# TV Trivia Mega-Quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 12, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132 "2008-03-12T17:56:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [April 9, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/61 "2008-04-09T12:39:21Z")
[QUOTE=dougie\_monty] 101. **Laverne & Shirley** : What was the name of the musical combo Lenny & Squiggy formed? [/QUOTE] Lenny and the Squigtones. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/62 "2008-04-09T14:22:09Z")
[QUOTE=dougie\_monty] 103. **Bosom Buddies** : While the opening them played, what were the two main characters doing? [/QUOTE] Shaving and getting dressed (in drag) . . . > [@](#): > > 1. **This Is Your Life** : When Eddie Cantor was the guest on the show, he was, uniquely, told he was going to be “suprised.” Why was this? Cantor had a bad heart and producers were afraid the surprise would be too much for him. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/63 "2008-04-09T21:13:04Z")
**ZipperJJ** is correct on “meathead”. **Labdad**'s first guess is correct (Roseburg, MN). **Sternvogel** is also correct. **Doctors** : 1. On an episode of _Diagnosis:Murder_ , several actors who once portrayed doctors on TV guested as…doctors! Name the actors and their former roles. (One of them played 2 different doctors) 2. Name an Oscar winner who once played a doctor on a TV series. 3. Which actor/TV doctor was also a songwriter who wrote a big hit for Little Richard, among others? 4. Who was the star of “Doctor, Doctor”? 5. What type of doctor was Col. Potter’s father? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/64 "2008-04-09T22:07:43Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] 114. Who was the star of “Doctor, Doctor”? [/QUOTE] If my memory serves me correctly, the answer is Matt “Max Headroom” Frewer. ---
**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 9, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/65 "2008-04-09T22:24:38Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] 1. Name an Oscar winner who once played a doctor on a TV series. [/QUOTE] Denzel Washington, on _St. Elsewhere_. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/66 "2008-04-10T00:34:08Z")
Guesses: 112. Name an Oscar winner who once played a doctor on a TV series. George Clooney on _ER_ 1. What type of doctor was Col. Potter’s father? A veterinarian. ---
**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 10, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/67 "2008-04-10T06:35:53Z")
1. \*\* Barney Miller:\*\* What actor played a hypochondriac veteran cop? 2. \*\* Happy Days:\*\* Who was the detested local policeman in the Cunningham’s neighborhood? 3. **Emergency!:** What county peace officer went under his (the actor’s) real name? 4. **Perry Mason:** what actor played Lieutenant Tragg? 5. _Our Gang:_ Who played the klutzy neighborhood cop? ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/68 "2008-04-10T12:28:51Z")
[QUOTE=dougie\_monty] 119. **Perry Mason:** what actor played Lieutenant Tragg? [/QUOTE] Ray Collins from _Citizen Kane_. (He played Jim Gettys in “Kane”) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/69 "2008-04-10T18:26:14Z")
[QUOTE=dougie\_monty] 116. \*\* Barney Miller:\*\* What actor played a hypochondriac veteran cop? [/QUOTE] Max Gail? ---
**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 11, 2008, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/70 "2008-04-11T06:09:37Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Max Gail? [/QUOTE] You’re thinking of Wojehowicz. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/71 "2008-04-11T23:00:48Z")
1. Barney Miller: What actor played a hypochondriac veteran cop? Jack Soo played the character whose name I cannot recall ATM. Det. Yama- something ---
**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 12, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/72 "2008-04-12T06:12:19Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 116. Barney Miller: What actor played a hypochondriac veteran cop? Jack Soo played the character whose name I cannot recall ATM. Det. Yama- something [/QUOTE] :Sigh: Soo’s character was Sergeant Yemana. The hypochondriac veteran was Philip K. Fish, played by Abe Vigoda. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/73 "2008-04-12T22:49:27Z")
**Sternvogel** is right on 114. \*\*Governor Quinn \*\* and **ZipperJJ** are both correct on 112. **ZipperJJ** is also correct on 115. 120. Edgar Kennedy, IIRC. ---
**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 14, 2008, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/74 "2008-04-14T09:37:43Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] **Sternvogel** is right on 114. \*\*Governor Quinn \*\* and **ZipperJJ** are both correct on 112. **ZipperJJ** is also correct on 115. 120. Edgar Kennedy, IIRC. [/QUOTE] Thanks, I was waiting for someone to answer one of those. 117. Officer Kirk (Ed Peck). 118. Vince Howard. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132.md?page=3)