'M*A*S*H' - 'Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler?' Quiz

Answer: Where are you going?

This quote is apparently an allusion to the story of Jesus and Peter, who cross paths on the road to Rome. Peter, who is leaving Rome to escape persecution, passes the reincarnated Jesus, and asks 'quo vadis, Domine' (Where are you going, oh lord?) Jesus responds that he is returning to be crucified once again.

After Peter hears this, he returns to Rome with Jesus to finally be crucified himself. In this episode, Captain Chandler imagines himself to be the returned Messiah.

Answer: Radar

Radar, with clipboard in hand, walks through a bush of wounded men taking down information. At the back of the bus he leans over a captain and notices there are no dog tags. As a responce to Radar's request for his identity, the captain quietly replies 'Jesus Christ', but we don't actually hear him whisper the name. I suppose the director wanted to leave us in suspense for a bit!

Answer: False

In actuality, Captain Chandler's headwound is only superficial, as Hawkeye makes clear. Hawkeye does initially believe that Chandler might be attempting to get a Section Eight, but after an interview with the doctors and Father Mulcahy, it appears that the problem might be psychological.

Answer: Colonel Flagg

Colonel Flagg is summoned by Margaret and Frank, who insist on getting to the bottom of the Captain Chandler controversy. Flagg is his usual cryptic self, though he does make it clear that 'It's the duty of every American to be on the lookout for goldbricks, pinkos and fellow travelers'. Flagg then pulls an envelope from under his pants with Chandler's true identity.

Answer: Bombardier

Captain Arnold T. Chandler is a bombadier with the 428th bomber squadron. His plane was shot down four days prior to his injuries. Chandler was on his 57th bombing mission when his plane was finally downed by enemy fire. Potter and the other doctors insist that Chandler is suffering from fatigue, while Flagg insists that Chandler is 'chicken'.

Answer: Yes

Sitting in Radar's chair, Flagg is the first to greet Freedman. He says, 'Major Freedman. Colonel Flagg. We played poker once.' Sidney responds, 'Oh sure. With intelligence, right?' Flagg is referring to an episode during the second season called 'Deal Me Out' in which Freedman appeared, as did Edward Winter, who portrays Flagg.

However, in that episode, Winter's character was called Captain Halloran, not Flagg. Halloran and Freedman did play cards together...so perhaps 'Halloran' was just one of Flagg's secret identities!

Answer: Chocolate pudding

In response to Sidney Freedman's question of whether God answers all prayers, Chandler says, 'Yes. But sometimes the answer is 'no''. This could explain why Frank didn't get his chocolate pudding!

Answer: He never signed his loyalty oath

Flagg also accuses Freedman of being a member of a number of 'subversive' organizations during their earlier meeting. These groups 'on the attorney general's list of subversive organizations' include: Young Americans for Lasting Peace, New York Alliance for Young Democrats and Doctor's Progressive Conference. Freedman adds the Boy Scouts and the Psychiatrist's Bowling League to the list for kicks.

Answer: Radar

In a very sincere and poignant moment, Radar requests that Captain Chandler bless his teddy bear. Chandler fulfills this request, and then blesses Radar as well.

Answer: No

Chandler steps on the bus at the end of the episode still believing he is Christ. The final scene of the episode provides a chuckle. Klinger shows up dressed as Moses hoping that Dr. Freedman will allow him to leave the army as well. Hawkeye informs Klinger that Sidney is in Tokyo, and to get there he only needs to 'part the Sea of Japan'. Thank you for playing this quiz, I hope you enjoyed it and will try some of my other 'M*A*S*H'-related quizzes.