1. Lucas McCain
   Frank Sweeney
2. Mark McCain
   John Wayne

Lucas McCain is the Rifleman. He is a widowed rancher.

1. Michael Landon
   John Wayne
2. David Canary
   Chuck Connors

Chuck Connors played the title role, Lucas McCain, in "The Rifleman." Did you know he also appeared as The Sarge in the 1982 comedy film "Airplane II: The Sequel"?

1. Lucas is Mark's son.
   They aren't related - just happen to have the same last name.
2. Mark is Lucas' son.
   The two are brothers.

Mark McCain, son of the Rifleman, was played by Johnny Crawford. Back in 1955, Crawford was one of the original Disney Mouseketeers!

1. Winchester
   Smith & Wesson
2. Colt
   Browning

Lucas' signature rifle is a Winchester. However, he prefers to work things out with words whenever possible.

1. WWII
   War of 1812
2. WWI
   Civil War

Lucas McCain is a veteran of the Civil War. Eleven states left the Union to support slavery during "The War Between the States." We all know how that turned out - thank goodness.

1. South Park
   Forks
2. North Fork
   Frankfurt

The show is set in North Fork, in the New Mexico Territory, back in the 1880s. New Mexico didn't become a state until January 6, 1912.

1. Lucas McCain
   Micah Torrance
2. Rooster Cogburn
   Matt Dillon

Marshal Micah Torrance was played by actor Paul Fix. In addition to many TV appearances, Fix was featured in the movies "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "El Dorado."

1. Miss Milly
   Good Golly, Miss Molly
2. Thoroughly Modern Milly
   Milli Vanilli

Milly Scott, known as Miss Milly, owns the General Store for most of the show's run. Actress Joan Taylor, who played the part, can also be seen in 1956's "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" and 1957's "20 Million Miles to Earth."

1. Dennis Hopper
   Lon Chaney Jr.
2. Michael Landon
   All of the above

So many well-known actors appeared in the show! In addition to those mentioned above, famous visitors included Robert Vaughn, Agnes Moorehead, Robert Culp, James Coburn and Vic Morrow.

1. 1948
   1958
2. 1972
   1962

"The Rifleman" debuted in 1958. It ran for 168 episodes, over five seasons, until it went off the air in 1963.

1. The Twilight Zone
   Hogan's Heroes
2. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater
   Gunsmoke

"Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater" was an anthology series on CBS, which ran from 1956 to 1961. The pilot episode of "The Rifleman" was called "The Sharpshooter."

1. Brooklyn Dodgers
   Chicago Cubs
2. Boston Celtics
   All of the above

Connors played first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs. He also played basketball with the Boston Celtics! And - believe it or not - he was drafted to play football with the Chicago Bears, but never played.

1. Johnny Crawford, as Mark McCain
   Michael Landon, as Little Joe
2. John Wayne, as Rooster Cogburn
   Lorne Greene, as Ben Cartwright

Crawford was nominated for an Emmy in 1959, when he was only 13, but he did not win. However, in 2005 he won a Golden Boot Award for being a Kid of the West.

1. Rob Lowe
   Sammy Davis Jr.
2. Molly Ringwald
   Emilio Estevez

Of course, the answer is Sammy Davis Jr. - the others are members of the Brat Pack! The Las Vegas Rat Pack included Davis, along with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop.

1. It was a BB gun.
   It was the wrong color.
2. It was a Super Soaker.
   His Winchester model wasn't made yet, when the show took place.

McCain's famous Winchester was from 1892, but the show was set in the 1870s and 1880s. Oh well - most of us wouldn't notice.

1. Let's Make a Deal
   My Favorite Martian
2. Gunsmoke
   The Flintstones

It was written for the only other Western in the list - "Gunsmoke." In that script there was no son, and Lucas McCain had the first name John. So how similar was it, really?

1. Duke Snider
   Babe Ruth
2. Ozzie Smith
   Wilt Chamberlain

Duke Snider, whose real name was Edwin Donald Snider, was a teammate of Chuck Connors with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Silver Fox appeared in an episode called "The Retired Gun."

1. Zero
   One hundred
2. Two and a half
   Seventy-seven

Yup, Chuck Connors once claimed that his character, Lucas McCain, killed an average of two and a half people per episode. He had a lot of explaining to do.

1. 77
   None
2. One
   12

Twelve shots are fired each episode, during the opening credits. That's before the real action even starts!

1. A spinning wheel
   A spin doctor
2. A ring lever
   A fidget spinner

McCain's Winchester has a ring lever. That's a special modification that wasn't even available during the years the story takes place. Oh well.

1. Left
   Right
2. Both
   He never fired a weapon

Lucas McCain fires both left- and right-handed. He could have left the ranch to be a stunt-shooting star.

1. Law of the Plainsman
   All in the Family
2. Game of Thrones
   I Love Lucy

"Law of the Plainsman," starring Michael Ansara, aired in 1959. The title character appeared on "The Rifleman" twice before earning his own show.

1. Her absence was never explained.
   She was kidnapped and never found.
2. She left town with Lucas' mortal enemy.
   She died of smallpox.

She never appeared in the show, but we're told she died of smallpox, back in the 1870s. The World Health Assembly declared the virus eradicated in 1980.

1. Baseball
   Plastic surgery
2. Having a twin brother
   Gambling in Vegas

Baseball doesn't seem to have much in common with acting, but that's what Chuck Connors said. Maybe he only acted like he could play ball.

1. He was afraid of guns.
   He preferred to avoid conflict.
2. He was a recovering alcoholic.
   He was actually a bad guy.

Marshal Micah Torrence was a recovering alcoholic. He meant well, but he spent too much time drinking at Sweeney's bar.

1. The rifleman
   The blacksmith
2. An orphan boy
   The rifleman's son

Nils Swenson is the blacksmith in the series. Actor Joe Higgins played the role, and later became known as the Safety Sheriff in ads for Dodge.

1. Mrs. Butterworth
   Flo, of Progressive Insurance
2. The Pillsbury Dough Boy
   Snap, of Rice Krispies fame

Hope Summers played Hattie Denton, who owned the general store in North Fork during some seasons of the show. And yes, she was also the voice of Mrs. Butterworth! Delicious syrup.

1. Anime
   CGI
2. 3-D
   Film noir

"The Rifleman" featured dramatic use of light and shadows, and also creative camera angles. That's film noir in a nutshell.

1. Doctor Seuss
   Doc Burrage
2. Dougie Howser, M.D.
   Dr. Phil

Doc Burrage was played by several actors, including Ralph Moody in 12 episodes. Moody later appeared in "Bonanza."

1. The inspiration for a Broadway musical
   A former U.S. president
2. A slaveholder
   President of the North Fork Bank

John Hamilton is the president of the North Fork Bank. He first appeared in episode 8, "The Safeguard."

1. To Broadway, to be a star
   To be with his mother in heaven
2. Shuffling off to Buffalo
   On a rampage

Mark McCain has a high fever and considers joining his mother in heaven. Fortunately for everyone involved, the boy stays on Earth with his dad!

1. He gets trapped in quicksand.
   He wins the Powerball jackpot.
2. He's elected president.
   He finds an iPhone from the future.

Yup, Mark gets trapped in quicksand, while trying to help his friend Lorrie. Of course, Lucas McCain saves them both.

1. Mark
   A parrot
2. Nobody
   Colonel Sanders

Mark says this to Lou, when she runs out of eggs while cooking. Yikes! The episode was "Incident at Line Shack Six."

1. Dude Ranch
   Caddyshack
2. Ranch Dressing
   Dunlap Ranch

It was the Dunlap Ranch before it was renamed the McCain Ranch. It was 4,100 acres.

1. A dollar a week
   One foal per year
2. Service as the town marshal
   No charge

Mark's education costs a dollar a week, at a time when that's real money. And the kid would rather just hang out at the ranch.