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Quiz about How Much Do You Know About MacGyver

How Much Do You Know About "MacGyver?" Quiz

This is a quiz to test your knowledge of the "MacGyver" series. Are you a casual watcher or an expert? Find out now!

A multiple-choice quiz by AgnesMcCliver. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
AgnesMcCliver

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
329,366

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
641

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 50 (10/10), Guest 86 (5/10), Guest 185 (9/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is MacGyver seen doing in the very beginning of the pilot episode? Hint

climbing a cliff face

rafting down a river

hopping a fence and escaping from enemy agents

driving his jeep down the highway

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the pilot episode, MacGyver does something that you never see him do again throughout the whole series. What does he do? Hint

pushes an enemy off a cliff

drinks some alcohol from a hip flask

fires a rifle at some enemies

wears a leather jacket

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Question 3 of 10

3. MacGyver has a good friend named Jack Dalton. What involuntary action tips MacGyver off that Jack is lying to him about something? Hint

Jack touches his ear

Jack's eye twitches

Jack touches his nose

Jack's voice changes pitch

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name of the dog that is featured in more than one episode and is taken in by bounty hunter Frank Colton as a pet? Hint

Doc

Frank

Dog

Frog

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of the following locations did MacGyver not live in at any time in the series? Hint

an observatory

at the Phoenix Foundation

above a hardware store

a houseboat

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Question 6 of 10

6. In one episode MacGyver makes an arc welder out of jumper cables, a generator and what? Hint

earrings

coins

bottle caps

steel washers

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is MacGyver's favorite movie genre? Hint

war

westerns

crime

comedy

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Question 8 of 10

8. In the episode "Ghost Ship" MacGyver runs into someone or something that appears to be which of the following? Hint

a bigfoot

a sea monster

a ghost

a vampire

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of the following unfortunate things does not happen to MacGyver throughout the series? Hint

breaks his arm

sprayed with pesticide

bitten by poisonous snake

blinded by an explosion

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Question 10 of 10

10. MacGyver would sometimes don a disguise to trick the bad guys. What was the name of his nerdy alter ego? Hint

Sheldon Arrington

Eugene Herman

Dexter Fillmore

Melvin Prescott

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Dec 17 2024 : Guest 50: 10/10
Dec 03 2024 : Guest 86: 5/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is MacGyver seen doing in the very beginning of the pilot episode?

Answer: climbing a cliff face

MacGyver is seen climbing a cliff face in the very beginning of the pilot episode in an effort to defuse a rocket at the top and free a captured jet pilot.

2. In the pilot episode, MacGyver does something that you never see him do again throughout the whole series. What does he do?

Answer: fires a rifle at some enemies

MacGyver is seen doing something very out of character in the pilot episode. He is seen firing a rifle at some enemy soldiers. Later in the show it is established that he dislikes guns because of an accident involving a gun that occurred when he was young.

3. MacGyver has a good friend named Jack Dalton. What involuntary action tips MacGyver off that Jack is lying to him about something?

Answer: Jack's eye twitches

MacGyver is quick to call Jack out on a lie when he sees his eye twitching.

4. What is the name of the dog that is featured in more than one episode and is taken in by bounty hunter Frank Colton as a pet?

Answer: Frog

The dog's name is Frog. Frog is introduced in the season 5 episode "The Black Corsage". Frog was featured in two more episodes after that.

5. Which of the following locations did MacGyver not live in at any time in the series?

Answer: at the Phoenix Foundation

MacGyver never lived at the Phoenix Foundation building.
Throughout the series MacGyver lives in five different locations.

6. In one episode MacGyver makes an arc welder out of jumper cables, a generator and what?

Answer: coins

In the episode "Trumbo's World" MacGyver fixes a broken piston by welding it back together. He makes an arc welder out of jumper cables, a generator and two fifty-cent coins.

7. What is MacGyver's favorite movie genre?

Answer: westerns

MacGyver is seen a number of times watching old westerns and in one episode gets upset when Jack tapes over one of the movies in his western collection.

8. In the episode "Ghost Ship" MacGyver runs into someone or something that appears to be which of the following?

Answer: a bigfoot

In this season 3 episode MacGyver encounters what is thought to be a sasquatch/bigfoot. It turns out to be a man in a costume.

9. Which of the following unfortunate things does not happen to MacGyver throughout the series?

Answer: bitten by poisonous snake

MacGyver is sprayed with pesticide in the episode "Bitter Harvest". He is blinded by an explosion in the episode "The Negotiator". MacGyver breaks his arm in the final episode of the series "The Stringer".

10. MacGyver would sometimes don a disguise to trick the bad guys. What was the name of his nerdy alter ego?

Answer: Dexter Fillmore

MacGyver would sometimes pretend to be Dexter Fillmore. As awkward Dexter he posed as a computer hacker more than once. He also posed as a baseball memorabilia collector in one episode.

Source: Author AgnesMcCliver

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