Wings Trivia

1. What was Joe's middle name?

From Quiz Citizens of Nantucket: Joe Hackett

Answer: Montgomery

Montgomery. So formal. It helps to illustrate what a serious guy he was!

From Quiz Citizens of Nantucket: Helen Chappel

Answer: Texas

Helen moved to Nantucket when she was 10 years old and became the Hackett brothers' best friend.

From Quiz Citizens of Nantucket: Brian Hackett

Answer: Princeton

He made it into Princeton, and dropped out! Joe always criticized Brian for throwing away great opportunities in life including Princeton and NASA.

From Quiz Citizens of Nantucket: Casey Davenport

Answer: Amy Yasbeck

Rebecca Schull played Fay. Farrah Forke was Alex. Crystal Bernard was Helen.

From Quiz Citizens of Nantucket: Alex Lambert

Answer: Farrah Forke

Crystal Bernard played Helen. Amy Yasbeck played her sister Casey. Rebecca Schull played Fay. After leaving "Wings," Farrah Forke played a teacher on the NBC series, "Mr. Rhodes," and lent her voice to many cartoon characters.

From Quiz Citizens of Nantucket: Roy Biggins

Answer: Aeromass

Sandpiper is Joe and Brian's airline.

From Quiz Citizens of Nantucket: Fay Cochran

Answer: They were all named George.

Fay had many funny stories about her husbands named George. In fact, she almost got engaged to another man, but chickened out when she found out his real name was George.

From Quiz Citizens of Nantucket: Antonio Scarpacci

Answer: waiter

Antonio is Joe and Helen's waiter on their Valentine's Day date. When one of the other waiters says in Italian how much he'd like to get physical with Helen, Antonio smacks him. When Helen says, "What did he say?" Antonio responds, "He says you're nice."

From Quiz Citizens of Nantucket: Lowell Mather

Answer: Thomas Haden Church

David Schramm played Roy Biggins. Tony Shalhoub was Antonio Scarpacci. Steven Weber was Brian Hackett.

From Quiz "Wings" Season 6

Answer: Amy Yasbeck

Casey Chapel Davenport was used to her rich life in San Francisco, until her husband left her standing alone on shore as he sailed off into the sunset. When she arrived in Nantucket she had no money, no job, and virtually no life. DeDee Pfeiffer played Joan in the episode from this season entitled "The Spark and How to Get It". Gretchen German portrayed Joe's love interest in season 3 as Gail. Amy Van Nostrand played Gwen Tucker in the episode "Have I Got a Couple for You", she is also married to Tim Daly in real life.

From Quiz Episode 172: "Final Approach" Part 2

Answer: he won it at a racetrack

Helen's final tally of the money comes to $250,000. When asked where their father got the money, Joe and Brian remember visiting him in the sanitarium. Joe remembers that their father said he had won a quarter of a million dollars at the track.

From Quiz Episode 171: "Final Approach" Part 1

Answer: lease for the lunch counter

Joe has just come from a meeting with airport administration, who awarded him a NFTY (Nevers Field Tenant of the Year) award. He also brings a lease renewal for Helen to sign. Helen can't believe the three-year lease she signed is up on Monday. She doesn't know if she wants to sign, and tells Joe she might be somewhere else doing something else in three years. When Joe asks "Like what?", Helen signs the lease.

From Quiz Episode 119: "Nuptials Off"

Answer: his godchild

Antonio shows Helen a photograph of his cousin Vincenzo's new baby. The photograph has practically the same effect on everyone who sees it, Helen screams, Joe exclaims, and the priest crosses himself after being startled. Antonio acknowledges that the baby is not handsome, but is bound by God to love it since he is the godfather. He's taking his responsibility seriously, which accounts for his re-devotion to the Catholic religion.

From Quiz "Wings" Quiz for True Fans 3

Answer: Nancy and Fancy

The tradition in the Mather family was for the godfather to name the child. Lowell was the godfather but was thrown for loop when his sister had twins. At Joe's suggestion, he named them Nancy and Fancy.

From Quiz "Wings" Quiz for True Fans 2

Answer: $11,000

Joe, Brian, Faye, and Lowell went to Atlantic City for the weekend. Roy asked him how much he lost and Lowell told him he only lost what he could afford to lose, which was $11,000.

From Quiz "Wings" For True Fans!

Answer: $10,000

He donated the money for a local charity. Brian messed up on the ticket voucher and put that they would fly the recipient "anywhere" they wanted to go instead of "anywhere" that Sandpiper Air flew. Antonio, Lowell, Joe, Brian, and Carlton went on a two day adventure so that Carlton could get his father's watch back from his brother.

From Quiz "Wings" Wackiness - Part Two

Answer: ER

Laura Innes appeared on "Wings" as Lowell's wacky wife. She also starred on "ER" as Dr. Kerry Weaver.

From Quiz "Wings" Wackiness

Answer: cello

Helen played the cello for many years but was never able to achieve success as a professional performer.

From Quiz How About a "Wings" Quiz

Answer: NBC

"Wings" was a comedy about two brothers who are reunited and live life running their own airline company in Nantucket. The show centered around the happenenings that took place in a small town airport. The series featured Tim Daly, Steven Weber, Crystal Bernard, Rebecca Schull, Thomas Haden Church, David Schramm, and Tony Shalhoub.

From Quiz "Wings": "The Tennis Bum"

Answer: Graf Zeppelin

A LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin was 776 ft by 100 ft with a maximum speed of 80 mph. It contained five 550hp Maybach engines and had a gas volume of 3,700,000 cubic feet. A real one, not Lowell's of course.

From Quiz Sandpiper Air Quiz - "Wings"

Answer: Princeton

He played tennis there, too!

From Quiz For 'Wings' Fans

Answer: cello

She had dreams of becoming a a cellist in an orchestra.

From Quiz 'Wings' Fever

Answer: tornado

He had cows, trees and other farm things hanging from him with strings that moved when he spun around like a tornado.

From Quiz 'Wings' Trivia

Answer: Nantucket

Mentioned several times in Nantucket at Tom Nevers Field.

From Quiz Citizens of Nantucket: Joe Hackett

Answer: Jeep

It was the site of Joe and Helen's first kiss.

From Quiz Citizens of Nantucket: Helen Chappel

Answer: cello

Helen's music career is a recurring theme in her life. She dreamed of being a rock cellist and a classical cellist. She played for a few episodes with the Nantucket String Quartet and had one stint with the Boston Philharmonic. At the end of the series, she got a chance to study the cello in Vienna.

From Quiz Citizens of Nantucket: Brian Hackett

Answer: Carol

Carol was engaged to Joe, but ran away with Brian. They were married for 6 years until she ran away with someone else. For the 6 years before the series premiere, Brian and Joe didn't speak. After Carol left Brian, he returned to Nantucket and got a job working for Joe at Sandpiper Air.

From Quiz Citizens of Nantucket: Casey Davenport

Answer: Stewart

Stewart was a rich man who gave Casey a sense of being better than the folks on Nantucket.

From Quiz Citizens of Nantucket: Alex Lambert

Answer: Helicopter pilot in Desert Storm

She flew choppers in Desert Storm, and started an independent helicopter business on Nantucket.

From Quiz Citizens of Nantucket: Roy Biggins

Answer: February 29th

He only celebrates every four years.

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