The City on the Edge of Forever - Quiz
The City on the Edge of Forever
  • 1. Who authored the short story adaptation of 'The City on the Edge of Forever' in Star Trek 2?
A) Denise Okuda
B) Dave Rossi
C) Mike Okuda
D) James Blish
  • 2. What did the front cover of the British release of Star Trek 2 feature?
A) Captain Kirk
B) A city on the edge of forever
C) The Enterprise
D) The Guardian of Forever
  • 3. What is the 2016 single volume collection of Blish's short stories called?
A) Star Trek: The Guardian Collection
B) Star Trek: The Remastered Episodes
C) Star Trek: The Original Series
D) Star Trek: The Classic Episodes
  • 4. In what year was the first home media release of the episode on Compact Cassette?
A) 2004
B) 1982
C) 1985
D) 2000
  • 5. The 1985 LaserDisc release paired the episode with which other title?
A) Errand of Mercy
B) The Alternative Factor
C) Captain's Log
D) The Classic Episodes
  • 6. Which company handled the remastered special effects for the 2009 release?
A) The Guardian Studio
B) Paramount Pictures
C) Startone productions
D) CBS Digital
  • 7. Who, along with Dave Rossi, provided guidance on the remastered special effects?
A) Mike and Denise Okuda
B) William Shatner
C) The show producers
D) James Blish
  • 8. What specifically was updated on the Guardian's planet during the remastering?
A) The color of the sky
B) The actors playing the crew
C) The height of the Guardian
D) An expanded field of ruins
  • 9. What did Dave Rossi fear viewers would mistake the purplish desert flats for?
A) Oceans
B) Clouds
C) Mountains
D) Forests
  • 10. Which compilation featured the episode as selected by William Shatner?
A) Star Trek: The Classic Episodes
B) Star Trek: Fan Collective: Captain's Log
C) Captain Kirk's Boldest Missions
D) The 2000 General Release
  • 11. In the 2000 general series release, which episode was paired with 'The City on the Edge of Forever' on DVD?
A) Captain's Log
B) The Alternative Factor
C) The Classic Episodes
D) Errand of Mercy
  • 12. Where did Ellison spend most of his time instead of his assigned office?
A) In the editing bay
B) At his home
C) In the NBC executive offices
D) On the set
  • 13. Who caught Ellison on set during the filming of 'Mudd's Women'?
A) Robert Justman
B) Gene Roddenberry
C) John D. F. Black
D) Dorothy Fontana
  • 14. How long did it take for Ellison to complete the first draft of the teleplay?
A) Three months
B) Three weeks
C) Five months
D) One week
  • 15. Why did Justman believe the first script could not be filmed?
A) The studio lost the rights
B) The actors refused to perform it
C) It was too expensive
D) It lacked a proper ending
  • 16. What did Steve Carabatsos use to replace the Guardians of Forever?
A) A warp core malfunction
B) A time travel portal
C) A black hole
D) An alien ship
  • 17. Who replaced John D. F. Black as the show's story editor?
A) Dorothy Fontana
B) Steve Carabatsos
C) Harlan Ellison
D) Gene L. Coon
  • 18. What drug did Dorothy Fontana introduce to the script?
A) Morphine
B) Adrenalin
C) Romulan ale
D) Cordrazine
  • 19. What pseudonym did Ellison request to be credited under?
A) John Smith
B) Artistic Vision
C) Cordwainer Bird
D) Gene Roddenberry
  • 20. Who did William Shatner believe actually rewrote the final version of the script?
A) Dorothy Fontana
B) Gene L. Coon
C) John D. F. Black
D) Harlan Ellison
  • 21. How did Ellison describe the changes made to the drug-related plot point?
A) He thought it improved the pacing
B) He claimed he suggested it himself
C) He praised it as genius
D) He called it boneheaded
  • 22. How did Dorothy Fontana describe her first day working on the script?
A) A breath of fresh air
B) Walking into a hornets' nest
C) The easiest day of her career
D) A walk in the park
  • 23. What did Ellison argue was common for screenwriters in the 1960s?
A) Sleeping on studio couches
B) Working on multiple assignments at once
C) Refusing to accept revisions
D) Directing their own episodes
  • 24. What did Ellison accuse Carabatsos of doing to his script?
A) Improving the dialogue
B) Ignoring the budget constraints
C) Taking a chainsaw to it
D) Writing a masterpiece
  • 25. What was Roddenberry's reaction to the threat of Ellison using a pseudonym?
A) He offered him a different episode
B) He threatened to have him blacklisted
C) He gave him a raise
D) He agreed immediately
  • 26. How long did the writing process for the episode take?
A) Over ten months
B) One year
C) Five weeks
D) Two weeks
  • 27. By how much did the episode exceed its production budget?
A) Over $10,000
B) Over $100,000
C) Under $5,000
D) Over $50,000
  • 28. Who designed the set while Matt Jefferies was ill?
A) Gene Roddenberry
B) Harlan Ellison
C) Robert H. Justman
D) Rolland Brooks
  • 29. Ellison's pitch for the episode was inspired by a biography of whom?
A) Gene Roddenberry
B) Aimee Semple McPherson
C) Richard Beckwith
D) Edith Koestler
  • 30. In the first version of the script, who was the character sentenced to death?
A) Scotty
B) James T. Kirk
C) Richard Beckwith
D) Spock
  • 31. What was the name of the woman Kirk falls in love with in the final version?
A) Edith Koestler
B) Helen Robinson
C) Aimee McPherson
D) Edith Keeler
  • 32. Which producer thought the first script treatment was brilliant?
A) Steven W. Carabatsos
B) D. C. Fontana
C) Robert H. Justman
D) Harlan Ellison
  • 33. What was the original surname of the woman Kirk falls in love with?
A) Koestler
B) Beckwith
C) Jefferies
D) McPherson
  • 34. Who wrote the script for "The City on the Edge of Forever"?
A) D. C. Fontana
B) Harlan Ellison
C) Joseph Pevney
D) Gene Roddenberry
  • 35. Which network first aired this episode?
A) BBC
B) CBS
C) NBC
D) ABC
  • 36. Who directed the episode?
A) Joseph Pevney
B) DeForest Kelley
C) Gene Roddenberry
D) Harlan Ellison
  • 37. In which city does the mission to fix time take place?
A) Los Angeles
B) San Francisco
C) New York City
D) Chicago
  • 38. What is Edith Keeler's profession?
A) Nurse
B) Reporter
C) Soup kitchen operator
D) Teacher
  • 39. What was the year of the setting in the past?
A) 1920
B) 1940
C) 1930
D) 1935
  • 40. What was the fatal accident that killed Edith Keeler?
A) Industrial accident
B) Falling from a building
C) Traffic collision
D) Gunshot wound
  • 41. How did Kirk and Spock obtain clothes in 1930?
A) They bought them
B) They stole them from a store
C) They made them
D) Stole them from a fire escape
  • 42. Who was McCoy treating before the overdose?
A) Mr. Scott
B) Captain Kirk
C) Lieutenant Sulu
D) Lieutenant Uhura
  • 43. What was Joseph Pevney's professional background before directing this episode?
A) Designing set production
B) Acting in stage plays
C) Directing full-length films
D) Writing television scripts
  • 44. Who eventually convinced Joan Collins to accept the role in Star Trek?
A) Her oldest daughter
B) Joseph Pevney
C) Gene Roddenberry
D) Her agent
  • 45. What specific character trait did Joan Collins incorrectly attribute to the character Edith Keeler?
A) Secret spy
B) Nazi sympathizer
C) Time traveler
D) Alien fugitive
  • 46. Who provided the voice for the Guardian of Forever?
A) John Harmon
B) Bartell LaRue
C) James Doohan
D) DeForest Kelley
  • 47. What was the actual cost of the episode compared to its $191,000 budget?
A) $265,000
B) $185,000
C) $257,000
D) $245,316
  • 48. Where did the location filming take place?
A) Paramount Pictures lot
B) Universal Studios lot
C) Gower Street studios
D) Desilu Forty Acres
  • 49. Which television show set was used during the location shoot?
A) Gomer Pyle
B) My Three Sons
C) Rango
D) The Andy Griffith Show
  • 50. Where did the crew get the historical footage used for the montage?
A) Paramount film library
B) National news archives
C) Desilu archives
D) Private collections
  • 51. Who did Harlan Ellison believe misheard his description, leading to the "ancient ruins" design?
A) Joseph Pevney
B) Gene Roddenberry
C) Joe D'Agosta
D) Matt Jefferies
  • 52. Which composer received an 'additional music by' credit for this episode?
A) Alexander Courage
B) Fred Steiner
C) Ray Noble
D) J. Peter Robinson
  • 53. Which instrument did Fred Steiner avoid using in all of his Star Trek works?
A) Cellos
B) Violins
C) Violas
D) Saxophones
  • 54. Who was the primary composer of the song 'Goodnight Sweetheart'?
A) Jimmy Campbell
B) Ray Noble
C) Fred Steiner
D) Reg Connelly
  • 55. Who composed the replacement score used when the 'Goodnight, Sweetheart' license lapsed?
A) J. Peter Robinson
B) Ray Noble
C) Alexander Courage
D) Fred Steiner
  • 56. On what date was 'The City on the Edge of Forever' first broadcast in the US?
A) April 8, 1967
B) April 6, 1967
C) October 7, 2006
D) October 7, 1967
  • 57. Which show did 'The City on the Edge of Forever' lose to in the ratings during its first half-hour?
A) The Cage
B) Bewitched
C) My Three Sons
D) Love on a Rooftop
  • 58. When was the high-definition remastered version first shown?
A) October 7, 2006
B) April 6, 1967
C) April 6, 2006
D) October 8, 2007
  • 59. Which episode's score was NOT mentioned as a source of reused music for this episode?
A) Where No Man Has Gone Before
B) The Cage
C) The Enemy Within
D) The Naked Time
  • 60. Which Star Trek actor ranked 'The City on the Edge of Forever' as his favorite episode outright in his final interview?
A) Nimoy
B) Kelley
C) Roddenberry
D) Shatner
  • 61. Besides 'The City on the Edge of Forever', which other episode did Fontana mention as a favorite she was not credited for?
A) Journey to Babel
B) Amok Time
C) The Trouble with Tribbles
D) The Menagerie
  • 62. Which of the following did Nimoy NOT list as one of his favorite episodes?
A) Journey to Babel
B) The Corbomite Maneuver
C) Amok Time
D) The Naked Time
  • 63. Which publication ranked 'The City on the Edge of Forever' as the number one episode in a 1994 special edition?
A) Entertainment Weekly
B) Albuquerque Journal
C) Time Magazine
D) The A.V. Club
  • 64. What was the next Star Trek episode to win a Hugo Award after 'The City on the Edge of Forever'?
A) The Trouble with Tribbles
B) The Inner Light
C) The Return of the Archons
D) Amok Time
  • 65. What was the name of the group formed by Ellison and other science fiction writers?
A) The Federation
B) The Writers Guild
C) The Committee
D) The Saviors
  • 66. Who credited Ellison with saving the show during the first season?
A) Shatner
B) Harnson
C) Brennert
D) Roddenberry
  • 67. Which company sold the filmed version of the episode?
A) Simon & Schuster
B) NBC Enterprises
C) Lincoln Enterprises
D) CBS Television Studios
  • 68. In what year did Ellison copyright the first draft of his script?
A) 1975
B) 1994
C) 1967
D) 1987
  • 69. Which publisher released 'Six Science Fiction Plays'?
A) Simon & Schuster
B) Cinefantastique
C) Video Review
D) Humanist
  • 70. What character did Roddenberry falsely claim was dealing drugs in Ellison's script?
A) Spock
B) Kirk
C) McCoy
D) Scotty
  • 71. Who wrote a letter to 'Video Review' asserting that Scotty never dealt drugs in the script?
A) Harlan Ellison
B) Ben Harnson
C) Alan Brennert
D) Gene Roddenberry
  • 72. Roddenberry claimed he based the character of Edith Keeler on whom?
A) His mother
B) His wife
C) His sister
D) His father
  • 73. How much more money did Ellison ask for an interview with 'TV Guide' compared to their normal rate?
A) Twenty times
B) Five times
C) Two times
D) Ten times
  • 74. What percentage of net receipts was Ellison seeking in his 2009 lawsuit?
A) 50%
B) 10%
C) 5%
D) 25%
  • 75. In which animated episode did the Guardian of Forever make an appearance?
A) The Survivor
B) More Tribbles, More Troubles
C) The Lorelei Signal
D) Yesteryear
  • 76. Which television series considered a return for the Guardian involving Sarek?
A) Voyager
B) Enterprise
C) The Next Generation
D) Deep Space Nine
  • 77. Who was the founder of Vulcan logic mentioned in the proposed 'Yesterday's Enterprise' plot?
A) T'Pol
B) Surak
C) Spock
D) Sarek
  • 78. In the proposed plot, which alien race would the Vulcans have been allied with?
A) Andorians
B) Klingons
C) Cardassians
D) Romulans
  • 79. Where did the Guardian of Forever relocate to avoid being weaponized?
A) Romulus
B) Earth
C) Vulcan
D) Dannus V
  • 80. What is the name of the humanoid avatar used by the Guardian?
A) David
B) Robert
C) Carl
D) Arthur
  • 81. Which actor portrayed the Guardian's humanoid avatar, Carl?
A) Trent Christopher Ganino
B) Paul Guilfoyle
C) James Doohan
D) Michael Piller
  • 82. Which character did the Guardian test before sending her back in time?
A) Surak
B) Philippa Georgiou
C) Sarek
D) Michael Burnham
  • 83. What is the synonym provided for the Guardian's ring shape?
A) Hyperboloid
B) Ellipsoid
C) Torus
D) Cylinder
  • 84. The Guardian of Forever was feared to be weaponized in what conflict?
A) Dominion War
B) Temporal Wars
C) Federation-Klingon War
D) Romulan War
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