"Star Trek: TNG" (Season 5, Part 2) Quiz

Answer: "Federation Day"

"Federation Day" renders 2's, 6's and aces wild, in honor of the year in which the Federation was founded (2161). Formal first contact between humans and extraterrestrials (Vulcans) occurs in 2063 ("Star Trek: First Contact"), while the Khitomer Accords take place in 2293 ("Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"). "Follow the Queen" is an actual stud poker variant. Gender identity among the J'naii is considered a dangerous aberration.

After the authorities discover that Soren has involved herself with Riker, she is placed on trial and ultimately ordered to undergo psychotectic therapy in an effort to "cure" her.

Although Commander Riker attempts to intervene on Soren's behalf, the scientist has already been purged of her female predilections and rebuffs the first officer's attempt to rekindle their romantic relationship. Prior to this treatment, Soren delivers one of "TNG's" most stirring monologues, offering an affirmation of her sexuality to the court.

Answer: 2.5 weeks

17.4 days to be exact! The USS Bozeman, which had been emerging through a spacetime distortion and colliding with the Enterprise at the end of every loop, had unfortunately been ensnared in the time loop for nearly ninety years. The Bozeman had been impacting the Enterprise's starboard nacelle, causing the flagship's repeated destruction.

Instead of using a tractor beam to alter the Bozeman's trajectory during the final loop, Lt. Commander Data, having processed a message from the previous loop, triggers a decompression of the Enterprise's main shuttlebay to avoid a collision.

The Enterprise is seen exploding a total of four times in "Cause and Effect." In alternate timelines or universes, variants of the NCC-1701-D are destroyed in "Parallels" and "All Good Things...," while the actual vessel meets its end in "Star Trek Generations."

Answer: Astrophysics and statistical mechanics

Cadet Crusher figures prominently into the ensuing Academy inquiry featured in "The First Duty," after he conspires with the other surviving squad members to hide the fact that their attempt to execute an illegal Kolvoord Starburst had directly led to Albert's death.

Although the team initially withholds information from the board of inquiry, Captain Picard discovers the cover-up and compels the former Enterprise crewmember to reveal the truth. Unsurprisingly, Wesley acquiesces. As punishment, the Academy holds Crusher back a year, though he ultimately leaves the Academy to join the Traveler in "Journey's End." By contrast, Nova Squadron's leader, Nicholas Locarno, is expelled. Locarno, played by Robert Duncan McNeill, was the inspiration for Lt. Tom Paris on "Voyager." We also meet Boothby, Starfleet Academy's stalwart groundskeeper, in "The First Duty"; his holographic simulation and Species 8472 impersonator go on to appear in "Voyager's" "The Fight" and "In the Flesh," respectively.

Answer: Parallax Colony

The Parallax colony on Shiralea VI was populated by a group of "free spirits" whose simulations Lwaxana and Alexander interact with. When Worf and Deanna enter the holodeck program in search of Alexander, the ever-impatient Klingon memorably "pops" one of the residing Wind Surfers.

The elder Troi's plans to marry Campio, a minister from the planet Kostolain, quickly dissolve: Lwaxana, in accordance with Betazoid tradition, arrives nude at the wedding ceremony and insults the sensibilities of the ultra-formal minister and his "protocol master." The "Daughter of the Fifth House" marries Jeyal, a Tavnian, several years later, only to separate from him after Lwaxana becomes pregnant ("The Muse," "DS9").

The Norpin colony is where Captain Montgomery "Scotty" Scott was headed on the USS Jenolan before that ship impacted on a Dyson's Sphere ("Relics").

The planet Taresia led "Voyager's" Ensign Harry Kim to believe that he was a member of their species ("Favorite Son"), while Gothos served as something of a playground for the powerful but reckless Trelane in "The Squire of Gothos" ("TOS").

Answer: dolphin

The pair of Ferengi later offers to purchase Kamala from Kriosian Ambassador Briam and attacks him when he refuses to comply. Picard is left to preside over the wedding ceremony, a task complicated by the fact Kamala has bonded with the captain. Famke Janssen, the actress portraying Kamala, later appears with Patrick Stewart in the "X-Men" movie trilogy.

The "Star Trek" episode "Elaan of Troyius" and "Enterprise" episodes "Rajiin" and "Bound" feature similarly alluring women.

Answer: Tarcassian razor beast

Guinan still relies on her old friend in times of great confusion. Incredulous of Clara Sutter's claims, Counselor Troi and Clara's father encourage the girl to spend time with other children. "Isabella" becomes enraged by this and, coupled with the negative impressions she's formed of humans by observing them from the perspective of a child, threatens to destroy the Enterprise with the help of her conspecifics. Captain Picard convinces the alien that while human children are often resentful of their parents' actions, parents have the best interests of their children at heart. Clara and Isabella part on good terms as the Enterprise exits the latter's nebula. "Imaginary Friend" shares several similarities with the third-season episode "The Bonding." For reference, Worf, Geordi and Dr. Phlox kept a targ, Circassian cat and Pyrithian bat as their respective pets ("Where No One Has Gone Before," "Violations" and "A Night in Sickbay," "ENT").

Answer: True

Borg seem to be organized into smaller hierarchies; several drones, presumably from Hugh's unit, were killed when their scout ship crashed in the Argolis Cluster. The senior staff contemplates introducing an invasive program into Hugh's memory, hoping that it will infiltrate and ultimately destroy the Borg collective consciousness upon the drone's return.

As the episode progresses, Hugh hones his newfound individuality to such a degree that even Picard and Guinan, both of whom possess traumatic histories with the Borg, eventually find themselves doubting the plan. Picard eventually decides against using the invasive program, but the very notion of free will that Hugh acquired aboard the Enterprise is enough to corrupt a group of Borg shortly after the adolescent drone rejoins his collective ("Descent, Part I").

The strategy behind the proposed program bears a striking resemblance to the strategy Captain Kirk and company use to incapacitate the Muddian androids in "I, Mudd" ("TOS").

Answer: Sickbay

After waking up in an Enterprise corridor following a botched transport from a damaged Romulan science vessel, Ro is initially mystified as to why everyone seems to be ignoring her. She realizes that there is something seriously wrong after Captain Picard walks straight through her in Dr. Crusher's office (the doctor is making out death certificates for Geordi and Ro).

The two displaced officers become aware of a Romulan plot to destroy the Enterprise by triggering a warp core breach once the ship reaches warp, and they rush to find a way to communicate with their shipmates.

In their current state, La Forge and Ro emit chroniton fields after passing through normal matter, and they exploit this effect while attending their "funeral" in Ten Forward.

After Data begins to decontaminate the room, the two "dead" officers reappear and prevent the Enterprise from engaging its warp engines. Ghostly characters also figure into the plots of "The Tholian Web" ("TOS"), "Coda" ("VOY") and "Vanishing Point" ("ENT").

Answer: Meribor

Kataan's sun went nova in the 14th century, thereby eradicating all life on Kamin's planet. Before the apocalypse, the residents of the planet launched a probe. Its mission: to seek out an intelligent being whose mind it could "program" to live half a lifetime as Kamin, a Kataanian everyman who lived shortly before the end of his civilization.

After the probe severs contact with Picard, he awakes on the bridge of the Enterprise having perceived the passage of many decades on Kataan; the captain now bears the sole memory of a civilization that had been lost for nearly a millennium.

Interestingly, Eline, Kamin's wife, is played by Margot Rose, who later portrays Rinn, an Argrathi official who, in the similarly themed "DS9" episode "Hard Time," forces Chief O'Brien to experience twenty years of perceived incarceration in a matter of seconds for a crime he didn't commit.

In "Lessons," Picard shares the story of his life on Kataan with Lt. Commander Nella Darren.

Answer: Cholera

In fact, there was no cholera outbreak in the western United States during 1893, though it had recently ravaged parts of North America. Data is accidentally sucked into the Devidian's temporal vortex while covertly monitoring the aliens' activity on their home planet.

After arriving in 19th-century San Francisco, the android accumulates various pieces of contemporary technology, with the help of then-bellboy Jack London, and constructs a device that detects time shifts. Along the way, he is surprised to encounter Guinan, who had apparently been visiting Earth during that time period. Meanwhile, Picard, Riker, La Forge, Troi and Crusher venture back in time to search for Data and put a halt to the Devidians' temporal incursions. Several varieties of flu appear on "TNG," including Lt. Barclay's Urodelan flu in "Genesis" and a Thelusian flu that instigated the rapid aging epidemic in "Unnatural Selection."