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  One Adam-12   popular trivia quiz  
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One Adam-12 was the call sign of a very famous Los Angeles patrol car that contained two of LA's finest, policing their city in a TV show that spanned seven seasons 1968-75. Let's take a look back at one of television's best police procedurals.
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  'Adam 12'   popular trivia quiz  
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See what you remember about the 1968 television show, 'Adam-12'.
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  "Adam-12" - Mixed    
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"Adam-12" was a TV show that revolved around two Los Angeles City police officers. It ran from September 1968 through May 1975. How much do you remember?
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Adam 12 Trivia Questions
1. The show starred Martin Milner as Officer Pete Malloy and Kent McCord as Officer Jim Reed. Officer Reed is fresh from the LAPD Academy. How many years of experience does Officer Malloy have?

From Quiz "Adam-12" - Mixed

Answer: 7

Officer Malloy has 7 years of experience under his belt which is why he is Officer Reed's training officer.

2. 1 Adam 12 is the LAPD unit number. What does the Adam signify?

From Quiz 'Adam 12'

Answer: Two man unit

Unit types of the LAPD vary. Units with Adam are two person cars and units with X-Ray are extra cars.

3. When the officers get a call, the dispatcher starts of by saying, "1 Adam-12...". What does the '1' designate?

From Quiz "Adam-12" - Mixed

Answer: The Division number

LAPD is divided into 4 bureaus which have 5 or 6 divisions each, for a total of 21.

4. What is the name of the patrol sergeant that often responds?

From Quiz 'Adam 12'

Answer: MacDonald

He seems to always be around, I think I had a supervisor like him once.

5. What does "12" refer to?

From Quiz "Adam-12" - Mixed

Answer: The District they are assigned.

Each of the 21 divisions is divided into districts. Most of the cars patrol their own district.

6. In the opening of the show, a dispatcher's voice was heard, sending the boys to a variety of calls. Who was the voice of that dispatcher?

From Quiz 'Adam 12'

Answer: Shaaron Claridge

In real life, Shaaron was an actual dispatcher for the LAPD.

7. What does "Adam" refer to?

From Quiz "Adam-12" - Mixed

Answer: A two person police car.

Other car designations are X-ray-an extra roaming car without a designated district. The letter K is for detectives. L is for field supervisors. Neither King nor Lincoln (police phonetic alphabet) were used for these cars like Adam and X-ray.

8. In the first episode, Officer Malloy gets fresh from the LAPD Academy Officer Jim Reed. Oddly, Malloy is going to submit his resignation that night at the end of the shift. Why was he going to resign?

From Quiz "Adam-12" - Mixed

Answer: His best friend was killed in the line of duty.

Malloy and his best friend, Tom Porter, went into the Academy together. Officer Porter is shot to death in the line of duty. Officer Malloy has to tell Mrs Porter and thinking about his own future has decided to resign. Oddly, this was not explained on the show until about 1/3 of the way through season 3.

9. 'Adam-12' had how many episodes?

From Quiz 'Adam 12'

Answer: 174

The show ran for 8 years from 1968 until 1975.

10. Officer Malloy decides to not resign after all. What changed his mind?

From Quiz "Adam-12" - Mixed

Answer: He thinks breaking in Reed will help him with his frame of mind.

He felt he would be a good mentor to young officer Reed. They remained partners for 7 seasons. The last few episodes alluded that Malloy was ready to move on to more of a supervisory role and Reed would become a training officer.

11. All officers have numbers on their badges that serve to identify the officer. What was Jim Reed's badge number on the show?

From Quiz 'Adam 12'

Answer: 2430

These numbers go with the officer and are not repeated.

12. In the United States, what network broadcast the 1968 version of 'Adam-12'?

From Quiz 'Adam 12'

Answer: NBC

This show was filmed at Universal Studios.

13. "The Militants" LOG 76 [LP 40975]. What was the name of the organization that wanted to "Kill all the Pigs"?

From Quiz 'Adam 12'

Answer: The Brotherhood

Hummmm, could that have been a play on the Black Panthers?

14. The supervisor that Officers Reed and Malloy usually report to is a sergeant. What is his name?

From Quiz "Adam-12" - Mixed

Answer: MacDonald

Known casually as just Mac (his first name is never mentioned) and in the field as 1 L-20, he was the go to guy when they needed a supervisor whether they needed extra equipment (such as tear gas) or accused of theft. He was played by William Boyett and appeared in 129 episodes. Boyett also appeared as a cop in 65 episodes of "Highway Patrol". Producer Jack Webb recruited him to appear in "Dragnet 1967" and "Emergency!" as well.

15. In the opening of the show, one of the calls the boys are dispatched is a 211. What is a 211?

From Quiz 'Adam 12'

Answer: Robbery

Calls are shortened to conserve air time. This was especially true before computers were in every patrol car. The call were shortened to the number that identified them, in the California Penal Code. Hence 211 is the section of the CPC that defines robbery.

16. The show was praised for its true-to-life-depiction of being a police officer in Los Angeles. How many times do the two officers get shot over the seven seasons of the show?

From Quiz One Adam-12

Answer: Three

The show is based on the initial premise that Molloy wants to get out of the LAPD because his long term partner was shot and killed on duty. Cue rookie cop Jim Reed... Molloy gets shot in Episode 22 of season 1 while Reed gets shot in a hostage situation in Season 5 Episode 20. However in a two part finale after 174 episodes in total, Officer Reed saved his partner, Officer Molloy's life when he gets shot in the course of discharging his duty. This was a nice juxtaposition to how their story started, Reed's wife urged him to leave the LAPD but his loyalty to his partner is absolute. Reed received the Medal of Valor for his bravery in saving his partner and his wife, recognised his loyalty and dedication to the LAPD and became proud of her husband.

17. Toward the end of the run, Officer Malloy fills in for Sgt MacDonald and Reed is made a training officer. One of his trainees was Dana Hall. What was unusual about Officer Hall?

From Quiz "Adam-12" - Mixed

Answer: A woman

This was 1975 and until then, police women were relegated to non-field jobs. Some of those duties included transporting female suspects to the women's jail, looking after unsupervised children and desk jobs among other jobs. Played by JoAnn Pflug, Officer Hall isn't well accepted by the other male officers. Officer Wells (who is generally a jerk anyway) makes many snide remarks to/about her until she saves him from getting beat up at an out of control rock concert. Officer Reed DOES accept her for what she is, a cop and they tend to get along. There was an episode that Reed and Malloy had a Commissioner tag along for a shift. She was played by Juanita Moore.

18. LAPD is divided into many divisions. Can you name the division that 1 Adam 12 was assigned?

From Quiz 'Adam 12'

Answer: Rampart

Even though they were assigned to Rampart, they seemed to be all over the city in different episodes. Each division has oddities and nicknames. "Shootin Newton" is one of those nicknames.

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