Quiz: TV Crime Shows
Test your knowledge of TV crime shows.
- 1.In this week’s magazine, Nancy Franklin writes about the new crime show “Detroit 1-8-7.” What do the numbers signify?
- A.
The number of the precinct where the characters work
- B.
The section of the California Penal Code that deals with murder
- C.
The section of the Michigan Penal Code that deals with drug trafficking
- D.
The police radio signal code for backup
- 2.For which show is the following the theme song?
- A.
“Hawaii Five-O”
- B.
“JAG”
- C.
“Miami Vice”
- D.
“The Mod Squad”
- 3.In the Playbill for “Lombardi,” the new Broadway play that Michael Schulman wrote about last week, what per cent of the actors list “Law & Order” as one of their credits?
- A.
Seventy-five
- B.
Fifty
- C.
Twenty-five
- D.
Ten
- 4.Put the following laws in order based on when they were first passed: A) The Immigration Reform and Control Act B) The Americans with Disabilities Act C) The Economic Recovery Tax Act D) The North American Free Trade Agreement
- A.
A; B; C; D
- B.
D; C; B; A
- C.
C; A; B; D
- D.
B; A; C; D
- 5.Perry Mason, the title character of the popular TV series based on the detective novels by Erle Stanley Gardner, got his name from…
- A.
Gardner’s dapper downstairs neighbor
- B.
A real-life lawyer from the nineteen-twenties
- C.
The company that published a magazine Gardner liked as a child
- D.
The hero in the bedtime stories Gardner’s mother told him as a child
- 6.
This car is associated with which show?- A.
“Colombo”
- B.
“Nash Bridges”
- C.
“The Mod Squad”
- D.
“77 Sunset Strip”
- 7.Which order of shows corresponds with these catchphrases or taglines: "Just the facts, ma'am"; "Book 'em, Danno!"; One White, One Black, One Blonde; Not your regular hero
- A.
“The Rockford Files”; “Mod Squad”; “Hawaii Five-O”; “Dragnet”
- B.
“Dragnet”; “The Rockford Files”; “Mod Squad”; “Hawaii Five-O”
- C.
“Dragnet”; “Hawaii Five-O”; “Mod Squad”; “The Rockford Files”
- D.
“Mod Squad”; “Hawaii Five-O”; “Dragnet”; “The Rockford Files”
- 8.What was Gerald Lloyd (Kookie) Kookson III, from “77 Sunset Strip,” known for doing?
- A.
Killing
- B.
Womanizing
- C.
Playing poker
- D.
Combing his hair
- 9.For which show is the following the theme song?
- A.
“N.Y.P.D.”
- B.
“Quincy, M.E.”
- C.
“Dragnet”
- D.
“Matlock”
- 10.“The Untouchables,” a series about the Chicago crime-fighters who went after Al Capone, was later turned into a movie directed by whom?
- A.
Francis Ford Coppola
- B.
Martin Scorsese
- C.
Brian De Palma
- D.
Sidney Lumet
- 11.The structure of shows like “Colombo,” which reverse the standard “whodunit” approach by telling the audience off the bat who the perpetrator is, has been called what?
- A.
Hedunit
- B.
Howdidit
- C.
Howcatchem
- D.
Whodundid
- 12.What is Colombo’s first name?
- A.
Phillip
- B.
Stan
- C.
Doc
- D.
He never reveals it
- 13.Which actor’s career got a jump-start from “21 Jump Street”?
- A.
Johnny Depp
- B.
Leonardo DiCaprio
- C.
Ethan Hawke
- D.
Edward Norton
- 14.For which show is the following the theme song?
- A.
“Maverick”
- B.
“Peter Gunn”
- C.
“Hill Street Blues”
- D.
“Bourbon Street Beat”
- 15.Before Pierce Brosnan was James Bond, he was Remington Steele. What else might Remington refer to? (check all that apply)
- A.
Cologne
- B.
Steel guitars
- C.
Shotguns
- D.
Power tools
- 16.When “Charlie’s Angels” reached No. 1 in the ratings, what did Farrah Fawcett credit?
- A.
The writing
- B.
The casting
- C.
The chemistry among the actresses
- D.
The fact that none of them wore bras
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