Three Tricky Trivia Questions

1 Holiday Inn?

2 Was it Charles Starrett?

3 need time to think

Well, I've tracked down #3 -- Trackdown, with Robert Culp who later starred in I Spy. The episode with Steve McQueen was called "The Bounty Hunter."

http://www.poobala.com/trackandwanted.html

Dogbone it, I just came in with Trackdown, too.

I'm always apprehensive about answering "trick" questions, Merry Andrew, but what the heck, I' ll give it a whirl?

1. Holiday Inn in 1942 was the first time Bing sang White Christmas in a movie.

2. Charles Starrett played in the Durango Kid movie series. He played Bill Lowry who was the Durango Kid, but nobody was supposed to know that except the members of the movie audience.

3. The pilot for "Wanted :Dead or Alive" first aired as an episode on the series, Trackdown in 1958. Robert Culp played Hoby Gilman in Trackdown. (I never saw that one, but I never missed Wanted: Dead or Alive.)

Hoo-boy! We've got some on-the-ball trivialists on this site, all right. Nobody remembers Trackdown any more except for all of you terribly bright people. I'm proud of you. I hate to show my age but I actually remember the program. I even remember the "Bounty Hunter" episode, believe it or not.

On Q. #1, nine out of ten people would have said, why, White Christmas, of course. But that was a sequel to Holiday Inn after the song had already become a hit. Good for you. Edgar, Piffka, and Raggedy!

But, now... This is where the 'trick' comes in for Q. #2. Charles Starrett (born in Athol, MA, btw) did play Bill Lowry. And Bill Lowry was supposed to be the Durango Kid. But Starrett didn't do his own stunts. When the black suit and black mask went, a body double was actually the Durango Kid. At the time this body double was not just a stunt-man but an aspiring actor as well. Adept at riding and falling down very realistically, he had had some acting roles in Saturday matinee serials. He later went on to a sort of fame with a couple of TV action series of his own. Anybody want to guess?

Tim McCoy

I cheated and looked it up, so I won't post the answer. That was a real surprise. Great piece of trivia, Merry Andrew.

Then you know it wasn't Tim McCoy, Raggedyaggie. Great detective work!

BTW, Piffka, where'd you find that site for the Trackdown answer? Great site.

I see - It was the Range Rider - Yancey Derringer.

MA - I dunno... I was a Steve McQueen fan ages ago, so I was interested in checking it out. We were talking about his TV shows on another forum last week... though this bit of trivia didn't come up! (We were trying to find out the name of his horse... but didn't.)

Ever see the movie, "The Tao of Steve"? Very humorous.

Right you are, Edgar. Jock Mahoney aka The Range Rider and Yancey Derringer. That question generally stumps everybody.
You guys are good.

Piffka: Steve McQueen's horse on Wanted: Dead or Alive was Ringo. (I got this info from "The Films of Steve McQueen" by Casey St. Charnes.) McQueen hated horses and endured an extensive period of training with Ringo prior to the show's debut.

Piffka, I loved The Tao of Steve! Excellent little movie.

RaggedyA -- Now how could he have hated horses???

I'm glad you liked that movie, too, macsm. It was different from what I expected! My teens told me about it and encouraged me to watch it.

Hmmm, have just spent a half hour visiting all the Steve McQ image sites on Google. I never knew he was born on my daughter's birthday! (Or she on his...) Here's a photo and a quote from him which I like.

"I'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth."
(Me, too!)

If you are into trick trivia questions, how about these:

1. What rank did General Custer hold at the time of his death?

2. Where was the battle of Bunker Hill fought? (You Bostonians should have no trouble with this)

3. Who cut Samson's hair?

4. What weapon did David use to kill Goliath?

5. Where were the Salem Witchcraft trials held?

Piffka: I think McQueen just needed a little training and owed a lot to Ringo when he rode off into the sunset in his later Westerns. Here's Ringo:

But, but... he's so small & plastic looking!!!

The camera adds 1,500 lbs.