Classic TV Cowboys

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Instructions: Western TV heroes and their shows

1.
Which actor played Marshal Matt Dillon on 'Gunsmoke,' the longest-running primetime live-action series in TV history?
A
Clint Eastwood
B
John Wayne
C
James Arness
D
Hugh O'Brian
2.
On 'Bonanza,' what was the name of the Cartwright family's massive ranch near Virginia City, Nevada?
A
The Ponderosa
B
Big Sky Ranch
C
Shiloh Ranch
D
High Chaparral
3.
Which Western hero, played by Clayton Moore, wore a mask and rode a white horse named Silver?
A
Zorro
B
The Lone Ranger
C
The Cisco Kid
D
Hopalong Cassidy
4.
What was the name of the Lone Ranger's faithful Native American companion?
A
Cochise
B
Tonto
C
Little Bear
D
Geronimo
5.
Which singing cowboy, known for his Christmas classic 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,' also had his own TV show?
A
Rex Allen
B
Roy Rogers
C
Tex Ritter
D
Gene Autry
6.
On 'Bonanza,' which actor played the family patriarch Ben Cartwright?
A
Dan Blocker
B
Lorne Greene
C
Pernell Roberts
D
Michael Landon
7.
Which TV Western featured a bounty hunter named Josh Randall who carried a sawed-off Winchester rifle called 'Mare's Leg'?
A
Bat Masterson
B
Wanted: Dead or Alive
C
Have Gun Will Travel
D
The Rifleman
8.
Chuck Connors starred as Lucas McCain, a widowed rancher with a rapid-fire Winchester, on which TV Western?
A
The Rifleman
B
The Big Valley
C
Branded
D
Laramie
9.
Which suave TV cowboy, played by Richard Boone, carried a business card reading 'Have Gun Will Travel'?
A
Rowdy Yates
B
Paladin
C
Bat Masterson
D
Maverick
10.
Roy Rogers was known as the 'King of the Cowboys.' What was the name of his famous palomino horse?
A
Buttermilk
B
Trigger
C
Champion
D
Silver
11.
Which young actor, who later starred in 'Little House on the Prairie,' played Little Joe Cartwright on 'Bonanza'?
A
David Canary
B
Pernell Roberts
C
Michael Landon
D
Dan Blocker
12.
On 'Gunsmoke,' what was the name of the saloon in Dodge City where much of the action took place?
A
The Red Dog Saloon
B
The Silver Spur
C
The Long Branch Saloon
D
The Golden Nugget
13.
Which TV Western starred James Garner as a charming, card-playing cowboy who preferred to talk his way out of trouble?
A
Maverick
B
Sugarfoot
C
Cheyenne
D
Lawman
14.
William Boyd played which cowboy character, dressed in black, who was one of the first TV Western stars in the late 1940s?
A
Hopalong Cassidy
B
Wild Bill Hickok
C
Buffalo Bill
D
The Cisco Kid
15.
A young Clint Eastwood got his big break playing Rowdy Yates on which TV Western about a cattle drive?
A
Rawhide
B
The Virginian
C
Wagon Train
D
Laramie

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