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1. Many of you know that Captain Jean-Luc Picard was born in France but do you know where in France he was born and what his parents did for a living?
2. Would it be true to say Picard and his brother Robert had a close relationship for most of their lives?
3. It took two tries for Jean-Luc to be accepted to Starfleet Academy, and after that he had many challenges during his time there. Eventually, he became the most outstanding cadet of his class, but it took the sage advice of the groundskeeper to steer Picard in the right direction. What was that wise groundskeeper's name?
4. Jean-Luc Picard was the first freshman to win the Starfleet Academy marathon.
5. Complete this quote by Captain Jean-Luc Picard from an episode in the 6th season of "Star Trek: TNG" that occurred after an attack by hostile aliens leaving the captain in sickbay near death.
"There are many parts of my youth that I'm not proud of. There were loose threads, untidy parts of me that I would like to remove. But when I pulled on one of those threads, it had unraveled the _______ of my life."
What is the "t" word that goes in the blank to complete this quote?
(Note: The missing word can mean a type of heavy fabric traditionally hand-woven which often illustrates a scene and hung on a wall.)
6. In the "TNG" episode "The Inner Light", Picard lived out another man's life after being struck by a beam from a probe. While living as Kamin, Jean-Luc learned to play a flute-like instrument. What other instrument had Picard learned to play as a child at home on Earth?
7. Captain Jean-Luc Picard was a very cultured man with a wide variety of interests. Which PAIR of items DOES NOT BOTH give a personal interest of his he either demonstrated or mentioned in the series or movies?
8. Whilst in command of the USS Stargazer, Picard used a technique in battle against a Ferengi ship that came to bear his name. In which skirmish did this take place?
9. A relative of one of the Enterprise-D's senior staff died whilst Jean-Luc Picard was commanding USS Stargazer. Who was this?
10. The jump from the small screen to the movies occurred with "Star Trek: Generations" and a storyline that brought Kirk and Picard together in the Nexus and in the fight against the villain. While in the Nexus, Jean-Luc saw a possible reality where he was married with a family. How many children did he have?
11. ("Star Trek: First Contact") Captain Jean-Luc Picard had something in common with Khan ("Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan") and this was the great desire for revenge. Khan wanted to destroy Captain Kirk for the death of his wife and the suffering of his people on Ceti Alpha V. For a time when the ________ invaded his ship, Picard almost unconsciously became irrationally fixated on revenge for the treatment he had received at their hands and the resulting physical and emotional trauma. In fact he still had nightmares even after all these years.
12. In 2367 the Klingon Chancellor of the High Council, K'mpec, knew he was dying due to poisoning. Because of his distrust of the two rivals for his position and of the High Council, he did something unheard of, he appointed Captain Jean-Luc Picard, a human, to administer the Klingon Rite of Accession. This person is selected by a Klingon Chancellor to be in charge of the Klingon Rite of Accession (after his death) during which there is a struggle for power between two rivals for the coveted position and then who also affirms who the next Chancellor of the High Council will be.
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13. In the film "Star Trek: Insurrection", Picard noted that there was a problem with the Enterprise-E. What were not in alignment?
14. In "Star Trek: Nemesis", Captain Picard encountered his clone Shinzon. What disease had Shinzon suffered as a child that Picard had also lived through?
15. The last adventure to feature the crew of the Enterprise under Jean-Luc Picard's command was "Star Trek: Nemesis". By the end of this film, with which other Captain had Picard not interacted?
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