Trivia Night Recap August 19th, 2026 – Star Trek, Rick and Morty, The Big Bang Theory, Name that TV Show
What follows is the full rundown of our Wednesday, January 28th Trivia Night! Every question, every answer, and all the wonderfully chaotic moments in between. Whether you were in the thick of it battling for bragging rights or you’re just curious how you would’ve stacked up, dive back in and put your trivia skills to the test once more. No quarters required.
Star Trek Trivia Recap
Star Trek was the opening round and it did not ease anyone in. This one rewarded the deep-cut fans over the casual viewers, pulling heavily from Deep Space Nine alongside the usual Original Series and Next Generation territory. Expect famous one-liners, station history, character nicknames, and a couple of questions where knowing the franchise was not enough because you also had to remember who said what. The teams who watched every series had a real advantage here. Everybody else learned a lot about Quark’s business interests.
Q1: Garak is a Cardassian living on Deep Space Nine, a former operative of the Obsidian Order. What does he do for a living now?
A1: Tailor
Q2: What is Dr. McCoy’s nickname?
A2: Bones
Q3: Hoshi Sato, a communications officer, serves aboard what starship?
A3: Enterprise NX-01
Q4: What is Captain Picard’s favorite hot beverage?
A4: Tea, Earl Grey (Hot)
Q5: Which Star Trek series is unique for having actual lyrics in the opening theme?
A5: Enterprise
Q6: Terok Nor was a Cardassian space station which eventually got renamed to what?
A6: Deep Space Nine
Q7: Which character was once played by Ricardo Montalban, and later played by Benedict Cumberbatch?
A7: Khan
Q8: Which character said the line “I’m a doctor, not a bricklayer.”
A8: Dr. McCoy
Q9: When Captain Sisko refers to somebody as “old man,” who is he talking to?
A9: Dax
Q10: Which character said the line “I don’t believe in a no-win scenario.”
A10: James T. Kirk
Q11: Of all the major characters in Star Trek, which one also has regular appearances of their son and father on the show, completing 3 generations of the family?
A11: Captain Sisko
Q12: Who said the line “You function as judge, jury and executioner. And I think that’s too much power for anyone.”
A12: Julian Bashir
Q13: Who punched Q in the face?
A13: Captain Sisko
Q14: Unlike Starfleet vessels, Deep Space Nine is not equipped with public holodecks. Instead they are privately owned. Who owns them?
A14: Quark
Q15: Which character said the line “I can’t change the laws of physics! I’ve got to have thirty minutes!”
A15: Scotty
Q16: Which character said “No, I’m from Iowa, I only work in outer space”?
A16: James T. Kirk
Q17: What is the name of the gambling game most often played in Quark’s bar?
A17: Dabo
Q18: Who said the line “You can use logic to justify almost anything. That’s its power. And its flaw.”
A18: Kathryn Janeway
Q19: How many Star Trek movies featured the original cast?
A19: 7
Q20: Which character said this line: “If you don’t take your hand off my hip, you’ll never be able to raise a glass with it again.”
A20: Major Kira
Rick and Morty Trivia Recap
Rick and Morty flipped the energy completely. This round leaned into the show’s most quotable moments and its weirdest side characters, with a heavy dose of early-season episodes that fans have rewatched a dozen times. There were questions about dimensions, cursed inventions, and at least one answer that made the whole room groan out loud. Newer viewers struggled with the origin-story trivia. Longtime fans breezed through the Meeseeks material and then tripped over the small stuff.
Q1: What did Rick turn himself into one day to avoid going to family counseling?
A1: A pickle
Q2: What fast-food chain once offered the special Szechuan Sauce that Rick is obsessed with?
A2: McDonald’s
Q3: What is the designated name for Rick’s home dimension?
A3: C-137
Q4: What is the name of the blue creatures that pop into existence to serve, then pop back out again?
A4: Mr. Meeseeks
Q5: What is the name of the interdimensional hub and headquarters of the governing council where Ricks and Mortys from across the multiverse gather?
A5: Citadel of Ricks
Q6: In the episode “Total Rickall,” where they must kill mind-altering parasites, which friend of the Smith family does Beth shoot by mistake?
A6: Mr. Poopy Butthole
Q7: The character Piss Master eventually gets beaten up by whom after insulting Summer?
A7: Jerry
Q8: In the episode “Rick Potion #9,” after turning all of the world’s population into monsters, what name do our heroes use to describe them?
A8: Cronenbergs
Q9: In the show there is a video game where you live an entire life. What is it called?
A9: Roy: A Life Well Lived
Q10: Rick makes a love potion for Morty to use on Jessica, but it goes wrong because Jessica has what?
A10: The flu
Q11: Which sci-fi characters were Rick and Morty originally based on?
A11: Doc Brown and Marty McFly
Q12: Which character winds up taking a job literally working for the devil?
A12: Summer
Q13: Which character said the following after letting a giant fart: “Who let the frogs out?”
A13: Rick
Q14: On planet Gazorpazorp, Rick is sentenced to death for making the sound of which we do not speak. Why do they consider the sound unspeakable?
A14: It does not exist
Q15: When Rick tells his butter-getting robot that its purpose is to get butter, what is the robot’s response?
A15: “Oh my God.”
Q16: From which specific dimension does the original Rick Sanchez (Rick C-137) originate?
A16: C-137
Q17: What does Morty name his sex robot? Jessica, Gwendolyn, Jennifer, or Tiffany?
A17: Gwendolyn
Q18: When presented with a Meeseeks to help him with whatever he wants, which character asks to take two strokes off his golf game?
A18: Jerry
Q19: Jerry gets a disturbing fortune cookie predicting he will have sex with what person?
A19: His mother
Q20: Who ends up defeating the terrible villain known as Worldender, just to make a point?
A20: Rick
The Big Bang Theory Trivia Recap
The Big Bang Theory was the great equalizer, or at least it looked that way for the first five questions. Then it dug into Young Sheldon territory, guest star cameos, spinoff counts, and the kind of character details that only stick if you have the show running in the background constantly. Several questions hinged on knowing which character did what, which sounds easy until four names are on the table. The Star Trek actor cameo question rewarded teams that could name more than one. Nobody got all of them.
Q1: What city in California does the show primarily take place in?
A1: Pasadena
Q2: What is the name of Raj’s dog?
A2: Cinnamon
Q3: What is the name of the dumb kid that lives next to Sheldon when he’s a child?
A3: Billy Sparks
Q4: Which character said the following line? “Whoa, whoa. You’re not gonna cut open a meteor, are you? Have you not learned anything from comic books?”
A4: Stuart
Q5: Besides The Big Bang Theory itself, how many spinoff shows have there been to date?
A5: 3 (Young Sheldon; Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage; Stuart Fails to Save the Universe)
Q6: Sheldon’s brother Georgie ends up getting an older girl pregnant and then marrying her. What is the girl’s name?
A6: Mandy
Q7: Besides the obvious Wil Wheaton, there have been other Star Trek actors that have appeared on the show. Name at least one, bonus half points for more.
A7: LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, George Takei, Christopher Lloyd, Brian George
Q8: When Sheldon goes to East Texas Tech as a child, name at least one of his two science professors.
A8: Dr. Sturgis / Dr. Linkletter
Q9: Which character went to space to work on the International Space Station?
A9: Howard
Q10: Which recurring character is actually never seen on screen?
A10: Howard’s mom
Q11: Which character is obsessed with trains?
A11: Sheldon
Q12: Joyce Kim was a spy who was trying to seduce Leonard to gain secrets. What country was she from?
A12: North Korea
Q13: Which of the following celebrities did not appear on the show: Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Harrison Ford, or Stephen Hawking?
A13: Harrison Ford
Q14: Which character said the following line? “I’m going to be washing paint out of my Smurf for a month!”
A14: Bernadette
Q15: What was the name of Sheldon’s first friend in school?
A15: Tam
Q16: Of the main characters, who is the only one not married by the end of the series?
A16: Raj
Q17: Both Leonard and Sheldon’s mothers are regular characters. Which one has a mother that is loving and compassionate?
A17: Sheldon
Q18: Which character has the most girlfriends throughout the series?
A18: Raj
Q19: Which character has to give his mom a card with some money for his own birthday because she says giving birth to him was her achievement, not his?
A19: Leonard
Q20: Which character eats bananas sideways because her mother said “that’s how good girls do it”?
A20: Amy
Name that TV Show Trivia Recap
Name that TV Show closed the night with a run through five decades of television, from 1964 all the way to 2007. Each question gave a year plus a one-sentence plot summary, and teams had to fire back the title. It swung wildly between all-time classics and shows that only one person at the table remembered watching with their parents. The 70s and 80s questions separated the crowd fast. Great round for anyone who grew up on reruns.
Q1: 1994: This show centers around the personal and professional lives of six friends living in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
A1: Friends
Q2: 1965: A highly intellectual but bumbling spy working for the CONTROL agency battles the evil forces of rival spy agency KAOS.
A2: Get Smart
Q3: 1964: A witch named Samantha marries an ordinary mortal man and vows to lead the life of a typical housewife.
A3: Bewitched
Q4: 1982: A lone crime-fighter, Michael Knight, fights crime and battles criminals with the help of his virtually indestructible and artificially intelligent supercar, KITT.
A4: Knight Rider
Q5: 1976: A spinoff of Happy Days, it follows the misadventures of two single women in the 1950s.
A5: Laverne & Shirley
Q6: 1978: J.R. Ewing, a Texas oil baron, uses manipulation and blackmail to achieve his goals, both personal and professional.
A6: Dallas
Q7: 1990: A city doctor is forced to work in the remote Alaskan town of Cicely, where he encounters peculiar locals.
A7: Northern Exposure
Q8: 1990: A streetwise teenager from a poor neighborhood in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is sent by his mother to live with his wealthy aunt, uncle, and cousins at their mansion in Bel-Air, Los Angeles.
A8: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Q9: 1984: Follows undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs as they infiltrate and combat the drug trade and other criminal elements in South Florida.
A9: Miami Vice
Q10: 1999: Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy, is accidentally frozen in 1999 and thawed out in the year 3000.
A10: Futurama
Q11: 2006: Adventures of a teenage pop star who keeps her identity secret from even her closest friends by using a disguise on-stage.
A11: Hannah Montana
Q12: 1993: A cosmetics saleswoman played by Fran Drescher becomes the nanny to the three children of a rich English widower.
A12: The Nanny
Q13: 2007: The lives of four socially awkward scientists take a wild turn when a beautiful and free-spirited girl moves in next door.
A13: The Big Bang Theory
Q14: 1997: A young woman, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, is destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, and deals with her life fighting evil with the help of her friends.
A14: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Q15: 1979: The adventures of cousins Luke and Bo Duke, who are always getting into trouble with the law in Hazzard County.
A15: The Dukes of Hazzard
Q16: 2000: A dramedy centering around the relationship between a thirtysomething single mother and her teen daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut.
A16: Gilmore Girls
Q17: 1972: The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
A17: Sanford and Son
Q18: 1985: A secret agent for a national security agency solves complicated missions with his resourcefulness and knowledge of applied sciences.
A18: MacGyver
Q19: 1983: Four ex-Army Special Forces soldiers become heroes for hire after being branded as war criminals for a crime they didn’t commit.
A19: The A-Team
Q20: 1988: The adventures of Dave Lister, the last human alive, and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on a mining ship.
A20: Red Dwarf
Could your team have survived all four rounds?
Huge thanks to everyone who came out and played this week. The energy in the room was awesome, the arguments over the Rick and Morty round were even better, and we love watching teams talk themselves out of the right answer. Trivia Night happens every Wednesday at 6:30 PM here at Time Rift Arcade in Bedford. It is free to play, the drinks are cold, the games are ready, and there are prizes on the line. Grab your crew, claim a table, and come prove you know more useless television facts than the rest of the HEB corridor.
