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"Moonlighting" Mania Trivia Quiz

What do you remember about this great 80's show starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd? Take this quiz and test your memory. This one could be a little tough unless you're a "Moonlighting" maniac.

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

Author
dumblond

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
121,374

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
628

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1. Viewers first meet David's brother Richie in this episode. Hint

"Big Man on Mulberry Street"

"Sleep Talkin' Guy"

"Those Lips, Those Lies"

"Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?"

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2. In "Maddie's Turn to Cry", who does David pretend to be talking to on the phone? Hint

Agnes

Monique

Maddie

His brother, Richie

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3. In "Big Man on Mulberry Street", this is the first name of David's ex-brother in law.

Answer: (Think "blank" Stewart - first name only)

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4. Where does Maddie find her sleazy accountant in "Money Talks, Maddie Walks"? Hint

Rio De Janiero, Brazil

Hanging from her office door

Her bathroom

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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5. Besides Bruce Willis, this "Moonlighting" guest star also appeared in the film, "Pulp Fiction". Hint

Amanda Plummer

Rosanna Arquette

Eric Stoltz

Tim Roth

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6. Another toughy. Name the character who trades places with David in the episode entitled, "Cool Hand Dave". Hint

Ted Bundy

Mad Dog Huntley

Fast Eddie Felson

John McClane

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7. Who plays the director seen only in profile in the final episode, "Lunar Eclipse"? Hint

Dennis Dugan

Chris Carter

Dennis Franz

Glenn Gordon Caron

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8. David wants to charge Maddie $1000 to attend a wedding with her in "Funeral for a Doornail".

True

False

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9. Which of Maddie's relatives dies in "It's a Wonderful Job"? Hint

Her father

Her cousin Annie

Her mother

Her Aunt Ruth

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10. One highly acclaimed "Moonlighting" episode was a take-off on William Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream".

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Viewers first meet David's brother Richie in this episode.

Answer: "Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?"

Richie turns up "out of the blue" with a wad of stolen cash and the intention of showing up his brother by impressing Maddie. It works for awhile...This became a recurring role for Charles Rocket.

2. In "Maddie's Turn to Cry", who does David pretend to be talking to on the phone?

Answer: Monique

Trying to make Maddie jealous, he tells Agnes to buzz him and pretend to be the mysterious, non-existent Monique.

3. In "Big Man on Mulberry Street", this is the first name of David's ex-brother in law.

Answer: Jimmy

David takes off for NY for his funeral. Maddie, curious about the former Mrs. Addison, follows him after a steamy dream sequence dance with Sandahl Bergman.

4. Where does Maddie find her sleazy accountant in "Money Talks, Maddie Walks"?

Answer: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ron Sawyer, who left Maddie with no money, only a detective agency run by a cad named David Addison, built a casino in Buenos Aires with the money he embezzled from Maddie and his other clients.

5. Besides Bruce Willis, this "Moonlighting" guest star also appeared in the film, "Pulp Fiction".

Answer: Amanda Plummer

In "Moonlighting" she played "Jackie Wilborn", a girl who needs flying lessons in "Take a Left at the Altar". In "Pulp Fiction" she played "young woman" who decides to rob a Denny's restaurant with her boyfriend.

6. Another toughy. Name the character who trades places with David in the episode entitled, "Cool Hand Dave".

Answer: Mad Dog Huntley

After he finds out she's pregnant, David plans to follow Maddie to Chicago. His plan is thwarted when Mad Dog handcuffs him to a drugged police officer at the airport.

7. Who plays the director seen only in profile in the final episode, "Lunar Eclipse"?

Answer: Dennis Dugan

Dennis Dugan also plays Maddie's husband in an earlier ill-conceived storyline. He went on to direct in TV and some pretty big films, including one of my guilty pleasures, "Saving Silverman".

8. David wants to charge Maddie $1000 to attend a wedding with her in "Funeral for a Doornail".

Answer: False

It was actually $1200 for the pleasure of his company. Pretty reasonable, I'd say.

9. Which of Maddie's relatives dies in "It's a Wonderful Job"?

Answer: Her Aunt Ruth

Some viewers may have wanted it to be her cousin Annie but too bad...Interestingly Aunt Ruth apparently rose from the dead when she was mentioned as a dinner companion by Maddie's mother in a later episode!

10. One highly acclaimed "Moonlighting" episode was a take-off on William Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream".

Answer: False

The episode was actually a take on "Taming of the Shrew". It received more Emmy nominations/awards than any other episode of "Moonlighting", including awards for directing, editing and HAIRSTYLING.

Source: Author dumblond

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