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Quiz about The Legendary Barney Fife
Quiz about The Legendary Barney Fife

The Legendary Barney Fife Trivia Quiz


This is a quiz about the famous Mayberry Deputy. See how well you know Deputy Barney Fife.

A multiple-choice quiz by bjack84. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
bjack84
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
345,746
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
1483
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 136 (6/10), Guest 174 (10/10), Guest 12 (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Barney is always looking for a crime to solve and someone to lock up. To help raise Barney's confidence, Andy and the drug store clerk, Ellie, fake a robbery for Barney to work on. How much money was supposedly taken form the cash register? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. There is an episode in season 5 in which Fred Plumber, Mr. Foley's new sweeper, threatens Barney for giving him a ticket for littering. Fred tells Barney he will beat him to a pulp if he sees him without what? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Barney and Goober go to a police auction where Barney buys a fortune telling kit. After trying it out on Opie, where Opie's first 2 wishes come true, he decides to try it on himself. What does Barney wish for? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In the episode "High Noon in Mayberry", Barney believes that Andy needs protection after receiving a letter from a man Andy shot years ago in a filling station robbery. What two people do Barney get to help give Andy 24 hour protection? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In the episode "The Jinx", Barney tries to take precautions against Henry Bennett, whom Barney believes is the town jinx. While reading a book, he finds that rubbing this color hair will help ward off bad luck. What color hair is it? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Andy and Barney are cousins.


Question 7 of 10
7. In the fourth season, Barney buys a motorcycle for the Mayberry Sheriff's Office. After riding on it for awhile, what letter of the alphabet does Barney tell Andy is impossible to pronounce on it, with your mouth open and your tongue on the roof of your mouth? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In the episode "Barney and Thelma Lou, Phfftt", Gomer takes Thelma Lou to Mt. Pilot for a dentist appointment. Gomer repeats something to Thelma Lou that gets her upset at Barney. What did Gomer repeat to her? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Fill in the blanks for this quote from "Barney Fife, Relator."
"Andy, I'll put the ____________ family in your place, and I'll put you in the ____________ house."
Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Aunt Bee loves to cook, and most of the time she does a good job. However, her homemade pickles are the worst. Andy and Barney decide to switch them out with store bought pickles. How does Barney intend to dispose of the old, homemade pickles? Hint



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Most Recent Scores
Nov 18 2024 : Guest 136: 6/10
Nov 18 2024 : Guest 174: 10/10
Nov 18 2024 : Guest 12: 7/10
Nov 17 2024 : Guest 172: 10/10
Nov 14 2024 : Guest 108: 8/10
Nov 13 2024 : Guest 166: 9/10
Nov 13 2024 : Guest 174: 9/10
Nov 12 2024 : Guest 107: 7/10
Nov 12 2024 : Guest 174: 8/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Barney is always looking for a crime to solve and someone to lock up. To help raise Barney's confidence, Andy and the drug store clerk, Ellie, fake a robbery for Barney to work on. How much money was supposedly taken form the cash register?

Answer: 24 dollars

Ellie asks Andy, "Isn't that sort of a cheap crime?" Andy responds that with it being Barneys first crime, that he better start at the bottom and work his way up.
2. There is an episode in season 5 in which Fred Plumber, Mr. Foley's new sweeper, threatens Barney for giving him a ticket for littering. Fred tells Barney he will beat him to a pulp if he sees him without what?

Answer: uniform

The episode is "Barney's Uniform", which is explanatory to the question.
3. Barney and Goober go to a police auction where Barney buys a fortune telling kit. After trying it out on Opie, where Opie's first 2 wishes come true, he decides to try it on himself. What does Barney wish for?

Answer: New fingerprint set

After Opie's wishes for a jack knife and a B in arithmetic come true, he tries the kit on himself. One night after work, Barney, Goober, and Floyd go into the back room of the courthouse where Barney receives one wish from the count. Barney says he doesn't want to make it to difficult and then wishes for a new fingerprint set.
4. In the episode "High Noon in Mayberry", Barney believes that Andy needs protection after receiving a letter from a man Andy shot years ago in a filling station robbery. What two people do Barney get to help give Andy 24 hour protection?

Answer: Gomer and Otis

We find this out in one scene where Barney has both Gomer and Otis in the courthouse where he makes them both temporary deputies. Otis is reluctant, but Gomer thinks it'll be fun.
5. In the episode "The Jinx", Barney tries to take precautions against Henry Bennett, whom Barney believes is the town jinx. While reading a book, he finds that rubbing this color hair will help ward off bad luck. What color hair is it?

Answer: Red

While reading a book, Barney finds that rubbing the head of a red haired man will help ward off back luck, but if a red haired man can not be found, that a boy will do. He then looks at Opie and says, "Well, nobody has more red hair than that carrot top of yours."
6. Andy and Barney are cousins.

Answer: True

While they are most of the time referred to as friends, the very first episode confirms this. Barney tells Andy that he wants Andy to know that he picked the right man to be his deputy, and he ends the speech by saying "and I want to thank you, cousin Andy." In which case, Andy responds "Your welcome, cousin Barney."
7. In the fourth season, Barney buys a motorcycle for the Mayberry Sheriff's Office. After riding on it for awhile, what letter of the alphabet does Barney tell Andy is impossible to pronounce on it, with your mouth open and your tongue on the roof of your mouth?

Answer: s

After Barney tells Andy that you can't pronounce the letter s, Andy replies "You didn't let anyone see you riding that thing with your mouth open, did ya?"
8. In the episode "Barney and Thelma Lou, Phfftt", Gomer takes Thelma Lou to Mt. Pilot for a dentist appointment. Gomer repeats something to Thelma Lou that gets her upset at Barney. What did Gomer repeat to her?

Answer: that Barney had her in his hip pocket

Andy picks at Barney by saying that it might be a bad idea to send his girl off on a long trip with such a handsome man, Gomer. Barney replies by telling both Andy and Gomer that he's not worried about losing Thelma Lou, and that he's got that girl in his hip pocket. Gomer repeats this and Thelma Lou get furious.
9. Fill in the blanks for this quote from "Barney Fife, Relator." "Andy, I'll put the ____________ family in your place, and I'll put you in the ____________ house."

Answer: Sims, Williams

After Barney becomes a relator, he decides to try and shuffle the town around and make a big commission check. Therefore, he tries to convince Andy to move to the Williams house and then he'll put the Sims in Andy's old house.
10. Aunt Bee loves to cook, and most of the time she does a good job. However, her homemade pickles are the worst. Andy and Barney decide to switch them out with store bought pickles. How does Barney intend to dispose of the old, homemade pickles?

Answer: give them to out-of-towners

Both Andy and Barney don't want to hurt Aunt Bee's feelings. So, Barney decides to give them to drivers heading out of town with out of town tags, so they get spread all over the united states and Aunt Bee never find out about it.
Source: Author bjack84

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