Barney Miller Trivia Quiz-ANSWERS

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1. Name the three episodes where the windows of the squad room doors
(the main on or the one to Barney's office) was broken.

"Rand Report" (Wojo punches the squad room door's window in frustration
after he leaves to go on uniform duty)

"Riot" (a brick is thrown through the squad room door's window)

"Snow Job" (Barney slams the door to his office in anger after he
learns he didn't get promoted to deputy inspector. The window shatters)

2. How many episodes did Wojo appear in uniform in?

Three. ("Rand Report", "Uniform Days", "Examination Day")

3.What year did Fish graduate from the academy?

1942 (mentioned in "Hash")

4.What item appeared in both Chano's apartment and the precinct?

The boxing poster..it first appeared in Chano's apartment in "Hero"
and later shows up in the hall outside the squad room in many eps.

5.What was the name of Wojo's pet bird?

Quackers

6. How many episodes did Marty appear in?

Eight:

"The Guest"
"Discovery"
"Quarantine: Part 1"
"Quarantine: Part 2 "
"Asylum"
"The Child Stealers"
"Landmark: Part 3"

7.In "The Guest" what did the hospital say was the reason Wojo wasn't
killed by the arsenic laced sandwich he ate?

He eats so much fruit and vegetables (some naturally have
traces of it, and some pesticides have trace amounts of it), that he developed a tolerance for it.

8. Which two detectives are war veterans?

Nick (World War II) and Wojo (Vietnam) Harris was in the military
(National Guard) but never saw combat. In the episode where Dietrich is
arrested at a protest rally, Harris mentions that he actually participated
in anti-Vietnam protests while in college.

9. What was the name of the proposed spin off of Barney Miller that
was abandoned as too ambitious?

"Off Duty"

It would have centered on a different "couple" from the
series each week:

Fish & Bernice
Barney & Liz
Wojo & Wentworth (they had moved in together)
Harris & Dietrich (as an "Odd Couple" type roommate situation)

Instead, "Fish" was born. Interestingly, Danny Arnold never intended
to have Fish retire and leave. Instead, the plan was for Abe Vigoda to do both shows at the same time. Abe was not happy about the idea, finding doing 2 shows exhausting, so regretfully, they had Fish retire.

10. Harris mentions two family members in the series. Name them and
where they lived.

He mentions his Aunt in Poukeepsie and in one episode mentions his
great-grandfather, who lived in Cleveland.

11. Name the four cast members whose first appearances on the show
were as criminals picked up by the detectives.

Ron Carey played a cat burglar in "The Mole" who Harris and Wojo
chase through the NYC sewer system. He returned the next season as
Levitt.

Steve Landesburg played a fake priest in "Doomsday" before being cast
as Dietrich.

George Murdoch played an Army Recruiter in "Group Home" before returning as a semi-regular cast member in the role of Lt. Ben Scanlon.

Paul Lieber played a neurotic gang member in "The Architect" before returning to play annoying Sgt. Dorsey in the show's 7th season.

12. What is Wojo's middle name?

Taddeus (it was mentioned in "Paternity") It's the Polish version of
Thaddeus.

13. In "Hair" Harris, Wojo and Chano talked about their good luck
charms. What are they?

Harris wears a slave bracelet, Wojo wears his Marines dog tags, and
Chano has a good luck tattoo on his left arm, which was not seen because of
his cast.

14. Wojo's baseball is autographed by what team?

The 1936 Yankees! (mentioned in "The Social Worker-it's from the World
Series)

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OK now that the questions are answered lets have another list to work on.