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  "The Big Valley" Part Three    
Multiple Choice
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Here is my third quiz on this western series which starred Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, and Linda Evans.
Average, 10 Qns, Soxy71, Aug 23 24
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Aug 23 24
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  "The Big Valley" Part Two   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
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Here is my second quiz about the American television series, "The Big Valley", a western about a family on a ranch in California, set in the 1880s.
Average, 10 Qns, Soxy71, Jul 02 24
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Jul 02 24
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  All about "Big Valley"   popular trivia quiz  
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The is a quiz on the show "Big Valley".
Easier, 10 Qns, tinamomnsox, Jun 25 18
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  The Big Valley   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
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Here's a quiz for those who enjoyed this western tv series.
Tough, 10 Qns, robert362, Apr 09 10
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  "Big Valley" Characters: Jarrod Barkley    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz on Jarrod Barkley, a character from "Big Valley". Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, tinamomnsox, Jan 18 18
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  "Big Valley" Characters: Nick Barkley    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz on one of my two favorite characters: Nick Barkley! Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, tinamomnsox, Apr 25 13
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  "Big Valley" Characters: Heath Barkley   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
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This is a quiz on one of my two favorite characters: Heath Barkley.
Average, 10 Qns, tinamomnsox, Apr 09 10
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  "The Big Valley"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz focuses on the characters and their many adventures on their ranch in California's San Joaquin Valley.
Average, 10 Qns, Soxy71, Apr 07 20
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Apr 07 20
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trivia question Quick Question
At first, who did Nick resent?

From Quiz ""Big Valley" Characters: Nick Barkley"





Big Valley Trivia Questions
1. What was the surname of the family?

From Quiz "The Big Valley" Part Two

Answer: Barkley

Victoria Barkley was the formidable matriarch of the family. Her husband Tom had been killed in a squabble with the railroad, leaving her and her sons to operate the ranch. "Lancer" was a western series, also set in California, that featured patriarch Murdoch Lancer and his two sons. The Cartwrights were the family on the Ponderosa in the series "Bonanza". John Cannon and his family ran The High Chaparral ranch near Tucson in the series of the same name.

2. Which character was bitten by a rabid wolf and expected to die?

From Quiz "The Big Valley"

Answer: Nick

Nick left home to spare the family his agonizing death, and only Heath knew where he had gone.

3. Who is the oldest brother?

From Quiz All about "Big Valley"

Answer: Jarrod

He is played by Richard Long. Jarrod is a very good lawyer and the calmest of the brothers. He would handle all the business affairs.

4. Audra (Linda Evans) becomes ill on a train trip. What is her problem?

From Quiz The Big Valley

Answer: Appendicitis

Richard Anderson plays a doctor in distress who happens to be on the train.

5. How many seasons did the series last?

From Quiz "The Big Valley" Part Two

Answer: 4

"The Big Valley" aired for four seasons, 1965-1969, on ABC.

6. Which character went undercover as a prison inmate to see firsthand the bad conditions there?

From Quiz "The Big Valley"

Answer: Victoria

Victoria infiltrated a women's prison to expose corruption of the warden and guards.

7. What was Jarrod's occupation?

From Quiz "Big Valley" Characters: Jarrod Barkley

Answer: Lawyer

Jarrod would take over the family matters, if something came to a legal issue. Several episodes dealt with his talent in law.

8. Who is the middle son?

From Quiz All about "Big Valley"

Answer: Nick

He was played by Peter Breck. He was the middle son and the hothead. He would start a fight anywhere he needed to, but he mainly fought when a member of the family was insulted or attacked. He was known for his black leather vest and leather gloves.

9. Victoria (Barbara Stanwyck) is kidnapped due to a case of mistaken identity. Who did her kidnapper think she was?

From Quiz The Big Valley

Answer: Schoolteacher

The kidnapper, Harold J. Stone, wants to learn how to read. He kidnaps her so that he can be a class of one.

10. One of Victoria Barkley's children was not her biological offspring. Which child was Tom Barkley's by another woman?

From Quiz "The Big Valley" Part Two

Answer: Heath

Heath was an adult when he confronted the family about his parentage. Tom Barkley did not know he had fathered a son outside his marriage to Victoria. Heath's mother never revealed her pregnancy to him and raised the child by herself.

11. Who was the only character to marry during the series?

From Quiz "The Big Valley"

Answer: Jarrod

Jarrod married, but his wife was killed. Nick was engaged, but his fiancée broke off the engagement. Audra agreed to be the mistress of an unscrupulous businessman to keep him from foreclosing on other ranchers in the Valley. Because he admired her courage, he released her from the arrangement. Heath had many romantic encounters but never married.

12. Where were/was Jarrod's office(s)?

From Quiz "Big Valley" Characters: Jarrod Barkley

Answer: Both of these

We see his Stockton office several times and his San Francisco office is mentioned several times.

13. How was Heath related to Jarrod and Nick?

From Quiz "Big Valley" Characters: Heath Barkley

Answer: Half-brother

Heath was the illegitimate child of Tom Barkley, although Tom didn't know about him. He was resented at first.

14. At first, who did Nick resent?

From Quiz "Big Valley" Characters: Nick Barkley

Answer: Heath

He resented Heath for what he thought Heath was doing to the family name. He grew to treat Heath as a brother and love him.

15. Who was the youngest son?

From Quiz All about "Big Valley"

Answer: Eugene

He is played by Charles Briles. He went to college in the beginning of the first season, but he returned to help with some problems on the ranch.

16. The Barkley Ranch was located near Stockton, California, in the San Joaquin Valley. What was the name of the small town where Heath was born and grew up?

From Quiz "The Big Valley" Part Two

Answer: Strawberry

Strawberry was a small mining town. The other choices also feature agricultural products grown in California, but they are names I invented for this quiz.

17. Which character disappeared from the series after the first season?

From Quiz "The Big Valley"

Answer: Eugene

Charles Briles, who played Eugene, left the show to enter the military. Viewers were left to assume his character was still in college.

18. Who resented Heath at first?

From Quiz "Big Valley" Characters: Heath Barkley

Answer: Nick

Nick was not very happy with Heath in the first few episodes. He did warm up to Heath, though.

19. Who is the son played by Lee Majors?

From Quiz All about "Big Valley"

Answer: Heath

He was played by Lee Majors. He was the illegitimate son of Tom Barkley, the father. He was even-tempered but violent when it was needed. He could also imitate 20 different kinds of birds.

20. Jarrod (Richard Long) encounters an old friend from school. Who is it?

From Quiz The Big Valley

Answer: William Shatner

Shatner plays an old friend who suddenly turns up. Grodin and Johnson played bad guys in a different episode with Majors and Breck. Akins appeared in a different episode with Breck.

21. Which character could fit into Tom Barkley's boots?

From Quiz "The Big Valley"

Answer: Heath

Victoria wanted Heath to wear his father's boots to a ceremony to honor Tom Barkley with a statue.

22. In the episode "Barbary Red", what is Nick celebrating?

From Quiz "Big Valley" Characters: Nick Barkley

Answer: Birthday & his birthday

Nick and some of his men go to a bar where they are shanghaied. We see a birthday cake at the house that has his name on it. We are never told how old he is. Bummer!

23. What is the mother's first name?

From Quiz All about "Big Valley"

Answer: Victoria

She is played by Barbara Stanwyck. Victoria is a very strong woman, but not bossy. She was a widow because her husband, Tom, was killed by a man during a fight.

24. Nick (Peter Breck) convinces the town that a seamstress is a notorious woman. who plays the seamstress?

From Quiz The Big Valley

Answer: Julie Harris

Veteran actress Julie Harris plays the meek, mild seamstress. Leachman and Lynley appeared in epsiodes with Majors; Grant appeared in an episode with Breck.

25. Which two characters were held hostage in a church?

From Quiz "The Big Valley"

Answer: Victoria and Audra

Colleen Dewhurst guest starred as the matriarch of an outlaw family who held the two women hostage.

26. In the episode "A Time to Kill", what actor portrayed Jarrod's friend, Brett Skyler?

From Quiz "Big Valley" Characters: Jarrod Barkley

Answer: William Shatner

Brett Skyler was a boyhood friend of Jarrod's. He was a safe-cracker that decided to do the right thing and return some money he had stolen from the Stockton Bank.

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