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Quiz about The Clever Tricks of MacGyver

The Clever Tricks of MacGyver Trivia Quiz

Fans around the world still fondly recall how MacGyver used his mind rather than guns to fight off the badies; tricks often referred to as MacGyverisms! How much do you remember about this popular series than ran for seven action-packed seasons?

A multiple-choice quiz by gavint. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
gavint

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
314,558

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

Plays
877

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 50 (15/15), stephedm (15/15), Guest 185 (15/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Who played MacGyver in the TV series "MacGyver"? Hint

Anderson Richards

Richard Dean Anderson

Dean Richardson

Clint Eastwood

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Question 2 of 15

2. What type of knife often played an important part in MacGyver's survival tricks? Hint

Regulation American army knife

Fishing knife

Swiss army knife

Flick knife

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Question 3 of 15

3. In the episode "The Widowmaker", MacGyver climbed up a telegraph pole and used which form of communication to alert a nearby storekeeper? Hint

Brail

Sign language

Flares

Morse code

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Question 4 of 15

4. In one of the first known MacGyverisms, what did MacGyver use to plug a sulfuric acid leak in the pilot episode? Hint

Chocolate bars

Chewing gum

Beer

His hat

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Question 5 of 15

5. MacGyver was best noted for his practical application of what? Hint

Military knowledge

Musical knowledge

Scientific knowledge

Sporting knowledge

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Question 6 of 15

6. Although generally known only by his surname, what was MacGyver's first name? Hint

Angus

Murdoch

Pete

Mac

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Question 7 of 15

7. How did MacGyver and his accomplice escape from an aircraft in mid air with a car full of diamonds? Hint

By installing a homemade jet engine in the car

By transferring to another aircraft

By attaching a parachute to the car

By getting the aircraft to fly lower and starting the car in mid air

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Question 8 of 15

8. A family from which religion featured in the episode "The Outsiders" in season 4? Hint

Seventh Day Adventist

Islamic

Amish

Baptist

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Question 9 of 15

9. Who was MacGyver's employer? Hint

He is always independent

US Army

Phoenix Foundation

Thornton Agency

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Question 10 of 15

10. How did MacGyver remove a bomb in mid air from below a cable car when he had a short time earlier lost his favourite knife in the water? Hint

He cut it off with a similar knife offerred by the cable car operator

He threw rocks at it

He pulled it off using his teeth

He shot it off using a bow and arrow

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Question 11 of 15

11. What did MacGyver use to break out of a locked room at an airport in "Bulgaria" when he had a broken hand and was handcuffed to a woman? Hint

He made a bomb from chemicals in the cleaning cupboard

A baggage trolley and a suitcase

An old chair and two wire coat hangers

A table and some rusty screws

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Question 12 of 15

12. How did MacGyver manage to open a locked door in the Middle East while recovering an important map? Hint

He put the map under the door, dislodged the key onto it and pulled it back into the room

He hit the door with the map and knocked it down

He folded up the map to make a key

He hit the guard with the map and got his keys

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Question 13 of 15

13. What items did MacGyver call for on board a cruise ship to defuse a bomb? Hint

Wire, chewing gum and a pencil sharpener

Three apples, an envelope, a plastic bag and a razor blade

A hair brush, orange juice and a bucket

Neon lights, pastry tubes, liquid oven cleaner and low fat milk

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Question 14 of 15

14. Dana Elcar played the part of MacGyver's boss and friend, Pete Thornton. But in the pilot episode, he appeared under which character name? Hint

Jack Dalton

Fred Harris

Jimmy Hicks

Andy Colson

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Question 15 of 15

15. After the seven seasons of the "MacGyver" TV programme, two "MacGyver" movies followed. One was called "MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis". What was the second was called? Hint

MacGyver: Hunt for the Hidden Treasure

MacGyver: Farewell

MacGyver: Nobody is Going to Catch Me

MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who played MacGyver in the TV series "MacGyver"?

Answer: Richard Dean Anderson

Richard Dean Anderson is an actor, producer and composer best known for playing the role of MacGyver in the TV series of the same name. He has also appeared in movies such as "Through the Eyes of a Killer" and "Firehouse", and later in the TV series "Stargate: SG1". He was born in Minnesota and has Norwegian, Scottish and Swedish ancestry.

2. What type of knife often played an important part in MacGyver's survival tricks?

Answer: Swiss army knife

Although there are many models of Swiss army knife, it was generally the Hunterman and Tinker models that were shown.

3. In the episode "The Widowmaker", MacGyver climbed up a telegraph pole and used which form of communication to alert a nearby storekeeper?

Answer: Morse code

He tapped an SOS Morse Code message into the telephone line, which the old storekeeper heard and understood.

4. In one of the first known MacGyverisms, what did MacGyver use to plug a sulfuric acid leak in the pilot episode?

Answer: Chocolate bars

MacGyver commented: "When it reacts with the sulfuric acid, the sugar forms a sticky paste."

5. MacGyver was best noted for his practical application of what?

Answer: Scientific knowledge

He often explained the scientific principles behind the clever tricks, but information deemed sensitive(such as about explosives) was often vague or omitted. The "MacGyver" series was credited with generating renewed interest in applied science and engineering.

6. Although generally known only by his surname, what was MacGyver's first name?

Answer: Angus

MacGyver is referred to as MacGyver or Mac until the final season when he was asked what his first name was, to which he answered then promptly changed the subject.

7. How did MacGyver and his accomplice escape from an aircraft in mid air with a car full of diamonds?

Answer: By attaching a parachute to the car

One of MacGyver's greatest escapes, although probably not among the best filming. It's clearly filmed not far off the ground, but adds an interesting twist. The reaction on the pilot's face is memorable too.

8. A family from which religion featured in the episode "The Outsiders" in season 4?

Answer: Amish

MacGyver helped the Amish family to save their village from being bulldozed by property developers.

9. Who was MacGyver's employer?

Answer: Phoenix Foundation

This is a fictional independent agency based in Los Angeles.

10. How did MacGyver remove a bomb in mid air from below a cable car when he had a short time earlier lost his favourite knife in the water?

Answer: He cut it off with a similar knife offerred by the cable car operator

This episode was supposedly set in Switzerland and when MacGyver asked if anyone had a knife, the cable car operator produced a Swiss army knife similar to his own one.

11. What did MacGyver use to break out of a locked room at an airport in "Bulgaria" when he had a broken hand and was handcuffed to a woman?

Answer: An old chair and two wire coat hangers

He made a hole in the wall and discovered the baggage conveyor belt was right beside the room. He attached one end of the wire coat hangers to the old wooden chair and the other end to a join in the conveyor belt, forcing the chair through the wall and creating a hole big enough to escape through - on the baggage conveyor belt.

12. How did MacGyver manage to open a locked door in the Middle East while recovering an important map?

Answer: He put the map under the door, dislodged the key onto it and pulled it back into the room

He later slid down a sand dune on the map before escaping in a hot air balloon. When the baddies shot a hole in the balloon, he patched it up by taping on the map!

13. What items did MacGyver call for on board a cruise ship to defuse a bomb?

Answer: Neon lights, pastry tubes, liquid oven cleaner and low fat milk

He put the light tube into the bomb and used the gas to capture the chemical powder in the vacuum. The milk applied in the pastry tube had a "strong alkaline base and organic neutral".

14. Dana Elcar played the part of MacGyver's boss and friend, Pete Thornton. But in the pilot episode, he appeared under which character name?

Answer: Andy Colson

He played the role of the chief of operations for KIVA laboratories. The Phoenix Foundation was introduced later in the series.

15. After the seven seasons of the "MacGyver" TV programme, two "MacGyver" movies followed. One was called "MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis". What was the second was called?

Answer: MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday

This TV film was released in November 1994 . The plot involves MacGyver discovering a secret nuclear weapons plant in Britain while searching for the reason his close friend was assassinated.

Source: Author gavint

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