Classic TV Detectives
Instructions: Famous TV detective shows and characters
- 1.
Which rumpled, cigar-smoking detective, played by Peter Falk, was famous for saying 'Just one more thing...'?
AColumboBKojakCBarettaDMannix - 2.
What was the first name of the bald, lollipop-loving New York detective played by Telly Savalas?
AIronsideBKojakCTheoDBaretta - 3.
Which private investigator, played by Tom Selleck, lived on a Hawaiian estate and drove a red Ferrari 308?
AJim RockfordBThomas MagnumCSimon TemplarDHarry Orwell - 4.
Angela Lansbury starred as mystery writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher in which long-running series?
ADiagnosis MurderBMatlockCHart to HartDMurder, She Wrote - 5.
James Garner played an easygoing Los Angeles private eye who lived in a trailer on the beach in which series?
ACannonBThe Rockford FilesCBarnaby JonesDMannix - 6.
Which wheelchair-bound detective, played by Raymond Burr, solved crimes from his San Francisco office?
ALongstreetBMcMillanCIronsideDQuincy - 7.
Raymond Burr first became famous playing which defense attorney who never lost a case on TV?
AOwen MarshallBJake AxminsterCPerry MasonDBen Matlock - 8.
Which 1970s TV detective duo consisted of a wealthy couple who solved mysteries with help from their butler Max?
AScarecrow and Mrs. KingBRemington SteeleCMcMillan & WifeDHart to Hart - 9.
Andy Griffith played a folksy Southern lawyer who also solved crimes in which 1980s-90s TV series?
AFather Dowling MysteriesBMatlockCJake and the FatmanDIn the Heat of the Night - 10.
Which suave British detective, known as 'The Saint,' was played by Roger Moore before he became James Bond?
AJason KingBThe Avengers' SteedCThe BaronDSimon Templar - 11.
David Janssen starred as a doctor wrongly convicted of murder who searches for the real killer in which series?
ABrandedBRun for Your LifeCThe FugitiveDThe Invaders - 12.
Which fictional detective duo featured a blind insurance investigator and his eyes, played by Don Johnson, in the 1980s?
ARiptideBSimon & SimonCMiami ViceDHardcastle and McCormick - 13.
Jack Lord starred as Steve McGarrett, who led an elite state police unit in which long-running crime show?
AMagnum, P.I.BThe Streets of San FranciscoCHawaii Five-ODJake and the Fatman - 14.
What was Steve McGarrett's famous catchphrase when he wanted a suspect arrested on 'Hawaii Five-O'?
ACuff him, boys!BLock him up!CBook 'em, Danno!DTake him away! - 15.
Which brother detective duo, played by Jameson Parker and Gerald McRaney, ran a private investigation firm in San Diego?
ATenspeed and Brown ShoeBSimon & SimonCHardcastle and McCormickDStarsky and Hutch