Trekkin' Through The Alphabet (N) Quiz

Answer: Nausicaan

When Jean-Luc Picard was at Starbase Earhart, his friend, Corey, discovered that the Nausicaans were cheating at dom-jot. He subsequently confided in Q that he regretted starting the fight with them that saw him being impaled through the chest. However, when Q gave him the opportunity to change history, it turned out that this event was pivotal in his life and without it, he would only reach the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade.

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Answer: Neelix

Neelix became the Delta Quadrant's unofficial ambassador to help the Voyager crew get around. He also took on cooking duties in the mess hall, and gained the title of Morale Officer.

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Answer: NCC-74656

NCC-74210 was the registry for USS Valiant, the Defiant class vessel being run by Red Squad cadets. NCC-53847 was the registry for USS Pegasus, the starship where Admiral Pressman developed the phasing cloak. NCC-71832 was the registry for USS Odyssey, which was destroyed by the Jem'Hadar whilst retreating following the rescue of Commander Sisko and Quark.

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Answer: New Bajor

New Bajor was attacked and obliterated by the Jem'Hadar, only a few months after it was established. This was one of the incidents that led to the Dominion War.

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Answer: Necheyev

Admiral Alynna Necheyev's image was also used in the two part "DS9" episode "The Search" by the Dominion after Sisko and crew have been captured. The Dominion were trying to gain a foothold into the Alpha Quadrant and Necheyev was trying to convince Commander Sisko that the Dominion assuming control of the station was a price worth paying for peace. Sisko disagreed and collapsed the entrance to the wormhole.

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Answer: Romulan Neutral Zone

The Romulan Neutral Zone was an off-limits area established after a war between Earth and Romulans. The consequence of either party entering into the Neutral Zone could be war. But course to make exciting episodes in the "Star Trek Universe" the Neutral Zone has been breached several times.

"Star Trek: TNG" brought back the Romulans, one of the old foes from "TOS" in the episode "The Neutral Zone." The Enterprise finds three humans, from the 20th century who had been cryogenically frozen. The captain orders the Enterprise to the Neutral Zone to investigate why Federation outposts are not responding to any attempt at communication. They find all the Federation outposts completely obliterated. Then a Romulan ship decloaks and appears. If you don't know what happens next, rewatch the episode!

This episode echoes a "Star Trek: TOS" episode, "Balance of Terror," where in a similar way, the Enterprise investigates annihilated outposts near the Romulan Neutral Zone. A battle between the Enterprise and a Romulan Bird of Prey commences.

There is a major difference between the encounter of the Enterprise with the Romulans in "The Neutral Zone" (TNG) versus in "Balance of Terror" (TOS). If you don't remember what this difference is, be sure to watch both episodes again!

Answer: nebula

In "The Best of Both Worlds" (TNG), the Enterprise hid in the Paulson Nebula, from the Borg because the composition of this nebula contained substances that would make the sensors of the Borg cube not function properly. The name of this nebula was mentioned in the episode. The Enterprise eventually had to leave the nebula due to a special type of Borg weapon.

In "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," the Enterprise battled Khan and his group who had taken control of the Reliant in a nebula. Kirk wanted to go into the nebula to make the battle between the Enterprise and the Reliant more evenly matched since the Enterprise was badly damaged. The nebula would negatively affect the systems of the Reliant as well as the Enterprise. This battle lasted until Khan set off the Genesis Device which led to the formation of the Genesis Planet.

This is one of my favorite "Star Trek" movies and I recently rewatched it. The special effects of the nebula were really awesome.


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Answer: naked

"The Naked Time," is a "Star Trek: TOS," episode and "The Naked Now," is an episode of "Star Trek: TNG" that links to this episode. Both episodes had to do with an infection that spread to crew members with the symptom of an intoxicated-like state with out of control emotions, and poor judgment that can lead to shipwide disasters.

"TOS": Many fans will remember a shirtless Sulu strutting through the Enterprise with a fencing foil and Nurse Chapel declaring her love for Spock, while Spock struggles to retain control of his emotions.

"TNG": Also many will remember when Tasha Yar throws herself at Data, and it is implied that they had been intimate. Strangely Data too was infected even though he is an android. Wesley Crusher also takes over the ship!

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Answer: Nanoprobes

Whilst the main reason for nanoprobes was to assimilation into the Borg collective, Voyager's doctor managed to use them for different purposes on a couple of occasions. He reprogrammed them to be a cure against viruses and also as a weapon to try and destroy Species 8472.

In the episode "Inside Man", the Ferengi developed a plan that would return Voyager to the Alpha quadrant in order to seize Seven of Nine's nanoprobes.

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Answer: Sir Isaac Newton

The purpose of his effort was an experiment to see "how three of history's greatest minds would interact" in such a setting. Hawking won another hand just as the Red Alert sounded, and Data suspended the program.

(quote from Wikipedia page on "Descent")

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