The More That Changes... Trivia Quiz

Answer: Two

The two changes were, for one, the replacement of "five-year mission" with the more open "continuing mission" and, at the very end, "where no man has gone before" was changed to a gender- and species-neutral "where no one has gone before".

Answer: James Tiberius Kirk

The aging admiral McCoy was seen in the very first episode "Encounter at Farpoint". Scotty reappeared from a transporter buffer in the season six episode "Relics" and Spock had a key role as an undercover agent on Romulus in the fifth-season double episode "Unification". Kirk would only return to interact with the "Next Generation" crew after the series ended, in the "Generations" movie.

Answer: Q

Certainly, Trelane's heir in spirit was none other than the beloved villain just named "Q". Appearing at least once in all seasons except the fifth, Q brought the Enterprise into countless instances of trouble - not the least of which was the very tribunal that he subjects humanity to in the very first episode and that then gets reprised and resolved in the closing "All Good Things...". Q would later also turn up in "Deep Space Nine" and "Voyager".

Answer: Lieutenant Worf

In the "Next Generation" timeline, the "United States vs Soviet Union" conflict hinted at being overcome in Chekov was reflected in Lieutenant Worf, a Klingon and thus a member of the primary enemy race of the first series. When the series began, it was not known how this came to be; this question would only be resolved four years later with the cinematic release of "The Undiscovered Country".

Answer: A disease making crew members act strangely

"The Naked Now" showed the "Next Generation" crew affected by a mutated form of the same disease that had affected Kirk's crew a century earlier. During their efforts to contain the disease, the crew actually rediscovered the old records and cure, but it proved to be ineffective against the new strain.

In an interesting twist, the disease was even able to affect the positronic brain of the android Data.

Answer: The Romulans

Originally, "The Next Generation" planned not to reuse any of the original series' enemies, instead introducing the Ferengi. However, that race did not make for a good villain as their merely greedy nature did not lead to a convincing, coherent motive for them to be threatening. Thus, Gene Roddenberry and his staff decided to give the Romulans a surprise return in the final episode of the first season, titled "The Neutral Zone".

Answer: Sarek

"Sarek" aired in the late third season and featured the eponymous Vulcan ambassador, Spock's father. The episode focused on what is supposed to be Sarek's final diplomatic mission, but old age and disease had already taken their toll and Sarek became less and less able to control his emotions - a fatal flaw in a Vulcan.

The dilemma was finally solved by Picard mind melding with Sarek so that he could become a temporary host for the excess emotions.

Answer: All Good Things...

In "All Good Things...", we saw an alternate U.S.S. Enterprise, fitted with a third, central, Warp nacelle. This ship could reach Warp 13, even though it was not explained how this would fit the scale or what multiple of light speed this would be. Since the factors in the "Next Generation" scale have been equated to "warp field layers", it has been a fan theory that the additional nacelle would allow for a different geometry with more layers, however that has never been officially confirmed or denied.

Answer: Captain William Riker, "Future Imperfect"

In "Future Imperfect", William Riker awakened sixteen years in the future with what seemed to be a massive memory loss, now captain of the Enterprise and with a son named Jean-Luc. However, inconsistencies arose that could not be reconciled with reality - in particular, his late wife, Minuet, actually never existed - she was a holodeck character.

The false future was revealed to have been created by the Romulan commander Tomalak - only for that to be exposed as yet another illusion by an alien creature named Barash.

Answer: Second Chances

Lieutenant Thomas Riker from the fourth season episode "Second Chances" (later also seen in the "Deep Space Nine" episode "Defiant") is not an alternate character but rather a transporter twin, remniscent of the original episode "The Enemy Within". However, in Riker's case, the twin was not split off with different characteristics, but just lived a different life.