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oblongmelon
12-04-2002, 02:16 PM
This is to win a scavenger hunt at work-first place-XBOX..
and I don't have a clue as to where to even look for this answer..I've tried GOOGLE, and unless I'm missing it-I can't find the answer..HELP PLEASSSSSSSE!

here is the question..

In all of the Star Trek shows and movies, which character was never given a first name?

Thanks..I only have twenty minutes to submit my answers via email to my boss..so ANY help would be appreciated!
LPMiller
12-04-2002, 02:29 PM
Data.
whitak24
12-04-2002, 02:34 PM
according to this page (http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/st-tng/trivia/convention_notes.html), it is Lieutenant Commander "No First Name" "No Middle Initial" Data
Merlin
12-04-2002, 02:40 PM
It is not Spock. They said he has a first name but it is unpronouncable by humans.
oblongmelon
12-04-2002, 02:42 PM
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU..mmmmmmmmmmmmwaaaaaaaah!
revil
12-04-2002, 03:13 PM
why? i think he was testing to see if anyone in the office is a star trek freak. then when he finds out, he executes 'em in the back alley way.
oblongmelon
12-04-2002, 03:32 PM
My boss is a total star trek freak-he has a poster of the ship (enterprise)(enterprize-whatever) hanging over his desk..
Apparently he thinks that he is the only one who knows where to find answers....here are all the questions he asked ....this is an 8 week scavenger hunt type thingy...these are from this week-week one.

1- What building was used as the Wonka factory in the movie "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"?

2- Who was Charlie Brown's favorite baseball player?

3- What date was the first scheduled Air Mail Service in the country?

4- In 1992, the world's smallest battery was announced. What power could be attained from it?

5- What was the first US coin to bear the motto "In God We Trust"?

6- In all of the Star Trek shows and movies, which character was never given a first name?

7- What show has the honors of showing the first interracial kiss to be
aired on American network television?

8- What do Dan Ackroyd, Pamela Anderson, and Princess Diana have in common?

9- Provide a weblink to a page containing a picture of a monkey riding a dog like a jockey rides a horse.

10- Provide a weblink to a page containing a picture a fish trapped in ice
(no sketches, no fish at market. Real fish, solid ice).

I submitted my answers on time..and he msg'd me back right away saying I got them all right..now we wait for week two..*rubs hands greedily*
whitak24
12-04-2002, 04:04 PM
what's the answer to #8?
revil
12-04-2002, 04:19 PM
what do you get if you win?
LPMiller
12-04-2002, 04:31 PM
Originally posted by whitak24
according to this page (http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/st-tng/trivia/convention_notes.html), it is Lieutenant Commander "No First Name" "No Middle Initial" Data

I'm not sure which is sadder, that you knew where to look this up, or that I didn't need to.
mojo
12-04-2002, 04:36 PM
Originally posted by LPMiller


I'm not sure which is sadder, that you knew where to look this up, or that I didn't need to. the latter. clearly the latter.
oblongmelon
12-04-2002, 07:22 PM
Originally posted by whitak24
what's the answer to #8?
they were all born on July 1st.
whitak24
12-04-2002, 07:26 PM
Originally posted by LPMiller


I'm not sure which is sadder, that you knew where to look this up, or that I didn't need to.
actually, i didn't know where to look it up -- i'm a member of the "never watched a complete episode of star trek" club.

i just did some creative google-ing and managed to find it.

so i'd have to say.....YOU! :P
LPMiller
12-04-2002, 08:52 PM
Originally posted by DarkFury


Ummm.. what about "The Doctor" from Star Trek Voyager? He never had a "first name" either. :D

Not true. He had a first name in the very last episode.
LPMiller
12-04-2002, 08:53 PM
ok yeah, I'm just that lame.
revil
12-04-2002, 08:53 PM
Originally posted by LPMiller
Not true. He had a first name in the very last episode.
the latter. clearly the latter.
oblongmelon
12-04-2002, 08:56 PM
Originally posted by revil
what do you get if you win?

an XBOX! :)
Sir_Froggy
12-04-2002, 10:29 PM
psssst....get steel batallion $200 controls :D
Merlin
12-05-2002, 05:05 AM
Originally posted by LPMiller


Not true. He had a first name in the very last episode.

He experimented with several first names during the run of the show. i.e. Schmullus.


I apologise for knowing/remembering this. :disa:
cheapie
12-05-2002, 06:25 AM
i'm curious, what was the answer to #7? actually, i wouldn't mind knowing the answers to all of them.
gear02
12-05-2002, 06:43 AM
Originally posted by cheapbast@rd
i'm curious, what was the answer to #7? actually, i wouldn't mind knowing the answers to all of them.

Isn't the answer to that Star Trek TOS? I'm thinking it was a kiss between Uhura and Kirk...correct me if I'm wrong.
Merlin
12-05-2002, 06:45 AM
Originally posted by DarkFury

Ok.. smart guy. What was it? :D

If I remember correctly, it was Joe. The joke was after going through all the trouble to come up with a unique/fitting name he wound up picking plain old Joe.
gear02
12-05-2002, 06:52 AM
I'm trying to find the doctor's first name, but instead found these interesting tidbits of Voyager:


Originally, the holographic doctor's name was supposed to be "Dr. Zimmerman". When the doctor's name was dropped, however, they forgot to remove it from several of the early episodes "closed caption" scripts. If you turn on that feature, you'll see the mistake.

Kate Mulgrew (Capt. Janeway) and Tim Russ (Tuvok) both appeared in the "Roots" TV miniseries episode "The Gift" which aired in 1988. LeVar Burton (Geordi LaForge) from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Avery Brooks (Capt. Sisko) from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine also appeared in the program. Freaky huh?

Originally, Genevieve Bujold was supposed to play the role of Captain Janeway, but she quit after filming the first episode for only a few days.

When auditioning for the part of the holographic doctor, Robert Picardo was asked to say the line "Somebody forgot to turn off my program". He did so, ad-libbed "I'm a doctor, not a light bulb" and that got him the part.

Each of the three Star Trek series after the original "Star Trek" (1966) has had a cameo appearance by a character from its predecessor series in its premiere episode: "Star Trek: The Next Generation" had Dr. McCoy, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" had Captain Picard, and "Star Trek: Voyager" had Quark.

King Abdullah of Jordan (Actually, he was Crown Prince at the time) appeared in episode #36 "Investigations. He couldn't speak any lines though because he wasn't a member of the "Screen Actors Guild". If you want to look for him, he played a crewmember in the sciences division.
Merlin
12-05-2002, 06:52 AM
Originally posted by DarkFury

Experimenting with one versus actually accepting one is not the same. :D

Oh pissy pissy you :pfft: Getting all detailed on me. You trying to become a lawyer or somethin'?
gear02
12-05-2002, 06:53 AM
Originally posted by Merlin


If I remember correctly, it was Joe. The joke was after going through all the trouble to come up with a unique/fitting name he wound up picking plain old Joe.

found it just now....but too late...
Freelance Superhero
12-05-2002, 09:13 AM
this is gettin right up there with the nerd joke thread... :P
oblongmelon
12-05-2002, 02:36 PM
Originally posted by cheapbast@rd
i'm curious, what was the answer to #7? actually, i wouldn't mind knowing the answers to all of them.

HERE YOU GO!

1. the building used was the MUNICH GAS WORKS, MUNICH GERMANY
(http://www.borg.com/~superman/Facts.html)

2.CHARLIE BROWN'S favorite baseball player is Joe Shlabotnik. (http://snoopycentral.com/gang/cb.html)

3.On May 15, 1918, the Post Office Department began scheduled airmail service between New York and Washington, D.C., an important date not only for the Post Office but for all commercial aviation(http://www.usps.com/history/his2_5.htm)

4. In 1992 A research team at the University of California, Irvine, headed by assistant professor of chemistry Reginald Penner, have built what they claim is the world's smallest battery.
Called a "nanometer-scale galvanic cell," this mini-powerhouse measures 70 nanometers (billionths of a meter), which is about one-hundredth the diameter of a red blood cell.
The battery is composed of minute pillars of copper and silver deposited on a graphite surface using a scanning tunneling microscope, and generates 20 thousandths of a volt for 45 minutes when the surface is immersed in a dilute copper-plating solution.
It is composed of less than 500,000 atoms.
The cell lacks any immediate application as a power source, but the battery's creators suggest it can provide an atomic-level view of the oxygen/iron corrosion process
(http://www.the-scientist.com/yr1992/august/notebook_920831.html)

5.IN GOD WE TRUST first appeared on the 1864 two-cent coin.(http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.html)
6. DATA is the only character that never had a first name (http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/st-tng/trivia/convention_notes.html)

7.The 1st interracial kiss on TV took place Nov. 22, 1968 between Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Lt.Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) on an episode of "Star Trek." (http://www.bigwacko.com/tvfacts.html)

8. Dan Akroyd,Princess Diana and Pamela Anderson were all born on July 1st. (http://www.uraniannights.com/newsletter/2002/july.html)
9.The monkey riding a dog like a horse can be found here...(http://www.lowcountrynow.com/stories/102502/LOCmonkeys.shtml) Click on picture to enlarge.
10. photo and weblink of fish trapped in ice (http://www.kingma.nu/Winter/win-m-06.htm)
LPMiller
12-05-2002, 03:43 PM
Originally posted by DarkFury


Too bad Voyager was a "prequel" to the original series... I guess they didn't want anyone from Voyager to do some "time travel" to say "Wazzup" to Capt. Archer. :D

You just insist on making me get my geek on, don't you?


You mean Enterprise. And, in the first episode, there is a dedication by Zephram Cochrane, who was in First Contact when they went back in time - before the start of Enterprise. So in a way, they kept up the tradition.
Windsor
12-05-2002, 05:53 PM
Originally posted by LPMiller


You just insist on making me get my geek on, don't you?


You mean Enterprise. And, in the first episode, there is a dedication by Zephram Cochrane, who was in First Contact when they went back in time - before the start of Enterprise. So in a way, they kept up the tradition.
I was about to say, if Voyager was a prequel, I was missin' out on some mighty important stuff after watching probably 90% of the episodes.

Anyone watch Enterprise? I'm wondering if the show's worth watching, methinks some new opening music would attract some former ST fans...
sbp
12-05-2002, 08:31 PM
Originally posted by Windsor
Anyone watch Enterprise? I'm wondering if the show's worth watching, methinks some new opening music would attract some former ST fans... Yep, good show.
LPMiller
12-06-2002, 11:29 AM
no...what....no no....I just.....uh.......have a really good memory....yeeeeeah.

:dodgy:
apmiller
12-06-2002, 01:20 PM
Originally posted by LPMiller
no...what....no no....I just.....uh.......have a really good memory....yeeeeeah.

:dodgy:

BAH! Your geeked up to the hilt...this guy has every line memorized from the first original 79 episode TV series!