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The 'Perry Mason' Television Series

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Introduction:
"Its original run lasted nine and half years and "Perry Mason" was once voted one of the top five television series of all time. All these questions are about the early series."


1. For which character in the series did Raymond Burr originally audition?
    Hamilton Burger
    Segeant Holcombe
    Paul Drake
    Perry Mason


2. What was the name of the character played by William Hopper?
    Hamilton Burger
    Sergeant Holcombe
    Lieutenant Tragg
    Paul Drake


3. What was the name of the actor who played the ever unsuccessful District Attorney Hamilton Burger?
    William Talman
    Paul Picerni
    Roger Smith
    Gary Collins


4. What is the first name of Lieutenant Tragg, the chief police detective in the series?
    Ray
    David
    Arthur
    Albert


5. You will remember that Barbara Hale played Della Street, Perry Mason's trusty secretary, but what was the name of the outer office receptionist who featured in many episodes?
    Jeannie
    Gertie
    Dolores
    Milly


6. How did most Perry Mason cases end?
    The real murderer would confess in the courtroom.
    Mason would give Tragg the name of the real murderer.
    The jury would vote Mason's client "not guilty".
    Hamilton Burger would withdraw the case.


7. What was unusual about the episode entitled "The Case of the Deadly Verdict"?
    Burr plays both Mason and the murderer
    It begins with Perry Mason losing a murder case.
    Perry Mason proposes marriage to Della Street
    Paul Drake nearly dies from a gunshot wound.


8. "Perry Mason" was shown by the CBS network and so NBC, the rival network, responded by showing which cowboy series about a wealthy family in Nevada at the same time?
    The Outlaws
    The Big Valley
    Bonanza
    Have Gun, Will Travel


9. Which of the following leading Hollywood actors appeared in the episode entitled "The Case of the Treacherous Toupee"?
    Burt Reynolds
    Adam West
    Leonard Nimoy
    Robert Redford


10. Who played the judge in the final televised episode "The Case of the Final Fadeout"?
    Erle Stanley Gardner
    Burt Reynolds
    Ronald Reagan
    Gail Patrick


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