Q 01/05

Which California governor signed the 1970 paramedic law that gave the Emergency! pilot film its title?

A) Jerry Brown

B) George Deukmejian

C) Ronald Reagan

D) Pat Brown

Answer · why

C) Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan signed the Wedworth-Townsend Act, which let firefighters in one part of the state try out paramedic care. The pilot film borrowed the la...

Q 02/05

In a 1972 episode of Emergency!, which future film star played an injured hiker rescued from a brush fire?

A) Kurt Russell

B) John Travolta

C) Richard Dreyfuss

D) Jeff Bridges

Answer · why

B) John Travolta

John Travolta was making his first screen appearance in California, four years before Carrie gave him a notable film role.

Q 03/05

On Emergency!, the jazz performers who played nurse Dixie McCall and Dr. Joe Early shared which real-life relationship?

A) Married couple

B) Brother and sister

C) First cousins

D) Father and daughter

Answer · why

A) Married couple

A married couple since 1959, the pair were hired together by the producer, who was the bride's own former husband.

Q 04/05

Which Dragnet creator produced Emergency! and cast his own ex-wife as head nurse Dixie McCall?

A) Quinn Martin

B) Aaron Spelling

C) Gene Roddenberry

D) Jack Webb

Answer · why

D) Jack Webb

Jack Webb had quit acting in 1970 to concentrate on producing, and the paramedic drama turned out to be his last long-running hit.

Q 05/05

Which actor played unlucky-in-love paramedic Johnny Gage on Emergency! and later directed two of its episodes?

A) Erik Estrada

B) Randolph Mantooth

C) Paul Michael Glaser

D) Kent McCord

Answer · why

B) Randolph Mantooth

Randolph Mantooth did many of his own stunts in the early seasons, and the real fire department later made him an honorary fire chief.