Set phasers to trivia. These 120 Star Trek questions beam across the original Enterprise, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery, Picard, Strange New Worlds, famous species, Starfleet technology, and the movies.
The opening rounds are cadet-friendly. The final ones are for people who can identify a captain from a registry number.
Why Star Trek Makes Great Trivia
Star Trek has spent decades building a future full of starships, captains, alien cultures, scientific ideas, ethical dilemmas, political alliances, strange anomalies, and recurring technology. The official Star Trek archive traces the franchise from Captain Kirk's original five-year mission through multiple generations of Starfleet crews.
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The Original Series
Q: Who captains the USS Enterprise in most of Star Trek: The Original Series?
A: James T. Kirk.
Q: Who plays Captain Kirk?
A: William Shatner.
Q: What is Spock's species heritage?
A: He is half Vulcan and half human.
Q: Who plays Spock in the original series?
A: Leonard Nimoy.
Q: What is Dr. Leonard McCoy's nickname?
A: Bones.
Q: Who is the Enterprise's chief engineer?
A: Montgomery Scott, commonly called Scotty.
Q: Who is the communications officer played by Nichelle Nichols?
A: Nyota Uhura.
Q: Who serves as the ship's helmsman and is played by George Takei?
A: Hikaru Sulu.
Q: What young navigator joins the bridge crew in the second season?
A: Pavel Chekov.
Q: What is the original Enterprise's registry number?
A: NCC-1701.
Q: What organization does the Enterprise serve?
A: Starfleet.
Q: What interstellar government does Starfleet primarily serve?
A: The United Federation of Planets.
Q: In what year did Star Trek first premiere on American television?
A: 1966.
Q: Who created Star Trek?
A: Gene Roddenberry.
Q: What broad mission defines Kirk's Enterprise?
A: Exploring strange new worlds, seeking new life and civilizations, and going where humanity has not gone before.
The Next Generation
Q: Who captains the Enterprise-D?
A: Jean-Luc Picard.
Q: Who plays Captain Picard?
A: Patrick Stewart.
Q: What is William Riker's role aboard the Enterprise-D?
A: First officer.
Q: What android serves as an operations officer and seeks to understand humanity?
A: Data.
Q: Who plays Data?
A: Brent Spiner.
Q: What Klingon serves aboard the Enterprise-D?
A: Worf.
Q: Who is the ship's chief engineer for most of the series?
A: Geordi La Forge.
Q: What device does Geordi wear over his eyes early in the series?
A: A VISOR.
Q: Who is the ship's chief medical officer for much of the series?
A: Dr. Beverly Crusher.
Q: What is Deanna Troi's job aboard the Enterprise?
A: Ship's counselor.
Q: What heritage gives Troi empathic abilities?
A: She is half Betazoid.
Q: Who is Beverly Crusher's son?
A: Wesley Crusher.
Q: What powerful mischievous being repeatedly tests Picard and humanity?
A: Q.
Q: What collective assimilates Picard and turns him into Locutus?
A: The Borg.
Q: About how long after Kirk's era is The Next Generation set?
A: Nearly a century later.
Deep Space Nine
Q: What type of facility gives Deep Space Nine its name?
A: A space station.
Q: Who commands Deep Space Nine for most of the series?
A: Benjamin Sisko.
Q: Who plays Benjamin Sisko?
A: Avery Brooks.
Q: What planet is located near Deep Space Nine?
A: Bajor.
Q: What stable phenomenon near Bajor transforms the station's strategic importance?
A: A wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant.
Q: What beings live within the Bajoran wormhole?
A: The Prophets.
Q: What title do Bajorans give Sisko because of his connection with the Prophets?
A: The Emissary.
Q: Who is the Bajoran first officer?
A: Kira Nerys.
Q: What shapeshifting security chief works on the station?
A: Odo.
Q: What Ferengi bartender runs the station's famous bar?
A: Quark.
Q: What Trill science officer is Sisko's old friend?
A: Jadzia Dax.
Q: What war dominates the later seasons of Deep Space Nine?
A: The Dominion War.
Q: What major power controls the Dominion?
A: The Founders, a shapeshifting species like Odo.
Q: What Starfleet warship becomes closely associated with Sisko's crew?
A: The USS Defiant.
Q: What makes Deep Space Nine structurally different from many earlier Trek stories?
A: Much of the series remains centered on one station and develops long-running political and war storylines.
Voyager
Q: Who captains the USS Voyager?
A: Kathryn Janeway.
Q: Who plays Janeway?
A: Kate Mulgrew.
Q: Where is Voyager stranded at the beginning of the series?
A: The Delta Quadrant.
Q: Roughly how far from home is Voyager stranded?
A: About 70,000 light-years.
Q: What rebel group is forced to combine with Voyager's Starfleet crew?
A: The Maquis.
Q: Who becomes Voyager's first officer after leading the Maquis ship?
A: Chakotay.
Q: What holographic character becomes the ship's chief medical officer?
A: The Emergency Medical Hologram, usually called the Doctor.
Q: Who plays the Doctor?
A: Robert Picardo.
Q: What former Borg drone joins Voyager's crew?
A: Seven of Nine.
Q: Who plays Seven of Nine?
A: Jeri Ryan.
Q: What species is Neelix?
A: Talaxian.
Q: What species is Kes?
A: Ocampa.
Q: What powerful alien being strands Voyager in the Delta Quadrant?
A: The Caretaker.
Q: What dangerous collective becomes one of Voyager's recurring threats?
A: The Borg.
Q: What is Voyager's central long-term goal?
A: Return home to the Alpha Quadrant.
Enterprise & Starfleet's Early Years
Q: Who captains the Enterprise NX-01?
A: Jonathan Archer.
Q: Who plays Archer?
A: Scott Bakula.
Q: In what century is Star Trek: Enterprise primarily set?
A: The 22nd century.
Q: Is Enterprise set before or after Kirk's Original Series?
A: Before. It is a prequel.
Q: What is the registry of Archer's ship?
A: NX-01.
Q: What Vulcan serves as Archer's science officer and first officer?
A: T'Pol.
Q: What is Charles Tucker III's nickname?
A: Trip.
Q: What is Trip's job aboard Enterprise?
A: Chief engineer.
Q: What Denobulan serves as the ship's doctor?
A: Dr. Phlox.
Q: What speed technology allows NX-01 to explore far beyond Earth's local space?
A: Warp 5 propulsion.
Q: What major human-alien conflict drives much of Season 3?
A: The conflict with the Xindi.
Q: What organization is Star Trek: Enterprise helping show in its formative period?
A: Starfleet.
Q: What larger alliance is forming during the era around the series finale?
A: The United Federation of Planets.
Q: What famous Trek technology appears in less advanced forms during Enterprise?
A: Phasers, transporters, universal translation, and other technologies have earlier developmental versions.
Q: What makes Enterprise valuable for franchise trivia?
A: It shows first contacts and early Starfleet history long before Kirk, Picard, Sisko, or Janeway.
Discovery, Picard & Strange New Worlds
Q: Who is the central character of Star Trek: Discovery?
A: Michael Burnham.
Q: Who plays Michael Burnham?
A: Sonequa Martin-Green.
Q: What unusual propulsion system lets Discovery travel using a biological network?
A: The spore drive.
Q: What network does the spore drive navigate?
A: The mycelial network.
Q: What distant era does Discovery eventually travel to?
A: The 32nd century.
Q: How many seasons does Discovery have?
A: Five.
Q: What former Enterprise captain is the focus of Star Trek: Picard?
A: Jean-Luc Picard.
Q: Who returns to play Picard?
A: Patrick Stewart.
Q: Which former Voyager character becomes a major figure in Picard?
A: Seven of Nine.
Q: What classic crew returns heavily in Picard's third season?
A: The principal Star Trek: The Next Generation crew.
Q: Who captains the Enterprise in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds?
A: Christopher Pike.
Q: Who plays Pike in Strange New Worlds?
A: Anson Mount.
Q: What famous Vulcan serves aboard Pike's Enterprise?
A: Spock.
Q: Is Strange New Worlds set before or after Kirk's main command of the Enterprise?
A: Before.
Q: What does the modern Trek lineup demonstrate about the franchise?
A: It can revisit established eras, jump far into the future, follow legacy characters, and explore earlier Starfleet history without relying on one permanent crew.
Aliens, Technology & the Federation
Q: What hand gesture accompanies the Vulcan phrase "Live long and prosper"?
A: A raised hand with the fingers split between the middle and ring fingers.
Q: What mental technique lets Vulcans share thoughts and memories through touch?
A: The mind meld.
Q: What warrior species is famous for honor, ridged foreheads, and the Klingon Empire?
A: Klingons.
Q: What is the Klingon homeworld called?
A: Qo'noS.
Q: What cybernetic collective seeks to assimilate other life forms?
A: The Borg.
Q: What phrase do the Borg use to announce their intent?
A: They declare that resistance is futile.
Q: What is a tricorder?
A: A handheld scanning and data-analysis device.
Q: What device converts people or objects into energy patterns for transport?
A: The transporter.
Q: What does a replicator do?
A: It creates food and objects by arranging matter according to stored patterns.
Q: What does warp drive allow a starship to do?
A: Travel faster than light by manipulating space around the vessel.
Q: What weapon can be set to stun or kill in many Starfleet stories?
A: A phaser.
Q: What rule restricts Starfleet from interfering with the natural development of less advanced societies?
A: The Prime Directive.
Q: What is Starfleet primarily intended to do besides defense?
A: Exploration, science, diplomacy, humanitarian work, and peaceful contact.
Q: What organization unites Earth with many other member worlds?
A: The United Federation of Planets.
Q: What makes Star Trek technology especially influential in popular culture?
A: Devices such as communicators, tablets, voice computers, medical scanners, and video calls anticipated or inspired discussion of real technologies.
Films & Hard Star Trek Challenge
Q: What was the first Star Trek theatrical film?
A: Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Q: In what year was The Motion Picture released?
A: 1979.
Q: What 1982 film features Khan Noonien Singh?
A: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
Q: Who plays Khan in The Wrath of Khan?
A: Ricardo Montalbán.
Q: What happens to Spock at the end of The Wrath of Khan?
A: He sacrifices himself to save the Enterprise.
Q: What is the subtitle of the third original-crew film?
A: The Search for Spock.
Q: What animal-focused mission drives Star Trek IV?
A: The crew travels through time to retrieve humpback whales.
Q: What is the first theatrical film centered on Picard's Next Generation crew?
A: Star Trek Generations.
Q: What classic captain appears alongside Picard in Generations?
A: James T. Kirk.
Q: What acclaimed TNG film pits Picard against the Borg?
A: Star Trek: First Contact.
Q: Who directed and starred in First Contact as Riker?
A: Jonathan Frakes.
Q: Who played Kirk in the 2009 reboot film?
A: Chris Pine.
Q: Who played Spock in the Kelvin-timeline films?
A: Zachary Quinto.
Q: What term distinguishes the alternate continuity created in the 2009 film?
A: The Kelvin Timeline.
Q: Why is Star Trek especially deep trivia material?
A: Decades of television and film connect multiple Enterprises, captains, quadrants, alien species, timelines, ethical philosophies, fictional science, recurring families, wars, and future history across centuries of in-universe chronology.
How Did You Score?
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