More TV Doctors Trivia Quiz

Answer: Murder, She Wrote

William Windom plays the role of Dr. Hazlitt, the town doctor of lead character Jessica Fletcher's home town of Cabot Cove, Maine. Often cantankerous, he is Jessica's constant companion when she is at home, and has traveled with her to other locations in several episodes.

While a competent MD, he rarely gives much insight to the solving of the plethora of murders that take place in a small town of 3,500.

Answer: M*A*S*H

Major Freedman was played by Allan Arbus. He appeared in only a dozen episodes between 1973 and 1983, although he was mentioned in four others without appearing. He was the only non-regular to have a major part in the final episode of the series, "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen."

Answer: The Bob Newhart Show

Bob Newhart had a successful comedy career in stand-up, appearing on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" a total of 87 times and on "The Dean Martin Show" 24 times, among dozens of other appearances. He had two successful sitcoms, of which "The Bob Newhart Show" was the first.

His first great show biz success came in 1961 when his comedy album, "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart" won three Grammy Awards.

Answer: All Creatures Great and Small

James Herriot is actually the pen name of veterinary surgeon James Alfred Wight. Wight wrote a series of eight books for the UK market, beginning with "If Only They Could Talk" in 1970. For publication in the USA, "All Creatures Great and Small" combined his first UK work plus "It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet."

Answer: Bodies

"Bodies" starred Max Beesley as Dr. Rob Lake and Patrick Baladi as Dr. Roger Hurley. Set in a hospital, it has story lines that are generally dark and depressing. It produced a two-season run that included 16 one-hour episodes between 2004 and 2006, with a concluding episode that ran 90 minutes.

Answer: WKRP in Cincinnati

"WKRP in Cincinnati" only had a four-year run, but it did earn 10 Emmy nominations. Johnny Fever was played by Howard Hesseman, also used several other aliases in his radio career, such as Johnny Cool, Rip Tide, Heavy Early, and Professor Sunshine, among others. The character's actual name was John Caravella.

Answer: Diagnosis: Murder

Dr. Travis was played by Charlie Schlatter, appearing in 139 episodes between 1995 and 2002. He replaced Scott Baio's character, Dr. Jack Stewart, who appeared in 41 episodes between 1993 and 1995.

Answer: Emergency!

Robert Fuller played Kelly Brackett. Born in Troy, New York, as Leonard Leroy Lee, Fuller also starred in the Sixties as Jess Harper in "Laramie" and as Cooper Smith in "Wagon Train." While doing "Laramie" he met Bobby Troup and Julie London, who would both later star with him in "Emergency!" Bobby Troup played Joe Early.

He was also a singer and songwriter. Probably his biggest hit was "(Get Your Kicks) On Route 66." London, who played nurse Dixie McCall on "Emergency!", was also a singer and Troup's wife from 1959 until her death in 1999.

Answer: Bones

The Hodgins character was played by T.J. Thyne. He has been on the cast of "Bones" since its premiere in 2005. In 2004 he made appearances 9 different series, including "Boston Legal", "Charmed", "NCIS", "Cold Case", and "CSI." He is also a veteran of over 20 films, appearing in half a dozen in 2000, including "Erin Brockovich" and "Critical Mass."

In "Bones" Dr. Hodgins is from an extremely wealthy family and is highly educated.

Answer: Daktari

"Daktari" was based on the film, "Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion", which also starred Marshall Thompson as Dr. Tracy, along with Cheryl Miller as his daughter. Along with Clarence, who also appeared in both film and the TV series, a chimp named Judy made many appearances.