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Maverick Trivia Quiz

My favourite television Western was "Maverick", which aired over 5 seasons from 1957-1962. If you are a fan, you should enjoy this quiz.

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

Author
Desimac

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
373,856

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
195

Last 3 plays: Guest 75 (1/10), Guest 125 (6/10), Guest 71 (0/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who played Bret Maverick? Hint

Clint Eastwood

Roger Smith

James Garner

Clint Walker

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which busy actor of the 1950's played Bart Maverick? Hint

Cliff Robertson

Jack Kelly

Jack Palance

Cliff Edwards

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Question 3 of 10

3. In season four, a third relative arrived on the scene a cousin from England. Who played this cousin? Hint

Sean Connery

David Niven

Michael Caine

Roger Moore

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Question 4 of 10

4. The series had a regular group of scoundrels who made the Maverick's life a trial whenever they crossed their paths. One such was Dandy Jim Buckley. Who played this rogue? Hint

Edd Byrnes

Efrem Zimbalist Jr

Reginald Gardiner

Richard Long

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which actor played Gentleman Jack Darby? Hint

Will Hutchins

Roger Smith

Richard Long

Andrew Duggan

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Question 6 of 10

6. Two actors appeared as Doc Holiday during the run of the show. Who were they? Hint

Rex Reason and Rhodes Reason

Doug McClure and John Russell

Edd Byrnes and Mike Connors

Gerald Mohr and Peter Breck

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Question 7 of 10

7. The actor who played Big Mike McComb also wrote some episodes of the show. Who is this actor? Hint

Don Gordon

Leo Gordon

Speed Gordon

Frank Gordon

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Question 8 of 10

8. What did the Maverick brothers have pinned inside their jackets? Hint

A one hundred dollar bill

A one thousand dollar bill

A last will and testament

Their internet passwords

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Question 9 of 10

9. A famous "Maverick" episode is "Gun Shy". It parodies another famous western series of the era. Which one? Hint

Wagon Train

Bonanza

Gunsmoke

The Big Valley

10. The episode which best summed up the ethos of the series was "Shady Deal at Sunny Acres", in season 2. Bret is defrauded of $10,000 so he sets up an elaborate con and spends most of the show in a chair, whittling. Who played the banker that defrauded Bret? Hint

Ray Teal

Denver Pyle

John Dehner

Parley Baer

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who played Bret Maverick?

Answer: James Garner

James Garner was Bret Maverick. Roger Smith starred in "77 Sunset Strip". Clint Walker played another TV western hero, "Cheyenne". Clint made a name for himself playing Rowdy Yates in the long running western series "Rawhide" James Garner reprised his character in the 1981-82 series "Bret Maverick".

2. Which busy actor of the 1950's played Bart Maverick?

Answer: Jack Kelly

Jack Kelly was Bart and James Garner was Bret. These two complemented each other, alternating episode to episode. Fans especially liked the episodes in which both brothers appeared. Cliff Edwards was of course known as Ukelele Ike and appeared in dozens of early western movies.

He is most famous as the voice of "Jiminy Cricket" in Pinocchio. Jack Palance and Cliff Robertson are better known for movie appearances.

3. In season four, a third relative arrived on the scene a cousin from England. Who played this cousin?

Answer: Roger Moore

This was Roger Moore's third television series. Roger had previously starred in "Ivanhoe" 1958, "The Alaskans" in 1959-60, and then "Maverick". He would become very famous as Simon Templar in "The Saint". The equally famous "Persuaders" co-starring Tony Curtis in 1971-72 was enormously popular in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

After this Roger forsook television to become James Bond,.

4. The series had a regular group of scoundrels who made the Maverick's life a trial whenever they crossed their paths. One such was Dandy Jim Buckley. Who played this rogue?

Answer: Efrem Zimbalist Jr

Dandy Jim Buckley was played by Efrem Zimbalist Jr, who achieved fame as Stuart Bailey in "77 Sunset Strip". Further fame ensued as the star of "The F.B.I." in which he played Lewis Erskine for 240 episodes.

5. Which actor played Gentleman Jack Darby?

Answer: Richard Long

Richard Long was a contract player for Universal in the late 1940's through the early 1950's. He featured as Tom Kettle in the "Ma and Pa Kettle" film series of the 1950's. As a contract player with Warner Brothers, he appeared in many of their TV series.

He starred as Rex Randolph in the 1959 detective series, "Bourbon Street Beat". In 1965, he gained the role of Jarrod Barkley in "The Big Valley".

6. Two actors appeared as Doc Holiday during the run of the show. Who were they?

Answer: Gerald Mohr and Peter Breck

Gerald Mohr, a fine character actor, played Holiday in the first season. Peter Breck, later to be famous as Nick Barkley in "The Big Valley", played Doc Holiday in the final season. Rex and Rhodes Reason, Edd Byrnes, Mike Connors, Doug McClure and John Russell all guest starred on "Maverick".

7. The actor who played Big Mike McComb also wrote some episodes of the show. Who is this actor?

Answer: Leo Gordon

Leo Gordon acted in over 200 TV and movie roles. He is credited as the writer of four "Maverick" episodes and with over 100 TV and movie screenplays and stories. His last movie appearance was in the 1994 Mel Gibson film "Maverick".

8. What did the Maverick brothers have pinned inside their jackets?

Answer: A one thousand dollar bill

The thousand dollar bill was their get out of town money.

9. A famous "Maverick" episode is "Gun Shy". It parodies another famous western series of the era. Which one?

Answer: Gunsmoke

"Gun Shy" involves Bret searching for buried Confederate treasure with an English con-man, delightfully played by Reginald Owen. The town that has the treasure is Elwood, Kansas. The characters are Marshall Mort Dooley, slow walking, slow talking, Deputy Clyde Diefendorfer, Doc Stucke and the saloon keeper Miss Amy Ward. This is a hilarious send up of "Gunsmoke"

Answer: John Dehner

John Dehner was a staple of many Warner Brothers TV shows of the 1950's and 1960's, often playing a villain. This busy actor guest starred on more than 120 different TV shows, including 12 appearances on "Gunsmoke" playing a different character in each appearance. He had a featured role on "The Doris Day Show" in the seventies.

Source: Author Desimac

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