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2 Don Pendleton quizzes and 20 Don Pendleton trivia questions.
1.
  The Executioner Novels    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz to test your knowledge of the early Executioner novels by Don Pendleton, this mainly deals with the first forty books, with some tidbits from the second forty.
Average, 10 Qns, bolan, Oct 22 16
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bolan
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  The Executioner    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Some questions on Don Pendleton's "Executioner" books.
Tough, 10 Qns, awkins, Jan 27 04
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Don Pendleton Trivia Questions
1. Who is 'The Executioner'?

From Quiz The Executioner

Answer: Mack Bolan

Also known as Sgt Mercy. Mark Bolan was lead singer with T. Rex. David McCarter is now the leader of Phoenix Force. Jack Grimaldi is Stony Man's ace pilot.

2. In the first 35 books or so his war was targeted against only one Enemy. What was it?

From Quiz The Executioner Novels

Answer: The Mafia

The series started as a simple war against the Mafia. It continued as such until 1980, when creator Don Pendleton decided to expand Bolan's war to Terrorism and whatever needed to be addressed.

3. What was his rank in the army when he went AWOL?

From Quiz The Executioner

Answer: Sgt

Master Sergeant Mack Bolan

4. What rank was he given when he was first sanctioned by the government?

From Quiz The Executioner

Answer: Colonel

Colonel John Phoenix

5. Mack Bolan fell truly in love only a very few times. The first time was a short one, but it was enough for him to entrust his only living relative, his little brother, to her. What was her name?

From Quiz The Executioner Novels

Answer: Valentina Quarrente

Val Quarrente was Bolan's love and the caretaker of his little brother. She first met him when he was running from the police in the first book, hiding him for a few hours and cleaning his wounds. They spent a night together and a bond formed between them. She was as pure as he was dirty, yet she loved him anyway. Val eventually marries an FBI agent who adopts Bolan's brother. All this with Bolan's blessing, of course.

6. What was the name of his sister?

From Quiz The Executioner

Answer: Cindy

When their father found out she was selling herself, he killed his family

7. What are the two teams the Executioner works alongside?

From Quiz The Executioner

Answer: Able Team and Phoenix Force

They also have their own series of books

8. Rosario Blancanales and Herman Schwartz are better known as?

From Quiz The Executioner

Answer: Pol and Gadgets

Rosario 'Politician' Blancanales and Herman 'Gadgets' Schwartz, the other remaining members of the original Able Team

9. Who is the 'Head Fed', responsible for bringing The Executioner into the Stonyman organization?

From Quiz The Executioner

Answer: Hal Brognola

Once one of Bolan's fiercest enemies

10. The mob in the books has a very strict way of dealing with enemies, it's usually done by doctors skilled in torture and in keeping a human body intact and screaming for days or even weeks. What is this process called?

From Quiz The Executioner Novels

Answer: Turkey Making

Turkey making was one of the most heinous things that was done by some of the mob bosses to people who cross them. It was also one of the things Bolan himself knew he faced if he was ever caught. Bolan had his own way of dealing with the turkeymakers. He didn't let them live long enough to do it to anyone else.

11. He worked for the Mafia, met 'The Executioner' twice, lived to talk about it, and now is one of his greatest friends. Who?

From Quiz The Executioner

Answer: Jack Grimaldi

Flyboy extraordinaire

12. Mack Bolan's war against the Mafia ended after 38 books, the last six of which were a six day romp across the USA, courtesy of Hal Brognola and this lovely female special agent who grew to love Mack Bolan. What was her name?

From Quiz The Executioner Novels

Answer: April Rose

April Rose, a young fed with a personality as firey as her hair, was Bolan's companion and ran his Stony Man farm after he came back to government service. She was killed in Book 62, Day of Mourning, in an assault planned by a KGB traitor in the White House.

13. To what does 'Big Thunder' refer?

From Quiz The Executioner

Answer: His .44 Automag

Used when stealth is not necessary or no longer possible

14. For the final question... According to the books, which war saw the beginning of Mack Bolan's military service?

From Quiz The Executioner Novels

Answer: Vietnam

According to the legend in the books Mack Bolan first saw action in Vietnam, though it doesn't gel with the average age given to him. His age has been fudged more than once, considering he's still fighting like he's in his 30's, despite the fact that he should be approaching seventy.

15. Who was the 'Fed' the Executioner almost killed for putting his sister to work?

From Quiz The Executioner

Answer: Leo Turrin

Leo Turrin was an undercover fed, working as an under-boss in La Cosa Nostra

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