Here's my trivia challenge: A few years back, I wrote a series of brief couplets for all seventy-eight original series episodes and six motion pictures featuring the original crew (for a total of 84). Each brief rhyme provides a clue to the particular episode or movie it is supposed to represent. I present here 12 of those couplets. See if you can guess which episode or movie of classic Trek each one is about. When all twelve have been correctly guessed, I'll post the next twelve. And I know that most of these rhymes aren't masterpieces of poetry, I did the best I could, okay?

Here are the first twelve:

1. Although the growths in this show heal all disease,
They can have even Vulcans climbing trees.

2. Kirk learns that letting sleeping giants wake
Can often prove a superhuman mistake.

3. It is hoped that a superb feat of replication
Will help to curb a planet's population.

4. This thing caused one of Starfleet's disasters,
Yet they named an institute after its master.

5. A well-known con man seeks to stir up trouble
On a planet where the pleasure's more than doubled.

6. Strained diplomatic and family relations
Just added to this mission's complications.

7. Even races far advanced and most discerning
The art of raising children are still learning.

8. When one's beaux gains new internal arrangements,
It might be time to break off the engagement.

9. A society can be governed so illogical
When the rulers live in reigons nephological.

10. These aliens have a great deal of conceit
To think Kirk will be scared by their Trick-or-Treat.

11. There aren't to many actions more oblique
Than to model a world after the Third Reich.

12. To kill with a historical illusion
Was this world's method of trespass prosecution.

There they are! Happy guessing!

By Matthew Patterson on Tuesday, April 06, 1999 - 01:02 am:

1. This Side of Paradise
2. Space Seed
3. The Mark of Gideon
4. The Ultimate Computer
5. Mudd's Women
6. Journey to Babel
7. And the Children Shall Lead or Miri
8. Amok Time
9. The Cloudminders
10. Catspaw
11. Patterns of Force
12. Spectre of the Gun

By D.K. Henderson on Tuesday, April 06, 1999 - 07:28 am:

5. I, Mudd
8. What Are Little Girls Made of?

By D.K. Henderson on Tuesday, April 06, 1999 - 08:08 am:

7. The Squire of Gothos

By Lea Frost on Tuesday, April 06, 1999 - 11:57 am:

Could 7 be Charlie X?

By Todd Pence on Tuesday, April 06, 1999 - 03:23 pm:

Matthew got all of them right except for the three that D.K. later picked up on. Hmm . . . I guess if you think about it, #7 could apply to "Charlie X" although I intended it to be "The Squire of Gothos." Okay, let's see if this batch is any more challenging!

13. The future ruler of a world's ten nations
Is christened two familiar appellations.

14. It doesn't help a starship crew's morale
To be stalked by the supreme femme fatale.

15. To learn what Simon Says, Spock probes a brain,
While Kirk's yuletide memories are turned to pain.

16. A race who pulls a Andromeda shanghai
Doesn't count on becoming humanified.

17. When searching for a suitable test site,
Make sure you've got your planets numbered right.

18. Spock's program proves too easy to defeat,
And Kirk's career is saved - by a heartbeat.

19. The natives seem to be quite prim and dour,
Until that village clock strikes the sixth hour.

20. The world these space-age groovesters think so placid
Will end up giving them some real bad acid.

21. Devotion for this envoy must be blind,
For just a glimpse can make one lose their mind.

22. Kirk's most difficult command decision
Leads to his First Officer's brief loss of vision.

23. There is no one that a madman won't be
To learn the countermove to Q-Q3.

24. A bodiless, deathless thing that feads on fear
Pins a murder rap on our Chief Engineer.

By matthew Patterson on Tuesday, April 06, 1999 - 03:47 pm:

13. Friday's Child
14. That Which Survives
15. Dagger of the Mind
16. By Any Other Name
17. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
18. Court-Martial
19. The Return of the Archons
20. The Way To Eden ( I had to force myself to say that, rather than "That 60s Show.)
21. Is There in Truth no Beauty?
22. Operation: Annihilate!
23. Whom Gods Destroy
24. Wolf in the Fold

Next, please!

By Todd Pence on Tuesday, April 06, 1999 - 04:17 pm:

Wow, 12 for 12! And I've barely had time to catch my breath from typing them! Yes, these really aren't that hard for anyone who has an in-depth knowledge of Trek trivia. Anyway, here's the next dozen . . .


25. It's not a question of safety but morality
That prompts Kirk to loan out his corporeality.

26. On one world adolescence can be fatal,
Though it's centuries to reach it from the cradle.

27. The hundred of the race that wouldn't die
Should have left alone the apple of Scott's eye.

28. When cultures are resistant to didactecs,
It might help to adopt their gangster tactics.

29. To swipe the means of how to hide a ship
Requires a ruse making use of a bogus grip.

30. The doc's quick thinking saves the Captain's life
While Spock finds he's rather want than have a wife.

31. The remarkable machine itself destroyed
Because it had failed to remember "Roy."

32. While a diplomat's condition becomes critical,
We meet an immortal - both figurative and literal.

33. Get this foundling young waif irritated
And you just might find yourself obviated.

34. The crew must wait to answer for their crimes
And set their course for one whale of a time.

35. A planet was still ruled by potentate
Because their savior was some ages late.

36. The Klingons stand to lose an important claim
Should they allow the temptress to be tamed.

By ScottN on Tuesday, April 06, 1999 - 04:21 pm:

25 Tholian Web
26 Miri
27 Lights of Zetar
28 A Piece of the Action
29 The Enterprise Incident
30 Amok Time
31 The Changeling
32 Metamorphosis
33 Charlie X
34 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
35 Bread and Circuses
36 Elaan of Troyius

By ScottN on Tuesday, April 06, 1999 - 04:22 pm:

OOPS! 25 is Return to Tomorrow

By Todd Pence on Tuesday, April 06, 1999 - 08:10 pm:

Right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right and right!

Moving along . . .

37. Travelling to the past can get quite mucky,
So turning up a Seven can be lucky.

38. Forgetting codes and planets just confirms
How fast our fearless leader grows infirm.

39. When Earth is threatened by something immense,
The human adventure has just commenced.

40. A Vulcan to his former captain's loyal,
And willing to risk Starfleet's penalty royal.

41. A voyage out past the Milky Way's end
Costs the captain and old and dear friend.

42. Kirk gets a headache, but we find it humorous
To watch the little critters grow so numerous.

43. An ambassador finds someone else more foxy
When he visits a world that wars by proxy.

44. When borgia plants are made to seem at fault
Take the evidence with lots of salt.

45. Those little ones were more than a bit sprightly
To take their parents' suicides so lightly.

46. While waiting for time and space to re-align,
The ship is faced with an arachnid design.

47. In this show, the good doctor's only hope
Lies on the world where it's taboo to scale the slopes.

48. We find a planet lifeless and deserted
Because some people's colors were inverted.

By Murray Leeder on Tuesday, April 06, 1999 - 08:30 pm:

37: Assignment Earth
38: The Deadly Years
39: Star Trek I
40: The Menagerie
41: Where No Man Has Gone Before
42: The Trouble with Trribles
44: The Man Trap
45: And Children Shall Lead
46: The Tholian Web
47: For the World yada yada yada
48: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield

By Matthew Patterson on Tuesday, April 06, 1999 - 08:53 pm:

43. A Taste of Armageddon

By Todd Pence on Tuesday, April 06, 1999 - 09:20 pm:

Perfect again! Jeez, you think you guys could miss one or two just to make me feel better . . . okay, the gloves are coming off now. These ones are going to be much tougher.


49. When good and evil need an arbitrator,
This race brings back the Great Emancipator.

50. Kirk's latest love is far from superficial,
Although its recepient is artificial.

51. Kirk's poker knowledge serves him well, although,
His bluff is not as grandoise as his foe's.

52. The Greek sage surely would have been disgraced
By the race who claimed his ideals to embrace.

53. The real first astronaut's name, you won't read it,
It was only his offspring who got such credit.

54. Will it be an act of interference
To kill the god of serpentine appearance?

55. It seems wrong to make use of a device
To exile one to a time of snow and ice.

56. At the crumbling of the "evil empire's" walls,
Our heroes make their final curtain call.

57. Kirk from command's stresses finds relief
When he trades a Captain's status for a Chief's.

58. Deeds which to us poor humans seem infernal
Might be prompted by motives pure maternal.

59. The two young lovers are to be united
When our feathered friends come uninvited.

60. One of the finest stories Trek's ever seen
All started with two drops of Cordrazine.

By Lea Frost on Tuesday, April 06, 1999 - 09:38 pm:

49. The Savage Curtain
50. Requiem for Methuselah
51. The Corbomite Maneuver
52. Plato's Stepchildren
53. Tomorrow is Yesterday
54. The Apple
55. All Our Yesterdays
56. STVI: The Undiscovered Country
57. The Paradise Syndrome
58. The Devil in the Dark
59. Balance of Terror?
60. The City on the Edge of Forever

By Matthew Patterson on Tuesday, April 06, 1999 - 09:56 pm:

You said something about being tougher? The first set was the only one where we missed any!

By Todd Pence on Wednesday, April 07, 1999 - 04:13 pm:

Okay, here's the next group:

61. This time the overlords have more to lose
Than playing for such trifles as quatloos.

62. A prophet can't let sibling rivalry shake
The greatest quest that one can undertake.

63. That develish thing that wrecked the Constellation
Reminds one of Saberhagen's creations.

64. Our first encounter with this dapper rogue
Shows that, in the future, beauty's still in vogue.

65. Of some new blood, the queen's race had a need,
So she thought she'd bring the captain up to speed.

66. When even the most peaceful hearts grow hardened,
It's time to put some "serpents" in the garden.

67. It's hard to govern when your Zend Avesta
Is read as nonsense words like "E'ed P'bnesta."

68. Those rakish uniforms and that goatee
Are clues the party's not where they should be.

69. A world's fate hinges on a silent girl
That McCoy thinks a gem, and Scott a pearl.

70. Although Spock thinks emotions are repulsive,
He saves his first command being impulsive.

71. Old Travers' hospitality is fabled,
But this time it isn't him who sets the table.

72. We have to cut a play short at Scene Five
Because two witnesses are still alive.

By ScottN on Wednesday, April 07, 1999 - 04:27 pm:

61: Gamesters of Triskelion
62: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
63: The Doomsday Machine
64: Mudd's Women
65: Wink of an Eye
66: A Private Little War
67: Omega Glory
68: Mirror, Mirror
69: The Empath
70: The Galileo 7
71: Whom Gods Destroy
72: Conscience of the King

By ScottN on Wednesday, April 07, 1999 - 04:28 pm:

OOPS - 71 is Man Trap

By ScottN on Wednesday, April 07, 1999 - 04:31 pm:

Yeah, I know that isn't right either...

By Matthew Patterson on Wednesday, April 07, 1999 - 04:34 pm:

62. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
63. The Doomsday Machine
64. Mudd's Women
65. Wink of an Eye
67. The Omega Glory
68.Mirror, Mirror
69. The Empath
70. The Galileo Seven
72. The Conscience of the King

Wow, these are a lot harder! OF course, I do have some excuse, having only rarely seen TOS since I was born 16 years after it was cancelled and it was sorta not on TV for a while where I lived. The only place I really know it from is the Guide.

By Todd Pence on Wednesday, April 07, 1999 - 06:25 pm:

#71 still hasn't been correctly guessed . . .

By D.K. Henderson on Thursday, April 08, 1999 - 07:54 am:

I think 71 is "Arena." ???

By Todd Pence on Thursday, April 08, 1999 - 02:51 pm:

Nailed it! And now, at long last, the final series of Trekouplets (sniff)! That is unless someone else wants to write some . . .

73. Self-sacrifice the man thought a small barter,
So to two universes he was martyred.

74. The crew thinks surely they are hearing perjury
When she testifies to sex-change without surgery.

75. The next ship here had better have this missive,
Be careful about the things you reminisce of.

76. One-half a Captain cannot take the strain
For an equipment malfunction raised a Cain.

77. Of peace Earth and Klingons must make pretense,
In the wake of these remarkable events.

78. Of all the monsters, guilt ranks number one;
Though a lecherous vapor makes a run.

79. We learn that, though our friend gave up the ghost,
He gave it to a most surprising host.

80. This poignant tale leaves us with one brief moral,
It doesn't hurt to gather a few laurels.

81. The matriarchs that men adored and dreaded,
Rendered our science officer light-headed.

82. Even Klingons, no matter how ill-trusting,
Won't battle in a structure that's combusting.

83. As viewpoints go, it's not all that desirous
To think our universe is just a virus.

84. What makes our fine crew act so malaprops?
Why, just a compound form of H2O.

By Lea Frost on Thursday, April 08, 1999 - 03:18 pm:

73. The Alternative Factor
74. Turnabout Intruder
75. Shore Leave
76. The Enemy Within
77. Day of the Dove
78. Obsession
79. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
81. Spock's Brain
83. The Immunity Syndrome?
84. The Naked Time

Not sure on 80 or 82. Fun game, though! I'll have to see if I can think of some for the other series -- I'm sure I could come up with some good ones for DS9 (my particular area of expertise). :-)

By ScottN on Thursday, April 08, 1999 - 04:19 pm:

80: Who mourns for Adonais
82: Day of the Dove

By Matthew Patterson on Thursday, April 08, 1999 - 09:03 pm:

I could probably do some for NextGen, but I dunno if I have the time�

By Todd Pence on Friday, April 09, 1999 - 04:08 pm:

I started that project, Matthew, some time after finishing these but abandoned it before too long. They just weren't coming together as well as these did and the creative spark which sustained me through the creation of these seemed to have departed . . . oh, well

By Anonymous on Saturday, April 17, 1999 - 01:46 am:

are 82 and 77 the same?

By ScottN on Sunday, April 18, 1999 - 02:21 am:

I think 77 is Errand of Mercy. 82 clearly refers to Kang's line: Only a fool fights in a burning house.

By Johnny Veitch on Friday, May 21, 1999 - 05:18 pm:

To Matthew Patterson: How about I do some TNG ones? Here are a few I come up with:

1. The first mission of the Enterprise crew
Involves an entity known as Q.

2. Pulaski faces her worst fears
When she faces "The Deadly Years"

3. It looks like it will be quite hard
To stop them believing in "The Picard"

4. An all-revealing virus! It will bore.
They go where Kirk`s crew have boldly gone
before.

5. The crew quickly had better check
if they`re still on the holodeck.

What do you think?

By ScottN on Friday, May 21, 1999 - 05:30 pm:

1. Encounter at Farpoint
2. Unnatural Selection
3. Who Watches the Watchers?
4. The Naked Now
5. Ship in a Bottle

By Johnny Veitch on Saturday, May 22, 1999 - 06:14 am:

Correct! How about these?

6. The crew get introduced to a mind Q met
Which could become a Federation threat.

7. It`s all part of Picard`s wonderful life
A fight with Nausiccans, and no wife.

8. He knew from the beginning she wasn`t Terrelian
But not that HE was a newly encountered alien!

9. Q is devoid of all his powers
It will keep the audience laughing for hours!

By Matthew Patterson (Mpatterson) on Saturday, May 22, 1999 - 11:56 am:

6. Q Who?
7. Tapestry
8. Liaisons
9. Deja Q

By Johnny Veitch on Sunday, May 23, 1999 - 11:05 am:

Q Who is correct. As are the others. I haven`t thought of any more yet, but I will soon.

By Johnny Veitch on Saturday, June 05, 1999 - 11:32 am:

Oh, sorry! I forgot that the question mark was part of the title, and I thought you were asking me if that were correct. Well, I`ve come up with some more...

10. Relations between two races are stressed
To make matters worse, the crew are possessed!

11. They revert to what they were like then
It must be something to do with RVN!

12. It`s Data`s negative emotions of recent
Which cause him to behave so indecent.

13. The Holodeck can be a distraction
But sometimes it can give you A Piece Of The Action!

14. It`s Tasha Yar for who the crew are rooting
In her fight against the wife of Lutan.

By Phillip Culley on Saturday, June 05, 1999 - 11:45 am:

11) Genesis
12) Descent (Part II?)
13) The Big Goodbye
14) Code Of Honor

By Johnny Veitch on Saturday, June 05, 1999 - 12:02 pm:

Two parters will have only one Trekouplet, so the corrct answer to 12 is just "Descent". 13 and 14 are correct, but 11 isn`t. It`s a mistake anyone could make, all you kneed to do is listen more closely to the bio-babble!

By Phillip Culley on Saturday, June 05, 1999 - 12:25 pm:

11 must be 'Rascals' then.

Still have no idea about 10 at the moment

By Johnny Veitch on Saturday, June 05, 1999 - 12:33 pm:

OK, so maybe "possessed" is not the right word, but it`s the best I could think of.

By Matthew Patterson (Mpatterson) on Saturday, June 05, 1999 - 12:45 pm:

Lonely Among Us, perhaps?

By ScottN on Sunday, June 06, 1999 - 01:20 am:

10 Power Play
11 Unnatural Selection

By Johnny Veitch on Sunday, June 06, 1999 - 06:30 am:

To ScottN: I`ve already done "Unnatural Selection." Philip Culley was correct when he said "Rascals."

To Matthew Patterson: Correct! And the prize is: A picture of the USS Grissom with the wrong registry!

By Alfonso Turnage on Monday, June 21, 1999 - 10:10 pm:

I think ten was confusing because Power Play's enemies were escaped convicts. The war wasn't a formal war.

By Johnny Veitch on Saturday, June 26, 1999 - 04:05 pm:

I`ve got some more:

15. After many attempts, the one Riker should try
Is not letting sleeping Borg drones lie.

16. Of a planet`s fate Picard wants no information
Because he doesn`t believe in predestination.

17. Even if the crew don`t believe in ghosts
They will after visiting this outpost.

18. Riker`s consciousness takes a step behind
When he allows himself to be controlled by an ambassador`s mind.

By Vince Hamilton on Monday, June 28, 1999 - 11:53 pm:

15. The Best of Both Worlds
17. Encounter at Farpoint
18. The Host

I have no clue what 16 could be.

By Vince Hamilton on Tuesday, June 29, 1999 - 12:30 am:

BTW, this is really fun. Some of these are VERY clever!

By Alfonso Turnage on Tuesday, June 29, 1999 - 01:32 am:

16 is the one where the Max Headrom guy says he's from the future, but is really from the past.
Data stops him from altering history and he's stuck in the 24th century.

By Len on Tuesday, June 29, 1999 - 05:56 pm:

16. A matter of Time (I think) (definitely the Maxheadroom guy one)

By Len on Tuesday, June 29, 1999 - 06:20 pm:

These ARE fun!...how about some of my own:

1. Who's that guy? I think he's a bum,
But he wants us to blow them to kingdom come!

2. Jack London will get your bags but not make your bed,
but by the time this ends he'll long be dead!

3. Here we learn of Picard and Wesley's dad,
don't fail the psych test or you'll be mad.

4. Pulaski's here and Beverly's on earth,
so Deanna tries for a virgin birth.

5. A vulcan weapon that can be beat,
if you're cool and calm and think on your feet.

6. Deanna, Deanna, no longer a prude,
when she hooks up with that negotiating dude.

7. Riker, oh Riker, a family man?
Is it all just a Romulan plan?

8. Was it a dream or a prankster's game?
It's enough to make Jean Luc's heart lame.

9. Did Data lie? Is his truth selectible?
Or is he just another collectible?

10. To all bad things an end must come,
but first find water or you'll be glum.

By Matthew Patterson (Mpatterson) on Tuesday, June 29, 1999 - 09:14 pm:

2. The Royale
4. The Child
5. Gambit, part II
6. Man of the People
7. Future Imperfect
8. Tapestry
9. The Most Toys
10. Final Mission

By Vince Hamilton on Tuesday, June 29, 1999 - 10:58 pm:

3. Coming of Age

By Vince Hamilton on Tuesday, June 29, 1999 - 11:01 pm:

3. Coming of Age

By Vince Hamilton on Tuesday, June 29, 1999 - 11:18 pm:

Doh! Sorry about that!
I just thought of another guess:

1. Conundrum

By Len on Wednesday, June 30, 1999 - 10:09 am:

Numbers 2 (NOT Royale) and 6 (NOT Man of the People) are still unsolved! I'm surprised 1 & 10 (hope I didn't upset the Wesley fans :^) went so fast - Great going!!

By ScottN on Wednesday, June 30, 1999 - 11:10 am:

6. The Price
2. Time's Arrow

By Len on Wednesday, June 30, 1999 - 02:27 pm:

Matthew(6), Vince(2), and Scott(2) to end it,
Another 10? I think I'll send it:

11. Fly too close, your wings will burn,
will the Riker family ever learn?

12. As Jacob cheated Esau with a clever try,
history repeats and he can't cry

13. Sibling rivalry can be so cruel,
especially when Data plays the fool

14. Do androids dream of electric sheep?
Is Klingon paternity a reward to reap?

15. No more war, for peace he lusted,
too bad his boss knew he couldn't be trusted

16. From outer space they won't ignore us,
now we're all singers in a chorus

17. The Maltese Falcon inspires a bad story,
right down to a Ferengi as Peter Lorre

18. Lets do it again and get it right,
so those scaredy cats are out of sight

19. A fight, a growl, a reunion in the works,
but first lets fool those sleeping jerks

20. A teacher whose death it seems was fated,
to find out everyone is related

By Johnny Veitch on Wednesday, June 30, 1999 - 04:06 pm:

Len: Am I allowed to think up some Trekouplets for episodes you have already written ones for? And my number 16 is A Matter of Time, but 17 is not Encounter at Farpoint.

By ScottN on Wednesday, June 30, 1999 - 04:08 pm:

11. The Icarus Factor
12. Brothers
13. DataLore
14. Birthright
17. The Big Goodbye
19. The Emissary
20. The Chase

By ScottN on Wednesday, June 30, 1999 - 04:09 pm:

Johnny's 17 is Power Play.

By Len on Wednesday, June 30, 1999 - 05:13 pm:

Johnny: Of COURSE you can do couplets for one's I've done! Hey- everthing's cool by me (not that I make any of the rules anyway :^) (although I will say that among MY Trekouplets, there have been no repeats)

Scott: 2 of those 7 are incorrect...I'll tell you which in the morning! (don't want to make it too easy on the rest of the group! ;^)

By Len on Wednesday, June 30, 1999 - 05:15 pm:

oh- and good catch on "Brothers" Scott - I thought that one might have lasted a bit longer!

By Matthew Patterson (Mpatterson) on Wednesday, June 30, 1999 - 06:12 pm:

15. The Defector
16. Loud as a Whisper
18. Uh, Cause and Effect?

I think I might do some for DS9, as that is my favorite Trek and I have nothing else to do this summer.

By Len on Wednesday, June 30, 1999 - 06:23 pm:

Matthew: 2 out of your 3 are wrong! I'll post which ones are outstanding tomorrow morning - but out of the 10 guesses up there, only 6 are right.

By ScottN on Wednesday, June 30, 1999 - 06:51 pm:

Len, here are corrections

13. Descent
17. Suspicions

By Vince Hamilton on Wednesday, June 30, 1999 - 11:04 pm:

Whoa! I'm way behind in the game! All the easy ones are taken!
Anyway, I don't know much about the "Maltese Falcon" but is 17. "Captain's Holiday"?
ScottN: Wasn't number 18 (not 17) "Suspicions"?

By Len on Thursday, July 01, 1999 - 09:45 am:

A precious object being hunted for years (the Falcon/technothingy) + A charming beautiful woman who can't be trusted (Mary Astor/Vash) + A powerful being(s) who wants the item (Sydney Greenstreet/those future aliens)+ A squirrely slimey guy who's playing them all (Peter Lorre/Ferengi)+ A stalwart hero who can't be corrupted despite his attraction to the woman (Humphrey Bogart/Picard) = Captain's Holiday (17) of course! Nice deduction Vince!

Which, alas, still leaves 13 (NOT Datalore or Descent), 16 (NOT Loud as a Whisper), and 18 (NOT Cause & Effect or Suspicions)! If they're unsolved by tomorrow, I'll add an additional couplet to each remaining Trekouplet.

By Matthew Patterson (Mpatterson) on Thursday, July 01, 1999 - 11:16 am:

18. Clues

By ScottN on Thursday, July 01, 1999 - 11:47 am:

16. Q Who?
13. Homeward

By Len on Thursday, July 01, 1999 - 02:05 pm:

Mathew scores on 18! Scott strikes out on 13 & 16!!

By ScottN on Thursday, July 01, 1999 - 04:24 pm:

OK, I give up on 13 and 16....

By Len on Thursday, July 01, 1999 - 05:07 pm:

Matthew? Vince?? Ready for another clue on 13 & 16?

By Vince on Thursday, July 01, 1999 - 07:00 pm:

HEY, HEY! I got 13!
"Legacy", Right?
Len, I, of course, had the exact same thoughts as you did about "Captain's Holiday"! ;)
As for 16, I have not a clue, or suspicion for that matter! :)

By ScottN on Thursday, July 01, 1999 - 07:48 pm:

16: Allegiance

By Len on Friday, July 02, 1999 - 10:03 am:

Awrriight Vince!! Great going on Legacy! (and I had already drafted up a followup Trekouplet: "But they all wanted to call her 'sister,' in skin tight suit who could resister?" Hey: why waste it?? :^)

So here's the 16 with the added couplet:

"From outer space they won't ignore us,
now we're all singers in a chorus,
They sent their man to walk among us,
it caused a panic and quite a big fuss!"

I probably won't be able to get online over the long weekend (maybe) so I'll throw out a new 10 at the end of the day (or earlier if this one's solved!)

By ScottN on Friday, July 02, 1999 - 04:12 pm:

16. Conspiracy (?)

By Len on Friday, July 02, 1999 - 04:22 pm:

not conspiracy

By Len on Friday, July 02, 1999 - 05:18 pm:

ok..I'm off for the weekend..so before I go, I'll leave you guys with my next batch of ST:NG Trekouplets (although I MUST say I always feel a bit guilty posting these in the Classic Trek folder- but hey! **I** didn't start this! :^)

So the tally after 20, with Scott closing the gap: Matthew(8), Vince(4), Scott(7), and Len(1) (the unsolved one!)

21. "Oops!," I say, I blew my top,
now there's no one minding shop

22. And now I say not we, but I,
for that you think my race might die?

23. Not Errol Flynn, Piccard's our man,
though Worf is not that kind of man

24. Where once it caused your heart to show,
now just seems to spur libido

25. Something is wrong! The war? The crew?, 'cause they don't see our hearts are true!

26. O Jean you've changed, you're not a bore,
but what can be behind that door?

27. Resistance is futile so explain those scoops, they're back I say, so call the troops!

28. With just a dose of telepathy,
we've missed our chance for love I see

29. Why he's not here I'm not understanding,
or why the universe is not expanding

30. We're just here to clean the ship,
but if you cut us well, you'll get a tip!

Happy 4th to all, Go out I say and have a ball!
(extra hint: I think that only 1 of the last 10 are being shown in NY's WPIX ST:NG marathon this weekend!)

By ScottN on Friday, July 02, 1999 - 05:51 pm:

22. The Masterpiece Society
23. Qpid
24. The Naked Now
27. The Best of Both Worlds
29. Remember Me
30. Starship Mine

By ScottN on Friday, July 02, 1999 - 05:52 pm:

26. Tapestry

By Vince on Friday, July 02, 1999 - 10:26 pm:

21. Conspiracy
22. I, Borg
25. Conundrum (not sure though, since this was used before)
28. Aquiel

By ScottN on Saturday, July 03, 1999 - 02:40 am:

I concede 22 to Vince.

28. Haven?

By Len on Monday, July 05, 1999 - 11:01 am:

Scott gets 4 (23, 24, 29, 30)
Vince gets 1 (22)
Where is Matthew???!!??
Still to solve: 16 and 21, 25, 26, 27, 28

I thought Naked Now (24) would go longer, BOBW was a reasonable guess for 27 but I think my solution fits the clue slightly better.

More tomorrow...

By Matthew Patterson (Mpatterson) on Monday, July 05, 1999 - 01:16 pm:

Matthew is busy trying to think of DS9 couplets and will not answer any more of these. Plus, he has no clue!

By Vince on Monday, July 05, 1999 - 06:26 pm:

27. Descent
28. The Price

By ScottN on Tuesday, July 06, 1999 - 12:45 am:

Isn't 16 Allegiance?

27: The Neutral Zone

By ScottN on Tuesday, July 06, 1999 - 12:48 am:

28: Attached

By Len on Tuesday, July 06, 1999 - 10:45 am:

Sorry Vince, but Scott is on a roll (although I wonder if we should subtract for wrong guesses? ;^)

Anyway, 27 IS Neutral Zone (a lot of Borg guesses, but this was the one where they struck, unnamed, and heralded the return of the Romulans ("We are back!") and 28 IS Attached, which leaves 21, 25, 26 (and STILL 16!! Another 2 lines to come tomorrow!)

I'm surprised that 25 is lasting!!

Here's a nit/question about The Neutral Zone: if the Borg weren't aware of us until Q Who, how is that consistent with the explanation that they attacked the Romulans in the Neutral Zone? Perhaps the Romulans have had other face-to-face meetings with the Borg that we don't know about? Is this too much TNG talk for this Classic Trek Board???

By Meg on Tuesday, July 06, 1999 - 12:48 pm:

25 is Yesterday's Enterprise
26 is We'll always have Paris.

By Len on Tuesday, July 06, 1999 - 01:45 pm:

Congrats Meg- you're on the board with 25 - Yesterday's Enterprise (my all time favorite episode :^)! However, as far as I can tell, there were no mysterious doors in "We'll Always Have Paris." Keep trying! :^) (16, 21, 26 remain)

By Len on Tuesday, July 06, 1999 - 01:45 pm:

Congrats Meg- you're on the board with 25 - Yesterday's Enterprise (my all time favorite episode :^)! However, as far as I can tell, there were no mysterious doors in "We'll Always Have Paris." Keep trying! :^) (16, 21, 26 remain)

By ScottN on Tuesday, July 06, 1999 - 02:23 pm:

Ok, if 16 isn't Allegiance, perhaps 26 is Allegiance?

By Len on Tuesday, July 06, 1999 - 02:59 pm:

Scott: YESS!! 26 IS Allegiance!! Only 2 to go! 16 & 21. Let's wrap them up with the help of another 2 couplets and I'll try to come up with a new batch for tomorrow:

16. From outer space they won't ignore us,
now we're all singers in a chorus,
They sent their man to walk among us,
it caused a panic and quite a big fuss!
He was a man from planet Earth,
Who made it with Bebe Neuwirth!

21. "Oops!," I say, I blew my top,
now there's no one minding shop,
I feel so bad, they got my ire,
but why'd I killed the race entire?

By ScottN on Tuesday, July 06, 1999 - 03:55 pm:

16: Cause and Effect
21: The Survivors

By Meg on Tuesday, July 06, 1999 - 03:57 pm:

16 is First Contact
21 is The Survivors

By Meg on Tuesday, July 06, 1999 - 03:59 pm:

16 is First Contact
21 is The Survivors

By Len on Tuesday, July 06, 1999 - 04:43 pm:

Hey!! A close one: Scott noses out Meg by 2 minutes on 21- The Survivors, while Meg finally solves 16 - First Contact - Incidentally, the line about singers in the chorus was made by the president of the planet who beautifully (IMHO) tells Piccard something along the lines of "When I went to sleep last night, I was master of my universe, but this morning I find that I'm just a singer in a chorus." (Interesting wrong guess by Scott who tried "Cause & Effect" which happens to have Bebe Neuwrith's fellow Cheers actor Kelsey Grammer in it!)

So here's the tally after 30 with a new leader (and welcome aboard Meg!): Scott(14.5), Matthew(8), Vince(5), Meg (1.25) and Len(1.25)
(I figure each extra couplet for an episode reduces its value by 1/2 with the lost points going to ME :^), hence First Contact went from 1.0 to 0.5 to 0.25 and Survivors went from 1.0 to 0.5) (Incidentally, Scott also leads the league in MISSES with 12! - followed by Vince with 6, Matt with 4, and Meg with 1 ;^)

As interest still appears to be good, I'll try to post another 10 tomorrow morning around 10am.

By ScottN on Tuesday, July 06, 1999 - 04:51 pm:

Just as a note... The "singers in a chorus" could also have been the background noise that Crusher taped (that was my theory anyways...)

By Matthew Patterson (Mpatterson) on Tuesday, July 06, 1999 - 04:56 pm:

I thought the "chorus" line was referring to Riva's chorus of interpreters.

By Vince on Tuesday, July 06, 1999 - 06:32 pm:

Well, I better be more conservative with my guesses from now on, and should also check this board much, much more often. :)

By ScottN on Tuesday, July 06, 1999 - 07:33 pm:

I lead the league in misses because I'm so prolific.... MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH [evil manaical laugh]

By Len on Wednesday, July 07, 1999 - 10:10 am:

31-40 at last you'll see,
As we keep it in the family!

31. Brother should we fight?
Or choose a red or a white?

32. She's reminded of her father's recipe,
as Piccard wonders will or will not she?

33. A son, the fruit of our desire,
now let's decide who rules empire

34. And now I see I have a daughter,
While Troi commands? A scotch & water!

35. She's my daughter, I cannot fail her,
unless there's a big cascade failure!

36. A daughter of she, one who cannot be,
But now we see, our enemy

37. Call me "grandpa", that's what he said,
and now his words are in my head

38. You were my grandma's closest friend,
and in my family quite a trend

39. Are you my mother, can it be?
Or just a flaming fantasy?

40. Is she his mother? What a bother!
Or his sister? Go ask his father!

By Matthew Patterson (Mpatterson) on Wednesday, July 07, 1999 - 11:37 am:

38: Sub Rosa
36: Redemption, Part 2
40: Inheritance

By ScottN on Wednesday, July 07, 1999 - 11:54 am:

33. Reunion
35. Ensigns of COmmand
36. Unification
37. The Schizoid Man

By margie on Wednesday, July 07, 1999 - 01:43 pm:

#34: Disaster (Yay I finally figured one out!)(I hope!)

By Meg on Wednesday, July 07, 1999 - 01:47 pm:

33. Redemption (?)
35. the Offspring
36. Redemption (?)
37. the Schizoid man
39. Interface
40. inheritance

By ScottN on Wednesday, July 07, 1999 - 04:20 pm:

31. Family

By Len on Wednesday, July 07, 1999 - 04:48 pm:

Wow- these were Obviously too easy!! :^) 9 of 10 solved in 6 hrs! I must be slipping! Credit Matthew with 3 (36, 38, 40), Scott with 3 (31, 33, 37) (plus 2 wrong!), Meg with 2 (35, 39), and newcomer Margie with 1 (34) (welcome aboard Margie!). Still, 1 left - 32. I'll have to get to work with a new, tougher, set for tomorrow morning!!

By Matthew Patterson (Mpatterson) on Wednesday, July 07, 1999 - 05:19 pm:

Is 32 The Perfect Mate?

By Len on Wednesday, July 07, 1999 - 05:28 pm:

no

By Vince on Wednesday, July 07, 1999 - 06:51 pm:

32. Preemptive Strike
I Hope!

By ScottN on Wednesday, July 07, 1999 - 07:20 pm:

32: Preemptive Strike

By Len on Thursday, July 08, 1999 - 10:15 am:

And Vince closes out the 4th set by nosing out Scott by 1/2 an hour and keeping himself on the board!

Which brings us up to:
Scott(17.5), Matthew(11), Vince(6), Meg(3.25), Margie(1), and Len(1.25)

(Scott still leads the league in MISSES with 14 -
followed by Vince with 6, Matt with 5, and Meg with 1)

So let's see if this next batch can keep you guys busier this time!

41. A little piece of your lost birthright,
to hate and kill and revel in fight

42. We'll wind you up, Bang! Bang! That's great!
Our own Manchurian Candidate

43. Back in time his body went,
to fix today what youth misspent

44. Don't ask, don't tell might work out here,
where he or she is quite unclear

45. He played the tune, for years he knew it,
it now becomes a heartfelt duet

46. Don't give that blood, we will risk a war,
to save your feelings becoming sore

47. We're all mixed up, we lack direction,
become the one who gives correction

48. A long dead life, a path not chosen,
and now it lives in memory frozen

49. Can she be trusted of notorious fame?
Is she a pawn in a political game?

50. Could there really be such slaughter,
due to bags of mostly water?

By ScottN on Thursday, July 08, 1999 - 11:49 am:

41: Descent
43: Too Short a Season
44: The Outcast
45: Lessons
47: Who watches the watchers
48: The Inner Light

By ScottN on Thursday, July 08, 1999 - 12:08 pm:

46: The Enemy

By margie on Thursday, July 08, 1999 - 02:09 pm:

50: Evolution?

By ScottN on Thursday, July 08, 1999 - 05:18 pm:

50: Home Ground

By Len on Thursday, July 08, 1999 - 06:07 pm:

5 of the above 9 guesses are correct- some are close, but not precise enough - I'm probably not going to be able to get on again until next Thursday, so that should be enough time to nail down all 10 exactly!

By Vince on Thursday, July 08, 1999 - 06:57 pm:

50. Home Soil

By ScottN on Thursday, July 08, 1999 - 07:14 pm:

Vince, that's what I meant... I forgot the title exactly darn it!

Len, I don't think I should get credit for 50 (if that's the right ep), but I don't think I should get a "Missed Guess", but rather a "typo" sort of penalty for that one.

By Len on Thursday, July 08, 1999 - 07:17 pm:

ok- no penalty - but Vince gets the credit! (Want to keep this thing close!! :^)

By ScottN on Thursday, July 08, 1999 - 07:21 pm:

49: Ensign Ro

By ScottN on Thursday, July 08, 1999 - 07:21 pm:

Len, thanks.

By Vince on Friday, July 09, 1999 - 01:21 pm:

Sorry about that Scott.

By ScottN on Friday, July 09, 1999 - 03:30 pm:

No problem Vince, my typo... my fault.
He said that 5 of 41,43,44,45,46, 47, 48, and 50 were right. Since we know 50 was wrong, what are the other two errors?

By David Batchelder on Saturday, July 10, 1999 - 04:51 pm:

42: Liaisons(?)
43: Tapestry

By Dave Batchelder on Saturday, July 10, 1999 - 04:52 pm:

Oops. 42: The Big Goodbye

By ScottN on Saturday, July 10, 1999 - 11:51 pm:

Careful Dave.... you'll be matching my record for misses soon!

By Matthew Patterson (Mpatterson) on Sunday, July 11, 1999 - 06:56 pm:

I've started a DS9 Trekouplets board in the DS9 Sink for anyone who is interested.

By Nick Angeloni (Nangeloni) on Tuesday, July 13, 1999 - 12:04 am:

By Len on Wednesday, July 14, 1999 - 03:29 pm:

Seeing as how the last few weeks of Trekouplets have been Next Gen ones (as we have covered all of the Classic eps), I have started a continuation of the Trekouplet board in the Next Gen sink. Hope I'm not stepping on any toes by doing this. I'll repost the last batch there. See you all in Next Gen!!