Star Trek: The Original Series Trivia

For many people, my age and older Star Trek was, our first geek love. We wanted to sit on the bridge with Kirk Spock and McCoy. Go drinking with Scotty fence, with zulutrade jokes, with Chekhov and sing a song with Uhura. It only seemed right to kick the podcast off with the Beloved 1960s, Sci-Fi TV, classic. Hi. I'm your host, Brian Rollins and this is the dorky geeky nerdy podcast. This is a weekly game show to test your inner dork geek or nerd. Play it at home in the car or at the office, got a geeky group that loves trivia play. This on your Bluetooth speakers and have fun. Just geek out whenever and wherever you want, if you want to subscribe, you can find us at dorky geeky nerdy.com or your favorite podcast directory. The game will consist of three rounds dorky geeky and nerdy with each successive round getting harder. If you want some rules to play by, you can find some at dorky geeky nerdy.com rules. If you or your group, come up with your own set of rules, send them in to us. We'd love to share them with all the listeners. Well, that's enough chitchat, let's boldly go into this week's show. The dorky round. Number one in what year did the original Star Trek series premiere? The series premiered on September 8, 1966. Number two. What was the only two part episode in the series? The only two-parter in the original series was the Menagerie. Number three, dr. McCoy hails from what u.s. state. The good doctor was born in Georgia. Number four. the Enterprise is shuttle is named after what astronomer The shuttle was named Galileo. Number 5. What fertile furry creature? Absolutely hated Klingons. The Menace of deep space station k-7, troubles would give out a shrill noise when nearby Klingons Number 6. Who created Star Trek? Gene Roddenberry. Number seven, which series regular is only ever referred to by their last name throughout the original run. Nyota. Uhura, her first name was given canonically until the 2009 film. Number 8. The Enterprise has two main weapons are what? Phasers and Photon torpedoes. Number 9, who is the actor that portrayed mr. Spock. Leonard Nimoy. Number 10. The writers created, what device to speed up moving from the Enterprise to any Planet surface? Transporters allow the crew to get quickly from place to place without slowing down the episodes pace. The geeky round, these are going to get a little bit harder. Number one. What civil rights leader talked, Nichelle Nichols out of quitting the show. Dr. Martin Luther King jr. Number two. What is the Enterprises registry number? NCC. 1701 leaderships would add a letter suffix. Number 3, Starfleet. Headquarters are located in what u.s. city. San Francisco. Number for the Enterprise's. Engines are housed in what structures? Nacelles from the French word for the basket underneath a hot air balloon. Number 5. What was the final episode of Star Trek to air? The turnabout intruder. Number six, famed author and futurist Harlan Ellison contributed to which acclaimed Star Trek episode. The city on the edge of forever. Number seven and dorian's possess what unusual skin color. In addition to two antenna andorians are blue. Number 8, Vulcans undergo, what process every seven years? Pon Farr. Number 9 in the episode Charlie X, Spock, tries to teach what gain to the titular character. Three-dimensional chess. Number 10. What does the T in James T Kirk stand for Tiberius. According to the 2009 film, he got it from his paternal grandfather. We'll get to round 3 in just a moment. But first, a quick message, we here at dorky geeky. Nerdy are big readers and we want to share that with our listeners. Every week will showcase a new book. If you're interested, you can grab a copy and it'll support the podcast. This week's book is the Federation. The first 150 years by David, a Goodman. This end Universe book contains the Illustrated history of the Federation from its founding onward. It covers first contact with the Vulcans, the Romulan war and much more. It contains illustrations and pictures of planets, aliens and artifacts various documents of the Federation are also replicated including the articles of the Federation. If you are a Star Trek fan, I highly recommend picking it up, you can find a link at dorky geeky nerdy.com. Slash book and check back every week for a new recommendation. And now, back to the show, All right, it's time for the nerdy round. These will be the hardest questions we have today. Number one, desilu, the company that first produced the series was owned by what to famous comedians. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Number two, the TV Trope. Planet of hats gets its name from which episode. A piece of the action. Number three. Leave your bigotry in your quarters. There's no room for it. On the bridge, Kirk chastises, a crewman in what tense episode. A balance of Terror. Number four. What federation Starship vanishes at the end of the tholian web. USS defiant, Ron Moore, would later, borrow the name for the ship in Deep Space Nine. Number five, the horta from the devil in the dark was a life form that was based on what element and not carbon like life on Earth. The horta was a silicon-based life-form. Number 6. known as the first lady of Star Trek who played Nurse Chapel Majel Barrett. Number 7. What network initially? Aired Star Trek? NBC, CBS, Who currently owns the rights. Had a first look, but passed on it. Number 8 in what episode is? Kirk surgically altered to look like a Romulan. The Enterprise incident. Number 9. Who composed the Star, Trek theme music. Alexander courage. Number 10. Quadro triticale is a type of what it's the grain there trying to protect in The Trouble with Tribbles. That's all the questions we have this week. I hope you had fun. We'll be back next week with more questions and more answers. Hopefully, in an equal number of each. If you can answer this bonus question, you'll know next week's topic. What superhero is Marvel's first movie of 2019? Please subscribe to the show on your preferred podcast provider. And while you're there, give us a five star rating. Share this episode with your friends and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, you can always find us at dorky geeky nerdy.com. I'm your host, Brian Rollins. Thanks for listening and live long and prosper.