Q 01/05

Which rapper was announced in 2006 as the star of a Have Gun – Will Travel film that never reached cinemas?

A) Snoop Dogg

B) Ice Cube

C) Eminem

D) LL Cool J

Answer · why

C) Eminem

Eminem was lined up to play Paladin as a modern-day bounty hunter and to work on the soundtrack. Paramount took an 18-month option, but the film never...

Q 02/05

In which 1986 coming-of-age film do the young heroes sing the closing theme of Have Gun – Will Travel?

A) Stand by Me

B) River's Edge

C) SpaceCamp

D) Pretty in Pink

Answer · why

A) Stand by Me

Stand by Me, set in 1959, has its four boys belt out the show's closing ballad as they march along the railway tracks, a quick way to place the story ...

Q 03/05

Which chess piece appears on Paladin's business card and holster in Have Gun – Will Travel?

A) A rook

B) A knight

C) A bishop

D) A king

Answer · why

B) A knight

A knight in white is engraved on the card, evoking the proverbial rescuer in shining armour. A platinum version of the emblem decorates his holster.

Q 04/05

Which character in the 1977 animated film The Hobbit was voiced by Richard Boone, television's Paladin?

A) Gandalf

B) Gollum

C) Thorin

D) Smaug

Answer · why

D) Smaug

Smaug the dragon was given Boone's gravelly voice, one of the last roles of a career that had made him a star as a gunfighter two decades earlier.

Q 05/05

Which future science-fiction producer won a Writers Guild award for a 1957 Have Gun – Will Travel script?

A) Gene Roddenberry

B) Rod Serling

C) Irwin Allen

D) Donald P. Bellisario

Answer · why

A) Gene Roddenberry

Gene Roddenberry wrote more than 20 episodes of the series before creating Star Trek. His winning script, Helen of Abajinian, follows a vintner's runa...