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  • 1. Who authored the short story adaptation of 'The City on the Edge of Forever' in Star Trek 2?
A) James Blish
B) Denise Okuda
C) Dave Rossi
D) Mike Okuda
  • 2. What did the front cover of the British release of Star Trek 2 feature?
A) The Guardian of Forever
B) Captain Kirk
C) The Enterprise
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 Guardian Collection
B) Star Trek: The Remastered Episodes
C) Star Trek: The Classic Episodes
D) Star Trek: The Original Series
  • 4. In what year was the first home media release of the episode on Compact Cassette?
A) 1985
B) 1982
C) 2000
D) 2004
  • 5. The 1985 LaserDisc release paired the episode with which other title?
A) Captain's Log
B) Errand of Mercy
C) The Classic Episodes
D) The Alternative Factor
  • 6. Which company handled the remastered special effects for the 2009 release?
A) Paramount Pictures
B) The Guardian Studio
C) CBS Digital
D) Startone productions
  • 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) An expanded field of ruins
B) The color of the sky
C) The height of the Guardian
D) The actors playing the crew
  • 9. What did Dave Rossi fear viewers would mistake the purplish desert flats for?
A) Forests
B) Clouds
C) Oceans
D) Mountains
  • 10. Which compilation featured the episode as selected by William Shatner?
A) Captain Kirk's Boldest Missions
B) The 2000 General Release
C) Star Trek: Fan Collective: Captain's Log
D) Star Trek: The Classic Episodes
  • 11. In the 2000 general series release, which episode was paired with 'The City on the Edge of Forever' on DVD?
A) The Alternative Factor
B) Errand of Mercy
C) The Classic Episodes
D) Captain's Log
  • 12. Where did Ellison spend most of his time instead of his assigned office?
A) At his home
B) In the NBC executive offices
C) In the editing bay
D) On the set
  • 13. Who caught Ellison on set during the filming of 'Mudd's Women'?
A) Dorothy Fontana
B) Robert Justman
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) Five months
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) It was too expensive
C) The actors refused to perform it
D) The studio lost the rights
  • 16. What did Steve Carabatsos use to replace the Guardians of Forever?
A) A time travel portal
B) A black hole
C) An alien ship
D) A warp core malfunction
  • 17. Who replaced John D. F. Black as the show's story editor?
A) Steve Carabatsos
B) Gene L. Coon
C) Dorothy Fontana
D) Harlan Ellison
  • 18. What drug did Dorothy Fontana introduce to the script?
A) Morphine
B) Cordrazine
C) Adrenalin
D) Romulan ale
  • 19. What pseudonym did Ellison request to be credited under?
A) John Smith
B) Gene Roddenberry
C) Artistic Vision
D) Cordwainer Bird
  • 20. Who did William Shatner believe actually rewrote the final version of the script?
A) Dorothy Fontana
B) Harlan Ellison
C) John D. F. Black
D) Gene L. Coon
  • 21. How did Ellison describe the changes made to the drug-related plot point?
A) He praised it as genius
B) He thought it improved the pacing
C) He claimed he suggested it himself
D) He called it boneheaded
  • 22. How did Dorothy Fontana describe her first day working on the script?
A) Walking into a hornets' nest
B) A breath of fresh air
C) A walk in the park
D) The easiest day of her career
  • 23. What did Ellison argue was common for screenwriters in the 1960s?
A) Directing their own episodes
B) Refusing to accept revisions
C) Working on multiple assignments at once
D) Sleeping on studio couches
  • 24. What did Ellison accuse Carabatsos of doing to his script?
A) Ignoring the budget constraints
B) Writing a masterpiece
C) Taking a chainsaw to it
D) Improving the dialogue
  • 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 agreed immediately
D) He gave him a raise
  • 26. How long did the writing process for the episode take?
A) Two weeks
B) Five weeks
C) One year
D) Over ten months
  • 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) Robert H. Justman
D) Rolland Brooks
  • 29. Ellison's pitch for the episode was inspired by a biography of whom?
A) Richard Beckwith
B) Edith Koestler
C) Gene Roddenberry
D) Aimee Semple McPherson
  • 30. In the first version of the script, who was the character sentenced to death?
A) Spock
B) Scotty
C) James T. Kirk
D) Richard Beckwith
  • 31. What was the name of the woman Kirk falls in love with in the final version?
A) Edith Keeler
B) Helen Robinson
C) Aimee McPherson
D) Edith Koestler
  • 32. Which producer thought the first script treatment was brilliant?
A) D. C. Fontana
B) Steven W. Carabatsos
C) Harlan Ellison
D) Robert H. Justman
  • 33. What was the original surname of the woman Kirk falls in love with?
A) McPherson
B) Beckwith
C) Jefferies
D) Koestler
  • 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) CBS
B) BBC
C) ABC
D) NBC
  • 36. Who directed the episode?
A) Harlan Ellison
B) Joseph Pevney
C) DeForest Kelley
D) Gene Roddenberry
  • 37. In which city does the mission to fix time take place?
A) Chicago
B) San Francisco
C) Los Angeles
D) New York City
  • 38. What is Edith Keeler's profession?
A) Teacher
B) Soup kitchen operator
C) Nurse
D) Reporter
  • 39. What was the year of the setting in the past?
A) 1940
B) 1930
C) 1935
D) 1920
  • 40. What was the fatal accident that killed Edith Keeler?
A) Traffic collision
B) Gunshot wound
C) Falling from a building
D) Industrial accident
  • 41. How did Kirk and Spock obtain clothes in 1930?
A) Stole them from a fire escape
B) They stole them from a store
C) They bought them
D) They made them
  • 42. Who was McCoy treating before the overdose?
A) Lieutenant Sulu
B) Captain Kirk
C) Mr. Scott
D) Lieutenant Uhura
  • 43. What was Joseph Pevney's professional background before directing this episode?
A) Designing set production
B) Directing full-length films
C) Acting in stage plays
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) Time traveler
B) Secret spy
C) Alien fugitive
D) Nazi sympathizer
  • 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) $245,316
B) $265,000
C) $257,000
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) My Three Sons
C) Gomer Pyle
D) Rango
  • 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) Joe D'Agosta
B) Joseph Pevney
C) Matt Jefferies
D) Gene Roddenberry
  • 52. Which composer received an 'additional music by' credit for this episode?
A) Alexander Courage
B) J. Peter Robinson
C) Fred Steiner
D) Ray Noble
  • 53. Which instrument did Fred Steiner avoid using in all of his Star Trek works?
A) Violas
B) Violins
C) Cellos
D) Saxophones
  • 54. Who was the primary composer of the song 'Goodnight Sweetheart'?
A) Jimmy Campbell
B) Fred Steiner
C) Reg Connelly
D) Ray Noble
  • 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) April 8, 1967
C) October 7, 2006
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) The Cage
C) Bewitched
D) Love on a Rooftop
  • 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) The Naked Time
B) The Cage
C) The Enemy Within
D) Where No Man Has Gone Before
  • 60. Which Star Trek actor ranked 'The City on the Edge of Forever' as his favorite episode outright in his final interview?
A) Shatner
B) Nimoy
C) Kelley
D) Roddenberry
  • 61. Besides 'The City on the Edge of Forever', which other episode did Fontana mention as a favorite she was not credited for?
A) Amok Time
B) Journey to Babel
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) 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) Time Magazine
B) The A.V. Club
C) Albuquerque Journal
D) Entertainment Weekly
  • 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 Trouble with Tribbles
D) The Inner Light
  • 65. What was the name of the group formed by Ellison and other science fiction writers?
A) The Saviors
B) The Federation
C) The Writers Guild
D) The Committee
  • 66. Who credited Ellison with saving the show during the first season?
A) Harnson
B) Shatner
C) Roddenberry
D) Brennert
  • 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) 1987
B) 1994
C) 1967
D) 1975
  • 69. Which publisher released 'Six Science Fiction Plays'?
A) Cinefantastique
B) Video Review
C) Simon & Schuster
D) Humanist
  • 70. What character did Roddenberry falsely claim was dealing drugs in Ellison's script?
A) Kirk
B) McCoy
C) Scotty
D) Spock
  • 71. Who wrote a letter to 'Video Review' asserting that Scotty never dealt drugs in the script?
A) Gene Roddenberry
B) Harlan Ellison
C) Ben Harnson
D) Alan Brennert
  • 72. Roddenberry claimed he based the character of Edith Keeler on whom?
A) His wife
B) His father
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) Twenty times
D) Two 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) The Next Generation
B) Enterprise
C) Voyager
D) Deep Space Nine
  • 77. Who was the founder of Vulcan logic mentioned in the proposed 'Yesterday's Enterprise' plot?
A) Sarek
B) Spock
C) T'Pol
D) Surak
  • 78. In the proposed plot, which alien race would the Vulcans have been allied with?
A) Klingons
B) Andorians
C) Romulans
D) Cardassians
  • 79. Where did the Guardian of Forever relocate to avoid being weaponized?
A) Earth
B) Romulus
C) Dannus V
D) Vulcan
  • 80. What is the name of the humanoid avatar used by the Guardian?
A) Robert
B) Arthur
C) David
D) Carl
  • 81. Which actor portrayed the Guardian's humanoid avatar, Carl?
A) James Doohan
B) Paul Guilfoyle
C) Trent Christopher Ganino
D) Michael Piller
  • 82. Which character did the Guardian test before sending her back in time?
A) Sarek
B) Philippa Georgiou
C) Surak
D) Michael Burnham
  • 83. What is the synonym provided for the Guardian's ring shape?
A) Ellipsoid
B) Cylinder
C) Torus
D) Hyperboloid
  • 84. The Guardian of Forever was feared to be weaponized in what conflict?
A) Dominion War
B) Romulan War
C) Temporal Wars
D) Federation-Klingon War
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