Q 01/05

On which American network did Hogan's Heroes originally run?

A) NBC

B) ABC

C) CBS

D) DuMont

Answer · why

C) CBS

It ran for six seasons, from September 1965 to April 1971, and has been in reruns ever since.

Q 02/05

How many episodes were made?

A) 220

B) 104

C) 76

D) 168

Answer · why

D) 168

Six seasons at roughly thirty episodes a year, all set in the same permanent winter.

Q 03/05

Who created the series?

A) Carl Reiner and Aaron Ruben

B) Sherwood Schwartz and Bob Denver

C) Bernard Fein and Albert S. Ruddy

D) Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin

Answer · why

C) Bernard Fein and Albert S. Ruddy

Both men were Jewish, as were several of the leading actors playing Germans.

Q 04/05

What is the fictional camp called?

A) Camp Hammelburg

B) Oflag 9

C) Stalag 13

D) Stalag 17

Answer · why

C) Stalag 13

It sits just outside a real Bavarian town, though the geography never quite matches.

Q 05/05

Near which real German town is the camp supposedly located?

A) Hanover

B) Hammelburg

C) Hamelin

D) Heidelberg

Answer · why

B) Hammelburg

Details in the show are inconsistent with the real Stalag XIII and the town's location in Franconia.

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