# A Game: Guess the TV character with biographical trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 11, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355 "2005-05-11T05:21:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/1 "2005-05-11T05:21:57Z")
All of the following questions are about TV characters. (Note: It is about the characters themselves, _not_ the actors who portrayed them.) First to I.D. the following wins a no-expenses paid trip to the Costco of his or her choice (not responsible for transportation costs or expenses incurred at said Costco). Answer the following or feel free to submit your own. (All three of the following are WW2 related but that’s a coincidence.) 1. He owned _Schotzi_, one of Germany’s leading toy companies, before his factory was militarized and he was inscripted into service as a non-commissioned Luftwaffe officer. 2. He became the only American private to receive a medal from the Nazis for keeping “the neatest P.O.W. barracks in Germany”, but was proud of the fact that “I threw the medal back their faces!” 3. (Two parter)- These two characters were played by the same actor- A. He was injured in Italy in WW2, receiving shrapnel in his buttocks, before returning home to a northern metropolis and marrying his high school sweetheart whose maiden name was Baines. He faked his own death to play a joke on his army friends at a reunion, though the joke was turned around on him. B. (Same character, different actor) He served in Italy during WW2 and returned to his small southern hometown with his Italian war bride. Long after her death he entered into an interracial marriage with a city councilwoman. Your turn to guess or add. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/2 "2005-05-11T05:48:00Z")
Let me have a go at this… 1. My guess is Col. Klink from “Hogan’s Heroes”. 2. No idea here. 3a. Archie Bunker 3b. Chief Gillespie , both played by Carroll O’Connor. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/3 "2005-05-11T06:12:18Z")
> [@supervenusfreak](#): > > Let me have a go at this… > > 1. My guess is Col. Klink from “Hogan’s Heroes”. > 2. No idea here. > 3a. Archie Bunker > 3b. Chief Gillespie , both played by Carroll O’Connor. 🙂 1. Wrong (but very close) 2. Hint: 25 years later the character was still a notorious neat freak 3. a.b. both correct ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/4 "2005-05-11T06:17:34Z")
1 is Sgt Schultz ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/5 "2005-05-11T06:19:29Z")
I think, anyway. The line’s damn familiar, and Schultz is the only character I can think of who COULD fit it. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/6 "2005-05-11T06:21:26Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > I think, anyway. The line’s damn familiar, and Schultz is the only character I can think of who COULD fit it. Yep. (This was revealed in an episode in which Schulz and Klink mistakenly thought the war was over and were eager to resume their lives; Klink, a former accountant, began sucking up to Schulz for post-war employment.) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/7 "2005-05-11T10:50:07Z")
1. He became the only American private to receive a medal from the Nazis for keeping “the neatest P.O.W. barracks in Germany”, but was proud of the fact that “I threw the medal back their faces!” Felix Unger? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/8 "2005-05-11T13:25:14Z")
1. Attended Siena College, Loudonville, NY – the place where I work. Hint: the show is currently on the air. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/9 "2005-05-11T14:47:30Z")
1. Has a really hot daughter who has a thing for guys missing their left hands ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/10 "2005-05-11T15:24:17Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > 1. He became the only American private to receive a medal from the Nazis for keeping “the neatest P.O.W. barracks in Germany”, but was proud of the fact that “I threw the medal back their faces!” > Felix Unger? Yep. (He was also the husband in the only divorce ever awarded in New York on grounds of _pestiness_.) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/11 "2005-05-11T15:25:26Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > 1. Attended Siena College, Loudonville, NY – the place where I work. Hint: the show is currently on the air. Raymond from _Everybody Loves Raymond_? ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/12 "2005-05-11T15:52:03Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > I think, anyway. The line’s damn familiar, and Schultz is the only character I can think of who COULD fit it. LOL. I should have realized “non commisioned” i.e. a seargent. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/13 "2005-05-11T17:04:12Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > 1. Has a really hot daughter who has a thing for guys missing their left hands Al Bundy?6) His real name is Homer Deegan 7) “It all started at a little 5000-watt radio station in Fresno, California” 8) When he was a kid, he stole _books_ . ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/14 "2005-05-11T17:45:28Z")
1. “It all started at a little 5000-watt radio station in Fresno, California” Ted Baxter, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/15 "2005-05-11T17:47:19Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > 1. When he was a kid, he stole _books_ . Harris from _Barney Miller_ (who was the resident expert on everything until they brought in Dietrich). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/16 "2005-05-11T19:37:15Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Raymond from _Everybody Loves Raymond_? Nope. It’s from a drama. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/17 "2005-05-11T19:52:32Z")
D1: 5-time winner of the Buckeye NewsHawk Award D2: Had a pet armadillo named Clarice D3: Was always seen wearing his brother’s shirt D4: For a couple seasons, drove a Sunbeam Alpine D5: Considers Kettle Chips to be the ultimate snack…for revenge. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/18 "2005-05-11T20:12:30Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > D1: 5-time winner of the Buckeye NewsHawk Award Les Nessman! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/19 "2005-05-11T20:14:37Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > D4: For a couple seasons, drove a Sunbeam Alpine Maxwell Smart > [@](#): > > D5: Considers Kettle Chips to be the ultimate snack…for revenge. Sideshow Bob ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355/20 "2005-05-11T20:48:54Z")
D1, D4, D5 all correct. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-guess-the-tv-character-with-biographical-trivia/303355.md?page=2)