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"The Wire": Season Two Trivia Quiz

Season two was the confirmation of the greatness of this series. After the team was dismantled at the end of season one, this year was about the team coming back together to form a permanent unit. This was a masterpiece of character development.

A multiple-choice quiz by bedjackson. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
bedjackson

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
240,729

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
1680

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 108 (9/10), DeepHistory (10/10), Guest 171 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the target in season two? Hint

Judge Daniel Phelan

Mayor Clarence V. Royce

Maj. Stanislaus 'Stan' Valchek

Frank Sobotka

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who brought the team back together to get the target? Hint

D'Angelo Barksdale

Maj. Stanislaus 'Stan' Valchek

Col. Raymond Foerster

Bubbles

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Question 3 of 10

3. What did Sobotka taunt Valchek with? Hint

A chicken

A surveillance van

Drugs

His hat

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Question 4 of 10

4. What did Officer Beatrice 'Beadie' Russell find in one of the containers at the dock? Hint

Drugs

Stolen Cars

Guns

Dead Women

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who wrote and sang the theme song from season two? Hint

Tom Waits

The Neville Brothers

Blind Boys of Alabama

Robert Johnson

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Question 6 of 10

6. What happened to D'Angelo in prison? Hint

He informed on his uncle

He committed suicide

He was Killed

He became a Muslim

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the name of the organized crime boss, who Nick, indirectly, dealt with? Hint

'The Greek'

State Sen. R. Clayton 'Clay' Davis

Stringer Bell

Proposition Joe

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Question 8 of 10

8. When Bodie went to Philadelphia, what was on the radio? Hint

A Prairie Home Companion

The News

Public Enemy

Ludacris

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who did Ziggy kill? Hint

Maj. Stan Valchek

The Greek

Glekas

Frank Sobotka

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Question 10 of 10

10. How much time was Frank Sobotka sentenced to? Hint

10 years

20 to life

None

7 years

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Most Recent Scores

Nov 15 2024 : Guest 108: 9/10
Oct 09 2024 : DeepHistory: 10/10
Oct 07 2024 : Guest 171: 8/10
Oct 01 2024 : Guest 67: 10/10
Sep 26 2024 : Guest 107: 7/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the target in season two?

Answer: Frank Sobotka

Frank Sobotka was a union chief on the docks who was knowingly and unknowingly becoming increasingly more involved in organized crime.

2. Who brought the team back together to get the target?

Answer: Maj. Stanislaus 'Stan' Valchek

Valchek was angry because Sobotka donated a stained glass window to a local cathedral before he could do it. He didn't think Sobotka should have had that much money.

3. What did Sobotka taunt Valchek with?

Answer: A surveillance van

Sobotka stole the van and shipped it to other docks sending Valchek pictures of it from all over the U.S.

4. What did Officer Beatrice 'Beadie' Russell find in one of the containers at the dock?

Answer: Dead Women

The 13 bodies were what ignited McNulty and sent him on a quest for vengeance against Rawls, the man who assigned him to the boat.

5. Who wrote and sang the theme song from season two?

Answer: Tom Waits

Tom Waits' "Down in the Hole" was the theme song. Blind Boys of Alabama sang their version for season one.

6. What happened to D'Angelo in prison?

Answer: He was Killed

Stringer Bell arranged a hit on D'Angelo and made it look like suicide.

7. What was the name of the organized crime boss, who Nick, indirectly, dealt with?

Answer: 'The Greek'

'The Greek' was the big boss, but he wasn't a Greek. He was Russian. Nick doesn't meet him until very late in the season. The Sobotkas had almost nothing to do with the dealers from season one.

8. When Bodie went to Philadelphia, what was on the radio?

Answer: A Prairie Home Companion

He had never been outside of Baltimore, and didn't know there was any other radio out there, so he turned the dial until he found something he liked.

9. Who did Ziggy kill?

Answer: Glekas

Glekas paid Ziggy half of the money he owed him, then laughed at him, so Ziggy killed him and his clerk.

10. How much time was Frank Sobotka sentenced to?

Answer: None

Frank was killed by 'The Greek' before he could stand trial or inform on the Russians.

Source: Author bedjackson

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