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