> >
> > In the original Star Trek, The death penalty was still on the books for
> what
> > reason ?
> >
> the only thing you can be executed for is for going to Talos IV, a desolate
> place populated with eggheads who, if they had the gumption, could certainly
> travel off-site on their own.
>
> Good Night All
>

Correct !

Good Night.

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Softball questions... maybe

1) What does "NCC" stand for?
2) What episode introduced Kahless?
3) What does Commander Sisko's father do for work?
4) How many species of Xindi are there? What are they?
5) In what episode did Dr. McCoy say, "I'm a doctor, not a psychiatrist."
6) What was the hull of the doomsday machine made of?
7) What is the Doctor's name?
8) When did the Botany Bay launch?
9) In "Star Trek: First Contact", why was Riker amazed by Earth's moon?
10) What did William Shatner do that most upset diehard trekkies?
11) Where did Kahn get his final words? What did he hint at quoting when he chose exile on Seti Alpha 5 in the first place?
12) What nearly got Wesley thrown out of Starfleet Academy?

> 1) What does "NCC" stand for?
The Starfleet starship registry prefix "NCC" doesn't officially mean anything other than it is the standard prefix for starships in service. There have been other prefixes, notably "NX," denoting a prototype, or experimental vessel. The two most famous ships with this prefix would be the U.S.S. Excelsior NX-2000 and the U.S.S. Defiant NX-74205. Once the U.S.S. Excelsior was rendered operational, the prefix changed to the standard NCC. When Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was asked this question, he replied that there was no significance to the letters and numbers comprising the registry of the U.S.S. Enterprise. At the time Star Trek first aired, airplanes commonly had "NC" on them, and adding the extra "C" updated the look. Original series art director (and avid pilot) Matt Jefferies commented that the extra "C" in "NCC" was a nod to the Russian abbreviation for the old Soviet Union, "CCCP." According to Jefferies, "If we do anything in space, we (Americans and Russians) have to do it together."

> 2) What episode introduced Kahless?
The Savage Curtain

> 3) What does Commander Sisko's father do for work?
Joseph, chef and owner of Sisko's Restaurant in New Orleans

> 4) How many species of Xindi are there? What are they?
There are five distinct species of Xindi: Xindi-Primate, Xindi-Reptilian, Xindi-Arboreal (sometimes called "Xindi-Sloth"), Xindi-Aquatic and Xindi-Insectoid. A sixth species, the Xindi-Avians, are now extinct.

> 5) In what episode did Dr. McCoy say, "I'm a doctor, not a psychiatrist."
City on the Edge of Forever

> 6) What was the hull of the doomsday machine made of?
Solid Neutronium

> 7) What is the Doctor's name?
*does not compute* Which doctor?

> 8) When did the Botany Bay launch?
1996

> 9) In "Star Trek: First Contact", why was Riker amazed by Earth's moon?
There wasn't any colonies on the moon.

> 10) What did William Shatner do that most upset diehard trekkies?
Basically told them to get a life, that it was only a TV show.

> 11) Where did Kahn get his final words? What did he hint at quoting when he
> chose exile on Seti Alpha 5 in the first place?
Moby Dick. *does not compute* Khan and his crew, including Lt. Marla McGivers, are exiled to a planet where they must start life anew.

> 12) What nearly got Wesley thrown out of Starfleet Academy?
He was a member of Starfleet Academy's elite Nova Squadron who attempted to perform the prohibited Kolvoord Starburst in honor of commencement exercises which killed fellow classmate Joshua Albert.

Question 11.

Khan quoted Milton. "It is better to rule in hell
than serve in heaven."

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Chilly Willy
Best Canadian export ever!

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(1) What does "NCC" stand for?
Nassau Community College .o0(My Alma Matter)

(2) What episode introduced Kahless?
The episode before K-more, and two centuries after K-mart

(3) What does Commander Sisko's father do for work?
He cooks, if you call that "work"

(4) How many species of Xindi are there? What are they?
XI 'n DI = DXII, so 512

(5) In what episode did Dr. McCoy say, "I'm a doctor, not a psychiatrist."
Psychotic episode.

(6) What was the hull of the doomsday machine made of?
Radioactive Thorium-G.

(7) What is the Doctor's name?
Zimmerman. Or was it Bones. Maybe it was Robert.

(8) When did the Botany Bay launch?
In the spring.

(9) In "Star Trek: First Contact", why was Riker amazed by Earth's moon?
Because it was the first time he had seen it (First contact, right?)

(10) What did William Shatner do that most upset diehard trekkies?
Ate them for dinner. Quite tasty, too.

(11) Where did Kahn get his final words?
A dictionary.

(11.5) What did he hint at quoting when he chose exile on Seti Alpha 5 in the first place?
That he was gay?

(12) What nearly got Wesley thrown out of Starfleet Academy?
Pulling a stunt involving flying five scouts in formation while leaking flammable gasses. The gasses would then be ignited and, by the time the light of the ignition reached Earth, would coincide with the graduation ceremony back in San Fran.

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Someone once told me NCC stood for Naval Contract Charge, but I tend to like NeoAmsterdams answers, 'specialy the Kahless.

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> > 1) What does "NCC" stand for?
> The Starfleet starship registry prefix "NCC" doesn't officially mean anything
> other than it is the standard prefix for starships in service. There have been
(snip)

Very good! I really figured everyone would miss the Kahless question and the City on the Edge of Forever one. On question 1, I'd still accept NCC being "Naval Construction Contract", though I believe there has never been official canon and it's just fan material.

The Doctor in #7 was referring to Voyager. The ship's emergency hologram, as he was upgraded and became more self-aware, always agonized over what name to take, but never officially chose one. He tried on several, and in the alternate timeline future on Earth I believe he picked "Joe".

dbernat got #11 correct. In response to Kirk's offer of a choice, Kahn said, "Have you ever read Milton?" If I recall correctly, Kirk filled in the quote for Scotty.

The answer to #10, of course, refers mostly to the skit he performed on Saturday Night Live imitating a Star Trek convention (which personally I found hilarious) that broadcasted his disdain for trekkies on popular national television. The "convention manager" points to a contract when he has words with Shatner, hinting at how fans were important to Shatner's economic success, but the contrition message at the end seems lost on most fans. I believe there's a book called, "Get a Life", which he wrote on that and subsequent experiences with fandom.

Ah couldn'a Kahless 'bout dem dar Trikkies and Trubbles. I'ze jus wanna be chitn' an a-chattin' :-)

I had to do that - It looks like we're taking ST too seriously.

♪Bounce a graviton particle beam / off the main deflector dish
Thats the way we do things, lad / we're making shit up as we wish
The Klingons and the Romulans / pose no threat to us
‘Cus if we find we're in a bind / we just make some shit up♫

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> (10) What did William Shatner do that most upset diehard trekkies?
> Ate them for dinner. Quite tasty, too.

Can't be true. Shatner would have had a coronary by now on a 25% fat "meat and couch potato" diet.

Khan you make a multiple choice quiz, that way we can chekov the answers if it's no to much tribble - if yar'll can do it

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>
> Khan you make a multiple choice quiz, that way we can chekov the answers if
> it's no to much tribble - if yar'll can do it

The testing-bashirs picard at multiple choice ones especially. They accuse these standard tests of archer motive, to crusher the creativity of students.

Ibelieve there's a book called, "Get a Life", which he wrote on that and subsequent experiences with fandom.
There's also Leonard's I'm not Spock and I am Spock books.

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Most answers courtesy of startrek.com =)

No, I actually saw 97% of ST:TNG and ST:DS9, about 2/3 of ST:V, one or two of the movies (I never heard the audio to "The Undiscovered Country" - I've never listened to an in-flight movie), and two or three episodes of ST:TOS (One in Hebrew, of all things!).

There used to be a really good site at members.aol.com/IForgetWhere, but I think it's been taken down since I last saw it (1998). Most of the resarch I did was through [the informational swiss cheese known as] Memory Alpha.

[EDIT] Except for the song - I hadda look up Voltaire's lyrics since I don't own The USS Make Shit Up

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In the movie Star Tek V: the final frontier, What did Captian Kirk scream when falling down El Capitan.

Extra Points if you can tell me what movie it was from

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AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Any horror movie will do.

>
> In the movie Star Tek V: the final frontier, What did Captian Kirk scream
> when falling down El Capitan.
>
> Extra Points if you can tell me what movie it was from

Dang, there's a weakness of mine. I intensely disliked that movie, so I've only seen it once. The few humorous moments were ruined a bit for me as I saw it in Hachinohe, Japan, where amongst stoic Japanese moviegoers I was the only one laughing at the jokes.

> AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
>
> Any horror movie will do.
>
AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!! is correct, including the spelling though i wonder what it came out like in japanese. and was the movie subtitled or dubbed. When I first watched 'Mystery Science Theatre: the Movie' in a theatre I was surprised when people would laugh at something and I hadn't a clue as to what. Or I would laugh and people would look at me strangely.

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A very good candidate for BOTD!!!! I just finished reading that issue. Patiently waiting for the next.

L8R....

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