Name That Episode #25 Trivia Quiz

Answer: In Theory

As the Enterprise is gradually losing molecular cohesion in small pockets at a time, the crew experiences a variety of unexplained mishaps. One such mishap occurs in one particular scene when Data is walking through a corridor en route to his quarters.

His buddy Geordi, who his carrying Spot, calls out to him, asking if Data left the doors to his quarters open by accident. Data doesn't recall Spot ever getting out, and when he inquires to the ship's computer about any possible intrusion, the computer gives him a negative response. Presumably, a pocket of structural incohesiveness temporarily appearing within the walls of Data's quarters enabled Spot to escape and wander through the ship, though none of this was actually shown onscreen.

Answer: The Best Of Both Worlds, Part 1

Up until the show's third-season finale, Dr. Crusher's son had never participated in a poker game with his fellow superior officers. Besides Wesley, the other poker players this time around include Data, Geordi, Counselor Troi, Riker and Borg-expert Commander Shelby, who ends up calling Riker's bluff and taking the pot.

The win is especially crushing (pun intended!) to Wesley, as his three of a kind would have beaten both Shelby's two pair and Riker's incomplete flush.

Answer: First Contact

At the end of this episode, the Malcorian scientist named Mirasta tells Picard that she would like to stay on the Enterprise to explore the galaxy, following her superiors' decision not to formally establish relations with the Federation. This is despite the fact that the Malcorians, whose signature traits include having fused fingers and toes (as revealed in the hospital scenes), have become a warp-capable society and that both she and the Chancellor of their planet have had the chance to see the stars with their own eyes.

Answer: A Fistful Of Datas

Alexander's holodeck program of 'The Wild West', in spite of the malfunctions that turned it into a bobby-trapped shoot-'em-up adventure, is still an enjoyable one for him, Counselor Troi and his father. At the end of the episode, Worf is winding down in his quarters when he spots the black sombrero he had been wearing for the occasion.

He puts it on and proudly admires himself in the mirror. Then in a humorous moment that sees him reliving that holo-adventure one last time, he makes like a Western cowboy again by pretending his hands are guns, silently firing at invisible targets from his waist sides.

Answer: Pen Pals

The side story of Wesley having his first crack at command sees him talking privately to Riker in Ten Forward about the small team of crewmembers the acting ensign has been appointed to be in charge of. After the heart-to-heart conversation, Wesley is determined to have one of the crewmemebrs run the scan he originally wanted to have done for the geological survey being conducted. Meanwhile, the alien girl named Sarjenka is brought to the bridge by her new friend Data, much to Picard's initial objections.

After her world is saved from volcanic devastation and is shown to be thriving once again via the bridge viewscreen, Picard orders Counselor Troi to take Sarjenka to sickbay to see Dr. Pulaski. But as Troi reaches out to escort the alien girl, a terrified Sarjenka resists, hiding behind Data and insisting that only the ship's resident android be with her. That's when Data decides to be the one to accompany her to sickbay, which will be the last place that she will have memories of Data and anything else that has happened up until he made first contact with her.

Answer: Legacy

Ishara Yar, the late Tasha Yar's sister, explains to Data during a briefing in engineering that an implant in her body is designed to trigger the proximity alarms in the underground tunnels. Data comes up with an idea to have the implant removed safely, which would enable Ishara to lead the away team back down to the planet and recover the two Federation hostages. Later, in sickbay, Ishara is recovering from the surgical removal under the care of Dr. Crusher, who gives Ishara the remains of the deactivated implant (the yellowish device kinda looks like a flattened piece of butterscotch candy that's been well-worn from too much sucking :-) Ishara then decides it's best for Data to have the implant in case something happened to her, and Data is still in possession of the tiny piece of butterscotch (er...implant) following resolution of the events at the end of the episode.

Answer: Too Short A Season

Perhaps the key clues in answering this one is the medical emergency unrelated to weapons fire and the away team consisting of six members. When the now-youthful Admiral Jameson gives the order to raid the underground installation of Mordan IV in an attempt to rescue the hostages by force, the five crewmembers accompanying him via transporter are Geordi, Yar, Worf, Data and Picard himself. Upon locating a door in the installation that leads directly into another corridor where it is believed they should enter through next, Jameson then orders phasers to cut through it, a task which both Yar and Worf obediently perform.

However, the away team isn't able to penetrate deeper into the installation when Karnak's guards suddenly approach, firing their hand-held weapons in all directions. Meanwhile, the youthful admiral is experiencing the ill effects from his 'anti-aging wonder drug', and as he begins wincing and groaning in pain, Picard orders the Enterprise to have the entire away team beamed up before anyone can be hit.

Answer: Elementary, Dear Data

The giveaway on this one might be the Enterprise being rattled and shaken by a force that's not outside the ship, but rather INSIDE the ship. And that can only suggest an internal ship malfunction of some kind--in this case, the creation of the Moriarty character in the Sherlock Holmes program.

While Data and Geordi are trying to locate Dr. Pulaski, we see her in Moriarty's lab being more-or-less held captive. Moriarty begins questioning her about his purpose and the ship he believes he is traveling on through space under the command of Captain Picard, both to which Pulaski tries her best to be evasive about. Eventually, Data and Geordi arrive inside the lab and find that Dr. Pulaski is indeed alive, but it's not until Picard enters the program himself when Moriarty begins to explain his wants and desires for existence. Pulling a lever inside his lab, the cunning holographic adversary of Sherlock Holmes causes the entire Enterprise to shake, which he uses as a bargaining device in an attempt to force and persuade Picard to give him what he wants.

Answer: Birthright, Part 1

It's always fun when characters from other trek series cross over to interact with the main cast! The beginning of this two-part adventure sees the Enterprise having docked at Deep Space 9 in order to assist with repairs to an ancient Bajoran water system.

This allowed us fans the joy of not only seeing Picard and Dr. Crusher walking along the station's Promenade and Morn sharing a flirty moment with a Bolian woman (not slumped over at Quark's this time?), but also the presence of Dr. Bashir on board the Enterprise. DS9's chief medical officer is trying to figure out how to operate a strange device he retrieved from the Gamma Quadrant, eventually enlisting the help of both Data and Geordi in Engineering after it's reported that the device is the source of a minor power fluctuation on the ship.

Answer: The Game

This one's a little tricky! The key phrase in answering this question is 'shares a kiss'. The Enterprise's premiere ladies man indulged in many intimate moments with women throughout the series, especially the brief fling he enjoyed during his stay on Risa during the opening teaser of "The Game".

Although the scheming Ktarian woman manages to get Riker into bed and playfully covers him in kisses before introducing him to her seductive mind-altering device, she never lays any of those kisses on Riker's lips, and nor does Riker respond with kisses on her lips in return; in essence, they did not share a single kiss at all. Me thinks the Enterprise's first officer was not in a very romantic mood--a tad bit annoyed even!--after the Ktarian woman tossed away his com badge while the two are chasing each other around in their quarters.

In "Up The Long Ladder", Riker shares a more deeper romance with the young woman from the ancient Irish colony, one scene showing them having a passionate kiss inside her quarters on board the ship. "Angel One" showed Riker enjoying a romantic affair with Mistress Beata, the leader of the female-dominated planet, and sharing a romantic kiss in bed inside her quarters after being gifted a glowing crystal.

Then in "The Perfect Mate", the metamorphic alien named Kamala engages Riker in a passionate kiss, the result of her having been released from stasis prematurely and having a strong sexual desire that she is in desperate need of fulfilling with whatever available man for bonding that she can find.