REMOTE CONTROL - Questions
1-2 THEMESONGS
1 [5] Who sang the themesong on Baretta?
Answer: Sammy Davis Jr. ("Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow")
2 [5] What show's themesong was "Seattle", performed by Perry Como?
Answer: Here Come the Brides.
3 [10] What show opens with machine-gun-like music, followed by the title, which is then punctured by bullet holes containing pictures of the stars?
Answer: The A-Team.
4 [10] What family show's themesong was sung by Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams?
Answer: Family Ties ("Without Us").
* Bonus [20]: Who were Alex Keaton's 3 siblings?
* Answer: Mallory, Jennifer and Andrew.
5 [15] What show features a jazzy themesong in 5/4 time written by Lalo Schifrin?
Answer: Mission: Impossible.
* Bonus [20]: What husband and wife team were regulars on both Mission: Impossible and Space 1999?
* Answer: Martin Landau and Barbara Bain.
6 [15] Name any TV themesong written by Henry Mancini.
Answer: Peter Gunn, Mr. Lucky, The Andy Williams Show ("Moon River"), What's Happening!!, Charlies Angels, Newhart, and Hotel.
7 [20] What show's hit themesong, whose only words were the same as the show's title, made Billboard's top 20 in 1966?
Answer: Batman, performed by the Marketts.
1-4 BATMAN
1 [5] What villain was Victor Buono?
Answer: King Tut.
2 [5] What villain was Vincent Price?
Answer: Egghead.
3 [5] What villainess was Shelly Winters?
Answer: Ma Barker.
4 [5] What villain was Otto Preminger?
Answer: Mr. Freeze.
5 [5] What villain was Roddie McDowell?
Answer: The Bookworm.
6 [10] What 2 actors played the Riddler?
Answer: Frank Gorshim and John Astin.
7 [15] Name all 3 actresses who played Catwoman.
Answer: Eartha Kitt, Julie Newmar, and Lee Meriwether.
8 [15] Name the 4 residents of Wayne Manor.
Answer: Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, aunt Harriet Cooper, and Alfred Pennyworth.
9 [20] On what classic hero story did Bob Kane base Batman?
Answer: Zorro, a rich playboy known only to his butler, who rode out of his mansions' secret cave entrance.
* Bonus [30]: What young senorita received a short role on Zorro as a birthday gift from the show's producer, Walt Disney?
* Answer: Annette Funicello, who played Anita Cabrillo in several episodes.
10 [20] What was Batgirl's civilian job?
Answer: The commissioner's daughter, Barbara Gordon, was a librarian by day (played by Yvonne Craig).
1-5 THE FUZZ
1 [5] What show featured Kam Fong as Chin Ho, and Zulu as Kono?
Answer: Hawaii Five-O.
2 [5] What anthology was created by Joseph Wambaugh?
Answer: Police Story. Wambaugh was a Los Angeles policeman.
* Bonus [10]: Angie Dickinson's Police Woman was a spin-off of a Police Story episode. What was police woman's name?
* Answer: Sergeant Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson.
3 [5] Who did Detective Mick Belker regularly phone?
Answer: His mother, on Hill Street Blues.
4 [10] What American superagent battled THRUSH in the 1960's?
Answer: Napoleon Solo, played by Robert Vaughn on The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
* Bonus [20]: Who was The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.?
* Answer: Stefanie Powers, as April Dancer.
5 [10] Name all 6 actresses who were Charlie's Angels.
Answer: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, Shelly Hack, and Tanya Roberts.
6 [10] What detective would turn to the audience at the climax and say "Have you figured it out? Do you know who the murderer is?"
Answer: Ellery Queen, starring Jim Hutton.
7 [10] Name 2 of the 3 detective series starring William Conrad.
Answer: Cannon, Nero Wolfe, and Jake and the Fatman.
8 [15] What 3 actresses played Detective Chris Cagney opposite Tyne Daly's Detective Lacey?
Answer: Loretta Swit in the movie, Meg Foster then Sharon Gless in the series.
9 [15] According to Tonto, what does "kemo sabe" mean?
Answer: "It mean 'trusty scout.'"
* Bonus [20]: The Lone Ranger never accepted compensation for his good deeds. What was his only visible means of support?
* Answer: He owned a silver mine, which he occasionally visited to load up on silver bullets.
10 [15] What detective show, based on the novel "Poor, Poor Ophelia" by Carolyn Weston, includes the show's setting in its title?
Answer:The Streets of San Francisco.
* Bonus [15]: Who produced The Streets of San Francisco and nearly a dozen other crime shows?
* Answer: Quinn Martin.
11 [20] What TV detective, who has no known first name, was played by the producer's second choice after Bing Crosby turned the part down?
Answer:Lieutenant Columbo, played by Peter Falk. Crosby, a 67 year old multimillionaire, declined because it would interfere with his golf game.
12 [20] What do Perry Mason and The Edge of Night have in common?
Answer:They used to be the same radio show, where Perry Mason was a character in a soap opera (Perry Mason, 1943-55).
1-7 KID STUFF
1 [5] What alter-ego did QuickDraw McGraw assume when he put on a black mask?
Answer: El Kabong.
2 [5] Who was Slowpoke Rodriguez's cousin?
Answer: Speedy Gonzales.
3 [5] Name the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Answer: Michelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello, and Rafael.
4 [5] Kermit is made of velvet; of what material is Miss Piggy made?
Answer: Foam rubber.
* Bonus [10]: What recurring skit on The Muppet Show starred Miss Piggy and Link Heartthrob, Captain of the starship Swinetrek?
* Answer: Pigs in Space.
5 [10] What was UnderDog's job in civilian life?
Answer: He was a shoeshine boy. (That was also his name).
6 [10] Who was Jerry Mahoney's best wooden friend?
Answer: Knucklehead Smith, on The Paul Winchell Show.
7 [10] What were the names of Johnny Quest's dog, friend, bodyguard, and father?
Answer: Bandit, Hadji, Race (Roger) Bannon, and Dr. Benton Quest.
8 [10] Who was the leader of a pack of alley cats that lived in trash cans on Broadway, got their newspapers and milk from nearby doorsteps, and made phone calls on a nearby telephone pole?
Answer: Top Cat.
9 [15] Who was often reminded "You knew the job was dangerous when you took it" when his boss exploded into a superhero?
Answer: Fred (a lion), assistant to SuperChicken.
10 [15] In Sheriff John's feature Diver Dan, what evildoer wore a monocle?
Answer: The Barracuda.
* Bonus [15]: Who was the Barracuda's chain-smoking henchman?
* Answer: Trigger Fish.
11 [15] What were the full names of Rocky, Bullwinkle, and Boris?
Answer: Rocket J. Squirrel, Bullwinkle J. Moose, and Boris Badenov.
* Bonus [15]: With whom did Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale file their spy reports?
* Answer: Fearless Leader
12 [15] Name 8 characters whose voices were done by Mel Blanc.
Answer: Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Tweety, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, the Roadrunner, Wile E. Coyote, Foghorn Leghorn, Speedy Gonzales and Pepe le Pew; also, Hippity Hopper, Henry Hawk, the Tasmanian Devil, and all other Warner Brothers cartoon characters. Mel was also Barny Rubble, Dino the Dinosaur, Cosmo G. Spacely, and the engine in Jack Benny's car.
1-9 SITCOMS
1 [5] Other than her master, Major Tony Nelson, who else knew that Jeannie was a real genie?
Answer: Major Roger Healey, played by Bill Daily.
2 [5] What was the silly name Juliet Mills had on Nanny and the Professor?
Answer: Phoebe Figalilly.
3 [5] At what bar would you be likely to find Jack Tripper, Janet Wood, and Chrissy Snow?
Answer: The Regal Beagle, on Three's Company.
* Bonus [10]: On what series was John Ritter a regular for five years, just before he left to appear in Three's Company?
* Answer: The Waltons, where Ritter was Reverend Matthew Fordwick.
4 [10] What two nutty English girls lived upstairs from Felix and Oscar?
Answer: The Pigeon sisters, Cecily and Gwendolyn.
5 [10] Other than Samantha, Endora, or Tabitha, name 4 witches or warlocks on Bewitched.
Answer: Uncle Arthur (Paul Lynde), Aunt Clara (Marion Lorne), Esmerelda (Alice Ghostley), Dr. Bombay (Bernard Fox), Sam's father Maurice (Maurice Evans), Aunt Hagatha, and Serena.
6 [10] What were Hawkeye, Trapper John, and Hotlip's full names and ranks?
Answer: Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce, Captain John McIntyre, and Major Margaret Houlihan.
7 [10] What was Captain Wallace Binghampton's nickname?
Answer: Old Leadbottom.
8 [10] Who else starred in a slapstick sitcom with Michael McKean, David L. Lander, and Phil Foster?
Answer: Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams. The actors listed were Lenny, Squiggy and Frank DeFazio on Laverne and Shirley.
9 [15] Name all 7 employees on Mr. Carlson's staff at WKRP in Cincinatti.
Answer: Andy Travis, Jennifer Marlowe, Les Nessman, Herb Tarlek, Bailey Quarters, Dr. Johnny Fever (aka Johnny Caravella) and Venus Flytrap (aka Gordon Sims).
10 [15] Who were Barney Fife's and Andy Taylor's girlfriends?
Answer: Thelma Lou and Helen Crump. Andy also dated Ellie Walker the first season.
* Bonus [10]: In addition to Gomer and Goober Pyle, name two cousins that worked together in Mayberry.
* Answer: Andy and Barney.
11 [15] What sitcom, before it moved from ABC to NBC in 1982, ran a promotional commercial where one of its stars looked up at the camera and gloated "Same time, better network!"?
Answer: Taxi (the commercial featured Danny DeVito).
12 [15] What 1960's sitcom included, as regulars, Dabney Coleman, Bernie Kopell, George Carlin, and Ruth Buzzi?
Answer: That Girl, starring Marlo Thomas. The actors listed played Dr. Bessemer, Jerry Bauman, George Lester, and Margie Peterson.
* Bonus [20]: For what kind of company was Donald Hollinger a junior executive?
* Answer: A magazine (Newsview).
13 [15] What 3 characters were played by actors William Sanderson, Tony Papenfuss, and John Voldstad?
Answer: They were Larry, Darryl, and Darryl on Newhart.
14 [20] What did actress Rita McLaughlin do on The Patty Duke Show?
Answer: She was Patty Duke's back whenever both Patty and Cathy Lane were in the same scene together.
1-11 LUCY
1 [5] What was Lucy Ricardo's maiden name?
Answer: MacGillicuddy.
2 [5] What was Lucy drinking the time she got drunk filming a commercial?
Answer: Vita-Meta-Vegamins ("It's so tasty, too! Tastes just like candy!").
3 [10] Name both characters played by Gale Gordon on The Lucille Ball Show and Here's Lucy.
Answer: Theodore J. Mooney and uncle Harrison Otis Carter.
4 [15] What did actress Lucille Ball do the evening after filming the 1953 episode where Lucy Ricardo gives birth to Little Ricky?
Answer: She gave birth to Desi Arnaz Jr., her second child.
5 [15] After leaving the Tropicana Club, what was the name of the new club Ricky opened and owned?
Answer: The Ricky Ricardo Babaloo Club.
6 [20] Name 2 of the four production innovations that distinguished I Love Lucy from any previous TV shows.
Answer: 1) It was filmed and edited rather than broadcast live, 2) it was filmed before a live studio audience, 3) it used three cameras simultaneously during filming, and 4) it was produced in Hollywood instead of New York.
1-13 FAMILY FUN
1 [5] Lurch, the Addams Family's butler, rarely uttered more than the same two words. What were they?
Answer: "You rang?"
2 [5] What 2 actresses played Julie and Barbara on One Day at a Time?
Answer: Mackenzie Phillips, and Valerie Bertinelli. Ann was played by Bonnie Franklin.
3 [5] Which Simpson has the most difficulty walking?
Answer: Maggie, the baby.
4 [5] What adults-only item did the Coneheads find unacceptable for their daughter to have in her room?
Answer: Senso-rings.
5 [10] What cartoon did Henry Rush illustrate on Too Close for Comfort?
Answer: Cosmic Cow.
6 [10] With what line did Ralph Kramden end nearly every episode of The Honeymooners?
Answer: "Alice [or Baby] ... you're the greatest."
7 [10] What cartoon featured Tom Bosley's voice as a family's dad, and Jack Burn's voice as their commie-hating neighbor?
Answer: Wait Till Your Father Gets Home.
8 [15] Name 3 spin-offs from All in the Family.
Answer: Maude, The Jeffersons, and Gloria; also Good Times (from Maude), and Checking In (from The Jeffersons). All in the Family was renamed Archie's Place then Archie Bunker's Place after Edith died and the children moved away.
* Bonus [15]: Other than those just mentioned, name another sitcom produced by Norman Lear.
* Answer: His hits were: Sanford and Son, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (renamed Forever Fernwood), and Fernwood 2-Night. Norman's losers were: Hot L Baltimore, The Nancy Walker Show, A Year at the Top, The Baxters, Hanging In, Palmerstown, U.S.A., and A.K.A. Pablo.
9 [20] Name all the members of The Partridge Family and their manager.
Answer: Shirley (Shirley Jones), Keith (David Cassidy), Laurie (Susan Dey), Danny (Danny Bonaduce), Christopher, and Tracy; the manager was Reubin Kinkaid (David Madden).
10 [20] Name the 4 members of the family seen every Sunday night at 9 P.M. from 1961 to 1972.
Answer: Little Joe, Hoss, Adam, and Ben Cartwright.
* Bonus [20]: What Bonanza character's name was a synonym for "Jump Yodel"?
* Answer: Hop Sing.
1-28 THE CLASSICS
1 [5] What little girl was Dennis the Menace's constant nemesis?
Answer: Margaret (Wade).
2 [5] What four sisters became famous on The Lawrence Welk Show?
Answer: The Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy, and Janet).
3 [10] Which Cleaver had the same first name as one of Alvin's brothers?
Answer: Theodore (Beaver).
* Bonus [10]: Name the remaining Chipmunk brother.
* Answer: Simon.
4 [10] In addition to Rob Petrie, who were the writers for The Alan Brady show?
Answer: Sally and Buddy, played by Rose Marie and Morey Amsterdam.
5 [10] What part did John Wayne turn down, in a series that became TV's highest-rated show from 1957 to 61?
Answer: Marshall Matt Dillon, on Gunsmoke.
* Bonus [10]: Who ran the Longbranch Saloon in Dodge City?
* Answer: Miss Kitty Russel, played by Amanda Blake (1955-74), followed by Miss Hannah, played by Fran Ryan (1974-75).
6 [15] In addition to Ozzie, Harriet, David and Ricky Nelson, what two characters joined the cast of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet in the 1960s to portray themselves in real life?
Answer: June Blair and Kris Harmon (David and Ricky's wives).
* Bonus [20]: How did Ozzie Nelson gain national recognition at age 13?
* Answer: At 13, he was America's youngest Eagle Scout.
7 [15] Name the stars of the TV show based on the movie A Hard Day's Night.
Answer: Davy Jones, Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz, and Mike Nesmith were The Monkees.
8 [15] The three children's names on Father Knows Best were Betty, James, and Kathy Anderson. What did their father call them?
Answer: Princess, Bud, and Kitten.
9 [15] Who was responding to unkind criticism when he said "I cried all the way to the bank?"
Answer: Liberace (Wladziu Valentino "Lee" Liberace).
* Bonus [20]: What instrument did Liberace's brother George play?
* Answer: The violin.
1-52 HAPPY DAYS
1 [5] Name 2 spin-offs from Happy Days.
Answer: Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Out of the Blue, and Joanie Loves Chachi.
2 [10] From what show was Happy Days itself a spin-off?
Answer: Love American Style; a 1972 episode entitled Love and the Happy Day, starring Ron Howard and Anson Williams.
3 [15] What college did Richie, Potsie, and Ralph all attend?
Answer: The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee ("Milwaukee State").
4 [15] What were Fonzie, Potsie, and Chachi's first names?
Answer: Arthur (Fonzarelli), Warren (Weber), and Charles (Arcola).
5 [20] What was the name of Richie's older brother, who disappeared in the second year, never to be referred to again?
Answer: Chuck Cunningham.
2-2 GAME SHOWS
1 [10] What did they call a worthless nonsense prize on Let's Make a Deal?
Answer: A zonk.
2 [10] What did the contestant have to do on You Bet Your Life to get the duck to bring them $100?
Answer: Say the secret word.
3 [10] What game show featured Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, and Peggy Cass as regulars?
Answer: To Tell the Truth.
* Bonus [10]: At the end of each round, how would the real truth-telling guest identify himself?
* Answer: He would stand up.
4 [30] A regular on Hollywood Squares, what was the stage name of actor Cliff Arquette?
Answer: Charlie Weaver.
5 [40] What game show, which Lucy and Ethyl satirized when they tried to become contestants, was publicly called "a despicable travesty on the very nature of charity", "a disgusting spectacle and a national disgrace", and was said to "put human misery on display"?
Answer: Strike It Rich, a quiz show whose contestants were exclusively needy people. Dozens of desperate people journeyed to New York in hopes of being picked as contestants, most of whom ended up stranded.
6 [40] What happened to Teddy Nadler, the $70-per-week civil servant, who did well on The $64,000 Challenge in 1958?
Answer: He memorized an encyclopedia and won $252,000 ($264,000 lifetime total), the biggest game-show prize ever (especially in 1958!). Teddy had to pay over half his prize in taxes, and became a regular on the show.
* Bonus [40]: Who won over $130,000 on The $64,000 Question with their knowledge of boxing?
* Answer: Dr. Joyce Brothers.
2-4 SUPERMAN
1 [10] Complete the blanks from the opening to The Adventures of Superman:
"Faster than a speeding ___!
More powerful than a ___!
Able to leap ___ ___ in a single bound!
... Superman ... strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men! Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his ___ ___, and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and ___ ___ ___!"
Answer: Bullet, locomotive, tall buildings, bare hands, the American way.
2 [10] For what newspaper did Clark Kent work?
Answer: The Daily Planet.
3 [20] What would Perry White exclaim when he got really excited?
Answer: "Great Caesar's Ghost!"
4 [20] Name 3 types of media in which Superman appeared before he was on TV.
Answer: Comic books (1938+), newspaper comic strips (1939-67), radio (1940-51), animated cartoons (1941-43), theatrical serials/plays (1948 & 50), and one feature length movie (1951, "Superman and the Mole Men").
5 [30] Name 5 of Superman's super powers.
Answer: Flying, super strength, super hearing, super breath, unharmed by bullets, x-ray vision, telescopic/microscopic vision, and heat vision; also, on occasion, ability to split in two, vibrate himself through solid matter, and levitate people.
2-5 SING ALONG WITH LARDOG
1 [10]
C G7
G G C C C E E E E D D G G
Lemme tell you a story 'bout a man named Jed, a
G7 C
B B C D C B C D C A G
poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed.
C F
G C C E D C F E F G A
But then one day, he was shooting at some food ...
Answer: And up through the ground came a bubblin' crude ... oil, that is ... black gold ... Texas tea.
2 [10]
C G7 C G
G C A G E F G F D G E C D G G
Felix the cat, the wonderful, wonderful cat. Whenever he ...
Answer: Gets in a fix, he reaches into his bag of tricks.
3 [20]
Bb Ab
F Bb F F F F Eb C Ab Ab
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a
Bb Ab
Bb F F F F Eb F
tale of a faithful ship, that
Bb Ab Gb Bb
Bb F F F Eb Ab Ab EbDb Db C Ab Bb
started from this tropic port a-board this tiny ship.
C Bb C Bb
Bb C G G G G F D Bb Bb C G G G F
The mate was a mighty sailing man, the skipper brave and sure ...
Answer: Six passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour ... a three hour tour.
4 [20]
C Am7 Dm7 GM G7
G A B C B E E G A A C C D D A
Love, exciting and new, come aboard, we're expecting you--, and
G A B C B E E G A
CM Am7 F7
love, life's sweetest reward, let it float ...
Answer: It floats back to you ... The Love Boat …
5 [30]
C F C
C C C F G A G
Where, oh where, are you tonight?
C G
C C E G E E D C D
Why did you leave me here all a-lone?
C F C
D C C C E G G G F G A G E
I searched the world o-ver, and I thought I found true love ...
Answer: But you met another, and pbbbl, you were gone.
2-7 TV HISTORY
1 [10] What was the first prime time soap opera to be a major viewer attraction since Peyton Place?
Answer: Dallas.
* Bonus [10]: What is J.R.'s full name?
* Answer: John Ross Ewing, Jr.
2 [20] What 1950 comedy-variety show was written by Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, and Woody Allen?
Answer: Your Show of Shows, starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, and Carl Reiner.
3 [20] Who first introduced Bob Hope, Dean Martin, and Jerry Lewis on television?
Answer: Ed Sullivan.
* Bonus [30]: What did Ed Sullivan do for a living before hosting TV?
* Answer: He was a newspaper columnist.
4 [20] Name 3 additional titles used for The Magical World of Disney.
Answer: Disneyland, Walt Disney Presents, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, The Wonderful World of Disney, Disney's Wonderful World, Walt Disney, and The Magical World of Disney. The show was ABC's first major hit, so ABC agreed to help finance his proposed amusement park in Anaheim.
5 [20] In addition to NBC, CBS, and ABC, what was the original 4th network, that went out of business in 1956?
Answer: DuMont, financed by Paramount Pictures.
* Bonus [40]: What kind of 1946 experimental TV series was DuMont's Faraway Hill?
* Answer: The world's first network romantic drama, or "soap opera".
6 [20] What 1947 broadcast, seen by 3.9 million viewers, 3.5 million of them in bars, brought in TV's first mass audience?
Answer: The 1947 world series.
7 [20] In what decade were the first TV telecasts?
Answer: The 20's. The first TV broadcasts were in 1928 by General Electric in Schenectedy New York, mostly for a few nearby engineers with sets.
* Bonus [20]: Which came first: 1) live remote news, 2) daily TV service, or 3) color television?
* Answer: Color TV. NBC showed a New York fire in 1938, and inaugurated regular TV service at the 1939 World's Fair. Color TV was first demonstrated in 1929, and if CBS had its way, would have been the standard from the beginning.
** Double Bonus [40]: In what decade did Los Angeles first receive network TV shows?
** Answer: The 50's. The network link to the West Coast was not completed until 1951.
8 [30] What 1949 children's show featured a scientific genius who controlled a network of "Video Rangers" from his mountaintop headquarters?
Answer: Captain Video and his Video Rangers.
9 [30] Who appeared in Ford Theatre, Medallion Theater, and The Orchid Room in 1953, Star Time Playhouse in 1955, and hosted General Electric Theater from 1954 to 1962?
Answer: Ronald Reagan.
* Bonus [30]: What show, sponsored by 20 Mule Team Borax, did Ronald Reagan host from 1965 to 1966?
* Answer: Death Valley Days.
2-9 POTPOURRI
1 [10] What show begins "There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man ..."?
Answer: The Twilight Zone.
* Bonus [10]: What was the opening line to The Outer Limits?
* Answer: "There is nothing wrong with your TV set ..."
2 [10] Name all 7 of the original Saturday Night Live cast members.
Answer: Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, and Laraine Newman.
* Bonus [20]: Who was the first host of Saturday Night Live?
* Answer: George Carlin.
** Double Bonus [30]: What evildoer, played by Chevy Chase, would gain entry to his victim's homes by saying "candygram"?
** Answer: The land shark.
3 [10] What show was 3 series in one, featuring Gene Barry, Tony Franciosa, and Robert Stack in their own self-contained episodes?
Answer: The Name of the Game.
* Bonus [20]: What was the name of the game?
* Answer: Fame (Fame is the Name of the Game was the pilot movie for the series).
4 [10] What did St. Elsewhere, Newhart, and the 1988 season of Dallas have in common?
Answer: They were all dreams (by Tommy Westphall, Bob Hartley, and Pam Ewing).
5 [20] In The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, who were Andy Sheffield and Max?
Answer: The bionic boy (Vincent Van Patten) and the bionic dog (a German shepherd).
6 [20] On what show were Mia Farrow and Ryan O'Neal first "discovered"?
Answer: Peyton Place. Miss Farrow played Allison Mackenzie (1964-65), and O'Neal played Rodney Harrington (1964-69).
7 [20] What show was on NBC right after The Tonight Show for over 8 years, to be replaced in 1982 by Late Night with David Letterman?
Answer: The Tomorrow Show, starring Tom Snyder.
8 [20] In the original Star Trek, what regular character never seemed to develop, and was dropped after the first season?
Answer: Yeoman Janice Rand, played by Grace Lee Whitney.
* Bonus [20]: Who was the first captain of the Enterprise?
* Answer: Christopher Pike. (Also: Robert April, before the pilot was made).
9 [20] What did Richard Nixon request of the audience on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In?
Answer: "Sock it to me."
10 [20] In what boat were Jonas Grumby and Roy Hinkley shipwrecked?
Answer: The Minnow. They were the Skipper and the Professor on Gilligan's Island.
* Bonus [20]: Name 5 of the 7 actors that were regulars on Gilligan's Island.
* Answer: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson, and Dawn Wells.
11 [30] Name 3 of the four TV series that regularly featured Sally Field.
Answer: Gidget (Francine Lawrence), The Flying Nun (Elsie Ethington aka Sister Bertrille), Alias Smith and Jones (Clementine Hale), and The Girl with Something Extra (Sally Burton).
* Bonus [30]: What was the name of the convent where Sister Bertrille was a novice?
* Answer: San Tanco, near San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2-11 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
1 [10] What did the Clampetts call their swimming pool?
Answer: The cement pond.
2 [20] From what did Jethro graduate in the show's 4th year?
Answer: Grade school.
3 [20] To where did the Clampetts often travel for Christmas?
Answer: Hooterville, or Petticoat Junction.
* Bonus [30]: What was the name of the train that ran through Hooterville?
* Answer: The Canonball.
4 [20] What was the nickname of the character named Daisy Moses?
Answer: Granny.
5 [30] What was the name of Jethro's sister?
Answer: Jethrine Bodine, also played by Max Baer, Jr., only seen the first year. (Elly May was Jethro's cousin).
6 [30] In the show's last year, Elly Mae had a boyfriend whose job Granny never quite understood. What was his job?
Answer: He was a Navy frogman.
2-13 HOME SHOPPING CLUB
[Lose 50 points]
2-28 BRADY PHYSICS
1 [20] If Jan and Cindy Brady are accelerated to nearly the speed of light and smashed together, what is the Einsteinian equation that describes their conversion from mass to energy?
Answer: E=MC^2 (E equals M C squared).
2 [20] If Marcia Brady were shot 45 degrees up and out of a canon, what geometric curve would describe the shape of her trajectory?
Answer: A parabola. All gravity-bound objects either fall straight down or in a parabola.
3 [20] If Cindy and Bobby Brady were playing on a seesaw and Bobby suddenly jumped off, what force describes the attraction between Cindy's body mass and the Earth?
Answer: Gravity.
4 [20] If Greg Brady boarded a rocketship and flew away at 170,000 miles per second, returning 10 years later Earth time, who would be the oldest son, Greg, Peter, or Bobby?
Answer: Peter. The Lorentz transform for relativistic time dilation T=T'/sqrt[1-(v/c)^2] shows that at that speed, Greg would age only 1/3rd as fast as his brothers on Earth.
5 [30] If the Earth's atmosphere suddenly disappeared, and Alice was sucked off the planet into outer space, whose ideal gas law would describe her explosive decompression?
Answer: Boyle's ideal gas law, PV/T=k.
6 [30] If Mike and Carol Brady were having drinks containing absolute-zero ice cubes, what temperature would their ice cubes be, in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit?
Answer: -273 Celsius or -460 Fahrenheit.
2-52 TOTALLY TRIVIAL
1 [10] What is the longest running series on TV?
Answer: Meet the Press, which has run continuously since 1947.
2 [10] What is the longest running nighttime series?
Answer: The Tonight Show, running continuously since 1954.
* Bonus [20]: Not counting guest hosts, name 4 permanent hosts of The Tonight Show.
* Answer: Steve Allen, Ernie Kovacs, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, and Jay Leno. (Also Jack Lescoulie and Al "Jazzbo" Collins for a few months in 1957, and Joan Rivers who was the “permanent guest host” in the early 1990s).
3 [10] What is the longest running prime time series?
Answer: The Magical World of Disney, running from 1954 to 1983, and appearing sporadically since 1988.
4 [10] What is the longest running prime time series with continuing characters?
Answer: Gunsmoke, which ran from 1955 to 1975.
5 [10] What is the longest running prime time animated series?
Answer: The Flintstones, which ran in prime time from 1960 to 1966.
* Bonus [20]: Who was Fred and Barney's little blue friend from outer space?
* Answer: The Great Gazoo.
6 [10] What is the only show to last an entire season since 1960 whose title starts with a "Q"?
Answer: Quincy, M.E., starring Jack Klugman.
* Bonus [10]: In the show's opening, when Quincy says "you are about to enter the fascinating world of forensic medicine" to a group of police rookies, what do the policemen do?
* Answer: They all faint.
7 [20] What was the all time highest-rated made-for-TV movie?
Answer: The Day After, on November 20, 1983, which got a 46.0 Nielsen rating. That means 46% of all TV-equipped homes had at least one TV tuned to that show.
8 [20] Who is the only person to have two top-rated prime time TV shows running simultaneously for nearly 10 years?
Answer: Arthur Godfrey (Arthur Godfrey and Friends 1949-59, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts 1948-58, both on CBS).
9 [30] Who was the leader of the Impossible Missions Force before Jim Phelps?
Answer: Daniel Briggs, played by Steven Hill. ("Your mission, Dan, should you decide to accept it ...").
10 [30] Prior to June Lockhart, what actress played Ruth Martin on Lassie?
Answer: Cloris Leachman (1957-58).
11 [40] Name one of the four series to appear on all three networks in prime time after 1960.
Answer: Animal World (with Bill Burrud, NBC 68, CBS 69 & 71, ABC 70), The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (CBS 67, ABC 70, NBC 75), The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (ABC 61, CBS 67, NBC 80), and The Magical World of Disney (ABC 60, NBC 61 & 88, CBS 81).
12 [40] Ignoring the first word "the", name the only network prime time show in TV history other than “The X-Files” whose title starts with an "X".
Answer: The Xavier Cugat Show, a short-lived 15-minute variety show in 1957.
3. LIGHTNING ROUND (20 points each; teams rotate, taking turns answering)
1 What was the name of Sergeant Vince Carter's girlfriend?
Answer: Bunny Harper.
2 What two agencies were run by Thadeus and Siegfried?
Answer: C.O.N.T.R.O.L. and K.A.O.S.
3 What was Knight Industries 2000?
Answer: KITT, the super-car from Knight Rider.
4 Name the spaceship in Lost in Space.
Answer: The Jupiter II.
5 Name the submarine in Voyage to the Bottom of The Sea.
Answer: The Seaview.
6 Name Speed Racer's car.
Answer: The Mach 5.
7 Name The Dukes of Hazard's souped-up Dodge Charger.
Answer: General Lee.
8 What was the name of Professor Kingsfield's secretary?
Answer: Mrs. Nottingham.
9 What did Sergeant Schultz always seem to see?
Answer: Nothing ("I see nothing, I know nothing!").
10 What was the name of Ted Baxter's girlfriend?
Answer: Georgette (Franklin Baxter).
11 Name the character Bill Cosby played in 1969's The Bill Cosby Show.
Answer: Chet Kincaid, a high school PE teacher.
12 Who is Judge Harry Stone's favorite singer?
Answer: Mel Torme.
13 Who played Mr. Tudball and Mrs. Wiggins?
Answer: Tim Conway and Carol Burnett.
14 Who played Kate, and who played Allie?
Answer: Kate McArdle was Susan Saint James, Allie Lowell was Jane Curtin.
15 What 1977 family drama's father was a columnist for the Sacramento Register?
Answer: Eight is Enough.
16 Name the 3 kids raised by Bill Davis and Mr. French.
Answer: Buffy, Jody, & Cissy.
17 What was Flo's full name?
Answer: Florence Jean Castleberry.
18 What show starred Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton, and Clarence Williams III?
Answer: The Mod Squad.
19 What did Master Kan affectionately call Kwai Chang Caine?
Answer: Grasshopper.
20 Who was Mary Richards' best friend and upstairs neighbor?
Answer: Rhoda Morgenstern.
21 Who was Elvis, on Miami Vice?
Answer: Sonny Crockett's pet alligator.
22 Which character narrated Little House on the Prairie?
Answer: Laura Ingalls Wilder.
23 On what show did Pamela Britton play Lorelei Brown?
Answer: My Favorite Martian.
24 What show featured Junior Samples, Stringbean, and Minnie Pearl?
Answer: Hee Haw.
25 In B.J. and the Bear, exactly what kind of animal was the Bear?
Answer: A chimpanzee.
26 What former Miss World-USA played the part of Diana Prince?
Answer: Lynda Carter, on Wonder Woman.
27 What former Miss Universe starred in the adventure documentary Ocean Quest?
Answer: Sean Weatherly.
28 Who produced Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel, and Land of the Giants?
Answer: Irwin Allen.
29 What show was based on the real experiences of Gabriel Kaplan?
Answer: Welcome Back, Kotter.
30 Name either of the actors who played Kunta Kinte in Roots.
Answer: LeVar Burton (as a boy), and John Amos (as a man).
31 Who is a blue, southern, cartoon dog?
Answer: Huckleberry Hound.
Name the dog owned by:
32 Jonathan & Jennifer Hart.
Answer: Freeway.
33 The Douglasses: Steve, Mike, Robbie & Chip.
Answer: Tramp.
34 The Bundys: Al, Peg, Kelly & Bud.
Answer: Buck.
35 Rusty, the orphan boy adopted by the Fort Apache cavalry.
Answer: Rin Tin Tin.
[Skip question 36 if there are 5 teams]
36 Cal Worthington.
Answer: Spot.
4. FINAL JEOPARDY - DAYTIME ABC SOAPS
Each team secretly wagers from 0 to their total score - if they miss, they lose their wager.
You must get all three parts correct to win.
1 Until Adam Chandler appeared, who was the richest man in Pine Valley?
Answer: Palmer Courtland.
2 What was the name of Vicki Lord Buchannon's second personality?
Answer: Nicki Smith.
3 Who is Chief of Staff at General Hospital?
Answer: Dr. Steve Hardy.
................
................
In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.
To fulfill the demand for quickly locating and searching documents.
It is intelligent file search solution for home and business.
Related searches
- spectrum remote control issues
- lg tv remote control instructions
- remote control register vent
- lg remote control manual
- comcast remote control replacement
- lg remote control won t work
- samsung sound bar remote control manual
- xfinity remote control guide
- xfinity remote control user manual
- remote control hvac damper
- lg remote control problem
- xfinity tv remote control setup