Dragnet: Just the Facts, Ma'am

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1. Who played the main character of Sergeant Joe Friday? George Fenneman Bob Bailey Jack Webb Barney Phillips

2. What police agency did "Dragnet" center around? Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department Los Angeles Police Department California Highway Patrol Federal Bureau of Investigation

3. What was Sergeant Friday's badge number? 714 529 755 213

4. Sergeant Friday's first partner died suddenly of a heart attack, as portrayed in the episode "Big Sorrow", aired December 27, 1951. What was his name? Bill Gannon Frank Smith Ben Romero Ed Jacobs

5. What Christmas gift was the focal point of "Dragnet's" most controversial episode? Snowmobile .22 rifle Cross Country Skis Toboggan

6. Which of these "Dragnet" characters was a real person, as opposed to being a fictitious character? All were real Chief of Police William H. Parker Chief of Detectives Thad Brown Deputy Chief of Police Lynn White

7. In the puritan 1950s, which of the following subjects were taboo as subjects in the radio episodes of "Dragnet"? None of these Drug abuse Prostitution Murder of children

8. What division did Sergeant Friday work in? It was never mentioned It depended on the episode Juvenile Homicide

9. What one aspect is considered to be the primary difference between the way "Dragnet" portrayed police work versus all the other radio crime dramas at the time. The cop not only had to fight the bad guy, but also the city politicians and internal affairs The cop was a working man, and police work was sometimes tedious The cop was seen as a good guy by all, much loved by the city The cop was a genius who always managed to get the bad guy in the end

10. "Dragnet" portrayed police-work on a daily basis, with no explanation of terminology, no attempts to make it easier for the listener. For example, when an "APB" was issued because of a "211", there was no explanation that an "APB" was an "All Points Bulletin" (or what an "All Points Bulletin" was), and a "211" was never defined as a robbery. What FOX-TV reality show that began airing in 1989 approaches police work in basically the same fashion, showing day-to-day police work with little explanation or narration? Answer: (One Word, (4 letters, plural slang for policeman))