Hillbilly Views Trivia Quiz

Answer: Donna Douglas

The part of Elly May Clampett was played by actor Donna Douglas. "The Beverly Hillbillies" made the cover of "TV Guide" nine times (1962-1970) during its original nine year broadcast (1962-1971) in the USA, and Donna Douglas was the only member of "The Beverly Hillbillies" cast to be pictured on every "TV Guide" cover. Elly May appeared in all of the 274 episodes of "The Beverly Hillbillies." In 1971 Donna married her second husband, Robert M. Leeds, who was the director of "The Beverly Hillbillies." However, Donna Douglas and Robert Leeds divorced in 1980.

Answer: Buddy Ebsen

Buddy Ebsen played the role of Jed Clampett in "The Beverly Hillbillies." The theme song introduced the character of Jed Clampett as a poor mountaineer who had a fortunate hunting incident - Jed shot at game but instead hit oil and became a millionaire. Jed therefore moved his family to Beverly Hills, California because it had "swimmin' pools" and "movie stars."

Answer: Paul Henning

"The Beverly Hillbillies" was the brainchild of Paul Henning. Additionally, Paul Henning was responsible for "Petticoat Junction," "The Real McCoy's," and "Green Acres."

Answer: Black gold, Texas tea

The theme song to "The Beverly Hillbillies" referred to the oil Jed found in a hunting incident as "Black Gold, Texas Tea." "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" was written by producer and writer Paul Henning. It was performed by bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs and sung by Jerry Scoggins. "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" was played during the opening and end credits of each episode.

Answer: OK Oil Company

"The Beverly Hillbillies" TV series began the series with the OK Oil Company learning of oil in Jed Clampett's swamp land and paying him a fortune to acquire the rights to drill on his land. The character "Mr. Brewster" was the representative for OK Oil Company.

Answer: Moses

The name of Jed's mother-in-law, referred to as Granny, was Daisy May Moses. The shotgun toting mother-in-law was a true daughter of Dixie in "The Beverly Hillbillies" TV series. The term "Dixie" was derived from Jeremiah Dixon, a surveyor of the Mason-Dixon line.

Answer: Max Baer, Jr.

Max Baer, Jr. performed the role of the twin sister, Jethrine Bodine, in drag. Linda Kaye Henning provided the voiceover for the character Jethrine in "The Beverly Hillbillies" original TV series.

Answer: Bloodhound

In "The Beverly Hillbillies," Duke was an old bloodhound that Jed bought for four bits (50 cents) when it was a puppy. In some of the early episodes, Jethro tried to teach Duke to fetch sticks but to Jed it looked as if Duke was teaching Jethro how to do the trick. Later, Duke was the sire of puppies born to a French Poodle that was brought in to mate with the Drysdale's French Poodle, Claude.

Answer: Alfie

In "The Beverly Hillbillies" TV series, a chimp named Alfie was portrayed as "Cousin Bessie." The chimp outsmarted Jethro whenever Jethro attempted to make the chimp a beast of burden. The first chimp in the TV seris was named Skipper. The second chimp Elly May acquired was a female chimp she referred to as "Cousin Bessie" because it was Skipper's cousin.

Answer: Elmer

Ellie May's pet raccoon's name was Elmer. Frank Inn was the animal trainer for Elly May's critters in "The Beverly Hillbillies" television series. Frank Inn also trained animals for the television series "Petticoat Junction" and "Green Acres."

Answer: A prison

When the Clampett family first arrived at their new mansion in "The Beverly Hillbillies" TV series, they thought it was a prison because of the front gates. Jethro stated he had seen pictures of prisons that had gates in front. The Clampett family thought the gardeners were inmates who had killed the prison guards with tools and were trying to escape, so they held them at gunpoint until the police arrived. Of course, Mr. Drysdale had to explain the mix-up in order to get the Clampett family out of jail.

A 1938 French neoclassical-style mansion was used to film "The Beverly Hillbillies." It was actually located at 750 Bel Air Road in Los Angeles. The mansion was built by Lynn Atkinson and later it was sold to Arnold Kirkeby who agreed with the production crew of "The Beverly Hillbillies" to let them use his estate if the actual address was not publicized.

However, the address did leak out and the tourists became a problem. To date, the entrance way to the mansion has been relocated and the mansion can no longer be seen from the road.

Answer: Look up at the walls and ceiling

When the doorbell first rang in "The Beverly Hillbillies" TV series, the Clampett family looked up at the walls and ceiling to try and find out where the music was coming from. Later, they discovered that every time the music played someone would come to the front door (maybe they thought the passerby heard the music and wanted to come to the concert - or in their limited knowledge of musical gatherings, a hoedown or a shindig).

Answer: Pool stick

The fancy eating table in "The Beverly Hillbillies" was the billiard table (pool table) in the billiard room. They used the pool sticks and bridges to pass the food to each other. Jethro thought the pool table pockets were designed for people to have a place to put their food scraps (bones).

Answer: Beaver

Jed mentioned in one episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies" that Jethro was the only baby he knew born with a full set of teeth "just like a beaver". Max Baer, Jr. claimed he only auditioned for the role of Jethro for fun and that he never expected to get the part. Maybe he clinched the part largely because of his grin. Jethro appeared in 272 of 274 episodes.

He was not in the third or second-to-last episodes, but Max Baer, Jr. was still credited.

Answer: Sniff a stack of money

Milburn Drysdale, president of Commerce Bank, sniffed a stack of money and was quickly revived in "The Beverly Hillbillies" TV series each time he sufferred from anxiety attacks. He forced others, especially his secretary, to appease the Clampett's by granting their unorthodox requests so that they would leave Jed's money in his bank.

Although his wife Margaret had obvious disdain for the "peasant" hillbillies, she tacitly agreed to tolerate them rather than have Milburn lose their ever growing bank account.