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  "McHale's Navy" Part One   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
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"McHale's Navy" was about a group of U.S. Sailors fighting the Japanese during WWII and their Commanding Officer, Captain Binhamton.
Average, 10 Qns, rickyd0361, Dec 30 14
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  "McHale's" Mania (The Actors)   popular trivia quiz  
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Prepare to test your knowledge on the classic TV sit-com, "McHale's Navy". This quiz will focus on the talented actors that made the show go.
Average, 10 Qns, h_munster, Dec 30 14
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  Babette, Go Home    
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When one of Virgil's many girlfriends stows away on the PT-73. She lands McHale and Crew in big trouble!
Average, 10 Qns, Wordsmith80, Sep 03 22
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  "McHale's" Mania (The Characters)    
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Prepare to test your knowledge on the classic TV sit-com, "McHale's Navy". We'll focus on the characters in this quiz.
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trivia question Quick Question
The Executive Officer of the PT-73 was Ensign Charles Parker. What was Mr. Parker's hometown?

From Quiz ""McHale's" Mania (The Characters)"





McHale's Navy Trivia Questions
1. Where did Babette hide when she stowed away on the PT-73?

From Quiz Babette, Go Home

Answer: in a crate on the deck

The crate was one of several the crew had picked up on the supply run they had gone out on while McHale was away at Comm-fleet.

2. Lt. Commander Quinton McHale was played by an Oscar winning actor with long list of TV and movie credits. That actor was whom?

From Quiz "McHale's" Mania (The Actors)

Answer: Ernest Borgnine

Borgnine won the Oscar for the lead role in "Marty" in 1956. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for the lead role in "McHale's Navy".

3. Quinton McHale was in charge of the PT-73. What was McHale's military rank?

From Quiz "McHale's" Mania (The Characters)

Answer: Lieutenant Commander

Skipper is not US Navy Officer Rank. The crew of the '73 would often refer to McHale as "Skip" or "Skipper". While sometimes referred to as Commander McHale, his true rank was Lt. Commander.

4. Where had the PT-73 secretly stopped when Babette stowed away?

From Quiz Babette, Go Home

Answer: New Caledonia

Though the show is fictional, New Caledonia is a real place in the South Pacific. The crew of the 73 had somehow managed to talk Ensign Parker into stopping off at New Caledonia without permission. So, they claimed, that Virgil could visit an "old sick friend". As Parker remarked later, that friend didn't look old or sick.

5. Name the actor from Youngstown, Ohio who played the nemesis of McHale and his band of cutthroats, Capt. Wallace B. Binghamton.

From Quiz "McHale's" Mania (The Actors)

Answer: Joe Flynn

Flynn went on to do a number of Disney films after "McHale's Navy", but may always be best remembered for his role as "Leadbottom".

6. McHale's Commanding Officer is Capt. Wallace B. Binghamton. What does the B. stand for?

From Quiz "McHale's" Mania (The Characters)

Answer: Burton

McHale and the crew took a less formal approach when talking about the Capt., "Leadbottom". Wally had a whole list of terms to describe McHale and his crew such as "cutthroats", "pirates", "bandits", "highwaymen", "yo-yos" and "brigands".

7. At the beginning of the fourth and final season of "McHale's Navy" the crew was transferred to the European theatre of conflict. What was the name of the small Italian village that McHale and his men called home?

From Quiz "McHale's Navy" Part One

Answer: Voltafiore

Some of the character actors during the first three seasons of "McHale's Navy" also found their way to Italy for the fourth and final season.

8. Binghamton's aide was Lt. Elroy Carpenter. Which actor played the part of Carpy?

From Quiz "McHale's" Mania (The Actors)

Answer: Bob Hastings

Hastings was one of several of the cast to have had roles in the series "Sgt Bilko".

9. The Executive Officer of the PT-73 was Ensign Charles Parker. What was Mr. Parker's hometown?

From Quiz "McHale's" Mania (The Characters)

Answer: Chagrin Falls, Ohio

For most of the series, Chagrin Falls, served as Parker's hometown, however, in season 1, episode 3, it was mentioned that Parker was from Schenectady, NY.

10. Ernest Borgnine starred as Lieutenant Commander McHale during the entire run of "McHale's Navy". What was Lieutenant Commander McHale's first name?

From Quiz "McHale's Navy" Part One

Answer: Quinton

Ernest Borgnine actually served in the U.S Navy during WWII fighting the Japanese in the Pacific.

11. When Captain Binghamton showed up unexpectedly, they had to hide Babette below deck fast. When Binghamton heard Babette give a squeaky giggle below deck, what did McHale tell him it was?

From Quiz Babette, Go Home

Answer: a big rat

Binghamton was repulsed by the idea of there being a rat on board and as he got off the boat he told his aide Elroy Carpenter to have the boat fumigated or, better yet, condemned.

12. The Executive Officer on the PT-73 was Ensign Charles Parker. Who played the bumbling Parker?

From Quiz "McHale's" Mania (The Actors)

Answer: Tim Conway

Conway went on to win numerous awards for his supporting roles and his writing.

13. Ensign Charles Parker, played by Tim Conway, was actually replacing another ensign on "McHale's Navy". Who was the unseen, but named, ensign that Ensign Parker replaced during the first episode?

From Quiz "McHale's Navy" Part One

Answer: Ensign Farthingay

Tim Conway later starred on the "Carole Burnett Show" for a number of years.

14. When McHale got his crew and Babette back over to their island, he gave his boys a big chewing out. What did he start out by calling them?

From Quiz Babette, Go Home

Answer: barnacle-brained chowder heads

Barnacle-brained chowder heads sounds like something out of "Spongebob Squarepants" doesn't it?

15. Torpedoman Lester Gruber's schemes were always landing McHale and his crew of pirates in hot water with the captain. Which accomplished magician played the part of Grube?

From Quiz "McHale's" Mania (The Actors)

Answer: Carl Ballantine

Ballantine's birthname was Meyer Kessler.

16. Binghamton's aide on the show was Elroy S. Carpenter. What was Carpy's rank?

From Quiz "McHale's" Mania (The Characters)

Answer: Lieutenant

As well as an aide to the Capt., Carpy was often given command of a PT boat.

17. One of the regular cast members of "McHale's Navy" was played by Gavin MacLeod. Gavin later went on to fame as Murray Slaughter on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show". What was his character's full name on "McHale's Navy"?

From Quiz "McHale's Navy" Part One

Answer: Joseph "Happy" Haines

Gavin also starred as Captain Merrill Stubing on "The Love Boat" from 1977 through 1986.

18. Just when they thought things couldn't be any worse, the 73 crew found out that Babette's father was whom?

From Quiz Babette, Go Home

Answer: Charles Armand Bergerac

Babette's father, Charles Armand Bergerac, was a wealthy plantation owner in New Caledonia. At the time, he was away at a meeting with the Admiralty over an island he owned that the Navy wanted to buy for a supply depot. Charles Beaumont Parker is of Course Ensign Parker of the PT- 73 crew. Gen. Charles De Gaulle, the only real person on this list, was the leader of the French and their resistance during World War II. Charles Xavier is, of course, professor X from the "X-Men".

19. Another key component in McHale's crew was Machinist Mate Harrison "Tinker" Bell. Which actor played the role?

From Quiz "McHale's" Mania (The Actors)

Answer: Billy Sands

Billy Sands landed the role of "Tinker", another "Sgt. Bilko" actor appearing on "McHale's Navy".

20. George "Christy" Christopher had what duty on the '73?

From Quiz "McHale's" Mania (The Characters)

Answer: Quartermaster

A quartermaster, in naval terms, specializes in navigation of the ship.

21. What was the nickname Lieutenant Commander McHale and his men had for Captain Binghamton?

From Quiz "McHale's Navy" Part One

Answer: Old Leadbottom

Captain Binghamton, played by Joe Flynn, was always trying to get rid of Lieutenant Commander McHale and his crew but was never successful.

22. How did Binghamton find out about Babette?

From Quiz Babette, Go Home

Answer: Babette sank his boat as he was coming over to McHale's Island

McHale and his men decided to fake serious engine trouble as a cover story for taking Babette back to New Caledonia before old lead-bottom, as they called Binghamton, found out and court martialed all of them. But McHale made the mistake of leaving Ensign Parker to keep an eye on Babette. She found a machine gun and, while trying to play air raid, shot up and sank the captain's boat.

23. Which "Love Boat" captain played the role of Joseph "Happy" Haines?

From Quiz "McHale's" Mania (The Actors)

Answer: Gavin MacLeod

MacLeod left the show after season 2. After "McHale's Navy", he bounced around TV shows until he landed a role with "Mary Tyler Moore" and later "The Love Boat".

24. Which crew member, who was also a hit with the ladies, was the Gunner's Mate for the '73?

From Quiz "McHale's" Mania (The Characters)

Answer: Virgil Edwards

Virgil showed off his skill with a 50 Cal. on numerous episodes.

25. Captain Binghamton had an aide for a majority of the episodes of "McHale's Navy". What was the name of Captain Binghamton's aide?

From Quiz "McHale's Navy" Part One

Answer: Lieutenant Elroy Carpenter

Lieutenant Carpenter, played by Bob Hastings, also appeared in a number of "Sergeant Bilko" episodes as Colonel Hall's aide and made appearances in other shows such as "Hogan's Heroes" and "All in the Family".

26. How did McHale's men scheme to get Babette away from Binghamton and save their own necks?

From Quiz Babette, Go Home

Answer: they disguised Parker as Babette's father

After Parker managed to fool Binghamton and get Babette out of Binghamton's office, the admiral showed up with the real Bergerac. Binghamton and Carpenter attacked the real Bergerac because they were convinced he was an imposter. This caused Bergerac to call off the deal for the island and Binghamton to turn into a scared, embarrassed, and whimpering whiner when he realized that McHale's men had tricked him. The admiral was furious and said he would deal with McHale, as well as telling Binghamton that attacking Bergerac was the last stupid mistake he would ever make under his command.

27. Who played Quartermaster George "Christy" Christopher?

From Quiz "McHale's" Mania (The Actors)

Answer: Gary Vinson

Yoshio Yoda played Japanese POW Fuji. The "ladies man", Virgil Edwards, was played by Edson Stroll. John Wright was Radioman Willy Moss from Tennessee, the distillation expert for the "Bootlegging" operations.

28. Lieutenant Commander McHale was the skipper of a U.S. Navy Torpedo Boat on "McHale's Navy". What was the number assigned to Commander McHale's boat?

From Quiz "McHale's Navy" Part One

Answer: PT73

Another famous PT boat from WWII was the PT109, which was commanded by future president John F. Kennedy.

29. When the admiral, Mr. Bergerac, and Binghamton confronted McHale and his crew, what happened?

From Quiz Babette, Go Home

Answer: Babette defied her father and took the PT-73 out for a joy ride

Babette defied her father and drove off in the Pt-73 with Parker trying to stop her. Babette ended up shooting a torpedo into the dock followed by the boat itself crashing into the dock. Babette's father gave her a spanking right then and there for all the trouble she caused. Then he apologized to the admiral for all the trouble and reinstated the deal for the island.

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