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Dukes of Hazzard Trivia

This week we pay tribute to Rick Hurst, who died on June 26, 2025 at the age of 79. Rick played the role of bumbling sheriff deputy Cletus Hogg on the Dukes of Hazzard. The show ran from 1979 to 1985, which would have made me 14 to 20. At least in the early seasons, I was the perfect age for the show and was a devoted fan. However, I outgrew the show as I went off to college in 1983. I did enjoy the 2005 movie version, which had a similar theme to the Brady Bunch movies in showing how the characters found their place in a changing world.

rick hurst
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However, before we get to the trivia challenge, I present my weekly logic puzzle.

 
 

Logic Puzzle

You have a balance scale and eight pearls. Seven of the pearls are real and all weigh the same. The one fake pearl weighs differently, either more or less. You may use a balance scale three times to isolate the fake pearl. How do you do it?

 
 
the dukes
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Questions

  1. What kind of car was the General Lee?
  2. What flag adorned the top of the General Lee?
  3. What was the number on the side of the General Lee?
  4. What was the name of Roscoe’s dog?
  5. Who sang the theme song?
  6. Who provided the narration?
  7. Who was the sheriff of Hazzard County?
  8. What was the name of the watering hole where Daisy worked?
  9. Who was the villain who owned much of Hazzard County?
  10. Between the Duke brothers, Bo and Luke, which had blonde hair?
  11. What character had a unrequited crush on Daisy Duke and what was his job?
  12. For what crime were the Duke brothers confined to Hazzard County?
  13. What was the name of the mechanic?
  14. What the usual outcome of a car chase between the police and the Dukes?
  15. What was the name of the bordering county?
  16. What was the name of Boss Hogg’s twin brother?
  17. What was the name of Boss Hogg’s nephew?
  18. If a celebrity got caught in a Hazzard County speed trap, what was the usual punishment?
  19. How did the show explain why the Duke brothers left most of season five?
  20. What were the names of the Duke brothers’ cousins who replaced them in season five?
  21. What character left (and later returned) to lead a spinoff show and what was the name of the show?
  22. What was the CB handle used by the Duke Brothers?
  23. What was the CB handle used by the Daisy Duke?
  24. What was the CB handle used by the Jesse?
  25. What was the CB handle of Sheriff Rosco?
 

Please note one question I’m not asking is which state the show takes place in? Other trivia challenges on the show claim it’s Georgia, but I strongly maintain it was never stated on the show. Even on the license plates.

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Answers

  1. Dodge Charger
  2. Confederate Battle Flag
  3. 01
  4. Flash
  5. Waylon Jennings
  6. Waylon Jennings
  7. Roscoe P. Coltraine
  8. Boar’s Nest
  9. Jefferson Davis Hogg
  10. Bo
  11. Deputy sheriff Enos Strate
  12. Moonshining
  13. Cooter
  14. The police car ended up in a lake or pond.
  15. Chickasaw County
  16. Abraham Lincoln Hogg
  17. Hughie
  18. They had to perform for free at the Boar’s Nest.
  19. They tried their luck on the NASCAR circuit.
  20. Coy and Vance
  21. Enos left to join the LAPD. The show was titled “Enos.”
  22. Lost Sheep
  23. Bo Beep
  24. The Shepherd
  25. Red Dog
 
the duke of hazzard
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Source to most questions: How Stuff Works

 
 

Logic Puzzle Answer

  1. Weigh any two pearls on both sides of the balance scale. If it balances, those four pearls can be set in the “real” group and the other four in the “unknown” group. If they don’t balance, do the opposite. Either way, both groups will have four pearls each.
  2. Weigh two pearls from the real group against two from the unknown. If they balance, go to step 3. If they don’t balance, go to step 4.
  3. The fake is one of the two unknown pearls you didn’t weigh in step 2. Weigh one of them against any of six proven real pearls. If they don’t balance, the one you tested is the fake. If they do balance, the remaining unknown pearl is the fake.
  4. At this point, we can separate the four unknown pearls into two that are possible fake and heavy and two that are possibly fake and light, according to which sides went up and down from step 2. Call the possibly fake and light pearls A and B and possibly fake and heavy pearls C and D. For the third weighing, weigh A with C against any two real pearls. If the side with A and C went down, then C is fake. Otherwise, A is the fake.