Q 01/05

Who created Star Trek, drafting the first treatment for it in March 1964?

A) Rod Serling of The Twilight Zone

B) Irwin Allen

C) Gene Roddenberry

D) Gene L. Coon

Answer · why

C) Gene Roddenberry

His original protagonist was a Captain Robert April of the S.S. Yorktown.

Q 02/05

How many episodes of the original series were made before it was cancelled?

A) 79

B) 86

C) 92

D) 104

Answer · why

A) 79

Most shows needed four seasons to be syndicated; three seasons proved just enough to make it a rerun juggernaut.

Q 03/05

Which television production company, run by Lucille Ball, made the first two seasons?

A) Desilu Productions

B) Paramount Television

C) MGM Television

D) Screen Gems

Answer · why

A) Desilu Productions

Ball was instrumental in getting the pilot made even though she did not really understand the project.

Q 04/05

What was the title of the rejected first pilot, filmed in late 1964?

A) The Menagerie

B) Where No Man Has Gone Before

C) The Cage

D) The Corbomite Maneuver

Answer · why

C) The Cage

The network called it too cerebral but took the rare step of ordering a second pilot.

Q 05/05

Which actor played Captain Christopher Pike in the first pilot?

A) Lloyd Bridges

B) Jeffrey Hunter

C) Gary Lockwood

D) Robert Lansing

Answer · why

B) Jeffrey Hunter

His footage was later recycled into the two-part episode The Menagerie when his contract was not renewed.