Q 01/05

On which Detroit radio station did The Lone Ranger first air in 1933?

A) WJR

B) WWJ

C) WXYZ

D) WEBR

Answer · why

C) WXYZ

WXYZ. Owner George Trendle had cut the station loose from CBS, so it had to fill its schedule with home-made dramas, and a Western was one of his idea...

Q 02/05

Which writer is credited, with station owner George Trendle, with creating the Lone Ranger?

A) Zane Grey

B) Gaylord Du Bois

C) Fred Foy

D) Fran Striker

Answer · why

D) Fran Striker

Fran Striker. Working from Buffalo, he was already selling the Detroit station several scripts a week when Trendle asked for a Western, and he later w...

Q 03/05

Which cereal maker sponsored The Lone Ranger through its last 15 years on radio?

A) Kellogg's

B) General Mills

C) Quaker Oats

D) Post Cereals

Answer · why

B) General Mills

General Mills. Wheaties and Cheerios became the show's cereals, and the company kept sponsoring repeats on the air after the last new episode in 1954.

Q 04/05

What made the outlaws believe every ambushed Ranger was dead?

A) A burned wagon

B) An empty grave

C) A forged letter

D) A false trail

Answer · why

B) An empty grave

An empty grave. Tonto dug a sixth beside the five dead Rangers, so the survivor could hunt the gang as a man they believed buried.

Q 05/05

At which canyon were the Lone Ranger and his fellow Texas Rangers ambushed?

A) Devil's Canyon

B) Bryant's Gap

C) Eagle Pass

D) Red Rock Gulch

Answer · why

B) Bryant's Gap

Bryant's Gap. A guide secretly working for the outlaws led the Rangers onto the canyon floor, where riflemen on the cliffs above cut down all but one ...