Group 1
Cpl. Max Klinger, a regular for the entire show, was so desperate for a discharge that he did this most of the time -- though he stopped during the later seasons?
A. Stole from the other residents
B. Threatened to shoot up the place
C. Dressed in women's Clothing
C. Dressed in women's Clothing
Klinger dressed in women's clothing, hoping someone would think he was crazy and send him home.
War meant a lot of rotations of personnel, so it seemed natural in the course of the show for people to come and go. When Frank leaves, who replaces him?
A. Dr. Sidney Freedman
B. Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester
C. Col. Flagg
B. Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester
Boston blue-blood Winchester was smart and a great surgeon -- who didn't want to be in Korea. But that's where the similarities between him and his tent mates -- Hawkeye and BJ -- ended, making him an excellent foil for their antics.
Only one woman was a regular on the series. Who was she?
A. Loretta Swit
B Bea Arthur
C. Carol Burnett
A. Loretta Swit
Maj. Margaret Houlihan stayed for the show's 11-year run as the woman in charge of the nurses. It was actually a very sexist show, representing both the 1950s and the 1970s.
Frank may have been a stickler for the rules, but he was breaking this biggie on a regular basis. What is it?
A. Undermining the commands of officers Blake and Potter
B. Stealing from the army
C. Having an affair
C. Having an affair
Frank, a married man, had an affair with Margaret until she became engaged to another. Frank went more than a little nuts and was sent back to the states for psychiatric evaluation. He was promoted and put in charge of a VA hospital.
Who took over as permanent commanding officer following Henry's death?
A. Maj. Margaret houlihan
B. Maj. Frank Burns
C. Col. Sherman Potter
C. Col. Sherman Potter
Frank Burns was acting CO at the beginning of season 3, but Potter took over and stayed for the rest of the run.
When Trapper, Hawkeye's best friend, leaves, who replaces him?
A. Capt. Jonathan Tuttle
B. Capt. BJ Hunnicutt
C. Maj. Charles Winchester
B. Capt. BJ Hunnicutt
Wayne Rogers' departure came following the third season. Mike Farrell, who played BJ through the rest of the run, came in as new tent mate, surgeon and friend to Hawkeye.
Who was the first commanding officer?
A. Lt. Col Henry Blake
B. Col Sherman Potter
C. Maj. Frank Burns
A. Lt. Col Henry Blake
Blake, played by McLean Stevenson, was the commanding officer in the first three seasons.
Several episodes are framed as letters that Hawkeye writes home. To whom is he writing?
A. His Mom
B. His Dad
C. His Girlfriend
B. His Dad
One of the more popular episodes, "Dear Dad," has Hawkeye writing to his dad about the yuletide season in an army camp -- hijinks and heart.
Who was the original company clerk?
A. Cpt. Max Klinger
B. Cpl. Walter O'Reilly
C. Capt. Jonathan Tuttle
B. Cpl. Walter O'Reilly
Walter (better known as Radar) O'Reilly, played by Gary Burghoff, was the one who really ran the MASH unit. He left the show in Season 8.
What was the name of the final episode?
A. "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen"
B. "Who Knew?"
C. "Say No More"
A. "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen"
The two-and-a-half-hour, show-ending movie aired Feb. 28, 1983, and wrapped up the war with a lot of laughs and more than a few tears, as everyone prepared to go their separate ways.
Self-righteous, poor surgeon, gung-ho about the war -- these all describe which character?
A. Cpl. Max Klinger
B. Maj. Charles Winchester
C. Maj. Frank Burns
C. Maj. Frank Burns
Hawkeye and Trapper's (and later BJ's) tent mate was everything the two of them weren't -- a stickler for rules, a bigoted snob and a terrible surgeon.
What does the BJ stand for in Hunnicutt's name?
A. Nothing
B. Bobby Joe
C. Billy John
A. Nothing
In one episode, Hawkeye searches for what the initials BJ stand for, but all the paperwork lists just BJ as his name. BJ says at the end of the episode that his parents' names were Bea and Jay and that's where it came from.
What was Frank Burns nickname?
A. Weasel
B. Rat Fink
C. Ferret Face
C. Ferret Face
In a rare moment of drunkenness, Frank tells Hawkeye and Trapper the nickname his brother gave him. When BJ joins the show and meets Frank for the first time, it's clear he's been clued in when he says, "What say, Ferret Face?"
What does "MASH" stand for?
A. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
B. Major Army Survival Hospital
C. Massive Army Surgical Hospital
A. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
Mobile was the key -- the hospital could move quickly as the war's front moved. In fact, "Bug Out," an episode from Season 5, features the camp moving, as the war comes closer. This MASH unit was the 4077th.
How did Trapper leave?
A. He went home to be with his sick mother.
B. He was discharged.
C. He was killed by a sniper.
B. He was discharged.
Trapper was discharged while Hawkeye was on leave. Hawkeye spent the episode trying to get back to the 4077th before Trapper is gone.
Radar had a borderline superpower. What was it?
A. He could find anything that anybody lost.
B. He could anticipate events.
C. He could heal sick animals.
B. He could anticipate events.
While he was great with animals, his superpower was knowing ahead of time what his commanding officers were going to say or ask him to do. He also knew just before helicopters of wounded were going to come in.
How long did MASH run?
A. 11 years
B. 7 years
C. 5 years
A. 11 years
While the Korean War itself only lasted three years, the show lasted 11 seasons and 256 episodes.
Which two main characters got married (not to each other) during the show?
A. Trapper and Margaret
B. Margaret and Klinger
C. Frank and Klinger
B. Margaret and Klinger
This wedding dress got around. Klinger wore it to marry his sweetheart back home via a phone ceremony. Margaret put it on when she got married in person. In the final episode, Klinger (by then divorced from his first wife) marries Soon-Lee Han, a Korean woman. She wears the wedding dress this time.
Who was Capt. Tuttle?
A. a nurse
B. an imaginary friend
C. a visiting dignitary
B. an imaginary friend
Tuttle was Hawkeye's childhood imaginary friend. When he wants to raise money and requisition supplies for a local orphanage, he resurrects Tuttle -- which stirs up the whole camp as people start claiming they've met the invisible man.
The final episode held the record for most-watched broadcast for years. What knocked it out of position?
A. World Series game 7 in 1995
B. Super Bowl XLIV
C. NCAA basketball championship in 2002
B. Super Bowl XLIV
While the Super Bowl of 2010 passed the episode in total viewership, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" still stands as the most-watched television series finale.
The final episode has everyone leaving when the war is over. Which character stays behind in Korea?
A. Father Mulcahy
B. Max Klinger
C. Margaret Houlihan
B. Max Klinger
After years of wearing dresses in an effort to get a Section 8 (insanity) discharge and go home, Klinger marries a Korean woman and stays behind to help her find her parents.
Who was the only series regular who wasn't replaced after leaving the show?
A. Margaret
B. Radar
C. Father Mulcahy
B. Radar
Klinger stepped in as company clerk after Gary Burghoff, who played Radar, left in Season 8.
"MASH" was an ensemble show and, much like a real military conflict, characters came and went. How many stayed for the entire run?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
B. 4
Capt. Hawkeye Pierce, Father Francis Mulcahy, Maj. Margaret Houlihan and Cpl. Max Klinger were there for the full 11 seasons.
Who were the original roommates in the swamp?
A. Hawkeye, Trapper and Frank
B. Hawkeye and BJ Hunnicutt
C. Hawkeye, Trapper, Frank and Spearchucker Jones
C. Hawkeye, Trapper, Frank and Spearchucker Jones
Jones, played by Timothy Brown, left the show in the first season because there was no evidence of African-American doctors having served in Korea.
When did "MASH" debut?
A. Sept. 17, 1972
B. Aug. 3, 1973
C. Sept. 3, 1970
A. Sept. 17, 1972
The TV show was based on the 1970 movie of the same name, which was in turn based on the book "MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors," by Richard Hooker.