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1. B'Elanna Torres is half Human, half Klingon. Which of her parents left when she was young?

Answer: Her Human father

B'Elanna's mother, Miral, was Klingon and her father, John, was Human. John left the family home when B'Elanna was five years old.

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2. As a child, B'Elanna was teased by a bully named Daniel Byrd. What name did he call her?

Answer: Miss Turtlehead

In the episode "Juggernaut" we learn of B'Elanna's childhood while Tuvok is giving her anger-management therapy (Vulcan meditation techniques). It was her earliest memory of losing her temper.

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3. While attending Starfleet Academy, B'Elanna showed her athleticism by participating on what team?

Answer: Decathlon

During the Season 3 opening episode, "Basics, Part II" we learn through conversation a little of B'Elanna's Starfleet Academy history. When she chose to leave the Academy after four disciplinary hearings and a suspension, her decathlon coach was very upset.

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4. After dropping out of the Academy, B'Elanna joined the Maquis. She formed many close relationships, but who did she consider her best friend?

Answer: Seska

One of the unifying factors between B'Elanna and Seska was the experience of dealing with anger. While Seska thrived in her undercover role (infiltrating the Maquis), the transition to working with Starfleet didn't go over as well. B'Elanna made the effort to integrate with the crew, while Seska's true Cardassian nature came through, and she defected to the Kazon.

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5. After they were transported to the Delta Quadrant, the Caretaker 'kidnapped' and examined all of the crew members of both the 'Val Jean' and 'Voyager'. B'Elanna Torres was not returned to her ship with the rest of her crew.

Answer: True

Both B'Elanna and Harry Kim were transported down to the Ocampan settlement within the planet below. They were both informed that they were dying, and had to be kept separated from their own people to prevent the spread of their disease. What they were experiencing was as a result of the Caretaker attempting to determine if they had the potential to be used for reproduction. Eventually they escape from the medical center with the help of Kes, and then are rescued. Once on Voyager, the Doctor treats them and then lets them carry on.

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6. Chakotay told Janeway he was not content to be her only Maquis officer so the Captain promoted Torres to chief engineer ahead of which Starfleet officer?

Answer: Carey

We are never told the name of the Voyager's original chief engineer, who dies when Voyager is pulled into the Delta Quadrant. Initially, Joe Carrey acts as chief engineer, however in the episode "Parallax", Torres convinces Janeway that she is the best person for the job.

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7. Once, Chakotay tried to introduce B'Elanna to her animal guide. What did she try to do to it?

Answer: Kill it

The animal guide is part of Chakotay's Native American heritage and is referred to on several occasions in the first couple of seasons of "Voyager's" run.

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8. What was the name of the Cardassian missile that B'Elanna reprogrammed to attack the Cardassian fuel depot on Aschelan V, which was also transported to the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker?

Answer: Dreadnought

Featuring in the episode of the same name, Dreadnought was a weapon that the Maquis had captured in the Alpha Quadrant. As a result of being transported to the Delta Quadrant, the missile's navigational sensors had been corrupted, leading it to target Rakosa V instead.

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9. In which first season episode was B'Elanna split into two beings - a human and a klingon - by the Vidiians?

Answer: Faces

B'Elanna learned from this experience that she needs both halves of her being are integral to who she is, and thus she reconciles her inner conflicts.

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10. The first time that Tom Paris asked B'Elanna out, she accepted.

Answer: False

While the two of them were on an away mission , Tom asked B'Elanna for a date on the holodeck. Knowing of his reputation as a ladies' man, though, B'Elanna turned him down.

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11. What was the food the B'Elanna's grandmother would cook, which would cheer her up no matter what mood she was in?

Answer: Banana pancakes

Captain Janeway introduced Gathorel Labin to pecan pie in the episode "Prime Factors". It was also one of Commander Charles Tucker's favourite foods ("Star Trek: Enterprise").

Worf liked Rokeg blood pie and Deanna Troi couldn't resist anything chocolate.

We find out about B'Elanna's love of banana pancakes as a comfort food in the episode "Extreme Risk" shortly after she learns of the Maquis' destruction.

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12. In the fifth season episode "Equinox" we are introduced to the First Officer of the USS Equinox, Lieutenant Maxwell Burke. Burke had attended Starfleet Academy at the same time as B'Elanna and they dated for a short time. But what was his nickname for her?

Answer: BLT

Burke and B'Elanna's relationship didn't last long and the last information she heard about him, before their unlikely reunion in the Delta Quadrant, was that he was planning to leave Starfleet. Burke was eventually killed during the destruction of the USS Equinox.

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13. In the seventh season episode "Author, Author", The Doctor completes his holonovel depicting a similar storyline to that of the USS Voyager's journey through the Delta Quadrant. What was the name of the character that he based off of B'Elanna Torres?

Answer: Torrey

The Doctor's character 'Torrey' was the chief engineer of the fictional USS Vortex, but unlike Torres, was fully human. The Doctor depicted her as a mean leader who constantly insulted her engineering team, and who also refused to allow the ship's EMH program into Engineering, believing him little better than a hyperspanner.

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14. In the series finale, a timeline is presented where the USS Voyager took 23 years to return to the Alpha Quadrant. In that timeline, after her return, B'Elanna became the Federal Liaison to the Klingon Empire.

Answer: True

Through her role as the Federal Liaison to the Klingon Empire, B'Elanna arranged for Admiral Janeway to meet with Korath, a Klingon scientist created a time travel device called the 'chrono deflector'. With that device, Admiral Janeway was able to alter the timeline to enable Voyager to return to the Alpha Quadrant after only seven years.

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15. B'Elanna delivered her baby as Voyager returned to the Alpha Quadrant at the end of the "Voyager" series. What did she and her husband name their daughter?

Answer: Miral

B'Elanna married Tom Paris in the year 2377 (season 7, episode 3: "Drive") after a romance three years in the making (she had admitted her love for Tom early in season 4). Miral was named after B'Elanna's mother.

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