ANSWERS ARE BELOW THE COLUMN
Mr. Television: Pop Quiz
by Marc Berman
Enough already with C3, Live-Plus Same-Day ! While I'm having a great time
with my live Webcasts (I just finished my second one, check it out at
mediaweek.com), it was not easy explaining the current metrics and how we
now determine what's a hit or a miss. But now that the Webcast is over and
you had your vegetables, it's time for some dessert. And what better dolce
than my favorite guilty pleasure: TV Trivia.
Go ahead and test your TV knowledge with the following random questions.
For
a complete list of the answers, head to PIFeedback.com starting today
(Nov.
5) and go to the second category (right behind "Ratings Box"). Have
fun-then
get back to work!
1. Historically, what prime-time network series has spawned the most
number
of spinoffs? Bonus: Name the spinoffs.
2. Who was the original choice to play Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke? (Hint: He
guest starred on an episode of I Love Lucy.)
3. Speaking of the wacky redhead, what was her maiden name on I Love Lucy?
4. True or false: Historically, The Odd Couple is the longest running
network series based on a theatrical movie.
5. First to premiere: ER or Law & Order?
6. Which performer has appeared in the most regularly scheduled series
historically? a) Kate Jackson; b) Cloris Leachman; c) Harry Morgan; d) Bob
Newhart; e) Robert Urich
Bonus: How many of those series can you name?
7. What was the name of the cooking show that acerbic Sue Ann Nivens
hosted
on The Mary Tyler Moore Show?
8. Name the town where sitcoms Petticoat Junction and Green Acres were
set.
9. Name the syndicated talk show that actually ranked first in households
for an entire season ahead of Oprah.
10. Which school girl from The Facts of Life lost her virginity first? a)
Blair; b) Jo; c) Molly; d) Natalie; e) "Tootie"
11. Historically, the main actors on three sitcoms have all been awarded
with Emmy Awards. The first was All in the Family, next was The Golden
Girls. What was the third?
12. Eight years before the start of his self-titled sitcom, Jerry Seinfeld
was briefly featured in and ultimately fired from another sitcom. Which
show
was it? a) Barney Miller; b) Benson; c) Family Matters; d) Love, Sydney;
e)
One Day at a Time
13. Which Brady Bunch kid followed in Dad's footsteps and became an
architect?
14. Which of these classic series was not remade? a) Get Smart; b) Fantasy
Island; c) Hawaii Five-O; d) The Love Boat; d) Mission: Impossible
15. Name the series where we first met the animated family known as the
Simpsons.
16. What was Columbo's first name?
17. TV Math: If you add up the kids from Eight Is Enough, The Waltons,
Family Affair and The Hogan Family, and subtract the siblings from The
Partridge Family, how many kids would there be?
18. How many seasons did CBS air Lassie?
19. Other than the four primary villains- The Riddler, The Penguin, The
Joker and Catwoman-how many more Batman villains can you name? (Hint:
There
were 26 more!)
20. Four of the following five series aired for one decade or longer.
Which
one didn't? a) Beverly Hills, 90210; b) Dallas; c) Murphy Brown; d) My
Three
Sons; e) Perry Mason
21. Ages of Isabel Sanford and Sherman Hemsley when The Jeffersons
premiered
in 1975?
22. True or false: Jill Whelan starred in Friends.
23. Name the actor who was in back-to-back hit Saturday night series for a
combined 16 years. (Hint: Think about question No. 22.)
ANSWERS
1. All in the Family with five (Spin-offs: Maude, The Jeffersons, Archie
Bunker's Place, Gloria, 704 Hauser)
2. John Wayne
3. McacGillicuddy
4. False. It was MASH, at 11 seasons. (1972-83) The Odd Couple aired for
five (1970-75)
5. Law & Order, which debuted in 1990. ER opened in 1994.
6. e) Robert Urich
American Dreamer, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Crossroads, Emeril, Gavilan,
It
Had to Be You, The Lazurus Man, Love Boat: The Next Wave, Spenser: For
Hire,
S.W.A.T., Tabitha, Vega$, Vital Signs
7. The Happy Homemaker
8. Hooterville
9. Jerry Springer (but, ssshhh.Oprah doesn't want anyone to know!)
10. Good ol' Natalie, who "did the deed" with Snake.
11. Will & Grace: Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes and Megan
Mullally all took home the trophy (two actually for Mullally as acerbic
Karen)
12. Benson
13. Troubled Jan, who was suddenly an architect in 1990 dramedy The Bradys
14. c) Hawaii Five-O
15. The Tracy Ullman Show
16. Frank
17. Eight is Enough (8) + The Waltons (7) + Family Affair (3) + The Hogan
Family (3) - The Partridge Family (5) = 16
18. 17 (1954-71)
19. The Riddler, The Penguin, The Joker and Catwoman, plus:
Archer, Tbe Black Widow, Bookworm. Dr. Cassandra, Chandel, Nora Clavical,
Clock King, Colonel Gumm, Egghead and Olga, False Face, Lola Lasagne, Lord
Flogg and Lady Penelope Peasoup, King Tut, Louie the Lilac, Ma Parker, The
Mad Hatter, Minerva, Mr. Freeze, The Puzzler, Sandman, Shame and Calamity
Jane, Siren, Zelda the Great
20. Perry Mason, which aired from 1957 to 1966
21. Isabel Sanford: 58, Sherman Hemsley: 37
22. True. Jill Whelan starred in a 1979 drama called Friends about a group
of 11-year olds.
23. Gavin MacLeod: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-77) and The Love Boat
(1977-84)
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