Q 01/05

Star Trek's final new episode aired just weeks before which real space first?

A) The first spacewalk

B) The first Moon landing

C) The first space station

D) The first woman in space

Answer · why

B) The first Moon landing

The first Moon landing mission lifted off in July 1969, six weeks after the last episode went out. NBC had dropped its space adventure just as real as...

Q 02/05

In Star Trek's opening narration, the Enterprise is on a mission meant to last how long?

A) One year

B) Five years

C) Ten years

D) Fifty years

Answer · why

B) Five years

Five years was the plan, but NBC cancelled the show after three seasons and 79 episodes. It found its real audience later, replayed on local stations ...

Q 03/05

Which television studio, run by Lucille Ball, made Star Trek when it launched in 1966?

A) Desilu Productions

B) Paramount Television

C) MGM Television

D) Screen Gems

Answer · why

A) Desilu Productions

Desilu Productions was the studio Lucille Ball had founded with her husband Desi Arnaz. When members of her own board balked at the cost of Star Trek,...

Q 04/05

What was the title of Star Trek's rejected first pilot, filmed in late 1964?

A) Mudd's Women

B) Where No Man Has Gone Before

C) The Cage

D) The Omega Glory

Answer · why

C) The Cage

The Cage struck NBC as 'too cerebral', but the network took the rare step of paying for a second try. Of the crew in that first version, only Mr. Spoc...

Q 05/05

Which actor played Captain Christopher Pike in Star Trek's first pilot?

A) Jack Lord

B) Jeffrey Hunter

C) Gary Lockwood

D) Robert Lansing

Answer · why

B) Jeffrey Hunter

Jeffrey Hunter turned down the second pilot, preferring to stay in films, so the lead went to William Shatner. His scenes as Pike were later reused in...