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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Continuing in Altair's fashion, I'll continue the non-insanely difficult Trek trivia questions.

First Question:
Several Star Trek characters can play musical instruments. Who are these characters and what instruments do they play?
This only counts for recurring cast only(more than 5 episodes).

1 point each.

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Riker: trombone
Harry: clarinet, saxophone
O'Brien: cello
Data: violin

I think.

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Oh, and both Spock and Tuvok play the Vulcan lute.

Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :

And Picard plays that @#$%&*ing flute!!

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Posted by Starbuck (Member # 153) on :

And Scotty played the bagpipes at Spock's funeral...
Susan Nicoletti did a duet with Harry Kim - I don't know how many episodes she has been seen/mentioned in though.

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Wow, much more than I realized...

Since I'm not sure about Voyager(haven't seen a new one for about a year and a half), I need a Voyager voyeur to verify The Harry Kim/Nicoletti duet(that is, if she played in more than 5 episodes) and her instrument.

Garak has 6 points for 6 correct answers.
Prakesh has 1 point for 1 correct answer.
Starbuck has 1 point, with another point pending.

When I get word, I'll post the next question.

Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Susan Nicoletti has been mentioned twice and seen four other times.

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

If I'm not mistaken, that was a viola Data was playing.

He also played the guitar.

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Well, I'm gonna let this one slide for now.

What Star Trek main characters have we seen die?

And to prevent a gouging, there's a limit of 3 correct answers per person, as Altair had it.

Elim Garak: 4
Starbuck: 2
Prakesh: 1

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Tasha Yar

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Jake Sisko.

Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

Kirk, in Generations.

Spock, in TWoK.

McCoy, in "Shore Leave". Not sure if that counts, though, since he was fixed later.

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Harry Kim has died several times, I think.

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

I think that only "Deadlock" would count for Harry dying, though.

Didn't Picard die in "Tapestry"?

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Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :

Scotty died in "The Changling"

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Garak: Are you asking me or telling me?

Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

I'm telling you, then.

Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Well then, you are correct.
Omega, it does count, cuz he did die...but was brought back to life. Like Picard in Tapestries, and many other examples.

I'm done for tonight. If anyone else can come up with more answers, I'll check in the morning when I come back online with a new question.

Elim Garak: 4 + 2
Starbuck: 2 + 1
Omega: +3
Prakesh: 1
The359: +1
The Shadow: +1

Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

This is scary... We all forgot Jadzia (That's my final answer, Jeff

I can also think of another example from DS9, but I have to wait to see if anyone else remembers it. Thinking hats, people!

Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

How about Sisko?

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

And Dukat died at the same time, too.

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Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :

You fools!

KAI WINN!

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

*breaking the rules again*

Damar
Weyoun (more than once)

Don't forget the Mirror Universe's Death Tally!

Odo
Quark
Rom
Nog
Garak
"Vic"
as well as
Sisko & Jadzia (though we didn't "see" Sisko OR this Jadzia die, they were mentioned in dialogue as having died)

Did Mirror Brunt die?

(I forget if there was anybody else...)

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Y'know, the question was about main characters, not recurring characters...

So, there was Data in "Time's Arrow".

And, even though we didn't see them individually, there was the whole TNG cast in Generations, before the timeline changed. But that probably doesn't count.

And Troi died briefly in, uh... was it "Man of the People"? Whatever the one was where the mediator guy was dumping all his bad feelings into her brain...

And Torres half-died in "Faces", when her Klingon part kicked off.

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Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :

And don't forget the entire Voyager crew in Timeless (even Chakotay and Harry when the Flyer exploded before that timeline was changed). The entire crew also died in Relativity when the ship was destroyed by Braxton's device. Worf also died in Transfigurations when he fell out of the Shuttle control Room by John Doe's evolution. Of course, he was brought back to life. Picard as Locutus in an parallel timeline. What remained of the E-D crew in the same parallel timeline. Geordi in two different parallel timelines. Alternate Tasha in E-C's timeline. Riker in alternate timeline. O'Brien in Visionary. The entire DS9 cast in that episode when the station blew up.

And there's bound to be lot more.

And yes, I know that's a lot more than 3. I don't really care about points.

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Picard: Ressikan Flute
Riker: Trombone
Data: Violin (his 'mother' played the viola), Oboe and Guitar
O'Brien: Cello
Sisko: Piano
Dax: Piano/keyboard
Harry Kim: Clarinet (we've never seen him play the saxophone)
Tuvok: Vulcan Lute
Spock: Vulcan Lute
Scotty: Bagpipes

sorry its been answered but I HAD to correct a few things

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Janeway died - in "Coda" and "Year Of Hell" well they ALL died in Year Of Hell
Torres died in "Barge of the Dead"
Neelix Died in Mortal Coil
Harry Died numerous times

La Forge and Ro were pronounced dead in "The Next Phase" for a time.

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Posted by Starbuck (Member # 153) on :

Oh damn, I missed the question.
That's what I get for being on British Summer Time!!!
I'll be away for a couple of days *sigh* but will try and post!!

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Jadzia is Correct.
I'll accept Sisko, but not Dukat(he's arguably a recurring member, not a main character).

I won't accept Kai Winn for that matter too.

Sorry, First of Two, those guys aren't 'main' characters, but were only in a few episodes. Damar and Weyoun for the Dukat reason as well.

TSN, I will accept Data and Troi. I am not going to accept the Generations crew or Voyager crew because I believe you didn't actually see them die, but rather their ships blowing up.

I will take Worf. In fact, I was thinking of him too.
And O'Brien

I'll take Janeway, if she they showed her die on screen(again my voyager knowledge is a bit short), and Neelix and Torres as well. These points are pending.

Alright, I will tally up the score after my classes, which is around 12pm EST. New question then. SOmeone else verify AndrewR's points please?

Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

More like which characters HAVEN'T died...

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

I didn't expect the Generations crew to count. I just wanted to say it.

But what about Torres' Klingon half in "Faces"?

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

I am considering Torres-half not a main character, but one produced for that episode.

Elim Garak: 4+2+1
Starbuck: 2+1
Omega: +3
Prakesh: 1
The359: +1
The Shadow: +1+1
TSN: +2
PopMaze: +2
AndrewR: +3 pending

Alright, I'm going to shy away from Voyager to keep these questions easily verifiable

What TOS actor(ess) played a member of the 3 major alien races?

Posted by Starbuck (Member # 153) on :

That's a tricky one but I think it's Mark Lenard:

Sarek in Journey to Babel, a couple of movies and a TNG episode or two
The Romulan commander in Balance of Terror
A Klingon in The Motion Picture

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Andrew mentioned two musicians that weren't mentioned before (Sisko and Jadzia). (And Harry said in "Ashes to Ashes" that he'd dropped the clarinet for the saxophone, so that does count.

)

Do dreams of people dying count ("Barge of the Dead"), because they arguably didn't die? In any reality.

And Sisko isn't dead. He is "dead."

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Alright, because of the complexity(unbeknownst to me at the time), I'm going to strike the death question from the list, and give everyone 1 point who contributed an answer.

Smack me next time something like that happens.

Andrew get 2 points for his belated answer, but from now on the answers must come before the next question for them to count.

Mark Leonard is correct! Starbuck gets a point.

The next question is:
What distinctly non-humanoid creatures have shown up in Star Trek?

Elim Garak: 4 +1 = 5
Starbuck: 2 +1 = 3
AndrewR: +2+1 = 3
Prakesh: 1 = 1
The359: +1 = 1
The Shadow: +1 = 1
TSN: +1 = 1
PopMaze: +1 = 1
Omega: +1 = 1
Fabrux: +1 = 1
First of Two: +1 = 1

Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

For a maximum of three: tribbles, Hortas, the nameless "Equinox" aliens.

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

AcK AcK! I mean Sentient Non-Humanoids!

*smacks self with the board-with-nail-in-it*

Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Well, the Hortas are arguably sentient. The "Equinox" aliens appear to be sentient. We don't know about tribbles, although it's possible. I guess.

"Equinox" aliens, the Founders, Hortas.

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

Cochrane's companion, Q, and the exocomps.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Armus, the Sheliak (only "vaguely humanoid", I believe they said), and Gomtuu.

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

What was the Sheliak? What ep/series?

Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Classification R-3 lifeforms, the Sheliak are only vaguely humanoid. "The Ensigns of Command" [TNG]

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Alrightie, well I left this question up to give people with different time zones a chance to answer...
TSN, if you can offer a picture or argue that Sheliak do not have the basic 2 arms-2 legs and a a head in the right place type of body, then you can have that point. The question does say "distinctly non-humanoid." Otherwise 'vaguely humanoid' won't count.

3 for Garak, 3 for Omega, 2 for TSN(1 pending).

Well, since these multi-answer questions I seem to mess up too much, I think I'm going to go specific.
Easy question:

What/who do these three phrases symbolize, and why are they signifigant to it?

Oh my.
Reading Glasses
Iowa

Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Those phrases symbolisze James Tiberious Kirk. "Oh my." were his last words, he required reading glasses as he was allergic to Retnax V, and he was born and grew up in Iowa.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Oh, and here's the Sheliak

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Alright, I'll take it.
And Fabrux is correct, or course.

Elim Garak: 8
TSN: 4
Omega: 4
Starbuck: 3
AndrewR: 3
Fabrux: 2
Prakesh: 1
The359: 1
The Shadow: 1
PopMaze: 1
First of Two: 1

Final Question:

Who played a cameo in Star Trek and also performed the song "Gold Dust Woman" ?

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Mick Fleetwood, drummer for Fleetwood Mac, and the Antidean "ambassador" who was going to blow up the Pacifica Conference (I think that was what it was called, anyway).

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Who gets to ask the questions? Only the one person?

Yeah I got some points! Its hard for me to answer being +10 GMT I guess.

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Indeed it is, TSN.

Garak wins, with 8 points, TSN gets second with 5 points, and Omega gets 3rd place with 4.

Andrew, I was conintuing it in the fashion of Altair's trivia contest... One person asks the questions and tallies points. But, the questions can't be difficult(hence the "Non-geek" in the title). You're welcome to start one up if you wish. I'm done for now.

Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :

Organians (Sp? The giant orbs that formed the peace treaty between the Klingons and Fed's?)

Or that Muk thing that killed Yar (I'm not good with names.)

Would the changelings count, for their true form is a pail of goo?

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Yes, you spelled "Organian" correctly. And the thing that killed Yar was Armus; I already mentioned him. But you're right, I suppose, about all of them. Too bad the contest was over. :-)

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

And I mentioned the Founders...

Posted by Obese Penguin (Member # 271) on :

I think We are Forgeting Species 8472 and of course the Tholians

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

IIRC, 8472 is not completely non-humanoid, and we've never REALLY seen a Tholian, so...

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