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