A little movie came out on Blu-ray last week. You may have heard of it: Star Trek Into Darkness.

It became the latest addition to my home video library and Star Trek collection, both of which are fairly extensive.

I have been a Star Trek fan for many years. I grew up on The Original Series cast and later became a fan of The Next Generation. That's when I finally started going to Star Trek conventions and continued to enjoy the other spinoff series. And if you go check out my pictures on Flickr, you'll see me use my Star Trek collection to get creative.

A few weeks ago, I got the idea to design and illustrate a Star Trek infographic. It would show all the ways the arrowhead insignia originally worn by the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise has appeared and been adapted on each of the different versions of Star Trek, from the movies, the TV shows, the spinoffs, even the original pilots and animated series. The idea appealed to me as a Star Trek geek and also as a designer interested in seeing all of these creative incarnations assembled together into one place. Plus, I'd have the fun of rendering them as accurately as possible based on finding the best photo reference for each one.

I spent many hours going through my Star Trek DVDs, Blu-rays and books. It really became an obsession. I scoured the Internet for stills to also use as reference and visited websites like Memory Alpha to see what they identified as Starfleet insignia to make sure I considered everything.

My only criteria was that I'd just include variations of the original 1960's arrowhead patch, or delta shield as fans have also called it. And as the logo started appearing on hats and belt buckles in the movies, I limited it to just when it was worn over the left breast on uniforms, to keep this infographic focused and consistent. The only indulgence you'll find on it is when I included images of the various designs of the starship Enterprise associated with each insignia. The evolution of the design of each starship named Enterprise is pretty fascinating as well, especially regarding the little aesthetic details found on the original 1960's television model.

For logos like the dagger-based Mirror universe one or the starship-based patches worn on Scott Bakula's Enterprise series, they're not here because they didn't include the arrowhead motif. Maybe they'll turn up in a future infographic if I decide to do another one.

Originally I planned to get this done by last Tuesday to post on the day Star Trek Into Darkness came out on Blu. But I didn't get it finished, and I'm glad I didn't. Watching the new film I found a lot more and clearer reference that I didn't have before. So this infographic ended up becoming as comprehensive a collection of that insignia as possible, right down to this last movie.

So, I'll stop talking now and just share it already! It's posted below. Click on it to go to my deviantART page. On that page, click the art there to blow it up and see it larger.

As I pat myself on the back for this, let the nitpicking - and God forbid, citing mistakes - begin!

Yesterday, my friends and I hosted a scavenger hunt game at Disney California Adventure. The game is inspired by MouseAdventure, a scavenger hunt produced and hosted by MousePlanet that we've competed in for a number of years and that I've mentioned before in earlier blogs here.

We - well, mostly one of us - creates the quests and the rest of us will beta test them inside the park a few days before the event to check for errors and offer suggestions. Then the day of the event is spent all day at whichever park we've decided to base the quests on and where our friends get to enjoy the same fun and frustration we do when we play MouseAdventure.

Included with the dozen or so quests are Disney trivia questions, and I'm responsible to writing those up. To let you share the fun and frustration, I thought I'd post them here so you can play along. The title of our quest is shown above in the logo I designed which we played inside DCA. So, these questions are mostly inspired by characters and films most visibly referenced inside that park or that are of a "mystery" or "caper" theme.

Don't scroll past the 20th question until you've made all your choices. Then scroll further to see the answers and to see how well you did.

Enjoy!

1.  Toy Story was the first animated feature produced by Pixar. a bug’s life was the second. Which of the following was the third?

a)            Toy Story 2                                 b)            Monsters, Inc.
c)            Finding Nemo                             d)            The Incredibles

2.  Which Pixar screenwriter also provided voices for Heimlich in a bug’s life, Wheezy in Toy Story 2 and Jacques the shrimp in Finding Nemo?

a)            John Lasseter                              b)            Pete Doctor
c)            Joe Ranft                                     d)            Andrew Stanton

3.  Which member of the Pixar production team provided the voice of Edna Mode, the eccentric designer who designed costumes for the superhero community in The Incredibles?

a)            Brad Bird                                     b)            John Lasseter
c)            John Ratzenberger                      d)            Ed Catmull

4.  Joss Whedon, director of The Avengers and creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has a writing credit in which Disney-Pixar film?

a)            Toy Story                                     b)            Monsters, Inc.
c)            WALL-E                                       d)           The Incredibles

5.  Samuel L. Jackson, who plays Nick Fury in the Marvel Studios films, provides the voice of a character in which one of the following Disney films?

a)            The Princess and the Frog           b)            Brother Bear
c)            The Incredibles                            d)            a bug’s life

6.  Which Disney animated film features a character named Kida?

a)            Atlantis: The Lost Empire              b)            Lilo & Stitch
c)            Treasure Planet                             d)            Brother Bear

7.  Rob Thomas, lead singer of Matchbox Twenty, sings “Little Wonders” on the soundtrack to which Disney animated feature?

a)            Chicken Little                                b)            Meet the Robinsons
c)            Bolt                                                d)            The Princess and the Frog

8.  Before Howard Ashman and Alan Menken wrote the songs for Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Alladin, they provided songs for what musical?

a)            Adding Machine                             b)            Newsies
c)            Hedwig and the Angry Inch            d)            Little Shop of Horrors

9.  While Randy Newman is well known for writing many of the songs and scores for several Pixar films, he’s only done the same for one non-Pixar Disney animated film. Which one was it?

a)            Meet the Robinsons                       b)            Bolt
c)            The Princess and the Frog             d)            Tangled

10.  What is the name of the members-only club located inside the Carthay Circle Restaurant?

a)            Club23                                          b)            Club33
c)            Club34                                          d)            Club1901

11.  Vincent Price provides the voice to which character in The Great Mouse Detective?

a)            Basil of Baker Street                       b)           Professor Ratigan
c)            Major Dr. David Q. Dawson            d)            Sherlock Holmes (cameo)

12.  Before World of Color, Paradise Pier Lagoon was home to what previous nighttime attraction whose slogan was “See the Holidays in a whole new light”?

a)            Rockin’ the Bay                              b)            GlowFest
c)            Chance to Shine                             d)            LuminAria

13.  The tall C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-A letters that were formerly at the entrance to Disney’s California Adventure are now installed and on display in which California city?

a)            Fresno                                           b)            San Francisco
c)            Sacramento                                   d)            Burbank

14.  Which of the following was established first?

a)            Buena Vista Home Video                b)            Buena Vista Television
c)            Buena Vista Pictures Distribution   d)            Buena Vista Music Group

15.  Which of the following parades has never performed at Disney (or Disney’s) California Adventure?

a)            PixarP lay Parade                           b)            Eureka!
c)            LightMagic                                      d)            Disney’s Electrical Parade

16.  Which real-life aviation legend is featured in the Disney film The Rocketeer?

a)            Orville Wright                                 b)            Howard Hughes
c)            Amelia Earhart                               d)            Chuck Yeager

17.  Who played the lead in the Walt Disney Pictures film Condorman?

a)            Dean Jones                                    b)            Zac Efron
c)            Michael Crawford                           d)            Don Knotts

18.  Who appeared in both the 1965 and 1997 filmversions of That Darn Cat?

a)            Dyan Cannon                                 b)            Peter Boyle
c)            Estelle Parsons                              d)            Dean Jones

19.  Christopher Plummer voiced a character in whichanimated film?

a)            The Great Mouse Detective            b)            Atlantis: The Last Empire
c)            Up                                                   d)            Ratatouille

20.  Who has a cameo in The Great Muppet Caper?

a)            Jim Henson                                    b)            Mark Hamill
c)            Bob Hope                                       d)            Michael Eisner

1.  Toy Story was the first motion picture produced by Pixar. a bug’s life was the second. Which of the following was the third?

a)            Toy Story 2 (then Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and The Incredibles)

2.  Which Pixar screenwriter also provided voices for Heimlich in a bug’s life, Wheezy in Toy Story 2 and Jacques the shrimp in Finding Nemo?

c)            Joe Ranft                 

3.  Which member of the Pixar production team provided the voice of Edna Mode, the eccentric designer who designed costumes for the superhero community in The Incredibles?

a)            Brad Bird (The writer-director)                 

4. Joss Whedon, director of The Avengers and creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has a writing credit in which Disney-Pixar film?

a)            Toy Story (Screenplay co-credit with three writers)                 

5.  Samuel L. Jackson, who plays Nick Fury in the Marvel Studios films, provides the voice of a character in which one of the following Disney films?

c)            The Incredibles (Frozone who memorably said “Where is my super suit?”)                 

6.  Which Disney animated film features a character named Kida?

a)            Atlantis: The Lost Empire (She’s the princess of Atlantis; during the game, some thought I had misspelled "Koda")                 

7.  Rob Thomas, lead singer of Matchbox Twenty, sings “Little Wonders” on the soundtrack to which Disney animated feature?

b)            Meet the Robinsons

8.  Before Howard Ashman and Alan Menken wrote the songs for Disney’s Alladin, Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid, they provided songs to what musical?

d)            Little Shop of Horrors

9.  While Randy Newman has written songs and scores for several Pixar films, he’s only done the same for one non-Pixar Disney animated film. Which one was it?

c)            The Princess and the Frog                 

10.  What is the name of the members-only club located inside the Carthay Circle Restaurant?

d)            Club 1901

11.  Vincent Price provides the voice to which character in The Great Mouse Detective?

b)            Professor Ratigan

12.  Before World of Color, Paradise Pier Lagoon was home to what previous nighttime attraction whose slogan was “See the Holidays in a whole new light”?

d)            LuminAria (Ran for just one winter season during 2001)

13.  The tall C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-A letters that were formerly at the entrance to Disney’s California Adventure are now installed and on display in which California city?

c)            Sacramento (at the Main Gate of the California State Fair in Cal Expo)

14.  Which of the following was established first?

c)            Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (movies before home video, music and TV)

15.  Which of the following parades has never performed at Disney (or Disney’s) California Adventure?

c)            Light Magic (Ran at Disneyland for just one summer in 1997)

16.  Which real-life aviation legend is featured in the Disney film The Rocketeer?

b)            Howard Hughes (The billionaire who invented the rocket jet pack)

17. Who played the lead in the Walt Disney Pictures film Condorman?

c)            Michael Crawford

18.  Who appeared in both the 1965 and 1997 film versions of That Darn Cat?

d)            Dean Jones

19.  Christopher Plummer voiced a character in which animated film?

c)            Up (The antagonist Charles Muntz)

20.  Who has a cameo in The Great Muppet Caper?

a)            Jim Henson (seen here in this photo from the movie)