'M*A*S*H' - 'The Ringbanger' Trivia Quiz

Answer: Buzz Brighton

Colonel Buzz Brighton, played by Leslie Nielson of 'The Naked Gun' and 'Airplane' fame, is a swaggering, manly tough guy colonel who has been featured in 'Stars and Stripes' enough times to make Hot Lips drool. In fact, her gawking at the colonel elicits the following line from Hawkeye, "Careful major, somebody's liable to trip over your tongue!"

Answer: Buttocks

According to the colonel, this wasn't the first slug he had taken...scary!

Answer: The colonel taps his ring on the end of a chair

Hawkeye never exactly defines what a ringbanger is, but fortunately I have acquired the true definition. The term refers to an academy trained officer, as in West Point, where the colonel claims to have attended school. The term can also be applied to graduates of the Naval and Air Force academies as well.

Answer: Telling him that Henry is a 'boozer'

Not only do they describe Henry as a 'boozer' but also imply that Frank is a homosexual...probably taboo in today's television world.

Answer: High heel shoes

This is all part of the game to make Frank appear as if he is gay, and thus a potential threat to the macho colonel. After seeing the high heel shoes, Frank tries to 'feel' the colonel's leg, but Brighton has none of that. Radar then walks in with some women's underclothes and hands them to Frank...the last straw for the colonel!

Answer: Hot Lips

Frank, distraught over the fact that Margaret may be attracted to the colonel, runs right over to Margaret's tent in order to discover the truth. Margaret becomes angry at Frank, still dripping from his shower, after he sniffs her wonderfully smelling perfume...and shouts this line. My other favorite quote comes while Hawkeye and Frank are in the shower. Frank angrily soaps his face while chastising Hawkeye, who says, "Easy Frank...you're getting yourself into a lather!" Clever stuff!

Answer: A glass of milk

The first time he sees his milk, Brighton is confused, but the second time he sees the milk he is delighted. He uses the milk as an excuse to avoid the advances of Hot Lips, who he believes is seeing Henry Blake. Confusing, isn't it?

Answer: Henry

Hawkeye gets Henry drunk so that he will fit his 'boozer' persona. Henry 'confronts' the colonel wielding his gun. Margaret angrily accuses Henry of being drunk. Henry's response, 'Oh that's a dirty lie, and I intend to press charges...the minute I'm sober!'

Answer: He is sent back to the States to 'cool down'

Hawkeye and Trapper are able to get the colonel off the front lines, and they didn't even have to remove his appendix!

Answer: Hawkeye appears under the sheet on the operating table

Of course all of those other things happened in different episodes, sometimes they got pretty desperate for laughs on M*A*S*H in those final sequences!