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  Sledge Hammer!   best quiz  
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This show was one of the most off-kilter comedies to hit the small screen in the 1980s. See how much you know about it. Hope you enjoy. Thanks.
Average, 10 Qns, neon000, May 29 11
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  "Sledge Hammer!"   great trivia quiz  
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A send-up of the Dirty Harry movies, "Sledge Hammer!" was law-and-order parody at its finest. This quiz covers the first season of this short-lived but hilarious series.
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Sledge Hammer Trivia Questions
1. The show's title character was a police inspector. In what city did he live?

From Quiz Sledge Hammer!

Answer: San Francisco

The show ran for two seasons, 1986-1988, on ABC Television in the United States. Despite its short run, the comedy picked up a loyal group of fans, and the two seasons were released on DVD in 2004 and 2005.

2. "Under the Gun", the pilot for "Sledge Hammer!" establishes which city as the show's setting?

From Quiz "Sledge Hammer!"

Answer: San Francisco

The opening graphics of the pilot show a number of San Francisco landmarks, although the city is not referred to by name. In later episodes, San Francisco Police Department cars can be seen parking in front of the station house.

3. Who played the lead role as Inspector Hammer?

From Quiz Sledge Hammer!

Answer: David Rasche

David Rasche was born in 1944 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was a co-founder of Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago.

4. How did Hammer get along with the head of the department, Captain Trunk?

From Quiz Sledge Hammer!

Answer: Trunk could not stand Hammer

Hammer was constantly breaking department rules and getting the Captain in big trouble. On a regular basis, Trunk would blow his top and threaten to have Hammer fired.

5. In the episode "All Shook Up", Sledge and Dori put the cuffs on an Elvis impersonator who kills his rivals with what item?

From Quiz "Sledge Hammer!"

Answer: A golden microphone

The impersonator bemoans the fact that the judges seem to hold his Asian heritage against him during the various Elvis impersonator competitions in town.

6. What was in the bumper sticker on Hammer's car?

From Quiz Sledge Hammer!

Answer: I (Heart) Violence

Hammer drove a green Dodge Regis. The car was decrepit and riddled with bullet holes.

7. Who was Hammer's partner on the force?

From Quiz Sledge Hammer!

Answer: Sergeant Dori Doreau

Doreau and Hammer battled constantly, but still worked as a team. Detective Christine Cagney was one of the two main characters of the CBS show "Cagney and Lacey." Officers Furillo and Russo were part of the cast of NBC's "Hill Street Blues."

8. What type of gun did Hammer carry?

From Quiz Sledge Hammer!

Answer: .44 Magnum

Hammer's devotion to the gun was legendary. It figured in the opening scene of the show, as the theme music played.

9. In the episode "To Live and Die on TV", Hammer and Doreau put the clamps on a crooked game show host. Which real-life game show host guest starred as the villain, Bob Kenny?

From Quiz "Sledge Hammer!"

Answer: Peter Marshall

The big-money game show that Marshall's character hosts has a top prize of $1 million. Problem is, that same character also is in some heavy duty debt and can't pay out the top prize. So when someone gets close to it, he has to do away with them.

10. In a first-season episode, what group did Hammer have to infiltrate?

From Quiz Sledge Hammer!

Answer: Elvis impersonators

Rasche was a big fan of Elvis, and got to do plenty of singing in "All Shook Up." The episode first aired in the U.S. on November 6, 1986.

11. In the episode "Desperately Seeking Dori", Doreau takes a bump on the head while pursuing some criminals. What does that little knock do to Dori's personality?

From Quiz "Sledge Hammer!"

Answer: She acts like Sledge Hammer

One of the funniest episodes of the first season, "Desperately Seeking Dori" features a turnabout in character personalities. Dori transforms into a hard-nosed scumbag-busting machine, while Sledge has to put the brakes on her to keep her under control.

12. With what unique apparatus did Hammer equip his gun?

From Quiz Sledge Hammer!

Answer: A 'loudener,' the opposite of a silencer

This device does not actually exist. It was a parody intended to point up Hammer's inappropriate love of force.

13. What slogan did Hammer frequently shout?

From Quiz Sledge Hammer!

Answer: Trust me, I know what I'm doing.

He said it in the opening segment of the show, and regularly thereafter. Of course, it's very rarely true. "Works for me!" was the motto of the title character on the NBC show "Hunter," and I made up the other two phrases.

14. What habit does Hammer reject as, surprisingly for him, too dangerous?

From Quiz Sledge Hammer!

Answer: Smoking

Hammer's character was a parody of "tough cops" in movies, novels and television. Dirty Harry, played by Clint Eastwood on film, was the inspiration for many traits and jokes of Inspector Hammer.

15. "The Spa Who Loved Me", the last episode from the first season, included one of the most memorable end moments of TV history. What kind of device does Sledge Hammer unsuccessfully try to defuse?

From Quiz "Sledge Hammer!"

Answer: A nuclear warhead

The production company that worked on "Sledge Hammer!" had no idea if the show would be back for another season. ABC hadn't made that decision by the time the last episode aired. When the show was renewed, the decision was made to wind time back five years, to show Sledge and Dori working some earlier cases. Thanks to "Sledge Hammer! Season One" (from Anchor Bay Entertainment), sledgehammeronline.com, and the Internet Movie Database for all the information for this quiz.

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