Feb. 28, 2025

M*A*S*H Trivia

M*A*S*H Trivia

Mark Ellison takes you back to February 28, 1983, when television history was made! Learn about the real-life war story that inspired a pivotal scene, discover which cast member appeared in every single episode, and find out which piece of the 4077th...

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Mark Ellison takes you back to February 28, 1983, when television history was made! Learn about the real-life war story that inspired a pivotal scene, discover which cast member appeared in every single episode, and find out which piece of the 4077th now resides in the Smithsonian. Join us for an unforgettable look at the most-watched series finale in American television history.

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Callarogashark Media. Greetings TV fans, I'm Mark Ellison, and today

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marks the anniversary of the most watched television series finale

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in American history, Mashes. Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen. Question one?

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How many viewers tuned in to watch the MASH finale

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on February twenty eighth, nineteen eighty three. Question two? How

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long was the final episode? Breaking from the show's typical format.

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Question three? What real life event inspired the storyline where

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Hawkeye recalls a traumatic bus incident? Question four? Which original

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cast member appeared in both the pilot and the finale

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and is the only cast member in every episode? Question five?

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What unusual prop from the set is now displayed at

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the Smithsonian Institution. We'll be right back with these historic

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answers after this break. Welcome back, trivia fans. Let's reveal

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today's answers. Question one. One hundred five point nine million

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viewers watched the finale, setting a record that held until

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Super Bowl forty four in two thy ten. Question two,

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how long was the final episode? Answer? The finale was

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two and a half hours long one hundred and fifty minutes,

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making it the longest episode of the series. Regular episodes

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were thirty minutes. Question three What real life event inspired

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the traumatic bus storyline? Answer? Writer Alan Alda based it

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on a real incident told to him by a Korean

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War veteran who witnessed a similar tragic event during the war.

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Question four, which original cast member appeared in both the

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pilot and finale. Answer? Alan Alda, who played Hawkeye Piers,

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was the only actor to appear in all two hundred

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and fifty one episodes of the series. Question five, What

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unusual prop is in the Smithsonian? Answer? The signpost from

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the camp showing distances to various hometowns is now displayed

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in the Smithsonians, National Museum of American History. That concludes

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today's five Daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's

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questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. If

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check the link in our show notes. Have a great

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weekend and see you Monday.