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1. In the first scene, an announcement comes over the PA system that it's time for the 4077th members to collect their pay and that they please proceed to the mess tent in a calm and orderly fashion.Of course, they don't proceed in a calm and orderly fashion and they "stampede" to the mess tent. They stand at one of the mess tent doors while paymaster Hawkeye and Radar come through another. After Radar finally stops reading the rules the paymaster must follow, Hawkeye tells Radar to "bring in the first contestant." What is his rank and name?
2. After the first person is paid, he salutes Hawkeye. Does Hawkeye return the salute with a salute of his own?
3. After Hawkeye finally finishes paying the enlisted personnel and Radar pays the officers, Hawkeye makes himself a hot dog. After he smells it,he puts it down. He then informs Radar there's some leftover money. How much is leftover?
4. Hawkeye told Radar that not only would he like to thank the army for dragging him out of his bed back home, he would also like to thank them for disrupting his civilian practice and making him lose a large amount of money in the process. How much money does Hawkeye say the army owes him?
5. Let's go over to the Officer's Club, where Hawkeye and one of the nurses are trying to have some romantic time. They're having a drink when Radar enters with the funds Hawkeye said the army owed him plus the leftover money. He hands Hawkeye the money-laden pouch. Hawkeye then tells the bartender, Mr. Kwang, that he'd like to buy everyone at the 4077th a drink.
6. Payday at the 4077th seems to be an ideal time for the local merchants and peddlers to sell their wares. In this episode, the peddler is one Mr. Quoc. Which "M*A*S*H" guest star plays him?
7. Mr. Quoc's first stop is the Swamp. Frank is the only one there. Mr. Quoc and Frank haggle over a beautiful set of pearls until they agree on a price. Mr. Quoc also sells Frank an imitation set for a very low price. Next stop: Margaret's tent. She asks Mr. Quoc if he has something pretty. He shows her another set of the pretty pearls. He keeps lowering the price but she still can't afford them. He tells her that he'll get her an imitation set that "The oysters were glad to get rid of." He informs her that he sold the last set to a Major a couple of tents down and that this Major had what they call in Korea "A real fertilizer face." Of course Margaret knew it was Frank from this description! Anyway, Frank gives the fakes to Margaret and asks her if there's any way to tell fake pearls from real ones. She says there is. What was the way you could tell?
8. Hawkeye gave the money to Father Mulcahy.
9. Finish this quote by Hawkeye: "Don't say it. It makes me go - all over."
10. Eldon Quick, a frequent "M*A*S*H" guest star, played what character in this episode?
11. Mr. Quoc also paid a visit to the poker game. What did he try to sell there?
12. Trapper wasn't doing too well at the poker game either. He went back to the Swamp to try and convince Hawkeye to lend him money. He didn't help his case by interrupting Hawkeye's date. Hawkeye refused to lend him money, saying Trapper had all the luck of a Titanic survivor. Trapper told Hawkeye that he was probably right and that he was going to go back to the game and fold his hand. But instead, he took something of value of Hawkeye's. What was it?
13. When Hawkeye and his date are in the Swamp, they keep getting interrupted by various people. The visiting captain is the last of these people, and the nurse that is Hawkeye's date gets fed up and leaves. After Hawkeye and the visiting captain introduce themselves to each other, the visiting captain asks Hawkeye how long he thought he could get away with bilking the army, as if anyone thought they could. What was Hawkeye's response?
14. Hawkeye pays back the money the army "gave" him. How?
15. Henry said that he wished someone would tell him what's going on. Radar explained right away.
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