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  Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze   popular trivia quiz  
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 10 Qns
A quiz based on the 1930/40s pulp magazine hero (republished in the 60s and 70s in paperback).
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  Doc Savage, by Kenneth Robeson   great trivia quiz  
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Just what do you know about the Man of Bronze, pulp hero of the 30's and 40's?
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  Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 2    
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This quiz is about Doc Savage's five crime fighting aides: Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny and Long Tom. There are three questions on each person.
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  Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 1    
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 10 Qns
This is my favourite fictional pulp hero so I will be doing up a few on this guy and his gang!
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  Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 3    
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The first five questions are on Doc Savage's cousin Patricia Savage. The rest deal with Doc Savage and the stories in one form or another.
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Not all of the 181 Doc Savage adventures were actually written by Lester Dent. How many were not?

From Quiz "Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 3"




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Kenneth Robeson Trivia Questions
1. In "The Brand of the Werewolf" who was Patricia Savage yelling at when we first meet her?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 3

Answer: Boat Face

Boat Face was the handyman for her father's estate. He was married to Tiny the cook.

2. What is Monk's full name?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 2

Answer: Andrew Blodgett Mayfair

I really enjoy the stories when he and Ham are together. They provide the comic relief when they start in on each other!

3. The Doc Savage pulp stories were written by Kenneth Robeson. What was the author's real name?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 1

Answer: Lester Dent

There were 181 Doc Savage pulps written in the 30s and 40s. These then began to be reprinted as paperbacks in the early 60's.

4. Where was Doc's headquarters located?

From Quiz Doc Savage, by Kenneth Robeson

Answer: Empire State Building

Though only referred to as 'the Skyscraper,' it was the Empire State Building. See "Doc Savage, his Apocalyptic Life" for more evidence than you could possibly care about towards this conclusion.

5. In what adventure do we find out Patricia Savage was no longer living in Canada?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 3

Answer: Death in Silver

Apparently, after her involvement in the story "Fear Cay" she decided not to return to Canada.

6. Habeas Corpus was Monk's pet. What type of animal was he?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 2

Answer: Pig

He was named Habeas Corpus to irritate Ham - a top notch lawyer!

7. Doc Savage had 5 aides in his crime fighting. They were Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny and one other. Who?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 1

Answer: Long Tom

They were the tops in their fields! Monk was a chemist, Ham a lawyer, Renny an engineer, Johnny a geologist/archeologist, and Long Tom an electrical wizard.

8. On what floor were Doc's headquarters?

From Quiz Doc Savage, by Kenneth Robeson

Answer: 86th

In real life, that's the observation deck.

9. What type of business does Patricia Savage set up in New York?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 3

Answer: Beauty Salon

She set up The Park Avenue Beautician with the money from her father's estate.

10. What was Monk's rank in the military?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 2

Answer: Lieutenant Colonel

Doc and his aides have been buddies since the First World War.

11. Doc Savage had a cousin who appeared in several stories. What was the name of this cousin?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 1

Answer: Patricia Savage

She also had bronze skin, etc, and was always trying to get involved in Doc's adventures! Doc and Pat first met in British Columbia, Canada!

12. What did Monk call the pneumatic tube from headquarters to the secret docks?

From Quiz Doc Savage, by Kenneth Robeson

Answer: The Flea Run

And what a ride it was!

13. In how many of the original 181 Doc Savage adventures does Patricia either appear or get mentioned?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 3

Answer: 37

In "The Mental Monster" Doc tries to get hold of her with no success and she does not show up. In "Weird Valley" she is only mentioned. In the rest she makes an appearance (even if towards the end).

14. What is Ham's full name?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 2

Answer: Theodore Marley Brooks

He was rarely without his black cane which was in fact a sword cane.

15. What was Doc Savage's full name?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 1

Answer: Clark Savage Jr

Doc's first story was finding his father's murderer somewhere in Central America.

16. What was title of the last adventure of Doc Savage's that Patricia Savage appeared in?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 3

Answer: I Died Yesterday

This was Doc Savage's 174th adventure and the only one to be narrated by Patricia herself.

17. Ham had a pet monkey named Chemistry who bore a strong resemblance to whom?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 2

Answer: Monk

Just like Monk and Ham, Habeas and Chemistry did not get along but it was all an act!

18. Where was Doc's Fortress of Solitude located?

From Quiz Doc Savage, by Kenneth Robeson

Answer: The arctic wastes

It was located in the wastes of the arctic.

19. Where does Doc Savage send most of the criminals that he captures alive?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 3

Answer: A private institution

They are sent somewhere upstate New York. In a few books it is mentioned that there are delicate brain operations performed on these criminals to remove their memories.

20. What was Ham's rank in the military?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 2

Answer: Brigadier General

Ham got his nickname for being the main suspect in the theft of hams from the commissary.

21. Who was the only villain to appear in more than one Doc Savage story?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 1

Answer: John Sunlight

He was close to being as smart and strong as Doc Savage, and also had some strange cohorts to aid in his evil plans!

22. What makes the Doc Savage's "The Sea Magician" different from the other 180 adventures?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 3

Answer: No one is killed.

I love the last lines of this story! "'Since this dang thing started,' Monk explained, 'there ain't been a dang soul killed. Boy are we getting efficient!'"

23. What is Renny's full name?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 2

Answer: John Renwick

He was the tallest of Doc's aides.

24. Kenneth Robeson was also the author of another crime fighting hero and his gang. What was his name?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 1

Answer: The Avenger

There were 24 original pulp stories and Ron Goulart wrote 12 more.

25. What was the name of Doc's cousin?

From Quiz Doc Savage, by Kenneth Robeson

Answer: Pat

She'd go on adventures with him sometimes, to the delight of the crew and the chagrin of Doc.

26. When Bantam started reprinting the Doc Savage adventures in the early '60s how much did the paperback cost in Canadian money?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 3

Answer: Forty Five cents

And believe it or not it was the same price in US currency! The last paperback I bought in January 2005 cost me 7.99 Cdn (6.99 US). Ah the good old days!

27. What does Renny like to do even more than getting into fights?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 2

Answer: Putting his fists through wooden doors

He had huge arms and enormous fists along with a booming voice. I believe he has never smiled in any of the novels I have read!

28. There was actually a movie made in 1975 - "Doc Savage, The Man of Bronze". Who played the title role?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 1

Answer: Ron Ely

Ron Ely also played Tarzan on TV in the mid to late 60s.

29. In what adventure does Doc's cousin first appear?

From Quiz Doc Savage, by Kenneth Robeson

Answer: Brand of the Werewolf

Doc helps her secure an inheritence.

30. Not all of the 181 Doc Savage adventures were actually written by Lester Dent. How many were not?

From Quiz Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - Part 3

Answer: Sixteen

9 were written by Norman Danberg, 4 by Alan Hathway and 3 by William Bogart. But all four authors used Kenneth Robeson as the pen name!

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