NBC Sunday Mystery Movie Trivia Quiz
The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie brought several detective series together in one rotating television slot during the 1970s. This trivia quiz revisits the original crime solvers, their familiar clothing and vehicles, memorable dialogue, later additions, and the music connecting each program.
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Teddy | 14 / 15 | 4:38 |
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Cristanne | 13 / 15 | 2:11 |
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Keo | 13 / 15 | 2:30 |
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Top 5 today
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Augenio | 15 / 15 | 1:31 |
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Joey | 15 / 15 | 1:59 |
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Tull | 15 / 15 | 2:14 |
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Boodles1 | 15 / 15 | 3:07 |
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Terry | 15 / 15 | 3:54 |
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Augenio | 15 / 15 | 1:31 |
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Joey | 15 / 15 | 1:59 |
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Tull | 15 / 15 | 2:14 |
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Boodles1 | 15 / 15 | 3:07 |
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Terry | 15 / 15 | 3:54 |
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What This Quiz Covers
Questions cover a Los Angeles detective's battered French car and familiar phrase, a New Mexico marshal working in Manhattan, a married police commissioner, the original broadcast schedule, and new investigators added during the 1970s.
Trivia Study Guide ›
- Which NBC mystery series paired police commissioner Stewart McMillan with his wife Sally in solving crimes?
- Which NBC mystery series followed a New Mexico lawman working alongside New York City police officers?
- How did NBC schedule the different detective programs under its Sunday Mystery Movie banner?
- Which actor starred as Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud in the 1970s NBC detective series?
- Which later Sunday Mystery Movie series featured Jessica Walter as a widowed police detective chief?
- On which night did NBC originally schedule its three detective series in 1971, before moving them to Sunday?
- Which actor portrayed the seemingly forgetful Los Angeles homicide lieutenant on Columbo?
- Which French automobile did Lieutenant Columbo drive throughout the original 1970s series?
- In which California city did police commissioner Stewart McMillan investigate crimes with his wife Sally?
- What distinctive headwear did Sam McCloud continue wearing while investigating crimes in Manhattan?
- What familiar phrase did Lieutenant Columbo often use when returning to ask a suspect another question?
- Which later NBC Sunday Mystery Movie series featured Jack Klugman investigating suspicious deaths as a medical examiner?
- Which NBC detective series let viewers see the murder before watching a rumpled lieutenant uncover the killer's mistakes?
- Which series joined NBC's Sunday detective rotation in 1972 with Richard Boone as an aging Western lawman?
- Which composer wrote the memorable orchestral opening theme for NBC's rotating Mystery Movie programs?
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