Time's Arrow (Star Trek: The Next Generation) - Quiz
  • 1. In which city does the away team arrive in 1893?
A) New York
B) Paris
C) London
D) San Francisco
  • 2. What disease are the aliens using to mask their presence in 1893?
A) Influenza
B) Tuberculosis
C) Cholera
D) Plague
  • 3. What do the alien shapeshifters ingest from humans?
A) Life-force
B) Blood
C) DNA
D) Neural energy
  • 4. Where does the away team first encounter the two shapeshifters?
A) A tavern
B) A ship
C) A hospital
D) A mansion
  • 5. What device is used to open the time portal?
A) A portable transmitter
B) A tricorder
C) A cane-like device
D) A phase emitter
  • 6. What happens to Data during the struggle over the device?
A) His memory is erased
B) His power cell is drained
C) His arm is severed
D) His head is detached
  • 7. Who follows the away team to the 24th century?
A) Clemens
B) A shapeshifter
C) A local doctor
D) Guinan
  • 8. How does Picard send a warning to the future?
A) A radio signal
B) A holographic recording
C) Iron filings with a binary message
D) A handwritten letter
  • 9. Where does Picard place the binary message?
A) In the ship's computer
B) In the static memory of Data's head
C) In a lead box
D) In Guinan's pocket
  • 10. Who reattaches Data's head in the 24th century?
A) Riker
B) Picard
C) Geordi La Forge
D) Data himself
  • 11. How does the team plan to negate the time-shift amplification?
A) Using a tachyon pulse
B) Closing the portal manually
C) Using photon torpedoes in phase with the habitat
D) Destroying the cane device
  • 12. What does Picard request Clemens to do regarding the away team?
A) Settle their debts
B) Return their equipment
C) Burn their records
D) Hide their uniforms
  • 13. Where does the author say his true self is written?
A) In his books
B) In the stars
C) In his diary
D) In his letters
  • 14. What happens to the alien habitat at the end of the mission?
A) It vanishes into deep space
B) It is moved to a new time
C) It is sealed forever
D) It is destroyed by torpedoes
  • 15. In which seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation does 'Time's Arrow' appear?
A) Sixth and seventh
B) Third and fourth
C) Fourth and fifth
D) Fifth and sixth
  • 16. What planet are the cellular fossils found in the cavern native to?
A) Betazed
B) Devidia II
C) Earth
D) Vulcan
  • 17. How do the aliens in the cavern appear to the Enterprise crew initially?
A) Gaseous clouds
B) Invisible
C) Solid humanoids
D) Shapeshifters
  • 18. Whom does Data befriend while staying at a hotel in 1893?
A) Jack London
B) Samuel Clemens
C) A local scientist
D) A hotel owner
  • 19. What persona does Data adopt in 1893 to explain his activities?
A) American businessman
B) Scientific journalist
C) French inventor
D) English traveler
  • 20. What do the aliens consume using their device?
A) Positronic material
B) Electricity
C) Human life forces
D) Temporal energy
  • 21. How many total episodes of the series does 'Time's Arrow' comprise?
A) One
B) Four
C) Three
D) Two
  • 22. What does Data win to acquire money in 1893?
A) A poker game
B) A lottery
C) A chess match
D) A horse race
  • 23. Who warns Picard that he must join the away mission to rescue Data?
A) Deanna Troi
B) Will Riker
C) Guinan
D) Geordi La Forge
  • 24. Who wrote the review for the Deseret News in 1992?
A) Samuel Clemens
B) Scott D. Pierce
C) David Wittenberg
D) Matthew Yglesias
  • 25. How many episodes were in the franchise when Matthew Yglesias ranked the top ten in 2013?
A) 768
B) 742
C) 800
D) 725
  • 26. Which publication ranked 'Time's Arrow' as the 32nd best Star Trek episode in 2016?
A) Variety
B) Syfy Wire
C) Empire
D) Nerdist
  • 27. How did Syfy Wire rank 'Time's Arrow' among time travel episodes in 2016?
A) 32nd best
B) Seventh best
C) Ninth best
D) 20th best
  • 28. What did Variety name as the seventh best episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 2017?
A) The Best of Both Worlds
B) Calypso
C) The Red Angel
D) Time's Arrow
  • 29. Which outlet ranked Mark Twain among the top seven time travelers in the franchise in 2019?
A) Syfy Wire
B) Empire
C) CBR
D) Nerdist
  • 30. What is Mark Twain glad to see is absent in the future?
A) Data, Picard, or the crew
B) Technology, machines, or ships
C) Language, travel, or currency
D) Poverty, war, or prejudices
  • 31. What does Syfy Wire call Data in their 2020 analysis?
A) Artificial friend
B) Data-bot
C) Mechanical colleague
D) Robot bestie
  • 32. Who wrote the 2013 book titled 'Time Travel'?
A) David Wittenberg
B) Matthew Yglesias
C) Scott D. Pierce
D) Samuel Clemens
  • 33. In what year were both parts of 'Time's Arrow' released on LaserDisc in the United Kingdom?
A) 1992
B) 2002
C) 1996
D) 2013
  • 34. What was the retail price of the LaserDisc release in the United Kingdom?
A) £9.99
B) £24.99
C) £19.99
D) £15.99
  • 35. When was 'Time's Arrow, Part I' released on DVD in the United States?
A) September 1992
B) November 18, 2013
C) November 5, 2002
D) November 19, 2013
  • 36. On which date was the Blu-ray release for Part I in the United Kingdom?
A) November 19, 2013
B) November 18, 2013
C) November 19, 2016
D) November 5, 2002
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