Plot Twist: Bonanza vs. The Big Valley Did it Happen on The Ponderosa or the Barkley Ranch? Mysterious visitors. Romance gone awry. A false accusation, bitter betrayal, justice served…all edge-of-your-seat Western action, but are the heroes of these stories the Cartwrights or the Barkleys? Play this fun quiz and see if you can guess if the plot goes to Bonanza or The Big Valley. A wealthy British couple visits the ranch. The wife soon finds herself attracted to the rugged sons of the family, and she begins to think her husband is a coward. She sets her sights on one particular brother. Correct Bonanza This is the plot of the Bonanza episode: The Last Trophy The correct answer is Bonanza This is the plot of the Bonanza episode: The Last Trophy Three deserters escape from an Army stockade and hide at the ranch. When a captain comes looking for them, our hero realizes the prisoners are being treated inhumanely, and now must confront a friend who’s in charge. Correct Bonanza This is the plot of the Bonanza episode: Escape to Ponderosa The correct answer is Bonanza This is the plot of the Bonanza episode: Escape to Ponderosa A beautiful, aloof woman moves to the area and our hero falls in love with her. He courts the young woman, unaware that she has a bounty hunter husband. His affection soon puts him in the sights of a gun. Correct The Big Valley This is the plot of The Big Valley episode: A Bounty on a Barkley The correct answer is The Big Valley This is the plot of The Big Valley episode: A Bounty on a Barkley Our hero finds a man burning ranch land and shoots him in self-defense. Now, our hero discovers the dead man’s daughter, and brings her home to care for her, unaware that her outlaw kin is searching for her. Correct Bonanza This is the plot of the Bonanza episode: The Spitfire The correct answer is Bonanza This is the plot of the Bonanza episode: The Spitfire Our hero is smitten with Maria who is home from school in the East. She is the daughter of Don Alfredo, a Spanish landowner and nobleman, who is in a property dispute with a neighbor. Don Alfredo believes that our hero’s lineage is impure and the dispute soon endangers the budding romance. Correct The Big Valley This is the plot of The Big Valley episode: Winner Lose All The correct answer is The Big Valley This is the plot of The Big Valley episode: Winner Lose All Our hero has eyes for an alluring old girlfriend who is now married. When her husband is mysteriously killed in a gun "accident," our hero is accused of murder. It won’t be easy clearing his name. The district attorney has it in for our hero’s family! Correct The Big Valley This is the plot of The Big Valley episode: Into the Widow's Webb The correct answer is The Big Valley This is the plot of The Big Valley episode: Into the Widow's Webb Our hero, and an alcoholic, cynical hunter, search desperately for a measles-infected Indian brave who intends to seek help only from the traditional medicine man from his tribe. Our hero must stop the brave before he infects his whole tribe. Correct The Big Valley This is the plot of The Big Valley episode: Pursuit The correct answer is The Big Valley This is the plot of The Big Valley episode: Pursuit While celebrating the return of his daughter, Connie, a former lawman is asked to help capture an outlaw gang. While our hero is courting Connie, no one realizes the ex-lawman is actually one of the outlaws. Correct Bonanza This is the plot of the Bonanza episode: Denver McKee The correct answer is Bonanza This is the plot of the Bonanza episode: Denver McKee Irish immigrants claim a section of land on the family ranch, insisting they bought and paid for it in San Francisco. One brother of our hero family immediately clashes with the group’s leader. Another brother is sympathetic, and thinks the immigrants are honest, just mistaken, and not squatters. Correct The Big Valley This is the plot of The Big Valley episode: The Brawlers The correct answer is The Big Valley This is the plot of The Big Valley episode: The Brawlers The brothers spend an evening at the carnival when our hero’s date goes missing. The carnival owner has an eye for pretty girls and intrigues the young woman. Will she learn that the attraction could prove fatal? Correct Bonanza This is the plot of the Bonanza episode: The Abduction The correct answer is Bonanza This is the plot of the Bonanza episode: The Abduction When a local rancher and friend sends for a mail order bride from back East, he may get more than he bargained for. Our hero notices very suspicious behavior by the bride-to-be and suspects that something is not quite right about her Correct The Big Valley This is the plot of The Big Valley episode: Devil's Masquerade The correct answer is The Big Valley This is the plot of The Big Valley episode: Devil's Masquerade Our hero hires Sam Jackson to help on a cattle drive. But Jackson has a secret. He’s really an outlaw who signed up for the drive because it passes by a certain town, where he plans to kill his father—the sheriff. Correct Bonanza This is the plot of the Bonanza episode: The Trail Gang The correct answer is Bonanza This is the plot of the Bonanza episode: The Trail Gang You Got out of right! Master Plotter You’re as sharp a shooter as a sharpshooter can be! You know your Barkleys from your Cartwrights! Keep up with all the action by watching The Big Valley and Bonanza on INSP. Share the Results Uneven Plotting You might have been a little trigger happy on one or two of those answers, but you know your Barkleys from your Cartwrights most of the time! Keep up with all the action by watchingThe Big Valley and Bonanza on INSP. Share the Results Practically Plot-free Well…you missed the mark, a few times, so you might want to get to know your Barkleys from your Cartwrights a little better! Watch The Big Valley and Bonanza on INSP. Share the Results Plot Deprived Oh my! It looks like you got many of the stories crossed! You might want to get to know your Barkleys from your Cartwrights a little better! Watch The Big Valley and Bonanza on INSP. Share the Results