CAN YOU NAME IT?

(ANSWERS FROM WILLIAM SHATNER QUIZ, PAGE 6)

1. C. 19. Between 1966 and 1969, Captain Kirk kissed 19 women in 79 episodes. One of the most famous was the interracial smooch with Lt. Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) in an episode called "Plato's Stepchildren,"

which Ĥrst aired on Nov. 22, 1968. 2. A., B. and C. are all things Shatner and Nimoy had in common. Besides both starring on Star Trek, they were A. both born in March 1931, they were B. both born into families that had immigrated from Ukraine (Shatner in Montreal; Nimoy in Boston) and they C. both got their career starts in 1951—Shatner with a movie called

The Butler’s Night Oģ and Nimoy with the Ĥlm Queen for a Day.

3. B. The Twilight Zone. The “Night

mare at 20,000 Feet” episode featured Shatner as a businessman fresh out of a sanitarium after a breakdown. As Mr. Robert Wilson heads home on the plane, he sees a creature outside of his window trying

to sabotage the ĥight.

4. C. Fly into space. On Oct. 13, 2021, a 90-year-old Shatner shot into space on Jeģ Bezos’ Blue Origin

space shuttle.

5. A. Shatner played Stan Fields, the host of the Miss United States pageant, in the Miss Congeniality movies in 2000 and 2005. One of his most famous scenes is when he asks Miss Rhode Island (Heather Burns), “Describe your perfect date?” And she answers, “I'd have to say April 25th

because it's not too hot, not too cold.

All you need is a light jacket.”

6. B. Kidney stone. In 2006, Shatner auctioned oģ the stone (plus a surgical stent used during the stone’s removal) for $25,000, which he donated

to Habitat for Humanity.

7. B. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and C. Kelly Cuoco. NBA basketball legend Abdul-Jabbar appeared with Shatner

in a 2011 Priceline commercial. Kelly Cuoco began playing the daughter

of his Negotiator character in 2013.

Shatner was a Priceline spokesperson for 14 years.

8. B. The $20,000 Pyramid. The year was 1974 and guest Shatner was so upset that he’d lost the game for his partner with his Ĥnal clue that he

picked up a chair and tossed it across

the room, much to host Dick Clark’s

consternation.

9. C. 7 Star Trek Ĥlms. After the TV show was cancelled in 1969, Shatner

played Captain Kirk in seven Star Trek Ĥlms. He directed Star Trek V: The

Final Frontier.

10. A. Heather Locklear played

OĦcer Stacy Sheridan in 91 episodes

of the police drama T.J. Hooker, from 1982-1986. Shatner played Hooker, the veteran sergeant. 11. A., B. and C. Nimoy and Shatner meet up at a party in the 1964 “The

Project Strigas Aģair” episode of

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Nimoy also had a guest role as Lt. Paul McGuire on T.J. Hooker in 1983. The creators of Futurama were big Trekkies and featured the heads of Shatner and

Nimoy in a 2002 episode.

12. Shatner B. 1983. was honored on

May 19, 1983,

with the

1,762nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Leonard Nimoy, who got his star in 1985,

joined him for the ceremony.