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Can you ace this true or false quiz about Adam-12?
Proceed with caution on these 12 questions 10-4?
Premiering in September of 1968, Adam-12 portrayed the trials and tribulations of two LAPD officers making their rounds. Sometimes the adventures were funny, sometimes they were heart-wrenching. More often than not, they were a mix of both.
How well do you know this classic police drama? Test your knowledge of characters, production and trivia facts in this true or false quiz.
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The name “Adam” is the first name of a main character on the show.
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Adam-12 takes place in the same universe as the 1960s Dragnet reboot.
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Actors Kent McCord and Martin Milner never actually drove a real car. All of the police cruiser shots were done in a studio with rear projection.
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The show was produced in collaboration with the LAPD to make it as realistic as possible.
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Adam-12 was Martin Milner’s first time working with creator Jack Webb.
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Officer Jim Reed (played by Kent McCord) had a wife and child, but Milner’s character, Officer Pete Malloy, never even had a girlfriend on the show.
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The voice of the dispatcher on the show was provided by a woman who worked as an actual emergency dispatcher.
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Officer Reed was supposed to be a recent police academy graduate in his early twenties but Kent McCord was actually in his thirties when the show started.
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Adam-12 was so accurate that some episodes were used as instructional material in some police academies.
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The same car, a blue Ford Maverick, appears somewhere in nearly every episode of the show.
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Both McCord and Milner’s sons acted in episodes of Adam-12.
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Officer Ed Wells, a friendly rival on the show, was played by Bing Crosby’s son, Gary.
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