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 Hawaii Five-O
A Hawaii state special police unit. 5-0 is the state special police unit, which reported directly to the governor of Hawaii.
| 5-0 had a number of run-ins with this recurring villain, who has been described as Steve McGarrett's nemesis. What is his name? | "Hawaii 5-0": The Quiz
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Wo Fat. Wo Fat, was an agent of the Chinese government, was the man who got under McGarrett's skin. Honore Vachon was a member of the Vachon Crime Family, who hired a hit man to have Steve killed, but was of course busted. Chin Ho was one of the 5-0 detectives. Hondo Harrelson was the commander of the team in "S.W.A.T", another great 70's cop show.
Che Fong. Harry Endo portrayed the brilliant Che Fong, who became a semi regular character on the show. Che Guevara was a revolutionary who fought with Castro. Chet Atkins is one of the world's best guitar player, and Dr. Noguchi was the coroner of Los Angeles in the 60's and 70's.
Chin Ho. I still remember being shocked when Chin Ho's body was pushed out of the moving car. Kono was merely written out of the series, Danno quit due to ego and contract problems, and William Smith portrayed Kimo during the last season.
Richard Denning . He assumed the role early in the series, and carried it till the end.
| Just before the airing of the series pilot episode, the series creator and producer, Leonard Freeman, changed the title of the series to "Hawaii Five-O." What was the original name given to the series? | "Hawaii Five-O " : Book 'Em Danno, Murder One
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The Man. The series and the special state police unit were given their name because the producer wanted to acknowledge the state of Hawaii as being the 50th state admitted to the union. As titles, the names "Hawaii Fifty" or "Hawaii Five Zero" just didn't have the same melodic tone.
1968. The pilot episode entitled "Cocoon" premiered on September 20, 1968, six days before the start of the series. Series star Jack Lord was the only cast member to remain with the series for the entire 12 year run of the hit television show.
Dan Williams. Actor Tim O'Kelly played the role in the pilot. A test audience in New York was not impressed with his performance, and the part was recast with James MacArthur, who played the role for 11 of the series 12 seasons.
Zulu. Zulu, who played the role of Det. Kono Kalakaua left the series at the end of the fourth season. Zulu was reportedly fired from the series after becoming involved in an altercation with the series publicist. In his post-"Hawaii Five-O" years, Zulu (birth name Gilbert Frances Damian Lani Kauhi) performed for several years as a headliner stand up comedian in various hotels and nightclubs throughout the Hawaiian Islands. Zulu passed away on May 3, 2004
in Hilo, Hawaii.
Iolani Royal Palace. The Palace was actually used by the last kings and queens of Hawaii, and at one time was the seat of Hawaiian government and housed the Hawaiian Legislature. It was never used by the state police, or any other state government agency. The Palace was vacant for many years prior to the start of the "Hawaii Five-O" series. Once threatened to be leveled to make room for a parking lot, the Palace became a Hawaiian historical museum in later years. Some filming of both the outside and inside of the palace was used in the production of "Hawaii Five-O". The manner in which the Iolani Palace (built at the turn of the 20th century) was designed could not accommodate the space required for The "Hawaii Five-O" office set. The offices seen in the series were actually filmed in a movie lot sound stage.
F6-3958. McGarrett was the only member of the "Hawaii Five-O" team to have the same license plate number throughout the entire run of the series. Stock film footage of McGarrett's car racing through streets of Hawaii could be reused in numerous episodes without interrupting the continuity of the shots.
All of these (Henori Vashon, Big Chicken, Lewis Avery Filer). Henori Vashon (Harold Gould) was a mob boss (three episodes in 1972 and 1 episode in 1975; Big Chicken (Gavin McLeod) was a pimp (one episode in 1968 and one episode in 1969); Lewis Avery (Hume Cronyn) was a Robin Hood-like thief (one episode in 1970 and one episode in 1972).
References for this quiz:
Internet Movie Data Base
www.imdb.com
The Hawaii Five-O Home Page
www.mjq.net/fiveo
Welcome to Hawaii Five-O
www.hawaiifiveo.org
"The complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows"
Eighth Edition, October, 2003 by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh
| In the episode "Tiger By The Tail", singer Bobby George stages his own abduction in order to generate a little publicity. Who played the singer, who finds out that his little scheme might really get him killed? | "Hawaii Five-O": The First Season
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Sal Mineo. In addition to Sal Mineo, who won a Golden Globe for his performance in the movie "Exodus", "Tiger By The Tail" (originally aired October 10, 1968) featured Sam Melville as George's manager, Jerry Parks, and Harold J. Stone as George's father. Melville would go on to join the good guys in the 1970s-vintage cop show "The Rookies".
| In the episode "...And They Painted Daisies On His Coffin", Gavin McLeod goes against the grain when he plays a nefarious drug dealer. What was the name of McLeod's character? | "Hawaii Five-O": The First Season
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Big Chicken. In this episode, originally aired November 7, 1968, Five-O second-in-command Danny Williams (played by James MacArthur) fights for his professional and personal life as he tries to prove that he didn't maliciously gun down a young kid. McLeod's character ends up going to prison for a different crime and confronts Five-O boss Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord) in another episode later in the first season.
| In the episode "Samurai", Five-O chief Steve McGarrett (played by Jack Lord) and his team must protect Honolulu crime boss Leonard Tokura, who is the target of a group of Japanese assassins. Which actor played Tokura in this episode? | "Hawaii Five-O": The First Season
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Ricardo Montalban. Originally aired October 17, 1968, "Samurai" was the first of two appearances by Montalban on "Hawaii Five-O". Also playing a prominent role in this episode was actor Morgan White, who played Hawaii's attorney general, Walter Stewart. Montalban would appear on the show again, as race-car driver Alex Pareno, in the fifth-season episode "Death Wish On Tantalus Mountain" (originally aired September 19, 1972).
| The episode "Full Fathom Five" marked the first appearance of an actor who would later become a regular member of the series. Which actor made his "Hawaii Five-O" debut as Lt. Balta in this episode? | "Hawaii Five-O": The First Season
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Herman Wedemeyer. An outstanding running back at St. Mary's College of California, Herman Wedemeyer finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy balloting in 1945, and played two seasons in the now-defunct All-American Football Conference. The same year he made his first appearance on "Hawaii Five-O" in "Full Fathom Five" (originally aired September 26, 1968), he was elected to the Honolulu city council. He would appear on several other episodes as different characters, before settling in to the character he's best known for, as Honolulu police sergeant (and later Five-O detective) Duke Lukela, in the fifth-season episode "Death Is A Company Policy" (originally aired September 12, 1972).
| In "King Of The Hill", the Five-O team finds itself dealing with a Vietnam vet who believes he is back on the battlefield and turns a hospital into a war zone. What well-known African-American actor played Lance Corporal John T. Auston in this powerful episode? | "Hawaii Five-O": The First Season
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Yaphet Kotto. Auston suffered an injury while he was attending a Little League baseball practice that Danno was running. The injury triggered frightening flashbacks for Auston, who believes that Danno is a Viet Cong soldier. The Five-O team works desperately to defuse the situation and get to Danno before he bleeds to death from his wounds. "King Of The Hill" originally aired January 8, 1969.
| In "The Box", McGarrett finds himself a hostage during an uprising at Oahu State Prison. Which actor, who would later play a cop on TV himself, played the uprising's leader, a disgruntled prisoner named Carl Swanson? | "Hawaii Five-O": The First Season
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Gerald S. O'Loughlin. Originally aired January 29, 1969, "The Box" marked the return of Gavin McLeod as Big Chicken, who is bound and determined to take McGarrett down for good. Swanson, unable to cope with life in prison, wants the state to build a more modern facility in which he and others will feel safe. O'Loughlin, of course, went on to star on another TV crime drama, "The Rookies", in the 1970s.
| In the episode "By The Numbers", a young soldier on leave in Hawaii is caught in the middle of a deadly battle between rivals in a numbers syndicate, after his buddy is killed. Which actor, better known for his work as a child star, played U.S. Army Private Jerry Crawford in this episode? | "Hawaii Five-O": The First Season
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Johnny Crawford. An original member of the famed Mousekeeters in 1955, Johnny Crawford was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work as Mark McCain, the son of Lucas McCain (played by Chuck Connors) in the long-running Western series "The Rifleman" in 1959. He made numerous appearances on a variety of television shows during his career, and was also a professional rodeo rider in the 1960s and 1970s. "By The Numbers" originally aired December 12, 1968.
| In the two-part episode "Once Upon A Time", McGarrett leaves Hawaii to help his sister, Mary Ann Whalen (played by Nancy Malone), deal with a quack whose trickery puts her infant son in grave danger. What mainland city does McGarrett travel to in this two-part arc? | "Hawaii Five-O": The First Season
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Los Angeles. Dr. C.L. Fremont (played by Joanne Linville) gives false hope to the Whalens, telling them that expensive treatments with a worthless machine are helping to heal their infant son's cancer. McGarrett works with the Food and Drug Administration to build his case against her, after his nephew dies. Also featured in this episode, originally aired February 19 and February 26, 1969, are veteran character actor William Schallert (as Fremont's lawyer) and Emmy Award-winning actress Beah Richards (as a woman who also fell victim to Fremont's quackery).
| In "The Big Kahuna", McGarrett and the Five-O team, at the request of Hawaii's governor, investigate the claims of old friend Sam Kalakua, who believes he is being stalked by the Hawaiian fire goddess, Pele. Which actress, dressing as this mythical character, does so to try and drive Kalakua out of his home? | "Hawaii Five-O": The First Season
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Sally Kellerman. In this episode, originally aired March 19, 1969, Kellerman plays Eleanor, the wife of Sam Kalakua's nephew George (played by Robert Colbert). Eleanor and George are in cahoots with a powerful real-estate developer who wants Kalakua's land to build on. Thanks to McGarrett and the work of his team, Kalakua keeps his home.
"The Big Kahuna" was the final episode of "Hawaii Five-O's" first season. The series would run twelve seasons altogether.
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