The Quote and Quiz has moved to Saturdays to give you more time to ponder your answers as well as the deeper meaning of the probing questions. This week’s quote comes to us from Eugene Roddenberry, son of Gene Roddenberry, the man who launched Star Trek.
“After a long journey, she’s home,” Mr. Roddenberry wrote on social media on Thursday.
- What was Roddenberry referring to?
A) The return to earth of the Star Ship Enterprise, whose five-year mission to seek out new life and new civilizations actually took them more like 58 years.
B) The return of his daughter, Uhura, from a year abroad.
C) The return of his dog, Tribble, who had been wandering the L.A. suburbs.
D) The discovery of the first model of the Enterprise used in the opening credits of the original series.
2. In the opening credits, the producers tried to lock themselves into five seasons by proclaiming a “five-year mission.” How many seasons did the original series actually get?
A) Three seasons and 79 episodes.
B) Four seasons and 99 episodes.
C) Five seasons and 129 episodes.
D) What are you talking about? This wasn’t a television show. This is real!
3. What does the T stand for in James T. Kirk?
A) Timothy.
B) Tiberious.
C) Taylor.
D) Nothing, just like the S in Ulysses S. Grant or in Harry S. Truman.
4. When Capt. Kirk demands Warp Factor 5, how does Scotty respond?
A) “God dammit, Jim, I’m an engineer, not a miracle worker!”
B) “Captain, it would be illogical to ask for a speed that the ship was not designed to produce nor to withstand if it could.”
C) “But Captain! The dillithium crystals! The ship can’t take it! She’ll break up!”
D) “Aye, aye, sir.”
5. What is Warp Factor 5?
A) 200 times the speed of light.
B) Five times the speed of light.
C) 50 times the speed of light.
D) They just made it up.
6. According to Einstein and all known physics the speed of light:
A) Could theoretically be exceeded up to five times its speed.
B) Is routinely exceeded as objects are sped up around the centrifugal force of black holes.
C) Is exceeded by the speed of sound.
D) Cannot be exceeded by anything, the Enterprise not withstanding.
7. If you have the “transporter” then why even have the Enterprise? I mean, why not just beam people around the universe without the ship?
A) Because, as everyone knows, molecules can only be disassembled, transported and reassembled over short distances.
B) Because, if one were to transport an entire Star Ship crew around the universe there is a high risk that molecules will be mixed, resulting in, for example, Capt. Kirk having stunningly good legs beneath a much too short crew uniform.
C) We could explain it but you wouldn’t understand.
D) Shut up.
8. Donald Trump is most likely:
A) A Vulcan.
B) A Romulan.
C) A Klingon.
D) A Human Being.
Answers
1: D
2: A
3: B
4: C
5: A, but D is also correct. They made it up, but they gave it a real meaning.
6: D
7: D
8: Probably B or C, but definitely not D.
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