FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Quiz about Test Your Star Trek Knowledge
Quiz about Test Your Star Trek Knowledge

Test Your 'Star Trek' Knowledge Quiz


Another 'Star Trek' quiz.
This is a renovated/adopted version of an old quiz by author ladyramblr

A multiple-choice quiz by Red_John. Estimated time: 6 mins.
  1. Home
  2. »
  3. Quizzes
  4. »
  5. TV Trivia
  6. »
  7. Television Q-T
  8. »
  9. Star Trek Universe

Author
Red_John
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
4,559
Updated
Dec 20 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
235
Last 3 plays: Guest 70 (7/10), kstyle53 (10/10), Guest 85 (5/10).
- -
Question 1 of 10
1. "Star Trek: The Animated Series" saw the majority of the original cast of "Star Trek" return to provide their voices for a new series of adventures. As well as the main cast, a number of guest stars from the original series also returned to reprise their roles. Which of the following actors did not appear in "Star Trek: The Animated Series" in a role they had previously played? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Chronologically within the series, the first appearance of the 'mirror universe' comes in the two-part "Star Trek: Enterprise" story "In a Mirror, Darkly", which sees the crew of the ISS Enterprise capture a starship from the future. Which Constitution-class starship do they take possession of? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" is famous for the return of Ricardo Montalban as Khan Noonien Singh, but in which episode of "Star Trek: The Original Series" did he originally appear? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. While Vulcans superficially resemble Humans, their anatomy and physiology is significantly different in many ways, most notably when it comes to their blood. While Humans have iron in their blood cells to bind with oxygen, what metal is contained in Vulcan blood cells to undertake the same task? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. As a result of their familiarity as a particular character, it's a rarity for regular cast members of any of the "Star Trek" series to make subsequent appearances playing someone else. Who was the first regular cast member of one "Star Trek" to subsequently make a guest appearance in another "Star Trek" series playing a completely different character? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In 2367, Jean-Luc Picard is chosen to serve in the role of Arbiter of Succession, with the function of selecting the next Klingon Chancellor. Picard is chosen for this task by the then current Chancellor, who is dying as a result of slow poisoning. What is the name of the Chancellor that chooses Picard to select his successor? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "The Offspring", from season 3 of "Star Trek: The Next Generation", was the first episode of a "Star Trek" series to be directed by a regular cast member. Who was sitting in the director's chair for the episode? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Jeffrey Combs is one of the few actors to have appeared in "Star Trek" as members of multiple different alien species. He is best known for three different recurring roles - he appeared as the Andorian officer Shran in "Star Trek: Enterprise" and the Vorta Weyoun in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", but of which species was his third major character a member of? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Aside from the Galaxy-class, represented by the Enterprise, what was the first new starship type to appear in "Star Trek: The Next Generation"? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Four actors that appeared in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" subsequently appeared in "Star Trek: The Next Generation". Which of them made a later appearance in another "Star Trek" television series? Hint



(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

arrow Select a User ID:
arrow Choose a Password:
arrow Your Email:




Most Recent Scores
Today : Guest 70: 7/10
Mar 25 2024 : kstyle53: 10/10
Mar 22 2024 : Guest 85: 5/10
Mar 21 2024 : Guest 85: 5/10
Mar 20 2024 : Guest 73: 7/10
Mar 07 2024 : Guest 107: 4/10
Mar 07 2024 : Lrgindypants: 7/10
Mar 06 2024 : Guest 174: 6/10
Feb 13 2024 : viperch25: 0/10

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Star Trek: The Animated Series" saw the majority of the original cast of "Star Trek" return to provide their voices for a new series of adventures. As well as the main cast, a number of guest stars from the original series also returned to reprise their roles. Which of the following actors did not appear in "Star Trek: The Animated Series" in a role they had previously played?

Answer: John Colicos

Although it was presented as a Saturday morning children's animated series, "Star Trek: The Animated Series" was regarded by creator Gene Roddenberry as a continuation of the original series, which had been cancelled in 1969. As a result, almost the entire cast returned to voice their characters, the only exception being Walter Koenig, as the series budget would not extend to him to be included. The majority of guest characters were voiced by regulars James Doohan and Majel Barrett Roddenberry, but a handful, in certain episodes that had been produced as direct sequels to episodes from the original series, saw the return of the original actors. Roger C. Carmel made his third appearance as Harry Mudd in "Mudd's Passion", while Stanley Adams appeared for a second time as the trader Cyrano Jones in "More Tribbles, More Troubles".

Mark Lenard made his second appearance as Sarek, the father of Spock, in the episode "Yesteryear" - initially, the actor was not going to appear in the episode, with the character's lines recorded by James Doohan. Lenard subsequently became available, and recorded the part to be looped over the completed footage. Lenard subsequently appeared five more times as Sarek in various "Star Trek" productions.
2. Chronologically within the series, the first appearance of the 'mirror universe' comes in the two-part "Star Trek: Enterprise" story "In a Mirror, Darkly", which sees the crew of the ISS Enterprise capture a starship from the future. Which Constitution-class starship do they take possession of?

Answer: USS Defiant

"In a Mirror, Darkly" was developed by "Star Trek: Enterprise" showrunner Manny Coto, who was looking to do a story set in the mirror universe first seen in the "Star Trek: The Original Series" episode "Mirror, Mirror". The task of writing the story was given to regular writer Mike Sussman, who had often considered the fate of the starship Defiant, a sister ship of the Enterprise, which disappeared in a spatial anomaly in another "Star Trek" episode, "The Tholian Web". This led to his devising the storyline that had the Defiant fall through a hole between universes into the mirror universe, which also turned out to be a tunnel through time, as it ended up over a century in the past.

The presence of the Defiant in the story causes "In a Mirror, Darkly" to form the middle two episodes of a four episode arc across the two different series, as it forms a sequel to "The Tholian Web", and a prequel to "Mirror, Mirror".
3. "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" is famous for the return of Ricardo Montalban as Khan Noonien Singh, but in which episode of "Star Trek: The Original Series" did he originally appear?

Answer: Space Seed

The character of Khan, a genetically engineered human born in the late 20th century who ruled a sizeable portion of Earth prior to the Eugenics Wars of the 1990s, originally came about from a story submitted to the producers of "Star Trek" by writer Carey Wilber. Initially intended as a criminal, who, alongside his supporters was put in suspended animation and launched into space as a punishment, the character evolved into a "genetically engineered superman" who once ruled part of Earth. Initially intended as a Nordic character called Ericson, the background of the character was changed following the casting of Mexican actor Ricardo Montalban. "Space Seed" was originally broadcast on February 17 1967, and remains as one of the most highly regarded episodes of "Star Trek: The Original Series".

In 1981, Paramount executive Harve Bennett was tasked with coming up with a sequel to "Star Trek: The Motion Picture". Having never seen the television series, he sat down to watch every episode in a search for ideas, and fixed on the character of Khan as one with potential. Linking with director Nicholas Meyer, the pair devised the second "Star Trek" movie as a direct sequel to "Space Seed", with Montalban returning as Khan. Having refreshed his memory over his previous performance, Montalban found that he enjoyed the process so much, he did it for less money than he had originally been offered. "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" is often regarded as the best of all the "Star Trek" feature films.
4. While Vulcans superficially resemble Humans, their anatomy and physiology is significantly different in many ways, most notably when it comes to their blood. While Humans have iron in their blood cells to bind with oxygen, what metal is contained in Vulcan blood cells to undertake the same task?

Answer: Copper

The first confirmation that Vulcan blood was different from that of Humans came in the episode "The Man Trap", when Spock is attacked by the M-113 'salt vampire', but survives, theorizing that it is his copper-based haemoglobin that stopped the creature from consuming the salt in his bloodstream. In "The Naked Time", following a medical examination, Doctor McCoy informs Spock that his blood pressure "is practically nonexistent, assuming you call that green stuff in your veins blood". Over a number of episodes across the entire "Star Trek" franchise, Vulcan blood is seen as being green when oxygenated in the arteries, and copper or rust-coloured when de-oxygenated in the veins.

The idea of Spock's blood being green came from the director of both episodes, Marc Daniels, although series creator Gene Roddenberry was not in favour of it. In "Journey to Babel", Spock's father, Sarek, requires a heart operation, part of which will mean a need for blood transfusions. This episode shows that, despite the differences with Human blood, Vulcans also use a blood grouping system based on antigens in the blood cells, as both Spock and his father are group T-negative.
5. As a result of their familiarity as a particular character, it's a rarity for regular cast members of any of the "Star Trek" series to make subsequent appearances playing someone else. Who was the first regular cast member of one "Star Trek" to subsequently make a guest appearance in another "Star Trek" series playing a completely different character?

Answer: Rene Auberjonois

Rene Auberjonois's connection with "Star Trek" came about when his friend Nicholas Meyer called him to see if he'd like a small part in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country". A year after his brief appearance in the film (which was cut from the theatrical release, but restored to the VHS version), the actor was cast in the role of curmudgeonly Security Chief Odo in the new series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", a role he played for seven years and 168 episodes. In addition, Auberjonois also directed eight episodes of the series prior to it coming to an end in 1999.

Three years after "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" ended, Auberjonois returned to the "Star Trek" universe when he appeared in "Oasis", the 20th broadcast episode of Season 1 of "Star Trek: Enterprise" (then simply called "Enterprise"). Although other regular cast members from "Star Trek" had made guest appearances in other series before, these were usually crossovers of their own character; Auberjonois became the first former regular to appear in another "Star Trek" series in a different role. This was repeated by actor Brent Spiner, who played Lt Commander Data in "Star Trek: The Next Generation", subsequently playing Dr Arik Soong in three episodes of "Star Trek: Enterprise".
6. In 2367, Jean-Luc Picard is chosen to serve in the role of Arbiter of Succession, with the function of selecting the next Klingon Chancellor. Picard is chosen for this task by the then current Chancellor, who is dying as a result of slow poisoning. What is the name of the Chancellor that chooses Picard to select his successor?

Answer: K'mpec

K'mpec first appears in the episode "Sins of the Father", where he is introduced as the longest serving leader of the Klingon High Council (the episode was produced prior to the first use of the word "chancellor" to describe the Klingon leader, which came in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"). In the episode, as a means to avoid a civil war within the Klingon Empire, K'mpec initiates a plan to accuse the dead father of Worf, a Klingon officer stationed aboard the starship Enterprise, of betraying a Klingon outpost that was subsequently destroyed by the Romulans. During the events, K'mpec comes to realise that Picard, who serves as Worf's 'Cha'Dich', or second, during the challenge to the charge against his family honour, is someone to be trusted.

In the episode "Reunion", when K'mpec realises he is being slowly poisoned, he decides that Picard, as an outsider, is the only one he trusts to both choose a successor, and also find out who has committed the dishonourable act of murder by poison. In both episodes, K'mpec was played by actor Charles Cooper, who had previously played another Klingon, General Korrd, in "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier".
7. "The Offspring", from season 3 of "Star Trek: The Next Generation", was the first episode of a "Star Trek" series to be directed by a regular cast member. Who was sitting in the director's chair for the episode?

Answer: Jonathan Frakes

Although he had been a working actor for over a decade when he was cast as Commander Riker in "Star Trek: The Next Generation", Jonathan Frakes had always had a desire to direct. During the first two seasons in his role as Riker, he was allowed by the producers to sit in on many different areas of the production process, including editing, cinematography and music, as a way of learning the process of helming a television show. Frakes undertook in the region of 300 hours of training in various aspects of the process before he was permitted the opportunity to direct his own episode, which became "The Offspring".

The success of the episode eventually saw Frakes direct another seven episodes, and allowed other members of the cast the opportunity to direct. Frakes subsequently directed three episodes each of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "Star Trek: Voyager", as well as the films "Star Trek: First Contact" and "Star Trek: Insurrection".
8. Jeffrey Combs is one of the few actors to have appeared in "Star Trek" as members of multiple different alien species. He is best known for three different recurring roles - he appeared as the Andorian officer Shran in "Star Trek: Enterprise" and the Vorta Weyoun in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", but of which species was his third major character a member of?

Answer: Ferengi

Jeffrey Combs made his first appearance in the "Star Trek" universe in the minor role of Tiron in "Meridian", an episode from season 3 of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". Later in the same season, he appeared for the first time as Brunt, a representative of the Ferengi Commerce Authority, a role he returned to a total of seven times up to the end of the series. The following year, he introduced the role of Weyoun, the Vorta in command of a ship of Jem'Hadar warriors, in the episode "To The Death". At the end of the episode, the character is killed, which led Combs to believe that he would be a one-off. But, he returned as Weyoun in "Ties of Blood and Water", with the explanation that Vorta are clones; ultimately, Combs made 22 appearances as five different versions of Weyoun in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine".

Following the end of "Deep Space Nine", he appeared in the "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Tsunkatse" before making the first of nine appearances as the Andorian Shran in "Star Trek: Enterprise", in addition to which he also appeared in the episode "Acquisition" as a Ferengi named Krem. Jeffrey Combs has played seven different roles in the "Star Trek" universe across 45 episodes.
9. Aside from the Galaxy-class, represented by the Enterprise, what was the first new starship type to appear in "Star Trek: The Next Generation"?

Answer: Constellation-class

The season 1 episode "The Battle" was written incorporating Captain Picard's previous command, the starship Stargazer. As originally envisaged, the Stargazer was to have been a Constitution-class ship, allowing the use of the Enterprise model from the "Star Trek" films. However, following the completion of principal photography on the episode, the producers decided to create a new ship instead. The effects team elected to utilise a starship model that had been built as a piece of set decoration as the basis for the new ship, building a brand new filming model.

To avoid costly reshoots, as cast members LeVar Burton and Wil Wheaton had both used the phrase "Constitution-class" on camera, the new ship was designated as a Constellation-class vessel, as this closely matched the actors' lip movements and could be easily redubbed. The Constellation-class model was eventually used in three further episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
10. Four actors that appeared in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" subsequently appeared in "Star Trek: The Next Generation". Which of them made a later appearance in another "Star Trek" television series?

Answer: Judson Scott

Judson Scott had been a jobbing actor for a decade when he won the role of Joachim, the right-hand man of Khan Noonien Singh, in "Star Trek II". However, and against their client's wishes, Scott's agents attempted to obtain a higher billing for him in the film, which eventually resulted in him going uncredited, despite the size of the role.

Scott returned to the "Star Trek" universe in Season 1 of "Star Trek: The Next Generation", when he appeared as the nefarious Sobi, alongside his co-star from "Star Trek II", Merritt Butrick, in the episode "Symbiosis" - the episode was one of Butrick's last performances before his death in 1989. Scott's third appearance came in 1997, when he appeared as the Romulan Commander Rekar in the Season 4 "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Message in a Bottle". Judson Scott is one of a number of actors that have appeared in both the "Star Trek" universe and in "Babylon 5".
Source: Author Red_John

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor ladymacb29 before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.
3/28/2024, Copyright 2024 FunTrivia, Inc. - Report an Error / Contact Us