TV Western Trivia 4

Tales of Wells Fargo and Wagon Train

Choose an answer from the four choices offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

Tales of Wells Fargo

1. The series “Tales of Wells Fargo” debuts on NBC on March 3, 1957. Who was the series star?

• Barry Sullivan
• Clu Gulager
• Leslie Nielsen
• Dale Robertson

2. Dale Robertson character worked for Wells Fargo Stage as a detective. What was his character’s name?

• Stoney Burke
• Jim Hardie
• John Slaughter
• Hoby Gilman

3. After 167 episodes, the series ended in what year?

• 1960
• 1961
• 1962
• 1963

Wagon Train

4. The series began in September 1957 as an hour series. It started on what network?

• Fox
• WB
• ABC
• NBC

5. Who was NOT a star on “Wagon Train”?

• Ward Bond
• Robert Horton
• John McIntire
• James Drury

6. In 1961, Ward Bond dies and is replaced. Who took Bond’s spot?

• Lee J. Cobb
• John McIntire
• Robert Fuller
• Terry Wilson

7. In 1962, the series moves to ABC-TV and the episodes are filmed in color. What else happened to the series?

• Reduced to a half-hour series
• Expanded to a 90-minute series
• Remains an hour series
• Expanded to a two hour series

Check Your Answers

Tales of Wells Fargo

• 1. Dale Robertson
• 2. Jim Hardie
• 3. 1961

Wagon Train

• 4. NBC
• 5. James Drury
• 6. John McIntire
• 7. Expanded to a 90-minute series

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