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M*A*S*H Trivia
20 questions and answers: 6 easy, 8 medium, and 6 hard.
Meatball surgery, homemade gin, and a camp full of lovable misfits near the front lines of Korea. This quiz covers the 4077th's doctors, nurses, and clerks, from running gags to the record-setting finale. Scrub in and see how many you can save.
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M*A*S*H trivia questions and answers
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- Question 1Easy
What is the number of the mobile army surgical hospital where M*A*S*H is set?
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Answer: B. 4077th
The 4077th sits a few miles from the front lines during the Korean War. The fictional unit gives the show its home base for all eleven seasons.
Character guide: Hawkeye Pierce
- Question 2Easy
During which war does M*A*S*H take place?
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Answer: D. The Korean War
The series is set in Korea in the early 1950s, even though it ran for eleven seasons, far longer than the war itself lasted. Many viewers read it as commentary on Vietnam.
- Question 3Easy
What discharge is Klinger trying to earn by wearing women's clothing?
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Answer: A. A Section 8
Klinger hopes to be declared mentally unfit with a Section 8. No one ever falls for it, and he drops the dresses after taking over as company clerk.
Character guide: Maxwell Klinger
- Question 4Easy
What do Hawkeye and his bunkmates call their tent?
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Answer: C. The Swamp
The Swamp comes complete with a homemade gin still and a lot of practical jokes. The Swamp set was later shown as part of a popular Smithsonian exhibit about the series.
Character guides: Hawkeye Pierce, B.J. Hunnicutt
- Question 5Easy
What is Major Margaret Houlihan's famous nickname?
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Answer: C. Hot Lips
The nickname teases Margaret's passionate side during the early seasons. It fades as the writers deepen her character and others start calling her Margaret.
Character guide: Margaret Houlihan
- Question 6Easy
How did Corporal Walter O'Reilly earn the nickname Radar?
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Answer: A. He hears incoming helicopters before anyone else
Radar's ears pick up incoming choppers long before anyone else, and he can even judge from the rotor noise whether they carry wounded. He also tends to have the paperwork ready before the colonel asks for it.
Character guide: Radar O'Reilly
- Question 7Medium
What is the name of Hawkeye's hometown?
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Answer: D. Crabapple Cove, Maine
Hawkeye talks about the little village in Maine constantly. In the finale he plans to go home and become a simple country doctor there.
Character guide: Hawkeye Pierce
- Question 8Medium
Which city does Klinger brag about as his hometown?
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Answer: B. Toledo, Ohio
Klinger never stops talking about Toledo, its Mud Hens, and its hot dogs. Actor Jamie Farr really is from Toledo too.
Character guide: Maxwell Klinger
- Question 9Medium
What is the name of Colonel Potter's horse?
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Answer: A. Sophie
Radar gives Potter the rescued horse as an anniversary gift in "Dear Mildred." Potter's love of horses runs all the way back to his cavalry days.
Episode: Season 4, Episode 8, "Dear Mildred"
Character guides: Sherman Potter, Radar O'Reilly
- Question 10Medium
What is the name of B.J. Hunnicutt's wife back home?
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Answer: C. Peg
B.J. is devoted to Peg, who writes him constantly from Mill Valley, California. Their daughter Erin was born shortly before he shipped out.
Character guide: B.J. Hunnicutt
- Question 11Medium
What is Radar's favorite drink?
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Answer: B. Grape Nehi
Radar's love of grape Nehi soda is one of his most boyish traits. Another is the teddy bear he still sleeps with.
Character guide: Radar O'Reilly
- Question 12Medium
Which city does Major Charles Emerson Winchester III proudly call home?
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Answer: D. Boston
Charles comes from an old Boston family and a Harvard education, and he never lets the Swamp forget it. At the end of the war he heads back to a prestigious post in Boston.
Character guide: Charles Winchester
- Question 13Medium
Whom does Margaret Houlihan marry in the season five finale?
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Answer: D. Donald Penobscott
Margaret decides a long engagement is long enough and weds Donald in "Margaret's Marriage." It is also Larry Linville's final episode as Frank Burns.
Episode: Season 5, Episode 25, "Margaret's Marriage"
Character guides: Margaret Houlihan, Frank Burns
- Question 14Medium
What is the title of the M*A*S*H theme music, first written for the 1970 film?
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Answer: B. Suicide Is Painless
Johnny Mandel composed the tune for the Robert Altman film. The TV series uses an instrumental version over its famous helicopter opening.
- Question 15Hard
Over which body of water is Henry Blake's plane shot down in "Abyssinia, Henry"?
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Answer: C. The Sea of Japan
Radar walks into the operating room and delivers the news that there were no survivors. The shocking ending was McLean Stevenson's farewell to the show.
Episode: Season 3, Episode 24, "Abyssinia, Henry"
Character guide: Radar O'Reilly
- Question 16Hard
Why was Charles Winchester transferred from Tokyo to the 4077th?
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Answer: A. He beat his commanding officer at cribbage
Charles gloated about winning a large sum at cribbage, so Colonel Baldwin shipped him to the front as payback. He arrives in the season six premiere.
Character guide: Charles Winchester
- Question 17Hard
What does Radar leave on Hawkeye's bunk when he goes home?
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Answer: C. His teddy bear
Radar leaves the teddy bear behind as a parting gift and a sign that he has grown up. He gets a hardship discharge to help on the family farm in "Good Bye, Radar."
Episode: Season 8, Episode 5, "Good Bye, Radar: Part 2"
Character guides: Radar O'Reilly, Hawkeye Pierce
- Question 18Hard
In the finale, what word does B.J. spell out in stones for Hawkeye to see from the helicopter?
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Answer: D. GOODBYE
B.J. avoids saying goodbye in person all through "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen." Hawkeye finally sees the message laid out on the ground as his helicopter lifts off.
Episode: Season 11, Episode 16, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen"
Character guides: B.J. Hunnicutt, Hawkeye Pierce
- Question 19Hard
In the finale, Charles teaches a group of Chinese prisoner musicians to play which composer's music?
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Answer: A. Mozart
Charles teaches them a Mozart clarinet quintet, but the war takes the musicians away. The loss leaves him unable to enjoy music the same way.
Episode: Season 11, Episode 16, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen"
Character guide: Charles Winchester
- Question 20Hard
What is Frank Burns's hometown?
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Answer: B. Fort Wayne, Indiana
Frank hails from Fort Wayne, Indiana. After he leaves the 4077th, he phones the camp to boast that he has been promoted to lieutenant colonel and posted to a veterans hospital back home.
Character guide: Frank Burns
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