Q 01/05

Walker, Texas Ranger was inspired by which 1983 film starring the same lead actor?

A) Missing in Action

B) The Delta Force

C) Lone Wolf McQuade

D) Code of Silence

Answer · why

C) Lone Wolf McQuade

In the film Norris plays a reckless Texas Ranger who takes down an arms dealer played by David Carradine.

Q 02/05

On which network did Walker, Texas Ranger premiere in April 1993?

A) NBC

B) CBS

C) ABC

D) Fox

Answer · why

B) CBS

The first season was just three pilot episodes; eight full seasons followed through May 2001.

Q 03/05

What is Walker's first name?

A) Cody

B) Colton

C) Cordell

D) Clint

Answer · why

C) Cordell

Only C.D. Parker regularly uses it; everyone else just says Walker.

Q 04/05

Walker was raised by his paternal uncle, an American Indian named what?

A) Sam Coyote

B) Ray Firewalker

C) White Eagle

D) Joe Two Rivers

Answer · why

B) Ray Firewalker

The surname may be a nod to Norris's 1986 film Firewalker; Uncle Ray was played by Floyd Red Crow Westerman.

Q 05/05

Before joining the Rangers, Walker served in which elite military unit during the Vietnam War?

A) Marine Recon

B) Army Rangers

C) Navy SEALs

D) Green Berets

Answer · why

A) Marine Recon

He and Uncle Ray share the values of Wild West sheriffs; the character is half-Cherokee and half-Irish.