# M\*A\*S\*H, a few Q's. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2001, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918 "2001-01-08T00:13:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/1 "2001-01-08T00:13:38Z")
I’m shamefully ripping this off from Prosser, who started some trivia about Cheers. Since M_A_S\*H is really the other long running classic that people around here seem to like, I thought I’d start some trivia about it. My trivia will focus on the show, not the actors lives outside the show. You won’t see any questions like “What movie did Alan Alda direct while on sabatical from M_A_S\*H?” :rolleyes: One rule for you, though. Let’s not look at more questions until the originals are answered correctly. It’s sorta annoying having a thousand questions floating around, each group of them numbered “1-3”. Okay, I’ll get this ball rolling. 1. Who is the only person to play the same character in both the movie and the show? This is ultra easy. 2. Who did Harry Morgan play in his first M_A_S\*H episode? 3. What are BJ’s wife and child’s names? 4. What is Charles Emerson Winchester III’s sister’s name? What “disorder” does she have? 5. What town and state is Hawkeye originaly from? 6. When and why did Klinger stop wearing women’s clothing? 7. What does Burns leave to Hot Lips in his will? Lastly for now… 1. What bad incident happened to Hawkeye and Radar when they went to pick up BJ for his call of duty? Good luck!! 😃 I’ll check in pretty regularly. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/2 "2001-01-08T00:25:37Z")
1. Gary Burghof - Radar 2. Can’t remember his name, but he played a wacko medical officer on inspection tour, who insisted that the entire MASH 4077 should move across the road as an exercise: “MASH means mobile!” 3. I think his wife was Peg, and his daughter was Erin. 4. No idea. 5. Cranberry Cove, Maine. 6. When Radar left and he became the duty corporal, or whatever the name is - the responsibilty satisfied his needs for recognition, and he quit trying to get out of the Army. 7. No idea. 8. They miss seeing Trapper John off. Radar nearly gets arrested for impersonating an officer to get into the officer’s club, as a “Corporal-Captain” (wearing one of Hawk’s bars on his cap). On the way back, they come across a group of soldiers who’ve been shelled (same group they talked to on the way out, I think.) It’s BJ’s first experience seeing injured soldiers, and he vomits. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/3 "2001-01-08T00:36:12Z")
1. Who is the only person to play the same character in both the movie and the show? This is ultra easy. Gary Burghoff - Radar 2. Who did Harry Morgan play in his first M_A_S\*H episode? Someone conducting an official investigation into why the 4077 was so damn successful. The whole “MASH is mobile” thing . . . IIRC, that’s from when Burns was CO and had them move because they were a mobile army surgical hospital, damnit. 1. What are BJ’s wife and child’s names? Daughter Erin . . . Can’t remember his wife. 2. What is Charles Emerson Winchester III’s sister’s name? What “disorder” does she have? Honoria . . . don’t remember . . . maybe she’s stuck up like the rest of 'em? 3. What town and state is Hawkeye originaly from? Crabapple Cove, Maine. 4. When and why did Klinger stop wearing women’s clothing? 5. What does Burns leave to Hot Lips in his will? Something really unromantic, like his long johns . . . don’t remember. 6. What bad incident happened to Hawkeye and Radar when they went to pick up BJ for his call of duty? They were five minutes late to Trapper’s plane. ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/4 "2001-01-08T01:19:28Z")
Most of these have been correctly answered, so I’ll just add: Winchesters sister, Honoria, stuttered. Damned if I remember what Burns left Hotlips… ---
**Author:** ![keeper0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@keeper0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeper0)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/5 "2001-01-08T01:28:09Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. What is Charles Emerson Winchester III’s sister’s name? What “disorder” does she have? Honoria, and she has a stutter > [@](#): > > 1. What bad incident happened to Hawkeye and Radar when they went to pick up BJ for his call of duty? The jeep gets stolen. So they steal a general’s jeep to get back to the 4077. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/6 "2001-01-08T02:50:05Z")
Dang. I got most of them, but y’all beat me to it. #2. I don’t remember his name, either, but he did a bang-up rendition of “Mississippi Mud.” Bring on more questions! And I’ll add one of my favorites: There was one episode that guest starred Alan Alda’s father and brother. Who did they play/what were the circumstances? ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/7 "2001-01-08T02:56:03Z")
How manny rooms did the operating room, the tent, have? 3½¢ Power and the certainty of rightfulness are an appalling combination! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/8 "2001-01-08T03:09:46Z")
Pretty good. Seven out of eight are answered. I can’t believe you got that Honoria stuttered!!! Impressive, dragonlady. By the way, I was looking for the stolen jeep answer for number eight, but all those things happened also so everyone is right. Also, Klinger actually gave away his women’s clothing to some prostitues in exchange for a new camp(they got the old camp back anyway, but his clothes were gone). Whenever I return and add new ones, I’ll always put the unanswered questions toward the top. Clean up work, sort of. I’ll see if I can make these harder, but you guys seem pretty adept at tihs. 1. What does Burns leave to Hot Lips in his will? Second time asked. 2. What is Sidney’s diagnosis for the deluded young man who thinks he is Jesus Christ? 3. Why does Colonel Blake get to go home? 4. Why does Burns get to go home? 5. What movie do Hawkeye and BJ try to get for the unit during a hot spell? 6. What incident caused Hawkeye to think he may be blind? 7. Why was Klinger court-martialed? 8. What happens to the penicillin Col. Flag was trying to take from the 4077th? If these aren’t harder, I’ll keep trying. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/9 "2001-01-08T03:16:49Z")
Well, I know all the answers to the second set, of course [sub]bullshit![/sub] but I’ll only answer one so as to leave some for the rest of you. 1. A bathtub. ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/10 "2001-01-08T03:57:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mahaloth \* > \*\* > > 1. What does Burns leave to Hot Lips in his will? Second time asked. > His cloths > > 2. What is Sidney’s diagnosis for the deluded young man who thinks he is Jesus Christ? I believe it was something like his mind rebelling against all the death he saw and caused? > > 3. Why does Colonel Blake get to go home? > I think his tour was just up > > 4. Why does Burns get to go home? > Section 8, over Hot Lips (Who was engaged to Donald) > > 5. What movie do Hawkeye and BJ try to get for the unit during a hot spell? > Do not remember the title, but is was banned in Boston because of a line a woman said, something like “are you trying to seduce me??” to the male character > > 6. What incident caused Hawkeye to think he may be blind? > Stove in the nurses tent blew up when he tried to fix it. > > 7. Why was Klinger court-martialed? > > 8. What happens to the penicillin Col. Flag was trying to take from the 4077th? > Don’t recall > If these aren’t harder, I’ll keep trying. > > It has been many years since I have watched this show and I still remember a lot. I’m scared > \*\* ---
**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:** [January 8, 2001, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/11 "2001-01-08T04:10:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mahaloth \* > \*\*7. Why was Klinger court-martialed? \*\* After he found Hawk and BJ(?)'s stolen camera at ‘Little Chicago’ (The Black Market), she’s stopped by MPs who had only recently recieved the report of the theft. They thought he’d stolen it, and just as he’s been cleared of all charges, Rosey (who he’d asked about Little Chicago) tells the others (In front of the CID guy) to tell Klinger to be careful, because the ‘fuzz’ are onto the black market, so they thought he was involved with the black marketeers. ---
**Author:** ![Philbuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@Philbuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philbuck)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/12 "2001-01-08T04:28:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chimaera \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*\*3. Why does Colonel Blake get to go home? > > \*\* > > I think his tour was just up > \*\* Specifically, he had enough “points” to go home, an anachronism since the Army stopped using that system before the Korean War. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Green Bean \* > **There was one episode that guest starred Alan Alda’s father and brother. Who did they play/what were the circumstances?** His father played a surgeon visting the unit (to teach new techniques, I think). He accompanied Hawkeye (getting quite on each other’s nerves) up to an aid station where the surgeon had been wounded and had to be operated on before being moved. Alda’s brother played the corpsman at the station who finally got them working together, including after each of them hurt one arm during shelling. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/13 "2001-01-08T04:29:00Z")
1. What does Burns leave to Hot Lips in his will? Second time asked. – I believe he left her his clothes. Once he got better (He had a mean case of the flu and was halucinating) she smaked him on the chin in the compound. \*\* Shoot. Just red Chim’s post and saw that it’s been answered. However, 1. What is Sidney’s diagnosis for the deluded young man who thinks he is Jesus Christ? – “That he is Jesus Christ. In his mind he believes he’s Christ” etc. etc. etc. 1. ?. Damn! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/14 "2001-01-08T05:01:36Z")
**Philbuck** : Right on! ---
**Author:** ![Tie-Dye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Tie-Dye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tie-Dye)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/15 "2001-01-08T05:05:10Z")
5 - I’m pretty sure the name of the movie was “Blue Moon” ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/16 "2001-01-08T05:18:48Z")
I think #6 was an autoclave, not a stove. Sidney thinks the soldier could be right. And Greenbean, a bathtub is not a movie! _snicker_ But I do remember the episode where Hawkeyes dad sends him the bathtub from the Sears and Roebuck catalog. Or maybe he just ordered it from there. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/17 "2001-01-08T05:36:50Z")
5- I had no idea until I saw **Tie-Dye’s** response. I’m pretty sure it is _The Moon is Blue_ 8- No idea; I don’t even remember this one. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/18 "2001-01-08T06:05:03Z")
> [@](#): > > I think #6 was an autoclave, not a stove. No, the stove blew up and temporarily blinded Hawkeye. BJ had an episode with an autoclave, which caused some sort of internal injury to his hand. He tried to cover it up, but they discovered it in surgery, and he had to have surgery himself, by a visiting specialist in hand injuries. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/19 "2001-01-08T06:08:52Z")
**1. What does Burns leave to Hot Lips in his will? Second time asked.** Another vote for clothes. **2. What is Sidney’s diagnosis for the deluded young man who thinks he is Jesus Christ?** “He’s Jesus. (pause) OK, he’s not Jesus, but he’s not (Corporal? name?) either.” ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918/20 "2001-01-08T06:11:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dragonlady \* > \*\* > And Greenbean, a bathtub is not a movie! > _snicker_ > But I do remember the episode where Hawkeyes dad sends him the bathtub from the Sears and Roebuck catalog. Or maybe he just ordered it from there. \*\* Oops. Yeah. I missed the “movie” part. :o But there was definitely an episode during a hot spell which involved a bathtub. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-a-few-qs/48918.md?page=2)