Q 01/05

In Star Trek's "The Trouble with Tribbles", what makes the furry creatures such a menace?

A) They carry a deadly plague

B) They multiply out of control

C) They drain the engines' power

D) They give off toxic fumes

Answer · why

B) They multiply out of control

They multiply out of control because, as Dr McCoy works out, they are born pregnant; but the pests prove useful in the end, when dead tribbles reveal ...

Q 02/05

What made the cancelled Star Trek a 1970s hit?

A) Home video

B) Cinema screenings

C) Syndicated reruns

D) Radio plays

Answer · why

C) Syndicated reruns

Syndicated reruns found the show a bigger audience than it ever had on NBC, turning a series dropped for low ratings into a phenomenon that Paramount ...

Q 03/05

Gene Roddenberry pitched Star Trek to the networks as what?

A) Bonanza among the planets

B) Rawhide in outer space

C) The Lone Ranger of the galaxy

D) Wagon Train to the stars

Answer · why

D) Wagon Train to the stars

Wagon Train to the stars dressed science fiction as a Western, then a television staple: like that chart-topping series about a wagon convoy heading w...

Q 04/05

Desilu, Star Trek's first studio, was founded to make which 1950s sitcom?

A) The Honeymooners

B) I Love Lucy

C) Leave It to Beaver

D) The Phil Silvers Show

Answer · why

B) I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy made its stars, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, the owners of a major studio; by Star Trek's day she had bought him out and ran Desilu alone,...

Q 05/05

What was the title of the first Star Trek pilot, rejected by NBC as "too cerebral"?

A) The Cage

B) The Naked Time

C) Shore Leave

D) The Galileo Seven

Answer · why

A) The Cage

The Cage was not shown on television in its own right until 1988: its footage had been cut into a later episode, and for years fans knew the original ...