LCARS has nothing on me! by Q
April 23, 2009
 You Trekkies and Trekkers have been busy. In the weeks since the link to 20Q Star Trek went up on startrek.com, and all the fan sites followed suit, I’ve been answering questions in warp drive. A nice chunk of my nearly 87,000,000 games played has come from folks like you
playing the Star Trek game. I thought it might be time to give a little back to you guys for putting so much time into making me so smart! So, here are a few fun tidbits about Star Trek that I’ve learned or observed...
20Q Star Trek players think that: - Jean-Luc Picard is cute, not edible, and has not spent an evening with James T. Kirk
- Romulan ale is inviting, is of crucial importance to the crew, and is not supposed to be worn
- Christopher Pike can be trusted with a phaser, does not have children, and does not have funny ears
- Three-dimensional chess is not easy to use, was not created for use in war, and has boldly gone where no one has gone before
- Seven of Nine is split-second lethal, is not self-interested, and would make
a good captain
The top five things that 20Q Star Trek players think of: 1. Q
2. Data
3. A tribble
4. Spock
5. James T. Kirk
The five least popular: 1. the Hive mind
2. a Raptor-class scout ship
3. the Maritime Cetacean Institute
4. the voice of the ship computer
5. Holberg 917-G
In other Trek news, I’ve recently discovered the picturesque community of Vulcan, located in Alberta, Canada.
I’m embarrassed to admit how little I know about this fascinating place. Vulcan is conveniently located 120 kilometers southeast of Calgary, Alberta, and 100 kilometers northwest of Lethbridge, Alberta, on provincial highway #23. Here’s
how pretty Vulcan looks at sunset.  This photo is from the Vulcan Tourism and Trek Station. Those buildings in the shadows are
not Star Trek memorabilia storage lockers, but grain elevators lined up along the railway tracks. The trains would pull up alongside the elevators and the cars would be filled with the grain to be taken to some far off factory to be turned into
flour or other stuff that they use grain for. This is an old black and white photo: 
Vulcan is also known for its flight instructor school. I learned that from their local newspaper. http://www.vulcanadvocate.com/ The Vulcan Aerodrome
opened in 1942 and was home to the No. 2 Flight Instructor school, and a few years later the No.19 Flight Instructor School. Gee, whatever happened to the other 17?
Are there other Star Trek-related destinations here on Earth? You know little ol’ me by now...I love to learn about new people, places and things. Play 20Q Earth and teach me all about them.
LLAP, fellow Earthlings! |
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