# "The Wire" Trivia Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 30, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554 "2008-01-30T05:07:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/21 "2008-01-31T01:36:02Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] Anyone up for more questions? [/quote] Bring it! > [@](#): > > What’s the name of Ziggy’s car? Princess > [@](#): > > Who’s the bartender at Clement’s, the longshoremen’s hangout? Dolores, aka Dolo > [@](#): > > Whose computer did Ziggy load his penis pic on? Maui (I wonder why they call him Maui) > [@5-4 Fighting](#): > > 5-4-F3. To what make of car did Snoop compare the nail gun she bought to nail up the vacants, and what was the comparison make she said the salesman got wrong? She said it was a Lexus, but the salesman said Cadillac. He didn’t know! More ?s: What executive producer played a character on the show? What song was played at that character’s funeral? Why did Bunk burn his suit? Who really did the murder of Deirdre that D’Angelo took credit for when telling the story to Bodie, Poot, and Wallace? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/22 "2008-01-31T01:37:56Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] Why did Bunk burn his suit? [/QUOTE] So his wife wouldn’t know he was out carousing with another woman. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/23 "2008-01-31T02:09:15Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] Tilghman Middle School – odd that this is also the name of the dope-dealing prison guard. [/quote] Not so odd as you might think. As I mentioned, there’s a [Tilghman Island](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilghman_Island%2C_Maryland) over on the Eastern Shore, the [Edward Tilghman](http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/people/tilghman_edwd.html) for whom the school is named was a prominent 18th century citizen over there, and there are hundreds of people of that name with listed phones in Maryland. > [@](#): > > **Penises** or **Penii** – I didn’t see Royce’s. Did you see Royce’s? All I saw was the back of the woman’s head. (It’s [penises or penes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=391360), BTW.) You had to look quick, but she looks around and he has it in her hands. (I’m guessing it was a prosthetic, too.) > [@shefDave](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > What cop who was on the Major Crimes Unit and gangster busted by them share the same first name? > > Roland Prezbylewski (the cop) and Roland ‘Wee-Bey’ Brice (the gangster) Great question, **Rubystreak**! I never made the connection that Prez and Wee-Bey had the same first name. Still unanswered: AP 1. How many ports did the van travel to? (To which I’d like to add, Name them! But I don’t know the correct answers.) CS 5. Give the names of five “brands” of drugs as touted on the streets, excluding color tops. CS 8. Name the real-life novelist (other than Laura Lippman) who has made a cameo appearance. (Bonus: Give his/her connection to the show.) RS 1. What was the name of the girl who Ziggy was tricked into thinking he got pregnant? I’ll add a few more: CS 11. Who figures out the drug dealers’ pay phone code in S1, and what is the connection to the character’s future life? CS 12. What sport did Bunk play at Edmondson High School? CS 13. Besides Bunk and Omar, what other pair of _Wire_ characters went to the same high school, and what school was it? (This is easy because it’s recent.) ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/24 "2008-01-31T02:10:32Z")
**Rubystreak** , correctimundo! What executive producer played a character on the show? What song was played at that character’s funeral? Robert Colesberry (sp?), played the not-very-astute Detective Cole. Damn. I don’t remember the song. Something Irish, I think. Who really did the murder of Deirdre that D’Angelo took credit for when telling the story to Bodie, Poot, and Wallace? Wee-Bey! CS 11. Who figures out the drug dealers’ pay phone code in S1, and what is the connection to the character’s future life? Prez, who later becomes a math teacher CS 8. Name the real-life novelist (other than Laura Lippman) who has made a cameo appearance. (Bonus: Give his/her connection to the show.) I’m thinking Richard Price, but I don’t remember the part he played or which episode. He writes for the show. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/25 "2008-01-31T02:13:18Z")
[QUOTE=commasense] CS 11. Who figures out the drug dealers’ pay phone code in S1, and what is the connection to the character’s future life? CS 13. Besides Bunk and Omar, what other pair of _Wire_ characters went to the same high school, and what school was it? (This is easy because it’s recent.) [/QUOTE] CS 11. Prez; he becomes a math teacher. CS13. Joe and Burrell. Dunbar. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/26 "2008-01-31T02:23:32Z")
> [@](#): > > CS 12. What sport did Bunk play at Edmondson High School? Lacrosse Counterquestion: What activity did Burrell participate in during high school, according to Joe? AuntiePam: Yes, Colesberry was Ray Cole, and the song was indeed Irish: “Body of an American” by The Pogues ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/27 "2008-01-31T02:49:49Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] Counterquestion: What activity did Burrell participate in during high school, according to Joe? [/QUOTE] Glee Club! 😃 What kind of pet did Ziggy adopt, and what did he name it? ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/28 "2008-01-31T03:02:12Z")
**AuntiePam** and **5-4-F** are both right about Prez and the phone code. He says at the time, “These yos couldn’t figure it out if it involved math or algebra.” In season 4, he’s teaching them math. **5-4-F** is right about Prop Joe and Burrell’s school. **Rubystreak** remembered Bunk’s sport correctly. And **AP** is also right about Richard Price. He leads the reading group D’Angelo participates in in prison. Which leads to… CS 14. What book were they reading? CS 15. Ex-Baltimore mayor Younger Tommy tells Carcetti his parable about having to eat a big bowl of shit. What two words modify “bowl” in his story? CS 16. To what restaurant does Bunny take his four students? CS 17. What did they do to win the trip to the restaurant? (Details!) CS 18. What real-life band performs in the dockworkers’ bar? CS 19. What is the unexpected hobby of vicious killer Wee Bey? ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/29 "2008-01-31T03:09:23Z")
5-4-F4. Which police officer trailed Vondas as he he headed into a downtown hotel? Beadie Russell. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/30 "2008-01-31T03:22:39Z")
And since no one has gone any further with the drug names question, here is **commasense** ’s official (if not complete) list of street drug names from _The Wire_: Season 1 Tech 9 In the Hole Q tip Payback Killer Bee Red Dilly Gold stars Family Affair Death Row plus green, red, blue, and black tops Season 2 WMD Bin Laden Season 3 WMD (again) Rockefeller Double Cheese Spider bags Bottle Rockets Reddies Rasheed Benno Body Bags plus green, red, and blue tops Season 4 Pandemic Black horse Big Yellow Bird Brokeback Icicle Mistletoe plus black tops Season 5 Greenhouse gas (hot!) plus blue tops ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/31 "2008-01-31T03:22:40Z")
CS 14. What book were they reading? The Great Gatsby CS 16. To what restaurant does Bunny take his four students? Ruth Chris Steakhouse – that might not be exactly right – is it Ruth’s Chris? There’s a weird apostrophe in the name. We don’t have those around here. CS 17. What did they do to win the trip to the restaurant? (Details!) They had to cooperate and work as a team. The winning team built the Eiffel Tower from an erector set. Namond took care of the leftover pieces. CS 18. What real-life band performs in the dockworkers’ bar? Nighthawks! CS 19. What is the unexpected hobby of vicious killer Wee Bey? Tropical fish. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/32 "2008-01-31T03:39:29Z")
Obviously my questions are too easy, **AuntiePam**. Right on every count. **5-4-F** ’s got some tougher ones, most of which I couldn’t answer. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/33 "2008-01-31T06:01:17Z")
5-4-F1. In what grade did Poot lose his virginity? 6th? I remember he and Bodie joked about it when the Towers came down in S3. **commasense** , that drug name list is huge! Still rewatching S2. I’d forgotten that Cheese was the one who ripped off Ziggy and burned Princess. When he first encountered Zig, Cheese made a comment somewhat like what Marlo said to the security guard in S4. “You want to think it’s that way”. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/34 "2008-01-31T15:52:06Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] What kind of pet did Ziggy adopt, and what did he name it? [/QUOTE] An alcoholic duck, which he called “My attorney, Stephen L. Miles.” (Miles is a real Baltimore attorney and former D.A. who has advertised heavily in Baltimore for years with the tag line, “If you have a phone, you have a lawyer.”) > [@](#): > > **commasense** , that drug name list is huge! I started noticing the topical names, WMD, Bin Laden, etc., and thought that the writers might be making a comment of some kind with the names, so as I was watching the DVDs, I made a note of all the names I could catch. It is interesting to see the cultural references (Brokeback), seasonal ones (icicle), and odd ones (the name Rockefeller, for most of the last century a universal synonym for wealth, is probably all but unknown to anyone under 35). But I haven’t found any deep and meaningful patterns. Does anyone else? Along similar lines, while rewatching the DVDs I began to suspect that Bodie’s characteristic spit through his side teeth was usually a disapproving comment on whatever was going on. This turns out not to be universally true, AFAICT, but I think it is the case more often than not. I wonder if the spitting was in the script, or if it’s something J.D. Williams did on his own. Still unanswered: 5-4-F2. What was the name of the character Bodie traveled to Philadelphia with? 5-4-F5. What is the name of the girl who being treated to gifts and shopping with the money stolen from the syndicate by a soldier? CS 15. Ex-Baltimore mayor Younger Tommy tells Carcetti his parable about having to eat a big bowl of shit. What two words modify “bowl” in his story? RS 1. What was the name of the girl who Ziggy was tricked into thinking he got pregnant? New ones: CS 20. How much money did Cutty need to start his gym, and how much did he get? CS: 21. What is the real-life relationship between the actress who played Grace, Cutty’s ex-girlfriend, and the one who played her drugged-out sister, who tells Cutty where to find Grace? CS 22. What are McNulty’s kids’ names? CS 23. What (funny) advice does Judge Phelan give McNulty in S1, Ep1? CS 24. What is Omar’s brother’s name and nickname? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/35 "2008-01-31T16:02:53Z")
CS 20. How much money did Cutty need to start his gym, and how much did he get? He asked for an initial $500 contribution from Avon, and Avon gave him $15K. I know you noticed in S4, the Platinum Club sign on the gym wall, with the Golden Gloves poster of Avon under the sign. The Avon-Cutty thing is one of my favorite stories in _The Wire_ – how Avon tried to help Cutty get set up on the street, how Avon let him get out of the game – “He a man” – and then helping him with the gym. Those other questions are hard! ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/36 "2008-01-31T16:24:20Z")
[QUOTE=commasense] It is interesting to see the cultural references (Brokeback), seasonal ones (icicle), and odd ones (the name Rockefeller, for most of the last century a universal synonym for wealth, is probably all but unknown to anyone under 35). But I haven’t found any deep and meaningful patterns. Does anyone else? [/quote] Roc-A-Fella Records is a major hip hop label. Jay-Z is the CEO. I think that’s what they were referring to when they named the product “Rockefeller.” > [@](#): > > CS 20. How much money did Cutty need to start his gym, and how much did he get? He wants $10,000 and gets $15,000. Avon laughs at him when he asks for the ten grand. Cutty has a bad moment, then Avon gives him more than he asked for. > [@](#): > > CS 22. What are McNulty’s kids’ names? Sean and Mike > [@](#): > > CS 24. What is Omar’s brother’s name and nickname? No-Heart Anthony ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/37 "2008-01-31T16:51:13Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] He wants $10,000 and gets $15,000. Avon laughs at him when he asks for the ten grand. Cutty has a bad moment, then Avon gives him more than he asked for. [/QUOTE] Cutty hadn’t kept up with inflation. 🙂 He obviously didn’t know the kind of money Avon was pulling in, which is why he started so low. He didn’t ask for the whole $10K – that was what he said he needed. It was incredibly brave of him to ask for anything, after quitting Avon’s crew. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/38 "2008-01-31T17:21:52Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] Roc-A-Fella Records is a major hip hop label. Jay-Z is the CEO. I think that’s what they were referring to when they named the product “Rockefeller.” [/quote] That makes a lot more sense, and once again proves what an old fart I’ve become. So the drug must be Roc-A-Fella, not Rockefeller. And all your other answers are correct. You’re too good! > [@AuntiePam](#): > > The Avon-Cutty thing is one of my favorite stories in The Wire – how Avon tried to help Cutty get set up on the street, how Avon let him get out of the game – “He a man” – and then helping him with the gym. There are only a handful of people in _The Wire_ who try to do the right thing (by their own lights) most of the time, and without exception they are loners who are not part of a larger organization. Cutty is probably the most unambiguously positive and successful example. Others include Bubbles, Omar, and Brother Mouzone. Each of these men has an ethical code by which he lives, and that he rarely compromises. It may not be a code that the ordinary person would call good or virtuous, but each knows himself better, and has been truer to his ideals, than 90% of ordinary people. In contrast, virtually everyone else in the show, on either side of the law, is constantly compromised between their own ideals and the demands of the organizations in which they operate. Interestingly, apart from the loners, only Marlo appears to be able to accomplish his goals without compromise, because he is not constrained by any moral or legal principles. At the top of the legal side, Carcetti can’t do _anything_ he wants because of forces above and below him and because his own political ambition prevents him from taking a longer view of any of the problems he faces. Cutty is certainly one of the most interesting, likeable, and principled characters in the _Wire_ world. And although he has paid a price (being shot) he has so far achieved more of his own goals than virtually anyone else in the show, through strength, hard work, risk taking, and a willingness to admit his mistakes and learn from them. Much the same can be said about Carver, so it’s not surprising that they have become friends and allies. ---
**Author:** ![shefDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@shefDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shefDave)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/39 "2008-02-01T19:03:23Z")
> [@](#): > > 5-4-F2. What was the name of the character Bodie traveled to Philadelphia with? Shamrock > [@](#): > > RS 1. What was the name of the girl who Ziggy was tricked into thinking he got pregnant? Prissy, something. I don’t remember her second name. I do remember Nick saying, “Jesus, Ziggy, everybody down The Point fucked her once” though. > [@](#): > > CS 23. What (funny) advice does Judge Phelan give McNulty in S1, Ep1? “When you start coming with the customers, that’s when you need to get out of the business” Or words to that effect. Couple more: What sentence did D’Angelo receive at the end of Season 1? What sentence did Avon receive at the end of Season 1? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554/40 "2008-02-01T19:17:54Z")
[QUOTE=commasense] 5-4-F4. Which police officer trailed Vondas as he he headed into a downtown hotel? Beadie Russell. [/QUOTE] Correct. [QUOTE=Rubystreak] She said it was a Lexus, but the salesman said Cadillac. He didn’t know! [/QUOTE] Correct. [QUOTE=shefDave] 5-4-F2. What was the name of the character Bodie traveled to Philadelphia with? Shamrock [/QUOTE] No. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-trivia-game/435554.md?page=3)