Q 01/05

Decades after McHale's Navy, its two stars reunited to voice an elderly superhero duo on which animated series?

A) The Fairly OddParents

B) SpongeBob SquarePants

C) Courage the Cowardly Dog

D) The Powerpuff Girls

Answer · why

B) SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants cast them as Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy because its creators were fans of the 1960s sitcom. They approached both actors direct...

Q 02/05

Which aviation tycoon once owned the boat used at sea on McHale's Navy, buying it to follow his giant seaplane?

A) Juan Trippe

B) William Boeing

C) Howard Hughes

D) Glenn Curtiss

Answer · why

C) Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes bought the surplus boat as a chase vessel for the one time his Spruce Goose took to the air. The studio later purchased it and dressed i...

Q 03/05

Which Oscar-winning actor, a real Navy veteran of nearly ten years, played Quinton McHale on McHale's Navy?

A) Ernest Borgnine

B) Broderick Crawford

C) Rod Steiger

D) Jack Lemmon

Answer · why

A) Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine enlisted in 1935 and rejoined after Pearl Harbor, patrolling the Atlantic coast on an anti-submarine ship. A decade after his discharg...

Q 04/05

Which comedian, later a regular on The Carol Burnett Show, played bumbling Ensign Parker on McHale's Navy?

A) Harvey Korman

B) Bob Newhart

C) Tim Conway

D) Dick Van Dyke

Answer · why

C) Tim Conway

Tim Conway won a national following as the naive ensign, a part that brought him an Emmy nomination. His habit of cracking up co-stars later became a ...

Q 05/05

Which comedian starred as the son of Quinton McHale in the 1997 big-screen remake of McHale's Navy?

A) Tim Allen

B) Jim Belushi

C) Chevy Chase

D) Tom Arnold

Answer · why

D) Tom Arnold

Tom Arnold led a modern-day crew against a terrorist in a film that earned roughly a tenth of its budget. He had dropped a planned Honeymooners movie ...