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TV Western "The Virginian" Trivia Quiz

This is a general knowledge quiz about the characters, stars, and co-stars of TV's first 90-minute western series. All questions come from seasons 1-8. There are no questions from season 9 when the title was changed to "The Men from Shiloh."

A multiple-choice quiz by Soxy71. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Soxy71

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
400,784

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
161

Last 3 plays: Guest 184 (4/10), Guest 95 (9/10), Guest 68 (7/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. In "The Fatal Journey," from season two, what did The Virginian do when Molly Wood, the woman he planned to marry, was murdered? Hint

He asked Judge Garth for time off to accompany Molly's body to Vermont

He spent a month in a remote line shack to work through his grief

He tracked down the murderers himself.

He headed a posse to track down her killers.

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Question 2 of 10

2. Before hiring on at Shiloh, Trampas was a bit of a rover who didn't hold a steady job. Which episode from season two chronicled his background before his arrival at Shiloh and his rocky start working on the ranch? Hint

"The Crooked Path"

"Ride a Dark Trail"

"The Stranger"

"The Outcast"

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who taught Shiloh hand Steve Hill to shoot a six-gun? Hint

Trampas

Emmett Ryker

The Virginian

Johnny Wade

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Question 4 of 10

4. What did Trampas say to The Virginian that prompted him to respond, "When you call me that, smile"? Hint

"You'd make a good outlaw."

"You'd make a good bank robber."

"You'd make a good sheriff."

"You'd make a good lawyer."

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these events did NOT happen to Betsy Garth? Hint

She was bitten by a snake.

She was held hostage with other students in the schoolhouse.

She contracted typhoid fever.

She won a yodeling contest.

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Question 6 of 10

6. What did Randy Benton see that caused him to comment, "The things you see when you don't have a gun"? Hint

A 12-point buck

A rattlesnake on the trail

Fellow ranch hand Belden dressed up in a fancy suit

Betsy's bumbling boyfriend from Chicago

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Question 7 of 10

7. In "The Invaders" from season two, Trampas tried to pursue a romance with Margaret Tyrone, but she was not interested because Hint

She planned to enter a convent.

She planned to attend finishing school back East.

She planned to elope with a man her father disapproved of.

She didn't want to marry a cowhand.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which character from Shiloh tried to teach an unschooled neighbor girl to read in the season four episode "The Inchworm's Got No Wings at All." Hint

Betsy Garth

Jennifer Sommers

Elizabeth Grainger

Stacey Grainger

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Question 9 of 10

9. Diane Baker guest starred as this person's romantic interest in two episodes. Hint

Steve

Ryker

The Virginian

Trampas

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Question 10 of 10

10. Betsy Garth married this handsome guest star. Hint

Robert Redford

John Saxon

Glenn Corbett

Harrison Ford

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In "The Fatal Journey," from season two, what did The Virginian do when Molly Wood, the woman he planned to marry, was murdered?

Answer: He tracked down the murderers himself.

When the posse The Virginian joined was unsuccessful, he continued tracking the outlaws by himself.

Answer: "Ride a Dark Trail"

The other episodes listed as possible answers also featured characters with troubled or questionable backgrounds.

3. Who taught Shiloh hand Steve Hill to shoot a six-gun?

Answer: Johnny Wade

Johnny Wade, played by Brian Keith, was the foreman of a neighboring ranch in the episode "Duel at Shiloh" from season one. He took the greenhorn Steve under his wing and taught him how to shoot and earn a living as a cowhand.

4. What did Trampas say to The Virginian that prompted him to respond, "When you call me that, smile"?

Answer: "You'd make a good bank robber."

This exchange happened at the end of the episode "The Accomplice" from season one, which guest starred Bette Davis as a bank teller who identified Trampas as the man who robbed the bank where she worked.

5. Which of these events did NOT happen to Betsy Garth?

Answer: She won a yodeling contest.

She was bitten by a snake in "Hideout" from season three. She contracted typhoid in "A Killer in Town" from season two. Outlaws held her class hostage in "The Brazen Bell" from season one. Roberta Shore, the actress who played Betsy, was an accomplished yodeler, but she did not participate in yodeling contests on the show. She did sing with co-star Randy Boone in several episodes.

6. What did Randy Benton see that caused him to comment, "The things you see when you don't have a gun"?

Answer: Betsy's bumbling boyfriend from Chicago

The episode was season two's "The Intruders," which featured David Macklin as Eddie Tighe, who arrived unexpectedly to visit Betsy. The two of them met in Chicago in a previous episode, "The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones," also from season two.

7. In "The Invaders" from season two, Trampas tried to pursue a romance with Margaret Tyrone, but she was not interested because

Answer: She planned to enter a convent.

She had been educated in Catholic schools and was devout in her faith. Trampas was the man her father disapproved of, and he was angry when he thought Margaret had eloped with him. In the end he calmed down when he learned Trampas had escorted Margaret to the convent.

8. Which character from Shiloh tried to teach an unschooled neighbor girl to read in the season four episode "The Inchworm's Got No Wings at All."

Answer: Jennifer Sommers

Elizabeth Grainger attempted to teach a white girl raised by Indians to read in "The Captive" from season five. Stacey Grainger taught a deaf man how to write his name in "Jacob Was a Plain Man," also from season five.

9. Diane Baker guest starred as this person's romantic interest in two episodes.

Answer: The Virginian

The two episodes are "Linda" from season five and "A Love to Remember" from season eight.

10. Betsy Garth married this handsome guest star.

Answer: Glenn Corbett

Glenn Corbett played minister David Henderson, with whom Betsy fell in love, in season four's "The Awakening." Actress Roberta Shore left the series after this episode.

John Saxon was Elizabeth Grainger's love interest in the season seven episode "Vision of Blindness." Saxon and Harrison Ford guest starred as outlaws holding the Graingers hostage in "The Modoc Kid" in season five.

Robert Redford played a convict paroled into Judge Garth's supervision in "The Evil That Men Do" from season two. Betsy developed a crush on him, but he was not romantically interested in her.

Source: Author Soxy71

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