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As J.R. and Sue Ellen waited for her mother and sister's plane to arrive, J.R. became extremely discontented when he saw the headlines on the front page (of the local paper) that read, "Civic Group Names Barnes Man of the Year". Of course, Sue Ellen enjoyed every bit of J.R.'s misery. Cliff had invited his father back to Texas to share his "moment of glory" as he basked in the success of his latest award. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Southfort, The Cattleman's Club, On a downtown street

Cliff and J.R. were fierce enemies and if Cliff had turned out to be John Ross' father, chaos would surely have erupted at Southfork. Cliff even told television reporters that he was the father and Digger called John Ross his grandson. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Jock Ewing, Ray Krebbs, Jack Ewing

While not much is known about their relationship, it is understood that it ended friendly. This is hardly ever mentioned again on the series, although Ray does bring it up to Jenna Wade when the two begin seeing one another. Difficulty: Average.

 

J.R. Ewing, Jock Ewing, Clayton Farlow

No one knew ahead of time of Bobby and Pam's marriage. This lead to some awkward moments when Pam first arrived at Southfork. The only Ewing she connected to at first was Lucy. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Jock and Miss Ellie , J.R. and Sue Ellen, Ray Krebs

The incident occurs when J.R. and Pam are arguing in the barn and Pam falls off and lands on her stomach. Sue Ellen first asks J.R. if he pushed Pam. He said he did not, but does not answer her when she asks if J.R. cares. It is let up to the viewer to decide. Difficulty: Hard.

 

"No, I do not.", "Yes, I most certainly do care.", "You think I am some kind of monster?"

This is from the episode "Survival", in which JR and Bobby's plane crashes. Miss Ellie is saying this about a reporter who has come to Southfork wanting information on JR and Bobby. Considering Miss Ellie's demeanor, this quote is pretty memorable to Dallas fans. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Lucy Ewing, Jock Ewing, JR Ewing

This line was said by Pam after she and Bobby marry and she is going to meet his family. The others were part of a conversation by Pam and Bobby. Difficulty: Hard.

 

"Your folks are gonna throw me off the ranch.", "Well this is a fine state of affairs.", "Don't worry Pammy."

As it turns out, Hutch McKinney is later found to be Pamela's biological father.

Difficulty: Hard.

 

Digger Barnes, Amos Krebbs, Fenton Washburn

JR, Bobby, John Ross and Christopher go on their first hunting trip together in Haleyville. Haleyville's exact location is never revealed, but was made clear that it is in a state that borders Texas. I suspect that it is Arkansas, but I've no proof of that. They say they are hunting in the Arkansas/Louisiana area and there is a real Haleyville, Alabama, but it remained a mystery! JR lags behind when Bobby and the boys return to Dallas and gets himself into a load of trouble when he beds the innocent Callie Harper. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Harpertown, Houston, Harrisburg

Annabel Schofield played Laurel, the tree sculptor, throughout season 11. She and Clayton form a quick attachment after Clayton buys a portrait of her from a man named David Shulton. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Laura Ellsman, Lisa Alden, Lisette Elder

Bobby seemed to think Pam could make the best decisions over Christopher's inherited share of the company. After Mark Graison returns to her life she initially decides to sell it to Jeremy Wendell, but changes her mind at the Oil Baron's Ball. Later in the season she changes her mind again and sells the company completely to JR. Difficulty: Average.

 

Bobby donates his share to charity, Bobby leaves control of his share to Ray, Bobby divides his shares equally between Pam and Jenna

Ray did not want to make that promise to Mickey, but he did. In the end, Ray did not allow Mickey to live that way. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Ray would not let Lucy waste her life on him (Mickey), Ray would not allow Lil to stay in Dallas during Mickey's recovery, All of these

Holly did deliver the information to Bobby, but it was he and Ray that carried out the plan to stop Walt Driscoll from meeting their Cuban contact in Puerto Rico. As Walt was headed to the airport, Ray ran into his car and caused a minor accident. The police showed up and took Walt to jail, because Bobby had planted a briefcase with illegal concealed weapons in the front seat of the car while no one was looking. This happened in the episode "The Sting". Difficulty: Hard.

 

Bobby Ewing and Mark Graison, Cliff Barnes and Marilee Stone, Cliff Barnes and Holly Harwood

There were four, J.R. (John Ross Jr.), Bobby, Gary and then Ray, who was Jock's son from an affair he had. Difficulty: Hard.

 

3, 5, 2

In season 5's "The Search," Bobby joins in the search by diving into a small lake they believe the helicopter went down in. When he retrieves Jock's medallion on a chain he is convinced his daddy is gone for good. Difficulty: Hard.

 

signet ring, cuff links, belt buckle

Jock named his eldest son John Ross (J.R.) and Jock's brother was Jason. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Jack Ewing, JR Ewing, John Ross Jr.

Keenan Wynn was a very talented character actor but as the question mentions he was more likely to be seen on the stage than on the small screen. One popular source reported that Keenan Wynn had been a long time friend of David Wayne (who had portrayed Digger earlier in the series) before he was the second actor to portray Digger Barnes. Wayne had previously been written into the role of Dr. Amos Weatherby on the TV show "House Calls" (1979-1982) when "Dallas" needed him to portray Digger. The story goes then Wayne suggested his friend, Keenan Wynn, for the part. Wynn would go on to appear as Digger for this season and the fourth season, too - many more episodes than Wayne was Digger. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Lorene Greene, James Arness, George Kennedy

Donna was still married to Sam Culver at the time she met Ray. In addition to falling for Krebbs, Donna also had a brief relationship with Cliff Barnes after Sam Culver died. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Donna is self-conscious of her looks., Ray feels like he would ruin Donna's career., Donna lives in New York City.

Bobby and Pamela were going to wait until Christopher was older to tell him, but he found out before time. This was a pivotal point in Christopher's character development that continues on into the revival series where he always felt like an outsider for not being a blood Ewing. Difficulty: Hard.

 

He found his birth certificate., The kids at school told him., Bobby told him after Pamela ran away.

J.R could not stand the thought of Cliff winning a state senate seat. When he tells Pam that he is going to tell everyone Cliff is gay, Pamela responds and says that no one will believe it because Cliff once a girlfriend in New York City. When J.R. investigated, he found out the woman died during an illegal abortion procedure. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Cliff is gay, Cliff accepted a bribe from a oilman, Cliff has been embezzling from his mother's company

Bobby teams up with his friend Guzzler Bennett. This upsets Jock who wants his sons to stay together at Ewing Oil. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Fashion boutiques, Natural gas, Politics

Sue Ellen says this to Donna in the episode "Return to Camelot." She asks where all the men are and that she does not see any of them. Donna tells Sue Ellen to stop whining and that she's not the only one with problems. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Ray Krebbs, Donna Krebbs, Bobby Ewing

Jock was on his way back from South America when his helicopter went down due to inclement weather. J.R., Bobby, and Ray flew down to South America to hopefully rescue him, but they were unable to find him. They finally had to accepted that he had died when Bobby found his necklace in the bottom of a lake. Difficulty: Average.

 

heart attack, cancer, shot

"I said 'I love you,' and she said 'I love you,' I said 'then why don't we get married in this charming city of New Orleans.' Pam said 'why Bobby James Ewing, that is the craziest idea I ever heard!' Twenty minutes later, in the Orleans Parish courthouse, we said 'I will' and 'I will,' and that was that." Bobby's explanation on how he and Pam got married. Difficulty: Hard.

J.R. tells Jock and Bobby that they need to get the screwworm under control, for they could lose lots of money on beef sales if the disease spread.
Difficulty: Hard.

 

Ringworm, Tapeworm, Athlete's Foot

When April put all the pieces together, she warned Lucy and the two women sent Casey packing! Andrew Stevens played the con-artist Casey Denault. He started his career as a model and went on to have an excellent career in show business. He starred in many low budget movies (over 50), was both writer and producer in the "Night Eyes" series of films, and was executive producer on such movies as "Angel Eyes", "Alex and Emma" and "The Whole Ten Yards". Difficulty: Hard.

 

Lucy and Sue Ellen, April and Michelle, Lucy and Marilee

Brad guest starred in 4 episodes that season (1987 and 1988). He was also in the movie "Less Than Zero" and on an episode of "21 Jumpstreet" in that same time frame. Ray caught Charlie and Randy getting a little carried away, romantically speaking, in the barn one day, and forbid her to ever see him again. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Jeff, Chris, Adam

On his deathbed Bobby looks up at Pam and Jenna and says that they wasted all that time, and all he really wanted was to marry her. He was talking to Pam, but Jenna believed for months that he was directing that at her. She felt guilty for cheating him out of that wish, because she followed Naldo's manipulation. She actually knew the truth before he died, but blocked it all out until the end of the dream season. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Bobby was going to marry Pam when he died, Bobby would not forgive her for dating Jack, Pam was responsible for Bobby's murder

Bobby finds her waitressing in the cowboy hangout Billy Bob's in the episode "Ray's Trial". They begin to slowly rekindle their former romance, much to the distress of both Pam and Katherine. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Bubba Ray's, Baby Boys, Bad Boys

Jock was married to Amanda, who was put away for delusions. Then he married Miss Ellie. Difficulty: Easy.

 

1, 3, 4

Jock's will stated the boys each had 12 months to use exactly half of Ewing Oil assets to make a profit. Whomever had the bigger financial gain would become the head of the company.

The will also gave Ray and Gary each a $10 million lump sum, but Gary's portion had a stipulation to prevent him from using it unwisely. Difficulty: Hard.

 

18 months, 6 months, This was not part of Jock's will

I am not sure when this may have ever been spoken aloud, though I am sure it was at some point, but in season 5's "The Prodigal" we see it written on his birth certificate. JR is figuring out that Christopher is Kristen's baby and most likely his as well. When he receives the birth certificate, you can see it is clearly typed on there. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Patrick, John, Ross

Amanda was committed to an insane asylum early in their marriage. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Miss Ellie, Mrs. Krebbs, Rebecca Barnes

J.R. all too quickly told the policeman when Bobby was kidnapped and the family acted on its own behalf to "get Bobby back, no one was hurt and it did not cost ... a cent". The lead detective summed up his concerns about how the Ewings handled themselves when Bobby had been kidnapped by simply saying, "You were lucky". By then news of the baby's kidnapping had made all of the local media outlets. Pam heard about it from a street vendor's radio as she walked on a downtown street. Pam arrived at The Store (her place of employment) just as Bobby arrived to look for her there. Bobby and Pam argued because Bobby blamed Cliff for the baby's kidnapping. Difficulty: Hard.

 

J.R. had angered a lot of people with his "shady deals"., Lucy had been friends with people who were or associated with known drug dealers., Sue Ellen had recently been in a facility for treatment of depression.

Donna was constantly surrounded by Washington politicians, having several in her family. Donna's desire to have a high-powered career of her did not sit well with Ray, who wanted a more traditional wife. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Ray's career, Ray's relationship with the Ewings, Donna's constant affairs.

Miss Ellie goes through with the mastectomy fine, but it is the recovery that is difficult for her. She feels self-conscious and unattractive especially when she discovers that Jock had a secret wife before her that he divorced when she became ill. Later on the series, Miss Ellie struggles with whether or not she should tell Clayton Farlow about her surgery since she fears he will be put off with the scars from the mastectomy. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Lung, Brain, Stomach

Charley let it slip to Christopher that Lucas was really Bobby's son. Since Christopher already felt excluded because he was adopted, he assumed Bobby didn't want him any more since he now had a biological son. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Pamela didn't want him either., Bobby was too distracted with the oil business., J.R. told him not to.

John Ross lived with Sue Ellen and Dusty on the Southern Cross Ranch even before a decision could be made. The judge agreed to let John Ross stay in Sue Ellen's care because she was the mother and was no longer drinking at that time. J.R. tried all kinds of schemes to get John Ross back to Southfork, including trying to get Miss Ellie to kidnap him. Difficulty: Hard.

 

J.R., Sue Ellen and J.R. reconciled before it can be decided, Custody was equally divided between the two of them

While riding a horse, Pam lost control and fell off. Pamela was initially hesitant about her pregnancy after discovering that her family has a history of the inherited genetic disorder called neurofibromatosis, which may have caused the early deaths of her baby sister. Difficulty: Hard.

 

She was kicked in the stomach by a bull, She was hit by a car, She fell down the stairs

Cliff originally blackmailed Sly into spying on J.R. so her brother could be released from prison. After he was out and J.R. found out, the tables were turned and Sly spied on Cliff and gave him false information intended to ruin him financially. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Mandy Winger, Jackie, Phyllis