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'MAS*H' - 'Sometimes You Hear the Bullet' Quiz

One of the most powerful episodes of the first season, 'Sometimes You Hear the Bullet' is really the first 'MAS*H' episode with a decidely serious theme. Recall it with me, if you will...

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 5 mins.

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thejazzkickazz

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
245,461

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
6 / 10

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4256

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Top 5% quiz!

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Question 1 of 10

1. Though a serious episode, 'Sometimes You Hear the Bullet' begins on a light note, with Hot Lips and Frank gushing over each other in Margaret's tent. The gushing ends, however, when Frank injures himself while they dance. In what part of his body is Frank hurt? Hint

Back

Head

Leg

Arm

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Question 2 of 10

2. Hot Lips and Frank are not the only ones involved in a romantic tryst at the 4077th. Hawkeye is in the process of wooing one of his favorite nurses. From what source has Hawkeye claimed he has procured the olives in the martinis he pours? Hint

Communist China

His Aunt Millie sent them via express mail

Army channels

Flown in on a private helicopter from Hawaii

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Question 3 of 10

3. Hawkeye is pleasantly surprised when his old friend Tommy shows up. A friend of Hawkeye's since grammar school, what is Tommy's surname? Hint

Thomas

Wopner

Gillis

Billings

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Question 4 of 10

4. Hawkeye's friend Tommy has arrived in Korea on assignment as a war correspondent for the Associated Press.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. Tommy is currently in the process of writing a book called 'Sometimes You Hear the Bullet'.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. Trapper and Hawkeye are summoned to the O.R. when several wounded soldiers arrive needing treatment. After an abrupt goodbye, Hawkeye leaves Tommy in the Swamp and heads for surgery. While in surgery, Hawkeye admits that operating on what body part makes him sick? Hint

Liver

Appendix

Brain

Heart

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Question 7 of 10

7. The patient that Hawkeye operates on turns out to be a very young marine named Wendell Peterson, so young in fact that Hawkeye suspects he might be underage. The actor who plays Wendell Peterson famously appeared as a child on what earlier TV sitcom? Hint

The Andy Griffith Show

My Three Sons

Leave it to Beaver

I Love Lucy

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Question 8 of 10

8. Hawkeye soon learns that this boy claiming to be Wendell is indeed underage. To be exact, he is only 15 years old!

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. A new shipment of wounded arrives at the 4077th. Much to Hawkeye's chagrin, his friend Tommy is among them. Despite his best efforts, he is unable to treat his friend, and becomes distraught as a result. Henry attempts to console Hawkeye, but finds it very difficult. In the conversation, what does Henry claim is rule #1 at command school? Hint

Never cry in the operating room.

Young men die.

Doctors aren't perfect.

War is hell.

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Question 10 of 10

10. Towards the end of the episode, Wendell is sent home by Hawkeye. We learn that Wendell is not his real name. What is the true given name of this brave young man? Hint

Peter

Albert

Walter

Philip

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Back

Frank throws out his back in the process of dipping Margaret while they dance. Later, in the hospital, we discover that Frank plans to apply for a Purple Heart for this injury incurred 'in a combat zone'.

Answer: Communist China

According to Hawkeye: 'I know a red on the black market that gets me green olives.'

When Hawkeye discovers that the olives taste awful, he comments: 'You can't conquer the world with a shoddy olive. Hitler found that out.'

3. Hawkeye is pleasantly surprised when his old friend Tommy shows up. A friend of Hawkeye's since grammar school, what is Tommy's surname?

Answer: Gillis

Tommy Gillis and Hawkeye have been friends since the 5th grade. Tommy claims that Hawkeye made a 'great milk monitor'.

Gillis is charmingly played by actor James Callahan. Callahan has appeared as a character actor in about 70 different television series, beginning in the late 1950s.

4. Hawkeye's friend Tommy has arrived in Korea on assignment as a war correspondent for the Associated Press.

Answer: False

Actually, Tommy has enlisted in the U.S. army as an infantryman. He is a writer, and claims that the only way he is going to get the true story is by living the life of an army grunt.

5. Tommy is currently in the process of writing a book called 'Sometimes You Hear the Bullet'.

Answer: False

As a matter of fact, the title of his unfinished manuscript is 'You Never Hear the Bullet'. Tommy claims that in all the old war movies, the 'big blonde kid' always gets hit by a bullet after hearing a 'big loud ricochet', but in real life, you don't hear the bullet coming. Tragically, later in the episode Tommy learns differently.

Answer: Appendix

While Trapper attends to a couple of brutes who got into a fight over a salami, Hawkeye deals with a patient who needs his appendix out. Hawkeye proclaims, 'Appendixes make me sick'.

Answer: The Andy Griffith Show

The actor is none other than Ron Howard, appearing in between stints on 'The Andy Griffith Show' and 'Happy Days'. Ron Howard is not the only 'Happy Days' actor to have appeared on 'M*A*S*H'. Another 'Happy Days' regular who showed up on 'M*A*S*H'...Pat Morita.

8. Hawkeye soon learns that this boy claiming to be Wendell is indeed underage. To be exact, he is only 15 years old!

Answer: True

Earlier, Wendell claims that he is 20, but then admits that he's really only 18. However, later we learn the truth, that he is
'almost 16'. Apparently, he is in Korea just to show that 'dumb Bernice', a girl who seems to have an eye for men in uniform.

Answer: Young men die.

In one of his more poignant moments, Henry consoles Hawkeye who claims to never have cried before while in Korea. Henry tells Hawkeye that there are two rules he learned at command school, the first is that 'young men die' and the second is that 'doctors can't change rule #1'.

10. Towards the end of the episode, Wendell is sent home by Hawkeye. We learn that Wendell is not his real name. What is the true given name of this brave young man?

Answer: Walter

Wendell is Walter's older brother. He stole his brother's ID in order to enlist in the marines.

After the death of his friend Tommy, Hawkeye reveals Walter's secret and the young lad is sent home. In the end, he seems to appreciate what Hawkeye has done.

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Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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'M*A*S*H' - 'Sometimes You Hear the Bullet' Quiz

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'MAS*H' - 'Sometimes You Hear the Bullet' Quiz

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