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Star Trek: The Original Series (Dorky Round)

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The Dorky Round

1

In what year did the original Star Trek series premiere?
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The series premiered on
September 8, 1966

2

What was the only two-part episode in the series?
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The Menagerie

3

Dr. McCoy hails from what US State?
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The good doctor was born in Georgia

4

The Enterprise's shuttle is named after what astronomer?
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The shuttle was named Galileo.

5

What fertile, furry creature absolutely hated Klingons?
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The menace of Deep Space station K7, Tribbles, would give out a shrill noise when nearby Klingons.

6

Who created Star Trek?
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Gene Roddenberry

7

Which series regular is only ever referred to by their last name throughout the original run?
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Nyota Uhura. Her first name wasn't given, canonically, until the 2009 film.

8

The Enterprise's two main weapons are what?
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Phasers and Photon Torpedoes.

9

Who is the actor that portrayed Mr. Spock?
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Leonard Nimoy

10

The writers created what device to speed up moving from the Enterprise to any planet's surface?
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Transporters allowed the crew to quickly get from place to place without slowing down the episode's pace.

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The Geeky Round

1

What civil rights leader talked Nichelle Nichols out of quitting the show?
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

2

What is the Enterprise's registry number?
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NCC-1701.
Later ships would add a letter suffix.

3

Starfleet headquarters are located in what US city?
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San Francisco.

4

The Enterprise's engines are housed in what structures?
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Nacelles
From the French word for the basket underneath a hot air balloon.

5

What was the final episode of Star Trek to air?
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The Turnabout Intruder.

6

Famed author and futurist Harlen Ellison contributed to which acclaimed Star Trek episode?
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The City on the Edge of Forever

7

Andorians possess what unusual skin color?
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In addition to two antennae, Andorians are blue.

8

Vulcans undergo what process every seven years?
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Pon Farr

9

In the episode "Charlie X", Spock tries to teach what game to the titular character?
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Three-Dimensional Chess

10

What does the "T" in James T Kirk stand for?
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Tiberius.
According to the 2009 film, he got it from his paternal grandfater.

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The Nerdy Round

1

Desilu, the company that first produced the series, was owned by what two famous comedians?
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Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez

2

The TV Trope "Planet of Hats" gets its name from which episode?
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A Piece of the Action

3

"Leave bigotry in your quarters; there's no room for it on the bridge." Kirk chastises a crewman in what tense episode?
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A Balance of Terror

4

What Federation starship vanishes at the end of "The Tholian Web"?
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USS Defiant.
Ron Moore would later borrow the name for the ship in Deep Space Nine.

5

The Horta from "The Devil in the Dark" was a lifeform that was based on what element and not carbon like life on Earth?
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The Horta was a silicon based lifeform.

6

Known as "The First Lady of Star Trek", who played Nurse Chapel?
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Majel Barrett

7

What network initially aired Star Trek?
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NBC.
CBS (who currently owns the rights) had a first look, but passed on it.

8

In what episode is Kirk surgically altered to look like a Romulan?
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"The Enterprise Incident"

9

Who composed the Star Trek theme music?
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Alexander Courage

10

Quadrotriticale is a type of what?
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It's the grain they're trying to protect in "The Trouble with Tribbles"

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