# A new obscure TV Trivia thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889 "2006-04-01T23:16:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/21 "2006-04-03T16:33:03Z")
1. K-13 was “Fang”, CONTROL’s canine agent. And for some of **Bricker**'s questions: B2. The first character to die on LA Law was Norman Chaney, who was found dead at his desk in the beginning of the first episode. Arnie: “Dibs on his office!” B4. Not sure of the agency, but Col. Austin’s boss was Oscar Goldman B9. Sister Bertrille was at the Convent San Tanco And some more: W1. In the last season of “Coach”, what was the name of the NFL team Hayden Fox coached? W2. And who played the owner of the team? W3. On “Blackadder”, which episode did Hugh Laurie guest star in the season before he played Prince George? W4. Who played a regular character on both **The Brady Bunch** and **The Mary Tyler Moore Show**? W5. On Comedy Central’s “Sports Monster”, what baseball team did Joe Bolster allegedly play for? W6. Who provided the voice for “The Great Gazoo” on **The Flintstones**? W7: Of all the regulars in **M_A_S\*H**'s opening credits, only three appeared for more than one season as regulars on TV series _after_ the show left the air. Name them and the shows they were on. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/22 "2006-04-03T17:30:42Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > W7: Of all the regulars in **M_A_S\*H**'s opening credits, only three appeared for more than one season as regulars on TV series _after_ the show left the air. Name them and the shows they were on. Mike Farrell, Providence. Alan Alda, The West Wing. David Ogden Stiers, some animated series, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/23 "2006-04-03T17:32:41Z")
Q: Just Shoot Me: What musical instrument did Jack Gallo play? A. the banjo Q: Of all the regulars in M_A_S\*H 's opening credits, only three appeared for more than one season as regulars on TV series after the show left the air. Name them and the shows they were on. A: Well part of my mind wants to answer Col. Potter, Father Mulcahy and Klinger appearing on two seasons of a show called AfterM.A.S.H., but another part of me adamantly insists that the show in question - NEVER HAPPENED!! Anyway: Q: M.A.S.H.: Why was one of Radar O’Reilly’s hands always hidden from the camera in every shot he appeared in? Q: Identify the speaker of this quote & what it pertained to: “The only thing red about her is her hair…and we’re not to sure about that!” ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/24 "2006-04-03T17:34:20Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > Q: M.A.S.H.: Why was one of Radar O’Reilly’s hands always hidden from the camera in every shot he appeared in? Gary Burghoff has something wrong with (I think) his left hand. I don’t know what the “something” is. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/25 "2006-04-03T17:42:54Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > B6: _The Rockford Files_: What kind of car did Jim drive He drove a Pontiac Firebird. Not sure of the year - I’ll say 1974? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/26 "2006-04-03T18:09:26Z")
The third MASH alumnus is Wayne Rogers. He was a lead in the TV version of “House Calls” with Lynn Redgrave. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/27 "2006-04-03T18:28:03Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Gary Burghoff has something wrong with (I think) his left hand. I don’t know what the “something” is. IIRC, a couple of his fingers are deformed. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/28 "2006-04-03T19:18:47Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > Q: Just Shoot Me: What musical instrument did Jack Gallo play? > A. the banjo > > Q: Of all the regulars in M_A_S\*H 's opening credits, only three appeared for more than one season as regulars on TV series after the show left the air. Name them and the shows they were on. > > A: Well part of my mind wants to answer Col. Potter, Father Mulcahy and Klinger appearing on two seasons of a show called AfterM.A.S.H., but another part of me adamantly insists that the show in question - NEVER HAPPENED! AfterMASH lasted only 1 season (or less). The correct answer _is_ Mike Farrell, Alan Alda and Wayne Rogers. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/29 "2006-04-03T20:09:36Z")
Here’s a couple: What world famous photographer was married to (and took the last name of) a recurring cast member of _M_A_S_H\*? On an episode of _Good Times_ Florida, when asked by a white yuppie liberal couple if she’d seen _Roots_, Florida stated “Kunta Kinte is making more money than any of us now” and the audience erupted in laughter and some applause. Why was this joke so funny to them at the time? (Fairly easy in-joke.) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/30 "2006-04-03T21:59:51Z")
Identify the actors who portrayed the following “Batman” villains: -the Siren -Lola Lasagna -the Black Widow -Chandell ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/31 "2006-04-03T22:02:33Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Here’s a couple: > > What world famous photographer was married to (and took the last name of) a recurring cast member of _M_A_S_H\*? Diane Arbus. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/32 "2006-04-03T22:04:51Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > B9. Sister Bertrille was at the Convent San Tanco I always wondered who Saint Tanco was. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/33 "2006-04-03T22:54:28Z")
Thanks for the replies… 🙂 18. Some people objected to Dawson kissing the women contestants. According to the poll, the viewers mostly approved of it. 25. “I’d fire each and every one of them,” he said. Here are more: 26. \*\*People’s Choice: \*\* What former Our Gang star was pretty much straight man to a dog in this series? 27. \*\*Everybody Loves Raymond: \*\* In one episode, Ray and Ally have a Girl Scout Cookies booth set up. What is the name of the woman who gives them a hard time there? 28. What network aired a spot about a kid running a camcorder through a dishwasher cycle? 29. \*\*Andy Griffith Show: \*\* Where did Barney Fife keep his one bullet, and why? 30. \*\*Captain Kangaroo: \*\* What always happened at the start of the show when Captain Kangaroo hung his key ring on the hook on the edge of the countertop? 31. \*\*Magnum, P. I.: \*\* How did Luther Gillis (Eugene Roche) react to the climate of Hawaii, as contrasted with his native St. Louis? 32. \*\*60 Minutes: \*\* What always happens on the screen as the picture fades out at the end? 33. \*\*The Beverly Hillbillies: \*\* What animal did Elly May have that would swim in the “cement pond” that people thought could not swim? 24. \*\*Concentration: \*\* What would happen when a contestant drew _two_ wild cards in the same turn? 25: \*\*All in the Family: \*\* Who played Archie’s boss at the plant? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/34 "2006-04-03T22:55:39Z")
Those last two should be ## 34 amd 35. :o ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/35 "2006-04-03T23:23:44Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Thanks for the replies… 🙂 > 18. Some people objected to Dawson kissing the women contestants. According to the poll, the viewers mostly approved of it. > 25. “I’d fire each and every one of them,” he said. > Here are more: > 26. \*\*People’s Choice: \*\* What former Our Gang star was pretty much straight man to a dog in this series? > 27. \*\*Everybody Loves Raymond: \*\* In one episode, Ray and Ally have a Girl Scout Cookies booth set up. What is the name of the woman who gives them a hard time there? > 28. What network aired a spot about a kid running a camcorder through a dishwasher cycle? > 29. \*\*Andy Griffith Show: \*\* Where did Barney Fife keep his one bullet, and why? > 30. \*\*Captain Kangaroo: \*\* What always happened at the start of the show when Captain Kangaroo hung his key ring on the hook on the edge of the countertop? > 31. \*\*Magnum, P. I.: \*\* How did Luther Gillis (Eugene Roche) react to the climate of Hawaii, as contrasted with his native St. Louis? > 32. \*\*60 Minutes: \*\* What always happens on the screen as the picture fades out at the end? > 33. \*\*The Beverly Hillbillies: \*\* What animal did Elly May have that would swim in the “cement pond” that people thought could not swim? > 24. \*\*Concentration: \*\* What would happen when a contestant drew _two_ wild cards in the same turn? > 25: \*\*All in the Family: \*\* Who played Archie’s boss at the plant? 29: Barney kept his bullet in his shirt pocket. Andy would only let him have one bullet, for obvious reasons. 32: I think it was a stopwatch ticking? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/36 "2006-04-03T23:32:58Z")
1. Jackie Cooper. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/37 "2006-04-03T23:50:10Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 25: \*\*All in the Family: \*\* Who played Archie’s boss at the plant? Sorrell Booke (which would make him Archie’s Boss Hogg). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/38 "2006-04-03T23:52:55Z")
Speaking of… 36 (or whatever): On what show did Archie’s boss, bka as Boss Hogg, play a Jewish crime boss in a recurring role? 1. Who played his daughter in the series, who is her real life celebrity parent, and what actor who played her father-in-law on the show above later played her father in another show? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/39 "2006-04-04T00:19:00Z")
I’m pretty sure that the B-52s made a brief appearance on a daytime soap opera, but I just can’t remember which one. Can anybody help me out? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889/40 "2006-04-04T00:26:00Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > I’m pretty sure that the B-52s made a brief appearance on a daytime soap opera, but I just can’t remember which one. Can anybody help me out? They appeared on “Guiding Light” circa the early 1980s. I recall seeing it on some MTV special, “Your favorite rockers appear on TV” or something like that. The sight of all these perfectly coifed, ultra-preppy soap opera characters ‘gettin’ down’ to Rock Lobster was certainly…amusing…to say the least. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-obscure-tv-trivia-thread/350889.md?page=3)