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1. Which supporting character does NOT appear in the premiere episode, "Emissary"?
2. In "Past Prologue," we meet Tahna Los (Jeffrey Nordling), an old friend of Major Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) who is now part of a Bajoran terrorist cell. What is this cell called?
3. In "A Man Alone," many residents of the station turn on Constable Odo (Rene Auberjonois) and even vandalize his office once they think that he has murdered a Bajoran. What word has been "written" on one of the walls of the demolished security office?
4. In "Babel," most of the station's staff is stricken with a virus that causes them to suffer from aphasia, a brain dysfunction rendering language skills inoperable. Which statement about this episode is TRUE?
5. In "Captive Pursuit," O'Brien befriends a reptilian creature named Tosk (Scott McDonald). What superhuman ability does Tosk possess?
6. In "Q-Less," Deep Space Nine receives its first (and, oddly enough, last) visit from Q (John DeLancie), the omnipotent, mischievous godlike being who frequently plagued the cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation". What other character from "TNG" makes an appearance in this episode?
7. Lt. Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) is a Trill -- a species defined by a long-lived, gourd-like "symbiont" that gets passed from humanoid host to humanoid host over the course of centuries. In the episode "Dax," Jadzia is brought to trial because of a crime committed by one of the previous hosts of the Dax symbiont. Which one?
8. In "The Passenger," Dr. Julian Bashir's noble attempt to save some lives aboard a Kobliad transport vessel allows a serial killer's desire to "possess" a new body after dying to come true, thus threatening the populace of DS9. Who was with Bashir on that Kobliad vessel when the serial killer "died," only to live on in the bodies of others?
9. In "Move Along Home," four of Deep Space Nine's officers find themselves mysteriously trapped in a treacherous "game" run by the Wadi, a recreation-loving race from the Gamma Quadrant. Which character was NOT trapped in the game from which this episode takes its name?
10. We learn in "The Nagus" that the Ferengi race is led by a single man whose title is "Grand Nagus." He also has a name, though. What is it?
11. In "Vortex," a visiting alien named Croden (Cliff DeYoung) convinces a member of the DS9 crew that there is something of great value to be found within the Chamra Vortex in the Gamma Quadrant. According to Croden, what lies within the vortex?
12. In "Battle Lines," we see the last (non-hallucinatory) appearance of Kai Opaka (Camille Saviola) after one of the station's runabouts crash-lands on a highly unusual moon. Which runabout delivers Opaka to what she considers to be her pre-determined destiny?
13. We learn in "The Storyteller" that a particular Bajoran village relies on a storyteller to protect their village from a destructive creature. What is this creature called?
14. In "Progress," one of the moons of Bajor is scheduled for destruction so that it can become an energy source for the troubled planet that it orbits. What is the name of this moon?
15. Fantasies and flights of fancy come to life in "If Wishes Were Horses." Specifically, three "fantasy figures" come to life very early in the episode, thanks to the whims and dreams of three regular characters. Which character's fantasy did NOT produce one of the three original "wish figures" we see in this episode?
16. In "The Forsaken," Odo winds up trapped in a confined space with a woman he'd rather not be around at all. Where does this uncomfortable isolation take place?
17. Several members of the crew become infected with a bizarre
"telepathic virus" in the episode "Dramatis Personae." The telepathic archive that causes the personality-altering events of this episode affects station personnel because they try to save a vessel carrying a particular alien race. Which alien race was responsible for bringing the telepathic archive to DS9's doorstep?
18. The landmark episode "Duet" is so named because it consists largely of dialogue between a prisoner in a detention cell and one of the regular characters of the series. Which actor or actress was called upon to deliver a tour de force performance opposite a man in a jail cell, and wound up contributing to what many fans and critics call the best episode of the first season?
19. I was surprised to learn, in my recent viewing of the season finale "In the Hands of the Prophets," that Major Kira was actually a SUPPORTER of Vedek Winn (Louise Fletcher) in this, her first appearance on "Deep Space Nine." What did Winn do in this episode to turn Kira from a friend to an enemy?
20. Several featured actors from "The Next Generation" were given the opportunity to direct episodes of "TNG" during that series' seven-year run, including Patrick Stewart, Johnathan Frakes, Levar Burton, and Gates McFadden. True or False: Not ONE of the episodes of the first season of "Deep Space Nine" was directed by a featured "TNG" actor.
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