Q 01/05

What is Ben Matlock's profession?

A) Defense attorney

B) District attorney

C) Private detective

D) Superior court judge

Answer · why

A) Defense attorney

Defense attorney Ben Matlock wins by finding the real killer: most episodes end with him cross-examining a witness until the culprit is exposed on the...

Q 02/05

In which city does Ben Matlock practise law?

A) Charlotte

B) Savannah

C) Atlanta

D) Raleigh

Answer · why

C) Atlanta

Atlanta. Matlock lives outside the city in a modest farmhouse and likes to walk the crime scene himself, which is usually where he spots the clue ever...

Q 03/05

Matlock debuted on which network in March 1986?

A) ABC

B) CBS

C) Fox

D) NBC

Answer · why

D) NBC

NBC ordered the show after its programming chief Brandon Tartikoff saw Griffith play a lawyer in the 1984 miniseries Fatal Vision; a pilot film aired ...

Q 04/05

Before creating Matlock, Dean Hargrove won an Emmy for his work on which 1970s detective series?

A) Kojak

B) The Rockford Files

C) Columbo

D) Hawaii Five-O

Answer · why

C) Columbo

Columbo. Hargrove believed hit shows are defined by one name, 'Lucy, Archie Bunker, Columbo, J.R.', and said he tailored series to their stars, which ...

Q 05/05

What colour suit does Ben Matlock almost always wear?

A) Seersucker white

B) Navy blue

C) Light grey

D) Brown

Answer · why

C) Light grey

Light grey, every time: Griffith said he knew from the start that Matlock 'would wear the same suit all the time', and he found the character so 'chea...