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  "Wanted: Dead or Alive"   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz on one of my favorite shows. Hope you do well!
Average, 10 Qns, tinamomnsox, Dec 30 14
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  Wanted: Dead or Alive   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
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A quiz about one of television's finest early westerns. Questions are derived from my complete episode DVD collection.
Difficult, 10 Qns, shanteyman, Jan 04 17
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Wanted: Dead or Alive Trivia Questions
1. Who portrays the lead character?

From Quiz "Wanted: Dead or Alive"

Answer: Steve McQueen

Terence Steven McQueen was born on March 24th, 1930. He passed away from a heart attack on November 7th, 1980.

2. Who starred in the lead role of "Wanted: Dead or Alive"?

From Quiz Wanted: Dead or Alive

Answer: Steve McQueen

The character he played was Josh Randall. Steve was born in Indiana on March 24, 1930.

3. What was the name of the lead character?

From Quiz "Wanted: Dead or Alive"

Answer: Josh Randall

Josh Randall is a bounty hunter. Most people do not like him because of what he is. He usually gives half or all of his money to needy people in the end.

4. What was Josh Randall's role in the show?

From Quiz Wanted: Dead or Alive

Answer: Bounty hunter

Producers originally debated having McQueen star in the western because he was not as tall as most television western actors at the time. He was given a guest role in another western, then it was decided that he could carry the role of Josh Randall.

5. Who played the sidekick in the last of season 2?

From Quiz "Wanted: Dead or Alive"

Answer: Wright King

Wright King was born in 1923. He also was in the TV shows "Rawhide" and "Gunsmoke".

6. Josh Randall makes frequent references to his horse. What was the horse's name in the show?

From Quiz Wanted: Dead or Alive

Answer: Ringo

Josh Randall traveled throughout the west and relied on his horse.

7. What was the name of his sidekick in the last half of season 2?

From Quiz "Wanted: Dead or Alive"

Answer: Jason Nichols

Jason wanted to be his helper so bad that he followed Josh wherever he went. Josh finally accepted Jason as a partner, but Jason mysteriously disappeared in the beginning of season 3.

8. What name was given to his weapon?

From Quiz Wanted: Dead or Alive

Answer: Mare's Leg

Josh carried a modified 44/40 lever-action carbine with the stock removed so he could handle the weapon like a pistol. With the wooden stock removed, the gun resembled a horse's leg. He wore it in a modified holster like a pistol.

9. What kind of gun did Josh use?

From Quiz "Wanted: Dead or Alive"

Answer: Cut-down rifle

The full name of the gun is "Winchester 1892 Model carbine". It called the "mare's leg".

10. In the third season, an assistant was provided for Josh. What was the name of this character?

From Quiz Wanted: Dead or Alive

Answer: Jason Nichols

The producers felt that the addition of another character kept the show from becoming repetitious.

11. How many seasons were produced?

From Quiz "Wanted: Dead or Alive"

Answer: 3 & three

It ran from 1958 to 1961. There were 94 episodes produced.

12. Which actor portrayed the assistant?

From Quiz Wanted: Dead or Alive

Answer: Wright King

Wright King is best known for a role as a collector in the 1951 movie "A Streetcar Named Desire." He went on to appear in some "Twilight Zone" episodes, after which he focused his acting on theatrical venues.

13. Who composed the opening and closing credit theme song?

From Quiz Wanted: Dead or Alive

Answer: William G. Loose

The powerful instrumental theme was composed in the style of most action western movies of the era.

14. What year did "Wanted: Dead or Alive" make its American primetime television debut?

From Quiz Wanted: Dead or Alive

Answer: 1958

The CBS show debuted on September 6, 1958. It was a spinoff of the western show "Trackdown". The first episode was called "The Martin Poster." The popular western ran for three seasons. ("Trackdown" was Robert Culp's first starring role in a television series. It ran through the 1957-1959 seasons.)

15. Josh Randall had a catch phrase that he said in almost every episode. What was this line?

From Quiz Wanted: Dead or Alive

Answer: "Let's go."

Whenever he got a new assignment or grabbed a new poster, he'd frequently mount his horse and say "Let's go." With his western drawl, it sounded more like "Let's gooo."

16. During the opening and closing credits of the show, a wanted poster was featured as the backdrop. The poster obviously read "Wanted: Dead or Alive." How much was the reward printed in large type on the poster?

From Quiz Wanted: Dead or Alive

Answer: $10,000

The $10,000 amount was prominently displayed on the poster while the credits rolled. In most episodes Josh earned every bit of the reward money.

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