"It's not my department, you understand. But we're a very modern police force, generally speaking."

"Of course it's there dummy, I put it there."

FILL IN THE BLANK: "And this is my wife's niece, _____________. She's 14, that's our dog and that was taken in Griffith Park."

"Mr. Tanner was quite disturbed, finding the Master expired before breakfast and all."

"We have GOT to have a piece of this cheese."

"He knew. He knew it was going to blow up."

"Amil Nitrate?!"

"Boy that's a big ocean. Japan, is it that way?"

#3 Wife's niece is Annette 14 years old.
#4 Mr Tanner is the English butler in Dagger of thr Mind.
5. Columbo wants the cheese from the murder desk in Agenda for Murder.
6. From Bird in the hAND.
8. tROUBLED wATERS?

#1 & 7 I can see and hear them but can't quite think of them.

Guess on Amil Nitrate!! Was it from Stitch in Crime? Where Nimoy shoots up the former dope addict who was friendly with the nurse?

Nope, not nimoy!!

I think #1 is from Playback.
#7 Troubled Waters
#8 I think is from Last Salute to the Commodore

...and not from troubled waters either?? the capsules that danziger snaps under his nose...

It has to be troubled waters. When the doctor says to Columbo..."Amil nitrate!" Yeah, that has to be correct. I guess I chimed in way too late on this quiz, all the others have been answered.

yeah...i used to be what is lovingly referred to around here as a "quote hog" and answer a whole bunch..now i try and limit it to one or 2 at the beginning....and then see how it goes.