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"A-Team" Guest Stars Trivia Quiz

I loved "The A-Team" and if you're here, you do too! I tried to phrase the questions in such a way so that a casual fan with a little TV knowledge has a chance. Not all the questions come directly from the show.

A multiple-choice quiz by VioletAngel. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
VioletAngel

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
182,992

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
10 / 20

Plays
2612

Last 3 plays: Guest 75 (15/20), Guest 74 (14/20), Guest 115 (10/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. Della Reese guest starred on "Lease with an Option to Die." What was her relationship to BA? Hint

Mother

Aunt

Grandmother

Sister

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Question 2 of 20

2. Carl Franklin had a recurring role as Colonel Decker's right hand man. He went on to direct such movies as "Devil in a Blue Dress" and "One True Thing." What was his character's name? Hint

Sergeant Walters

Colonel Rawlins

Captain Crane

Sergeant Deveraux

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Question 3 of 20

3. Face had two serious love interests over the course of the show. The same actress played both women, who was she? Hint

Judy Landers

Stefanie Cramer

Markie Post

Toni Hudson

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Question 4 of 20

4. Which of the following musicians was not a guest star on "The A-Team?" Hint

Huey Lewis

Boy George

Isaac Hayes

Rick James

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Question 5 of 20

5. Which of the following athletes did not guest star on "The A-Team?"

Hint

O.J. Simpson

Hulk Hogan

Joe Namath

William "Refrigerator" Perry

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Question 6 of 20

6. This former member of Elvis's Memphis Mafia guest starred in four episodes of "The A-Team." Hint

Bill Black

Scotty Moore

DJ Fontana

Red West

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Question 7 of 20

7. Dana Elcar of "MacGyver" fame guest starred on "Double Heat" and "Judgment Day." His character had the same problem both times. What was it? Hint

He was going blind.

His daughter was kidnapped.

Mobsters were taking over his business.

A gang was terrorizing his town.

8. Daphne Maxwell Reid played BA's love interest in "Skins." She also showed up as a nurse in "There's Always a Catch." James Avery was a prison guard in "The Heart of Rock n Roll." These two eventually went on to star together in which series? Hint

"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"

"Sister, Sister"

"Family Matters"

"The Cosby Show"

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Question 9 of 20

9. This man, who went on to co-star in "Quantum Leap," played a crooked cop in the episode "A Small and Deadly War." Hint

Scott Bakula

Dean Stockwell

Lance LeGault

Dennis Wolfberg

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Question 10 of 20

10. Yaphet Kotto, who played Eastside Charlie in the episode "The Out-of-Towners," went on to have a major role in what cop show? Hint

"NYPD Blue"

"Homicide: Life on the Street"

"Law and Order"

"New York Undercover"

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Question 11 of 20

11. Wendy Fulton guest starred in the episode "Bounty." Toni Hudson guest starred in the episode "Blood, Sweat and Cheers." These women are/were the real life wives of whom? Hint

Dwight Schultz and Dirk Benedict

Mr. T and Dirk Benedict

George Peppard and Dwight Schultz

Eddie Velez and Robert Vaughn

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Question 12 of 20

12. The appearance of this "guest star" in "Steel" was an inside joke to the series "Battlestar Galactica" that Dirk Benedict had starred in. What was this creature called? Hint

Cyborg

Cylon

Cyclops

Cyclotron

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Question 13 of 20

13. "Wayne's World" was the break out role for this beauty who guest starred as Fulbright's long lost Vietnamese daughter in "The Sound of Thunder." Hint

Tia Carrere

Ming-Na Wen

Lauren Tom

Rosalind Chao

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Question 14 of 20

14. This "A-Team" guest star is the great-great-granddaughter of writer Harriet Beecher Stowe. She played Murdock's love interest Jody Joy in the episode "Wheel of Fortune." Hint

Judy Landers

Lydia Cornell

Sheelagh McLeod

Jeannetta Arnette

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Question 15 of 20

15. This man, who played Chief Watashi in the episode "Mission of Peace," caused a minor scandal when it was revealed that he was not Native American, but Italian.

Hint

Will Sampson

Wes Studi

Graham Greene

Iron Eyes Cody

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Question 16 of 20

16. Sergio Calderon appeared in two two-hour episodes. In "Mexican Slayride" he was Malavida Valez. In "The Bend in the River" he was called "El Cajon." What is a "cajon?" Hint

a coffin

a sword

a water snake

a ghost

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Question 17 of 20

17. While we never saw his face, this man did the opening narration for the show ("In 1972 a crack commando unit...") and provided his voice as that of a radio newscaster in "The Rabbit that Ate Las Vegas." Hint

Rob Bowman

John Ashley

Jo Swerling Jr

Steve Beers

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Question 18 of 20

18. This former child star of "The Mickey Mouse Club" and "The Donna Reed Show" made a guest appearance on "The Grey Team." Hint

Billy Gray

Johnny Whitaker

Jackie Cooper

Paul Petersen

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Question 19 of 20

19. This man, a veteran actor who guest starred as Jonathan Fletcher on "Diamonds 'n Dust," murdered his wife and then killed himself in 1990.

Hint

Gig Young

Jon-Eric Hexum

Pete Duel

Albert Salmi

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Question 20 of 20

20. Ron Palillo, Horshack from "Welcome Back, Kotter," was cast as Murdock, but after the premiere episode producers changed their minds and replaced him with Dwight Schultz.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Della Reese guest starred on "Lease with an Option to Die." What was her relationship to BA?

Answer: Mother

She tells some nice stories about her little "Scooter."

2. Carl Franklin had a recurring role as Colonel Decker's right hand man. He went on to direct such movies as "Devil in a Blue Dress" and "One True Thing." What was his character's name?

Answer: Captain Crane

All are names of characters that Franklin has played at one time or another. He is a man of many talents.

3. Face had two serious love interests over the course of the show. The same actress played both women, who was she?

Answer: Markie Post

All these women have guest starred on the show. Toni Hudson is Dirk's ex-wife, but Markie Post played both a nun and a fashion model that stole Face's heart and then broke it.

4. Which of the following musicians was not a guest star on "The A-Team?"

Answer: Huey Lewis

Isaac Hayes and Rick James were in "The Heart of Rock n Roll." Boy George was on "Cowboy George" where he performed with The Culture Club.

5. Which of the following athletes did not guest star on "The A-Team?"

Answer: O.J. Simpson

The only guest appearance O.J. Simpson made on television in the 80s was when he appeared on "In The Heat of the Night" in 1989.

6. This former member of Elvis's Memphis Mafia guest starred in four episodes of "The A-Team."

Answer: Red West

It is interesting to note that Lance LeGault who played Colonel Decker was actually a body double for Elvis in several of his movies.

7. Dana Elcar of "MacGyver" fame guest starred on "Double Heat" and "Judgment Day." His character had the same problem both times. What was it?

Answer: His daughter was kidnapped.

While Dana Elcar's vision condition was written into "MacGyver," his daughter got kidnapped twice on this show.

Answer: "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"

Daphne was the second actress to play Vivian Banks.

9. This man, who went on to co-star in "Quantum Leap," played a crooked cop in the episode "A Small and Deadly War."

Answer: Dean Stockwell

Dean Stockwell is the brother of late actor Guy Stockwell. Dean started acting as a child.

10. Yaphet Kotto, who played Eastside Charlie in the episode "The Out-of-Towners," went on to have a major role in what cop show?

Answer: "Homicide: Life on the Street"

He played Al Giordello aka "Gee." Dennis Franz also guest starred in two episodes and he went on to "NYPD Blue."

11. Wendy Fulton guest starred in the episode "Bounty." Toni Hudson guest starred in the episode "Blood, Sweat and Cheers." These women are/were the real life wives of whom?

Answer: Dwight Schultz and Dirk Benedict

Dirk and Toni divorced in the 90s. They have two sons together.

12. The appearance of this "guest star" in "Steel" was an inside joke to the series "Battlestar Galactica" that Dirk Benedict had starred in. What was this creature called?

Answer: Cylon

Face points at him with a sort of, "haven't I seen you somewhere before?" gesture. The clip ran during the opening credits for several seasons.

13. "Wayne's World" was the break out role for this beauty who guest starred as Fulbright's long lost Vietnamese daughter in "The Sound of Thunder."

Answer: Tia Carrere

There was some speculation that she was coming back for the fifth season but producers took the show in another direction.

14. This "A-Team" guest star is the great-great-granddaughter of writer Harriet Beecher Stowe. She played Murdock's love interest Jody Joy in the episode "Wheel of Fortune."

Answer: Lydia Cornell

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin," the classic 19th century novel about slavery.

15. This man, who played Chief Watashi in the episode "Mission of Peace," caused a minor scandal when it was revealed that he was not Native American, but Italian.

Answer: Iron Eyes Cody

He was famous for being the Native American who sheds a tear after seeing the garbage-strewn landscape in the famous "Keep America Beautiful" ads that ran in the 70s and 80s.

16. Sergio Calderon appeared in two two-hour episodes. In "Mexican Slayride" he was Malavida Valez. In "The Bend in the River" he was called "El Cajon." What is a "cajon?"

Answer: a coffin

Hannibal thinks it's a stupid nickname so the guys tease him about his nickname. He replies, (and I paraphrase) "a coffin is just a box for dead bodies, Hannibal was a great leader."

Answer: John Ashley

He was one of the show's producers. He died of a heart attack in 1997.

18. This former child star of "The Mickey Mouse Club" and "The Donna Reed Show" made a guest appearance on "The Grey Team."

Answer: Paul Petersen

He founded "A Minor Consideration" a group that advocates for child actors.

19. This man, a veteran actor who guest starred as Jonathan Fletcher on "Diamonds 'n Dust," murdered his wife and then killed himself in 1990.

Answer: Albert Salmi

All of these men died by their own hand. Gig Young murdered his wife and then shot himself. However, Albert Salmi was the only one of these men that guest starred on "The A-Team." His wife's name was Roberta.

20. Ron Palillo, Horshack from "Welcome Back, Kotter," was cast as Murdock, but after the premiere episode producers changed their minds and replaced him with Dwight Schultz.

Answer: False

While Ron guest starred in the pilot, he played a reporter who gives Amy the low down on the team. Tim Dunigan played Face in the pilot but was replaced by Dirk Benedict in all subsequent episodes.

Source: Author VioletAngel

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