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The Official Star Trek Trivia Book
binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, small stain to end pages, black boards with gold lettering, in nice condition, d/j is poor with major creases, chips, tears on all edges, spine is scuffed,
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205 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1980
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January 16, 2021
This book is 150 pages of, primarily, exhaustingly unimportant trivia. For example, question 433 (of 703):
Answer: "811 East 68th Street, Apt. 12B."
There are plenty of more interesting, or at least more memorable, questions, but enough of them are dull that it's a chore rather than a delight to complete the book--which I did, to my regret. Each question is worth a number of points, and your point totals for each chapter, and the book overall, entitle you to a ranking between Slime Devil and Organian. My scores, by chapter:
20 - Tribble
22 - Klingon
33 - Romulan
102 - Romulan
14 - Klingon
34 - Tribble
19 - Tribble
26 - Klingon
30 - Klingon
14 - Tribble
8 - Tribble
21 - Klingon
7 - Slime Devil
25 - Tribble
A grand total of 375 out of 2562 possible points (14%), making my overall ranking Tribble (the second lowest). I've seen every episode of Trek at least twice and I've read scores of Trek books. I'm totally satisfied with getting one in ten points for trivia of this level of triviality.
This book is just not worth it, even if you are a fan of trivia. Even if the trivia itself were more interesting, it'd be tedious to go through the whole book. Never mine the whole book, some individual chapters are much too long already. The chapters are themed, but there's no interesting way to do a little at a time. The Complete Next Generation Trek IQ Book , which is very sensibly divided by episode, handles this much better.
Gary Seven's mission on Earth is to help Terrans to mature into peaceful people. What is his street address?
The Official Star Trek Trivia Book (1980-01), 98
Answer: "811 East 68th Street, Apt. 12B."
There are plenty of more interesting, or at least more memorable, questions, but enough of them are dull that it's a chore rather than a delight to complete the book--which I did, to my regret. Each question is worth a number of points, and your point totals for each chapter, and the book overall, entitle you to a ranking between Slime Devil and Organian. My scores, by chapter:
20 - Tribble
22 - Klingon
33 - Romulan
102 - Romulan
14 - Klingon
34 - Tribble
19 - Tribble
26 - Klingon
30 - Klingon
14 - Tribble
8 - Tribble
21 - Klingon
7 - Slime Devil
25 - Tribble
A grand total of 375 out of 2562 possible points (14%), making my overall ranking Tribble (the second lowest). I've seen every episode of Trek at least twice and I've read scores of Trek books. I'm totally satisfied with getting one in ten points for trivia of this level of triviality.
This book is just not worth it, even if you are a fan of trivia. Even if the trivia itself were more interesting, it'd be tedious to go through the whole book. Never mine the whole book, some individual chapters are much too long already. The chapters are themed, but there's no interesting way to do a little at a time. The Complete Next Generation Trek IQ Book , which is very sensibly divided by episode, handles this much better.
August 25, 2013
Truly trivial trivia.
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