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From: eric@oakhill.UUCP (Eric Quintana)
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Subject: More Trivia
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Date: Fri, 8-Nov-85 19:07:42 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  8 19:07:42 1985
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Sorry I've taken so long to respond, but I've been rather busy lately.
(My father just passed away.)  Thanks for all the mail.
I am trying to respond, but I may have missed some of you.

I seemed to have opened a can of worms with the question:
Identify the quote, "Or it could be a beaker of death."
I'm STILL getting mail on just this question! (even though
I posted the answer over 2 weeks ago.  I guess the net is slooow....)
More on this later.  Read on.

Here are my answers:

  1) How many episodes can you name in which we see the three dimensional
     chess board?

     1. "Charlie X" when Charlie melts all the pieces.
     2. "Court-Martial" when Spock beats the computer.
     3. "Where No Man Has Gone Before" when Kirk and Spock play.
     4. "By Any Other Name" when Spock and Rojan play.

     We see it in Spock's cabin in some episodes.  How about:
     5. "Amok Time"                                (sb)
     6. "Journey to Babel"                         (sb)
     7. "Paradise Syndrome"                        (sb)

     We see it in the rec room also.  How about:
     8. "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
     9. "The Trouble With Tribbles"                (sb)
     10. "Conscience Of The King"                  (sb)
     11. "Alternative Factor"                      (sb)
     12. "Naked Time"                              (jt)

     Marked answers are ones that I was not aware of.
     (sb= Susan Brown, jt= Jonathan Trudel)


  2) How many episodes can you name in which Uhura beams down?

     1. "Mirror, Mirror" to the Halkan planet.
     2. "City On The Edge Of Forever" to the Guardian planet.
     3. "The Trouble With Tribbles" to station K7.
     4. "This Side Of Paradise" when EVERYONE beamed down.
     5. "Shore Leave" when everyone takes shore leave at the end.
     6. "I, Mudd" when they "visit" Mudd's planet of androids.

     Technically speaking, Uhura was not beamed down in "The Squire Of
     Gothos", "The Gamesters Of Triskelion", or "Plato's Stepchildren".
     She was "zapped away" by the appropriate alien.  Of course if you
     consider the aliens mode of teleporting as "beaming", then I guess
     those episodes are correct.  However, when we say "beam down", I
     interpret this to mean via a known mode of transporting (i.e. the
     transporter on the Enterprise.)

  3) How many episodes can you name in which we see a musical instrument?
     (No you don't get extra credit for naming the episodes in which
     Uhura sings. (gag))

     I did not realize that there were sooo many!  I've simply
     compiled all your answers.  I am unable to add to this list:

     1. "Requiem For Methusalah"       piano
     2. "Charlie X"                    Spock's lyrette
     3. "The Way To Eden"              the lyrette and "guitar"
     4. "The Conscience Of The King"   lyrette
     5. "Wolf In The Fold"             pub instruments
     6. "Menagerie"                    instruments in Orion slave palace
     7. "Plato's Stepchildren"         lyre and harp
     8. "The Squire Of Gothos"         harpsichord
     9. "Amok Time"                    chimes and gong
     10. "Spectre Of The Gun"          piano in saloon
     11. "Who Mourns For Adonais"      harp in background near temple
     12. "The Naked Time"              lyrette
     13. "City On The Edge Of Forever" piano in the mission
     14. "Omega Glory"                 drums
     15. "Paradise Syndrome"           Indian drum and vulcan harp
     16. "A Private Little War"        Tyree's drum
     17. "Whom Gods Destroy"
     18. "Tholian Web"

     And I'm sure there are more.

Bonus Question:
     Since everyone is stuck on favorite quotes, identify the episode
     and speaker of this quote:  "Or it could be a beaker of death."

     One reason I may have gotton so much mail on this question is
     the fact that I've misquoted the speaker slightly.  Here is the
     scene including the quote.  These are EXACT quotes:

Kirk:   This is the vaccine?
McCoy:  That's what the computers will tell us.
Spock:  Without them, it could be a beaker full of death.

     The episode is MIRI.  The speaker is SPOCK.  Several people
     understandably guessed that the quote came from "Wink Of An Eye".
     In WOAE, McCoy tells Kirk that the antidote has not been tested.
     Kirk says, "Lets test it," and drinks it.  I don't recall anyone
     referring to it as a "beaker of death".  Yet I could be wrong as
     I am relying on my memory.

     One reason I chose the "Miri" quote was that the "beaker" they
     are referring to is not a beaker!  I always found it amusing to
     see Spock make such a mistake.  It's an Erlenmeyer flask.

Winner:
     Susan Brown submitted the most number of correct answers (even
     if you subtract the answers I marked.)  [You'll just have to
     try harder Scott.]

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And now for some fresh trivia:

  1) How many episodes can you name in which a phaser is used for
     something other than destroying, stunning, or threatening
     someone or something?

  2) How many episodes can you name in which a human has super-
     human powers?   (Human, not alien.)

  3) How many episodes can you name in which we see Kirk without a
     shirt on?   (Not just ripped.)

Bonus Question:
     Name all the locations on the Enterprise where we see food
     or drink produced/created.

I await your response.  Enjoy!
"Oh, how absolutely typical of your species!"

				    Eric Quintana
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