Classic Western TV Shows

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Instructions: Western TV series from the 1950s-1970s

1.
Which long-running Western TV series starred James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon and aired from 1955 to 1975?
A
Have Gun – Will Travel
B
Gunsmoke
C
Bonanza
D
The Rifleman
2.
What was the name of the Cartwright family ranch on the TV show 'Bonanza'?
A
The Ponderosa
B
The High Chaparral
C
The Big Valley
D
The Shiloh Ranch
3.
Who played the Lone Ranger in the original 1949-1957 TV series?
A
Clayton Moore
B
Roy Rogers
C
John Wayne
D
Clint Eastwood
4.
What was the name of the Lone Ranger's faithful Native American companion?
A
Geronimo
B
Tonto
C
Chingachgook
D
Cochise
5.
Which actor starred as cowboy Rowdy Yates on the TV series 'Rawhide' before becoming a movie star?
A
Burt Reynolds
B
Steve McQueen
C
Clint Eastwood
D
James Garner
6.
What Western show featured Chuck Connors as a widowed rancher who carried a modified Winchester rifle?
A
The Big Valley
B
Wanted: Dead or Alive
C
The Rifleman
D
Bat Masterson
7.
Which 'Bonanza' character, played by Michael Landon, was the youngest Cartwright son?
A
Little Joe
B
Hoss
C
Adam
D
Jamie
8.
What was the name of the Lone Ranger's famous white horse?
A
Trigger
B
Scout
C
Buttermilk
D
Silver
9.
Which Western TV series starred Steve McQueen as bounty hunter Josh Randall?
A
Have Gun – Will Travel
B
Wanted: Dead or Alive
C
Maverick
D
The Virginian
10.
What was the name of the character played by Richard Boone in 'Have Gun – Will Travel'?
A
Gil Favor
B
Marshal Dillon
C
Paladin
D
Bret Maverick
11.
Which actress starred as Victoria Barkley, the matriarch of a wealthy ranching family, in 'The Big Valley'?
A
Donna Reed
B
Dale Evans
C
Barbara Stanwyck
D
Amanda Blake
12.
What Western comedy series featured James Garner as a charming, card-playing drifter?
A
F Troop
B
Alias Smith and Jones
C
Maverick
D
The Wild Wild West
13.
Which TV Western, airing from 1962 to 1971, was notable for being the first 90-minute Western series?
A
Bonanza
B
Gunsmoke
C
The High Chaparral
D
The Virginian
14.
What singing cowboy had his own TV show from 1951 to 1957 and was known with his horse Trigger?
A
Lash LaRue
B
Roy Rogers
C
Tex Ritter
D
Gene Autry
15.
Which Western TV series featured David Carradine as a Shaolin monk wandering the American Old West?
A
Cimarron Strip
B
Kung Fu
C
The Rebel
D
Alias Smith and Jones

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