"Mail Call"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Who is the host of the show? Bill Kurtis Willem Dafoe Chris Hansen R. Lee Ermey

2. In what year did "Mail Call" make its debut on the History Channel? 1999 2001 2002 1998

3. What is the main feature of the show? The host delivers the mail to a military base The host randomly selects letters from people in the service; winners receive prizes The host competes in a race with mail truck drivers The host answers viewers' letters about military history

4. Which of the following might be the subject of a segment on the show? Military food supplies All are correct Guns and ammunition Tanks and planes

5. What type of object does the host often use as the target in weapons demonstrations? Watermelons Bundles of hay Pillows Bowling balls

6. In a second-season episode, the host demonstrated the manufacture of what item crucial to battles in the medieval era? Boiling oil Pitch Crossbow bolts Chain mail

7. In the second season, an episode dealt with what aspect of the nuclear age? Missile silos Power plant safety drills Radioactive fallout NORAD's computer systems

8. An episode in the first season of the show dealt with the practices of what fighting faction of ancient Japan? Cavalry Archers Sailors Ninjas

9. A fifth-season episode dealt with what deadly additive to firearms? Silencers Laser scopes Hollow point bullets Sawed-off barrels

10. In 2005, the show's eighty-fourth episode dealt with the U.S. military's response to what disaster? Hurricane Vince Hurricane Tammy Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Bret