Q 01/05

Which species of whale do Kirk and his crew bring back from 1986 in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home?

A) Bottlenose

B) Humpback

C) Beluga

D) Sperm

Answer · why

B) Humpback

Humpback song is the only reply an alien probe will accept, and by the 23rd century the species is extinct. Few of the whales on screen were real: mos...

Q 02/05

Which original Star Trek cast member directed both The Search for Spock and The Voyage Home?

A) William Shatner

B) George Takei

C) Leonard Nimoy

D) DeForest Kelley

Answer · why

C) Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy became the first Star Trek cast member to direct one of the films with The Search for Spock. He was promptly asked back and given greate...

Q 03/05

Which actor took over as James T. Kirk in the 2009 Star Trek film, opposite Zachary Quinto's Spock?

A) Chris Pine

B) Chris Hemsworth

C) Chris Evans

D) Chris Pratt

Answer · why

A) Chris Pine

Chris Pine called his first audition awful, because he could not take himself seriously as a leader. Once cast, he wrote to William Shatner and got ba...

Q 04/05

Which British actor played Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness, a casting kept secret behind the name John Harrison?

A) Tom Hiddleston

B) Christopher Eccleston

C) Mark Strong

D) Benedict Cumberbatch

Answer · why

D) Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch was billed as a rogue officer so that viewers would learn the truth only when the crew did, about 45 minutes in. Director J. J. A...

Q 05/05

Which English actor, then little known, played Picard's young clone Shinzon in Star Trek: Nemesis?

A) Tom Hardy

B) Jude Law

C) Orlando Bloom

D) Henry Cavill

Answer · why

A) Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy auditioned by tape from Morocco, where he was shooting another film, after Patrick Stewart asked his agent for suggestions. The director had...