"Mail Call"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

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

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 answers viewers' letters about military history The host competes in a race with mail truck drivers The host randomly selects letters from people in the service; winners receive prizes

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? Bowling balls Pillows Watermelons Bundles of hay

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

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

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

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

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