"The Andy Griffith Show" Bits and Pieces III Quiz

Answer: The agent allowed his picture to be taken

When a special agent for the FBI comes to town, he says he is there to present an award to the town of Mayberry for being the most crime-free city in the country. The agent's associate is a reporter and photographer. Outside the courthouse, the agent has his photo taken with the Mayor.

While giving out the award, the agent's accomplice tries to rob the bank and is caught by Andy. Andy tells Barney that he became suspicious when the agent agreed to have his picture taken and that special agents for the FBI don't allow themselves to be photographed.

Answer: none

When Opie finishes last in a track race, he is a poor sport and doesn't congratulate the winners of the races. When Andy asks Opie why, Opie says that they are not his friends because they took his medal. Andy tells Opie that if that's the way he feels about it, he's very disappointed in him. Opie later apologizes for his actions.

Answer: Dopey Opie

When a new tough kid comes to town, he becomes the leader of the pack and gets Opie and his friends into trouble because of his mischief. When Opie first meets him, he calls Opie 'Dopey Opie'. He likes to steal fruits and vegetables from the grocer and also likes to break things for fun. Opie finally gets up the courage to challenge the new kid and finds out that he is actually a coward and not tough at all. Opie's friends stop hanging out with the new kid after that.

Answer: Carl Benson and the Wildcats

While going through an old yearbook, Andy and Barney decide to see if they can set up a high school reunion. While dancing, Andy's old girlfriend asks if the band playing is the original Carl Benson and the Wildcats from school. Andy says they are except that the sax player is Carl's mother.

Answer: 1945

At the reunion, behind the band, there is a banner that reads 'Class of 45'. The episode aired in 1963 which is 18 years later but they never say what year anniversary the reunion actually is.

Answer: 75 cents a week

When a new spoiled kid comes to town, he befriends Opie and he tells Opie that he is being taken advantage of by his dad. Opie gets 25 cents a week for his allowance and has to work for it. New kid Arnold says he gets 75 cents and doesn't have to work. Arnold also has a bad habit of riding his bike on the sidewalks.

When Arnold has his bike impounded, he brings his dad to the courthouse to get it back. When Andy threatens to toss Arnold's dad in jail, Arnold tells Andy to go ahead and do it because he just wants his bike back. Arnold's dad then realizes that he has a spoiled child and decides to sell the bike.

Answer: Old Man Rimshaw

When Opie hits a baseball into a supposed haunted house, he goes to the courthouse to see if his dad can get it back. Andy tells Barney to get it and Barney enlists the help of Gomer. Barney comes back without the ball and tells Andy that the old Rimshaw house is haunted.

When all three go back to the house, Andy discovers that a moonshiner is running a still in the cellar and that he is making all the haunting noises to scare people off.

Answer: General 'Black Jack' Pershing

When Barney buys a motorcycle with sidecar, he drives everyone crazy with the noise and his unreasonable traffic stops. Unwilling to get rid of it, Andy agrees to let Barney keep it as long as he fixes the seat. Unbeknownst to Barney, Andy made up a fake historical plaque and placed it under the sidecar seat.

The plaque read that Black Jack Pershing was a passenger in the sidecar. When Barney sees it, Andy convinces Barney that the motorcycle belongs in a museum and Barney agrees.

Answer: Diamond Jim's

When Aunt Bee buys 150 pounds of beef from a discount butcher, she finds the the beef is of low quality. When the old freezer she puts it in starts making noise, Andy finds out about the meat purchase. The freezer then breaks down completely and Andy tells Bee to get a repairman to fix it before the meat thaws. Bee ends up having to take the meat to her regular butcher who agrees to store it for her. Mr. Foley thinks of Bee as a friend and doesn't want too lose her business even though she went to another butcher.

Answer: Jack Nicholson

In the episode, Marvin Jenkins (Jack Nicholson) goes on trial for robbery and Aunt Bee is made a juror for the trial. In jury deliberations, Aunt Bee is the only holdout in convicting Marvin and the reason is because she thinks Marvin has an honest face.

The real crook happens to be in the courthouse and makes the mistake of telling Andy that the defendant was surely guilty and he rattles off the items that were stolen. One of the items he claims was stolen wasn't mentioned during the case. Andy gets suspicious and asks for a list of items that were stolen.

The unmentioned item was on the list which meant that the crook would be the only one who would know. They trip up the real crook and Bee becomes a hero to the rest of the jurors.