Once Upon a Time in the "Twilight Zone" Quiz

Answer: Henry J. Fate

The title of the episode from season one is "Mr. Denton On Doomsday". Fate steps in to restore some semblance of dignity to Denton. Denton has been ignominiously tortured by the somewhat sadistic Dan Hotaling (Martin Landau) on more than one occasion. Hotaling is humiliated by Denton's apparently lucky shots with a newly found weapon.

It's time for a showdown with a new young talent, though. The new talent's name is Pete Grant portrayed by Doug McClure. Mr. Fate persuades Denton to stay and fight by offering Denton a potion or elixir.

As it happens, Grant has been offered the very same potion. The duel ends in a draw which prevents both of them from ever shooting again.

Answer: "This is the other place!"

After a prolonged series of winning every game much too easily, being granted every wish and whim, Rocky becomes frustrated. Rocky expresses his frustration to Pip, "If I have to stay here another day, I'm gonna go nuts!" Rocky continues, "I don't belong in heaven, see? I wanna go to the other place." Pip (Sebastian Cabot) laughs derisively. Pip says, "Heaven? Whatever gave you the idea that you were in heaven, Mr. Valentine? This is the other place!"

Answer: machines

Bartlett has a tendency to break and destroy those machines that offend him. In this ethereal realm of reality, the machines revolt. Finchley chastises his secretary for not being fast enough. Finchley blames it on the typewriter. He further notes that, "Thomas Jefferson wrote the entire Declaration of Independence with a feather quill and it only took half a day." The secretary responds, "Why don't you hire Mr. Jefferson?" In the end, the machines have their way and dispose of Mr. Finchley in their own manner.

Answer: He must tell the entire truth about his cars.

Rod Serling eloquently introduces the premise, "Through the good offices of a little magic, they will unload on Mr. Honeycutt the absolute necessity to tell the truth." An older gentleman sells Mr. Honeycutt a car for a very low price. After signing the papers, the man notes, "There is one other small item that I ought to mention to you about the car.

It's haunted." Henceforth, the man must always tell the truth. The only way to break the curse is to sell the car.

Answer: He travels to the future with a time helmet.

In an effort to escape exorbitant prices, speeding bicycles and the rest, Woodrow dons a time-traveling helmet, sets the dial for 1960 and transports himself into the future. Sadly for Woodrow, the noise level has increased as well as the prices of goods. Woodrow serendipitously runs into a man who happens to be an expert on the year 1890.

They take the helmet to a shop. Jesse White portrays a character in this episode as well.

Answer: Eve

Colonel Adam Cook has landed his damaged space ship upon an uncharted remote planet. The prospects appear bleak at best. Finally, he meets a female inhabitant of the planet. Cook learns that his own planet is headed for ultimate destruction. Cook finds a surviving woman. Communication is difficult at first. Ultimately, the couple become the new Adam and Eve.

Answer: a gremlin

Having been released from a sanitarium only a short while ago, Bob Wilson (William Shatner) takes a window seat. From his viewpoint he notices a mysterious figure on the wing of the aircraft. He attempts to draw attention to the creature but is met with skepticism.

He is ultimately subdued after trying to apprehend the creature. Ironically, after the plane has landed, there is tangible evidence of tampering with the aircraft which substantiates the claims of Mr. Wilson.

Answer: a stopwatch

The title of this episode is, "A Kind of Stopwatch". Somehow, McNulty comes into the possession of a stopwatch which indeed, stops time. It is well timed indeed, since McNulty has been fired from his job. McNulty takes solace in the local bar. The bartender knows what is what and says, "Let me tell you something, MacNulty. Getting noticed and getting liked are two different things." Sadly, McNulty does not make the most propitious use of the watch.

Answer: The Midnight Sun

Purportedly, the earth has fallen out of orbit and is headed for a collision with the sun. The temperature seems to be increasing and the heat is formidable. It has been all the semblance of a fever induced imagination. The earth is actually moving away from the sun and everyone is relegated to a cold, frozen demise. "The poles of fear, the extremes of how the Earth might conceivably be doomed. Minor exercise in the care and feeding of a nightmare, respectfully submitted by all the thermometer-watchers - in The Twilight Zone."

Answer: They are in a doll house as pets.

Bob and Millie most probably have a hangover. Nevertheless, they are disturbed by the artifacts and devices of their environment. Nothing seems natural and nothing really works. Ultimately, they discover that they have been transplanted into an extraterrestrial world wherein they are the playthings of a much larger creature.

The final amusing synopsis goes as follows: "The moral of what you've just seen is clear. If you drink, don't drive. And if your wife has had a couple, she shouldn't drive either. You might both just wake up with a whale of a headache in a deserted village in the Twilight Zone."