Q 01/05

On what date did Star Trek: The Next Generation premiere in syndication?

A) September 28, 1987

B) October 10, 1986

C) January 4, 1988

D) September 8, 1966

Answer · why

A) September 28, 1987

The pilot was shown as a two-hour TV movie, and more than 50 network affiliates pre-empted their own programming to carry it.

Q 02/05

How many episodes of The Next Generation were made across its seven seasons?

A) 156

B) 178

C) 201

D) 79

Answer · why

B) 178

That is more than double the 79 episodes of the original series, which TNG overtook during its fourth season with the episode "Legacy".

Q 03/05

Who plays Captain Jean-Luc Picard?

A) Jonathan Frakes

B) Brent Spiner

C) Michael Dorn

D) Patrick Stewart

Answer · why

D) Patrick Stewart

Stewart, a Royal Shakespeare Company veteran, was so unsure the show would last that he reportedly did not unpack his suitcases for weeks.

Q 04/05

Which actor plays the android Data, as well as his brother Lore and their creator Noonien Soong?

A) LeVar Burton

B) John de Lancie

C) Brent Spiner

D) Wil Wheaton

Answer · why

C) Brent Spiner

Spiner said he spent more hours of the day in his pale make-up than out of it, and later played the ancestor Arik Soong on Enterprise.

Q 05/05

Which crew member is a Klingon raised by human parents after being orphaned in the Khitomer Massacre?

A) Tomalak

B) Kurn

C) Gowron

D) Worf

Answer · why

D) Worf

Worf went on to appear in more Star Trek episodes than any other character, thanks to his later run on Deep Space Nine.