"Lethal Weapon" - The Pilot Trivia Quiz

Answer: Martin Riggs

His wife called him while he was driving a pickup with police lights added on. He was being shot at, but his wife told him she was about to give birth. He stopped the pursuit and instead used a sniper rifle to take out the criminals. At the same moment his wife and unborn child were killed in a car accident.

Answer: False

The series, while using the same name, is a complete retelling of the story. It picks up before Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh were paired together. Damon Wayans played Murtaugh in the show while Clayne Crawford took on the role of Riggs. The roles were originally played by Danny Glover and Mel Gibson in the film franchise.

Answer: Roger Murtaugh

Riggs transferred to the LAPD from Texas after his family died. Murtaugh was already in Los Angeles, but recovering from a heart attack. They ended up being partnered the day Riggs transferred in.

Answer: Bank Robbery

They hadn't met yet when they paired up on the scene of the bank robbery. Murtaugh had just been told he was going to be partnered up with Riggs when the call came in. They met at the bank. Riggs, not in a uniform, walked into the bank with three pizzas and used that as a way to get into the bank with the robbers.

Answer: A street race

It was a street race with Formula 1 cars. They were using an undercover police car, chasing a criminal in a sports car when they crashed into the course. The rest of the chase has the race cars zooming around them.

Answer: Lawyer

The police lieutenant made a joke to Roger about his wife making a ton of money keeping criminals out of jail. In the film franchise she was a stay-at-home mother who later turned into a romance novelist. She was played by Keesha Sharp in the series.

Answer: Hit by a bus

Following a car chase, Murtaugh yelled at the man to stop and put his hands up. The man started to comply, when he was hit by a bus. Capt. Brooks Avery was upset that the duo was down near the docks to begin with, and even more upset that he might have to file manslaughter charges against a bus driver.

Answer: He stole heroin from drug dealers.

It was staged as a suicide, but Riggs refused to believe it. He thought the man deserved an investigation because he had served the country. Because of the investigation they discovered a drug smuggling ring.

Answer: The Andy Griffith Show

While walking across the parking lot, carrying a machine gun, he whistled the entire theme. He was there to rescue the son of the the murdered Oscar Alvarez. The drug dealers has kidnapped him in order to make the mother return the drugs stolen by her husband.

Answer: Left shoulder

Riggs and Murtaugh were leaving the port authority warehouse and talking about how they needed to put out an arrest warrant on Daryl Hennicky when Riggs was shot in the shoulder. Murtaugh later in the scene shot Riggs in the left foot as well.