Q 01/05

Which service took the actor behind Gomer Pyle's Sergeant Carter after the Marines rejected him?

A) The Navy

B) The Coast Guard

C) The Army

D) The Merchant Marine

Answer · why

C) The Army

The Army took him in World War II once colour blindness ruled out the Marine Corps, and he made 14 assault landings in the South Pacific.

Q 02/05

In which war film does a drill instructor mockingly nickname an overweight recruit Gomer Pyle?

A) Full Metal Jacket

B) The Boys in Company C

C) Hamburger Hill

D) Apocalypse Now

Answer · why

A) Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket hangs the name on a recruit played by Vincent D'Onofrio, after the instructor objects to the young man's real one.

Q 03/05

Before which annual sporting event did Gomer Pyle star Jim Nabors sing most years from 1972 to 2014?

A) Kentucky Derby

B) Daytona 500

C) Indianapolis 500

D) Masters Tournament

Answer · why

C) Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis 500 crowds heard him sing Back Home Again in Indiana with the Purdue marching band, until health problems made the trip too hard.

Q 04/05

Which Oscar-winning film shows its wounded hero watching Gomer Pyle on a hospital television?

A) The English Patient

B) The Deer Hunter

C) Coming Home

D) Forrest Gump

Answer · why

D) Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump is recovering in a ward when a fellow soldier asks how he can stand to watch such a silly programme.

Q 05/05

Which war, at its peak while Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. was on air, did the military sitcom never discuss?

A) The Cold War

B) The Vietnam War

C) The Korean War

D) World War II

Answer · why

B) The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was at its peak, yet the series stayed pure escapism; Jim Nabors found the opening credits hard to watch because many Marines filmed w...