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60 free The Six Million Dollar Man trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. This quiz covers The Six Million Dollar Man from Martin Caidin's 1972 novel Cyborg through the three 1973 TV movies, the five ABC seasons and the reunion films that finally married Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers in 1994. Expect questions on the bionic eye, the 60 mph legs, the Geiger counter in the arm, the slow-motion running and the electronic sound effect that every kid on the playground imitated. There is plenty on the people too: Lee Majors' real name and football career, Richard Anderson as Oscar Goldman, the three actors who played Rudy Wells, Farrah Fawcett's guest spots, André the Giant as Bigfoot, Lindsay Wagner's Emmy, Max the bionic dog and Sandra Bullock's TV debut as a new bionic woman. A few questions reach the toys, comics, the never-made Six Billion Dollar Man film and the show's odd afterlife in Brazilian politics. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the series, its spin-offs, characters and cast, so the episode titles, dates and dollar figures will satisfy anyone who still owns the Kenner action figure.
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Q 01What was Steve Austin's job before the crash that led to his bionic rebuild?
Astronaut
He was a NASA astronaut and USAF colonel, played throughout by Lee Majors.
Q 02The series was based on a 1972 novel by Martin Caidin with what title?
Cyborg
It was also the show's working title during pre-production; Caidin wrote three sequels that were never adapted.
Q 03Steve Austin was injured in the crash of what kind of aircraft?
An experimental lifting body
The crash footage in the credits is real: the M2-F2 accident of 10 May 1967, which pilot Bruce Peterson survived.
Q 04Which of Steve Austin's body parts were replaced with bionics?
Right arm, both legs and left eye
His limbs had the power of a bulldozer and the eye a 20:1 zoom lens with infrared.
Q 05What did the initials OSI, Steve Austin's employer, stand for?
Office of Scientific Intelligence
In the first TV movie the agency was the OSO, run by Darren McGavin's Oliver Spencer instead of Oscar Goldman.
Q 06Which network aired The Six Million Dollar Man throughout its run?
ABC
It began with three TV movies in 1973 before becoming a weekly hour-long series in January 1974.
Q 07Who was the producers' first choice to play Steve Austin before Lee Majors got the part?
Monte Markham
Markham later appeared on the show as Barney, the 'Seven Million Dollar Man'.
Q 08Which actor played Oscar Goldman, director of the OSI?
Richard Anderson
He also voiced the 'We can rebuild him' opening narration in character.
Q 09Who voiced the famous opening line 'We can rebuild him; we have the technology'?
Richard Anderson as Oscar Goldman
Bennett did narrate the opening's first words: 'Steve Austin, astronaut. A man barely alive.'
Q 10Which actor played Dr Rudy Wells in the first pilot movie only?
Martin Balsam
Alan Oppenheimer took over for the next pilots and early seasons before Martin E. Brooks became the regular.
Q 11Which two 1973 TV movies followed the original pilot as ABC Movie of the Week specials?
Wine, Women and War / The Solid Gold Kidnapping
Both were produced by Glen A. Larson and gave the character a James Bond flavour the series later dropped.
Q 12Which singer performed the 1973 telefilms' theme song before an instrumental replaced it?
Dusty Springfield
Glen A. Larson wrote the song; Oliver Nelson's instrumental theme took over when the weekly series began.
Q 13Who composed the instrumental theme used for the weekly series?
Oliver Nelson
Q 21What was Jaime Sommers' profession when she was introduced in a 1975 two-part episode?
Professional tennis player
She was one of America's top five and Steve's high-school sweetheart from Ojai.
Q 22How did Jaime Sommers suffer the injuries that led to her bionic implants?
A skydiving accident
Her parachute malfunctioned on a skydiving date and she fell through tree branches.
Q 23Instead of a bionic eye, Jaime Sommers received which bionic sense organ?
A right ear
It let her hear at low volumes and over long distances; her right arm and both legs were also bionic.
The first-season arrangement was shorter than the one used from season two onwards.
Q 14The Six Million Dollar Man's slow-motion sequences were inspired by their use by which organisation?
NFL Films
Viewers nicknamed the effect 'Kung Fu slow motion' after the 1970s martial arts series.
Q 15According to the speed gauge in the opening credits, how fast could Steve Austin run?
60 mph
The highest speed actually shown on a gauge in the series was 67 mph in 'The Pal-Mir Escort'.
Q 16Besides bulldozer strength, what instrument did Steve Austin's bionic arm contain in 'Doomsday and Counting'?
A Geiger counter
The poison dart gun existed only in Caidin's novels, hidden in one finger.
Q 17What environmental condition could interfere with and disable Austin's bionics?
Extreme cold
They recovered as soon as he warmed up; cosmic radiation and ultrasonic attack were other weaknesses.
Q 18The electronic 'dit dit dit' sound effect debuted in 'Day of the Robot' accompanying what?
A mechanical duplicate of Major Fred Sloan
John Saxon played the robot's human original; the sound only later became Austin's own.
Q 19Under Kenneth Johnson's rules, bionic Steve and Jaime could jump down three storeys but jump up how many?
Two
Johnson said that without tight rules a fantasy show 'gets out of hand'.
Q 20Which writer adapted Caidin's novel for the first TV movie under the pseudonym Henri Simoun?
Howard Rodman
His adaptation was nominated for a Hugo Award and made Austin a civilian astronaut rather than a colonel.
Q 24Jaime Sommers 'died' at the end of her first storyline; how was she later revealed to have survived?
An experimental cryogenic procedure
The character had been so popular that ABC asked the writers to bring her back.
Q 25Which California town was the home town of Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man?
Ojai
The real Ojai has a billboard informing visitors of its famous astronaut native.
Q 26Which future wrestling legend made his US acting debut as Bigfoot in a 1976 two-part episode?
André the Giant
In 'The Secret of Bigfoot' Austin's eye let him see the creature moving too fast for a normal eye.
Q 27How many episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man were made, according to the complete-series DVD set?
99
Time Life's 40-disc set added the three pilot films, the three reunion movies and the crossover Bionic Woman episodes.
Q 28Lee Majors was born with what name?
Harvey Lee Yeary
He was born in Wyandotte, Michigan, and orphaned young; his early career resemblance earned him the tag 'blond Elvis'.
Q 29What ended Lee Majors' college football career at Eastern Kentucky University?
A severe back injury
He was paralysed for two weeks and had planned to become a football coach.
Q 30Before bionics, Lee Majors played Heath Barkley in which 1960s Western series starring Barbara Stanwyck?
The Big Valley
He was picked from over 400 young actors, including Burt Reynolds; Linda Evans played his sister.