I have absolutely no idea or even a guess. What kind of a trivia question is this? Science Fiction? Isn't the trivia topic regarding the American Civil War and related events relative thereto? David.
Having no interest in Sci-fi whatsoever, the question is utterly incomprehensive to me.
There is a Union Col. James Thompson Kirk who replaced Col. John S. McCalmont at the head of 10th Pennsylvania
Reserves Regiment and James Tiberius Kirk, commander of USS Enterprise NCC 1701
Edit - The title of the thread gave a hint that the answer to the question would involve science fiction. As it turns out, the question was primarily based on actor Scott Bakula, who appeared in two different science fiction TV series, one of which contained an episode that dealt with the Civil War.
In giving hints, there's always a concern that the hint might give away too much information. Some of us might have liked it if, in this case, the hint had given away a little more than it did.
But my rule of thumb is that if fewer than six players get the correct answer to a question, I will consider throwing it out as too hard.
In this case, nine players got the correct answer, so I'm going to let it stand.