Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Trivia
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109 free Star Trek: Deep Space Nine trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
This Star Trek: Deep Space Nine trivia quiz covers all seven seasons of the series that ran in syndication from January 1993 to June 1999. It begins with Benjamin Sisko's arrival at a battered Cardassian station and the discovery of the Bajoran wormhole, and ends with the Dominion War and the Emissary's fate in the Fire Caves. You will find questions on the main cast — Avery Brooks, Nana Visitor, René Auberjonois, Armin Shimerman, Terry Farrell, Alexander Siddig, Colm Meaney, Michael Dorn and Nicole de Boer — and on the recurring characters who made the station feel alive: Garak, Gul Dukat, Weyoun, Nog, Rom, Martok, Vic Fontaine and the never-speaking Morn. There are also questions on the Defiant, Section 31, the Mirror Universe, the Ferengi, and landmark episodes like 'Duet', 'The Visitor', 'Trials and Tribble-ations', 'Far Beyond the Stars' and 'In the Pale Moonlight'. BrainPickle also has separate quizzes on The Original Series, The Next Generation and Voyager. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia and each question carries a citation to the page it came from.
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Q 01Who created Star Trek: Deep Space Nine?
Rick Berman and Michael Piller
Rick Berman and Michael Piller created Deep Space Nine, the first Star Trek series made without Gene Roddenberry's direct involvement; he died in October 1991, fifteen months before its January 1993 premiere.
Q 02How many episodes of Deep Space Nine were made across its seven seasons?
176
Deep Space Nine ran 176 episodes: season one, which began in January 1993 midway through the broadcast year, had 20, and seasons two through seven had 26 each.
Q 03What is the name of the station's commercial and social hub?
The Promenade
The Promenade is the station's commercial and social hub, a two-level ring holding the Replimat, the infirmary, a temple and the bar where much of the series unfolds.
Q 04Who plays Benjamin Sisko?
Avery Brooks
Brooks also directed episodes, including the acclaimed 'Far Beyond the Stars', in which he starred.
Q 05The station was built by the Cardassians during their occupation of which planet?
Bajor
The Cardassians built the station in orbit of Bajor during their roughly fifty-year occupation of the planet, which ended in 2369 when they withdrew and Bajor's provisional government invited Starfleet in.
Q 06What was the station called under Cardassian rule, before it was renamed Deep Space Nine?
Terok Nor
Terok Nor was the station's name under Cardassian rule, when Gul Dukat commanded it as the last prefect of the Occupation; Starfleet renamed it Deep Space 9 on taking over in 2369.
Q 07The wormhole discovered near the station leads to which distant part of the galaxy?
The Gamma Quadrant
The wormhole connects the station's system to the Gamma Quadrant, roughly 70,000 light-years away, turning a backwater station into the gateway for exploration and, later, the Dominion War.
Q 08The Bajorans revere Sisko as what?
The Emissary of the Prophets
The two-hour pilot was titled 'Emissary' for that reason.
Q 09In the pilot, Sisko's wife Jennifer dies aboard the USS Saratoga in which battle against the Borg?
The Battle of Wolf 359
At the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2367, Locutus's cube destroyed 39 Starfleet ships, including the Saratoga; Sisko's lingering grief explains his coldness toward Picard in the premiere.
Q 10Which prototype warship was introduced in season three to allow stories away from the station?
USS Defiant
The USS Defiant, a prototype warship, debuted in the season-three opener 'The Search' (1994); it was nearly named Valiant, but that was changed to avoid confusion with the new series Voyager.
Q 11What Starfleet rank does Benjamin Sisko hold when the series begins?
Commander
Sisko holds the rank of Commander when the series begins in 2369; he is promoted to Captain in the season-three finale, 'The Adversary' (1995).
Q 12Which Next Generation character joined the main cast in season four?
Worf
Michael Dorn's Worf ended up with more Star Trek appearances than any other character.
Q 13Odo, the station's security chief, belongs to which shape-shifting species?
Changelings
Odo is one of the Changelings; his species, the shape-shifting Founders who rule the Dominion, live merged in a liquid Great Link, and his origin is revealed in the season-three opener 'The Search' (1994).
Q 21Who becomes the first Ferengi to join Starfleet?
Nog
Nog becomes the first Ferengi in Starfleet after Sisko sponsors his Academy application in 'Heart of Stone' (1995); he loses a leg at AR-558 and recovers in 'It's Only a Paper Moon'.
Q 22Which comedian and Princess Bride actor plays Grand Nagus Zek, leader of the Ferengi?
Wallace Shawn
Wallace Shawn, Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), played Grand Nagus Zek from 'The Nagus' (1993) through 'The Dogs of War', the episode in which Zek retires and names his successor.
Q 23Who plays Quark, the Ferengi bar owner?
Armin Shimerman
Armin Shimerman played Quark throughout the series; he had already played a Ferengi, Letek, in TNG's 'The Last Outpost' (1987), the episode that introduced the species.
Q 14Who plays Odo?
René Auberjonois
René Auberjonois played Odo for all seven seasons, spending hours in makeup each day; he was already known as Father Mulcahy in the 1970 film M*A*S*H and Clayton Endicott III on Benson.
Q 15The Dominion's genetically engineered shock troops are called what?
The Jem'Hadar
The Jem'Hadar are the Dominion's genetically engineered soldiers, bred to mature within days, need no sleep, and depend on the drug ketracel-white, which keeps them loyal to the Founders.
Q 16In which second-season episode is the Dominion first mentioned?
Rules of Acquisition
'Rules of Acquisition' (1993) first names the Dominion: while Quark negotiates a tulaberry-wine deal with the Dosi, they reveal that the Karemma belong to it. Its soldiers do not appear until the season-two finale.
Q 17Which recurring DS9 actor played both the Ferengi Brunt and the Vorta Weyoun, both in 'The Dogs of War'?
Jeffrey Combs
Jeffrey Combs appears as both Brunt and Weyoun in 'The Dogs of War'; he first came to DS9 as the alien Tiron in 'Meridian' (1994) and later played the Andorian Shran on Enterprise.
Q 18Elim Garak, the station's Cardassian tailor, is a former agent of which secret police organisation?
The Obsidian Order
Garak served the Obsidian Order, the Cardassian intelligence agency feared even by its own military, under its head Enabran Tain; his exile to the station followed a falling-out with Tain.
Q 19Who plays Gul Dukat, Sisko's arch-enemy?
Marc Alaimo
Marc Alaimo played Gul Dukat across all seven seasons; he had earlier played Gul Macet, the first Cardassian ever shown on screen, in the TNG episode 'The Wounded' (1991).
Q 20Which Cardassian, introduced as Dukat's aide, eventually leads an insurgency against the Dominion?
Damar
Damar, first seen as Dukat's aide in 'Return to Grace' (1996), later becomes Cardassia's Dominion-installed leader, then turns rebel and dies in the final episode leading the Cardassian uprising.
Q 24Which Klingon general succeeds Gowron as Chancellor after Worf kills Gowron?
Martok
Martok, played by J. G. Hertzler, becomes Chancellor in 'Tacking Into the Wind' when Gowron dies in a duel and the victor hands Martok the title rather than claim it.
Q 25Morn, the regular at Quark's bar, is famous for what?
Never speaking a word on camera
He had a line in the pilot script that was cut for time, which inspired the joke.
Q 26Odo's morphing effects and the show's first CGI starship were built by which effects company?
VisionArt
VisionArt Design & Animation created Odo's liquid morphing effects from the 1993 pilot onward and supplied the series' earliest computer-generated ship models, before Foundation Imaging and Digital Muse took over CGI work in later seasons.
Q 27To save money on fleet battle scenes, the effects team used what in the background?
Toys, model kits and Christmas ornaments
Background ships in fleet scenes were padded out with toys, model kits and Christmas ornaments, a cheap trick used before all-CGI armadas became affordable with the Dominion War from 1997.
Q 28How much did the physical model of the Deep Space Nine station sell for at Christie's in 2006?
$132,000
The station's filming miniature fetched $132,000 at Christie's '40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection' auction in New York in October 2006, the same sale in which the Enterprise-D model made $576,000.
Q 29Who composed the Deep Space Nine main title theme, which won an Emmy?
Dennis McCarthy
Dennis McCarthy composed the theme, opening with a lone trumpet to convey the outpost's isolation; it won the 1993 Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music.
Q 30Into which original series episode were the DS9 crew digitally inserted for Star Trek's 30th anniversary?
The Trouble with Tribbles
'Trials and Tribble-ations' (1996) drops the crew into 'The Trouble with Tribbles' as Star Trek's 30th-anniversary tribute; Voyager's companion tribute that year was 'Flashback'.