should've connected Spock's emotional center.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The episode begins with a beautiful woman transporting herself onto the bridge of the Enterprise. How does the bridge crew handle the intruder?

Answer: Kirk calls Security to the bridge, then greets her charmingly.

The second she appears, Kirk calls Security. Then the "beautiful girl" music plays (instead of the "possible threat" music), and the crew seem to take their cues from the music, because Kirk smiles and greets her charmingly, and everyone else just stares at her like they've never seen a woman before. To Security's credit, they arrive, remember their jobs, and pull out their phasers, but the beautiful woman renders the entire ship unconscious before the phasers can ever be used.

It's important to note that no security guards were harmed in the course of this episode.

2. What, according to McCoy, is worse than being dead?

Answer: Your brain being gone.

When the crew wakes up, they discover that Spock is in sickbay, where he is quickly put on life support. When Kirk sees this, he asks if Spock is dead. McCoy replies that Spock is worse than dead, and then tells Kirk just what is wrong with Spock. I'd like to know how DeForest Kelley played this scene with a straight face.

Answer: Regular energy pulses are emanating from an Ice Age equivalent planet.

Sulu mentions going to the most technologically advanced planet, but even that planet doesn't have the technology to transport people across space or remove brains with such precision. Uhura picks up the energy pulses, but no one can figure out how this planet is emitting them, so Kirk decides to go there.

4. The landing party captures a man, who is terrified of the people who come from the caves. What does he call these people?

Answer: Givers of pain and delight

Yes, this episode was written and aired in the 1960's.

5. What names were given to the men and women on this planet?

Answer: Morg and Eymorg

The man the landing party captures says the landing party are not Morg or Others, and Kara says the landing party is not Morg or Eymorg. The men are Morgs, the women Eymorgs.

6. How did Kirk, Scotty, and McCoy get free of the pain-giving belts?

Answer: Kirk used the remote control to get ZombieSpock to push the red button on Kara's bracelet.

When Kirk, Scotty, and McCoy found Spock's brain, Kara activated the pain-giving belts to prevent them from tampering with the "Controller." Kirk collapsed near the remote control and used it to get ZombieSpock to restrain Kara and push the button to release the belts. That is one awesome remote control!

7. Why did Spock not want the landing party to try to save him?

Answer: He knew his body was dying and no one had the expertise to reinstall a brain into its proper location.

Spock believed that attempting to rescue him was impractical at best, since nobody knew how to put a severed brain back into a skull. He didn't see any reason for lives to be risked on a futile mission.

8. Why was Spock's brain taken in the first place?

Answer: To be the new Controller.

The old Controller was dying, so they needed a new Controller to keep the underground city running. Spock's brain was used to circulate the air, purify the water, and keep the heat running for the Eymorgs.

9. In the middle of the surgery to replace Spock's brain, McCoy begins to forget how to do it. What does he need to do to aid him in completing the job?

Answer: Reconnect Spock's vocal cords so he can aid McCoy with the surgery.

Apparently, Spock is now a neurosurgeon. If no one in the Federation can do what McCoy is attempting to do, then Spock shouldn't be able to do it, either. Since he seems able to do it so well he can direct someone else on how to do it without even looking at so much as a diagram, he should write a paper on the subject and change his focus from Science to Medicine.

10. What mistake did McCoy say he made while performing Spock's surgery?

Answer: He reconnected Spock's mouth.

After the surgery, Spock talks nonstop about the history and evolution of the natives of the planet. No one else can get a word in edgewise.

Source: Author Corranterrik

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