| TV Trivia Quiz |
Just for fun, test your TV trivia knowledge with our quiz. We admit, if you’re a Baby Boomer—or a fan of TV Land—you might have a slight advantage.
Answers are below. Good luck! |
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1. On the I Love Lucy episode “Return Home From Europe,” Lucy tries to smuggle an enormous package of Italian cheese into the United States by disguising it as what? |
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| 2. What is the title of Leave It to Beaver’stheme song? |
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3. On The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle works at a Mayberry filling station. What is its name? |
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4. The Dick Van Dyke Show—nearly canceled after its first season—saw its ratings improve dramatically in its second year, in part because it began airing immediately after which popular CBS comedy? |
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| 5. Jack Klugman is best known for playing Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and for his starring role in Quincy, M.E. But years earlier, he was a recurring actor on The Twilight Zone. How many episodes of the show did Klugman appear in? |
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6. What is the real name of Agent 99 from Get Smart? |
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7. While Frank Gorshin is the actor most associated with the villainous Riddler from the 1960s Batman series, a different actor portrays the character in season two. Who? |
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| 8. On The Monkees’ series finale, which of the band members made his directorial debut? |
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9. The Mary Tyler Moore Show resulted in no fewer than three spin-off shows in the 1970s. What were they? |
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| 10. In a famous second season episode of All in the Family, Archie Bunker receives a kiss on the cheek from what celebrity? |
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11. Redd Foxx didn’t appear in many of Sanford and Son’s third season episodes due to a salary dispute. How was “Sanford’s” absence explained? |
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12. In The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, actress Eve Plumb declined to reprise her role as Jan from The Brady Bunch. Who was cast as her replacement? |
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| 13. Taxi’s Latka Gravas character has a multiple personality disorder that frequently has him adopting the persona of a super-sleazy American. What is his name? |
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14. In which season of Cheers is the Woody Boyd character introduced? |
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15. Which future Saturday Night Live star appears as one of Theo Huxtable’s friends in several episodes of The Cosby Show? |
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| 16. An early incarnation of Saved By the Bell starred Hayley Mills and had a different name. What was it? |
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17. In the Seinfeld episode “The Chinese Woman,” George Costanza’s father, Frank, is seen in the company of a mysterious “man with a cape.” Who played this man? |
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18. In 1997, The Simpsons became the longest-running primetime animated series in TV history. Which show previously held this honor? |
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19. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air actress Janet Hubert-Whitten was replaced in her role as Vivian Banks in 1993. Who succeeded her? |
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20. Before his starring role in Monk, Tony Shalhoub played a taxi driver in which 1990s comedy? |
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21. Which of the six main characters on Friends is the last to find out about Chandler and Monica’s romantic relationship? |
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22. In the opening scene of Will & Grace’s pilot, and in the closing scene of the series finale, the two main characters have a phone conversation concerning which NBC drama? |
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23. That ’70s Show actress Mila Kunis has voiced the Meg Griffin character in every season of Family Guy except for the first. Whom did she replace as Meg’s voice? |
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| 24. Which Growing Pains actress recently appeared on the VH-1 reality series Scott Baio Is 45…and Single, as a result of her onetime relationship with the Happy Days/Charles in Charge star? |
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25. To date, NBC has broadcast 51 episodes of the U.S. comedy The Office, which is based on a British show of the same name. How many episodes were produced of the British version? |
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