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- tvt1.
- Calhoon University
- Television Trivia 101
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- Q-1
- #d
- name the occupation of jackie gleason's character, ralph
- kramden, on @the honeymooners.@ (1955-56)
- *
- sewer worker
- longshoreman
- bartender
- bus driver
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- Q-2
- #b
- the red skelton show frequently featured a good natured hobo
- named \\\\\. (1951-71)
- *
- dudley doright
- freddy freeloader
- manney the moocher
- deadbeat dan
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- Q-3
- #c
- name the star of the long-running comedy series who never aged
- past 39. (1950-65)
- *
- milton berle
- red skelton
- jack benny
- sid caesar
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- Q-4
- #a
- which comedy show awarded the @flying fickle finger of fate?@
- (1968-73)
- *
- laugh-in
- the tonight show
- the smothers brothers
- steve allen
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- Q-5
- #d
- what baseball player turned actor played lucas mccain on
- @the rifleman?@ (1958-63)
- *
- brian keith
- jack lord
- ed ames
- chuck connors
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- Q-6
- #c
- name the first woman to anchor a network television evening
- newscast.
- *
- betsy palmer
- arlene francis
- barbara walters
- dorothy kilgallen
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- Q-7
- #b
- name the cisco kid's loveable oversized sidekick. (1950-56)
- *
- *
- juan carlos
- pancho
- chico
- don estaban
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- Q-8
- #a
- name the veteran actor who turned down the role of marshal
- dillon in @gunsmoke@ for fear of being typecast.
- *
- john wayne
- gary cooper
- burt lancaster
- william holden
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- Q-9
- #c
- one of the seven original astronauts won $25,000 on @name that
- tune.@ who was he? (1953-59)
- *
- scott carpenter
- l gordon cooper
- john glenn
- alan shepard jr
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- Q-10
- #b
- which well known actor played television roles on @dr kildare,@
- @tales of wells fargo@, @hawaiian eye@ and @andy griffith show?@
- *
- martin sheen
- jack nicholson
- ryan o'neal
- clint eastwood
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- Q-11
- #d
- name the only cast member from the movie m.a.s.h who recreated
- his character on the television series. (1972-83)
- *
- alan alda
- larry linville
- wayne rogers
- gary burghoff
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- Q-12
- #a
- one hit series from producer norman lear spawned three other
- popular series. which was it?
- *
- all in the family
- maude
- the jeffersons
- good times
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- Q-13
- #c
- one long-running police series was the source of the frequent
- line, @book 'em dano.@ name the series. (1968-80)
- *
- dragnet
- kojak
- hawaii five-o
- police story
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- Q-14
- #d
- which western starred eric fleming as gil favor and clint
- eastwood as rowdy yates? (1959-65)
- *
- maverick
- wyatt earp
- cheyenne
- rawhide
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- Q-15
- #b
- after debuting on happy days, an alien (robin williams) studies
- life in boulder colorado. name the spin-off. (1978-82)
- *
- laverne & shirley
- mork & mindy
- i dream of jeannie
- mcmillan and wife
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- Q-16
- #a
- name the high-quality series which starred e.g. marshall and
- robert reed as father and son law partners. (1961-65)
- *
- the defenders
- owen marshall
- judd for the defense
- burke's law
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- Q-17
- #a
- name the longest-running network children's show -- hosted by
- bob keeshan. (1955-80)
- *
- captain kangaroo
- howdy doody
- big john & sparky
- sesame street
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- Q-18
- #c
- milton berle, otto preminger, and vincent price, among others
- were guest villains on this comic book based series. (1966-68)
- *
- green hornet
- spiderman
- batman
- superman
-
- Q-19
- #d
- ward bond began a film career in 1930 but achieved his greatest
- success in this television western. (1957-65)
- *
- tombstone territory
- the virginian
- cimarron strip
- wagon train
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- Q-20
- #b
- actor steve mcqueen is perhaps best known for his work in motion
- pictures, but began his career in what western? (1958-61)
- *
- the rebel
- wanted dead or alive
- cheyenne
- broken arrow
-
- Q-21
- #a
- on what series did fred macmurray head the douglas household?
- (1960-72)
- *
- my three sons
- bachelor father
- the waltons
- father of the bride
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- Q-22
- #c
- the setting of the @andy griffith show@ was the small rural
- community of mayberry \\\\\. (1960-68)
- *
- alabama
- georgia
- north carolina
- mississippi
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- Q-23
- #d
- name the imported british spy series which starred patrick
- macnee and diana rigg. (1966-69)
- *
- man from u.n.c.l.e
- i spy
- mission impossible
- the avengers
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- Q-24
- #b
- in what series did vince edwards star as a highly dedicated
- neurosurgeon? (1961-66)
- *
- dr. kildare
- ben casey
- marcus welby
- medical center
-
- Q-25
- #c
- on the top-rated @beverly hillbillies,@ who played jed clampett?
- (1962-71)
- *
- walter brennan
- eddie albert
- buddy ebsen
- edgar buchanan
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- Q-26
- #d
- on @bewitched@ two different actors, both named dick, played
- the role of darrin stevens. who were they? (1964-72)
- *
- powell & gautier
- gregory & van dyke
- martin & clark
- york & sargent
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- Q-27
- #a
- the ponderosa was home for the cartwrights on the long-running
- @bonanza.@ what was the nearest community? (1959-73)
- *
- virgina city
- medicine bow
- tombstone
- dodge city
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- Q-28
- #b
- what actress played laura petrie on the @dick van dyke show,@
- then went on to have her own show and production company?
- *
- elizabeth montgomery
- mary tyler moore
- loni anderson
- lynda carter
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- Q-29
- #d
- the title role of @dr. kildare@ was played by a former
- shakespearean actor. name him. (1961-66)
- *
- vince edwards
- pernell roberts
- chad everett
- richard chamberlain
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- Q-30
- #b
- the @donna reed show@ followed the lives of what fictional
- family? (1958-66)
- *
- douglas
- stone
- cleaver
- anderson
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- Q-31
- #c
- what police series said, @the story you are about to see is
- true. the names have been changed to protect the innocent?@
- *
- the naked city
- m squad
- dragnet
- hawaii five-o
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- Q-32
- #a
- arthur carlson, jennifer marlowe, andy travis, venus flytrap,
- and dr. johnny fever worked for wkrp in \\\\\. (1978-82)
- *
- cincinnati
- new york
- minneapolis
- san francisco
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- Q-33
- #c
- after leaving the wjm-tv newsroom, lou grant (ed asner) went
- to work for what newspaper? (1977-82)
- *
- san francisco beacon
- washington journal
- los angeles tribune
- new york examiner
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- Q-34
- #d
- beatrice arthur appeared as the bunker's cousin in @all in the
- family,@ then spun-off that role in what show? (1972-78)
- *
- good times
- the jeffersons
- one day at a time
- maude
-
- Q-35
- #b
- what series featured the ghosts of a home's former owners and a
- brandy-drinking st. bernard? (1953-56)
- *
- ghost and mrs. muir
- topper
- the thin man
- my mother the car
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- Q-36
- #a
- in what series does an alien assume the identity of uncle
- martin after he crash-lands his spacecraft? (1963-66)
- *
- my favorite martian
- outer limits
- alf
- the twilight zone
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- Q-37
- #d
- for what top-secret spy organization did alexander waverly
- assign agents solo and kuryarkin? (1964-68)
- *
- k.a.o.s.
- c.o.n.t.r.o.l
- s.m.e.r.s.h
- u.n.c.l.e
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- Q-38
- #c
- jerry mathers starred in the title role of @leave it to beaver.@
- what was beaver cleaver's first name? (1957-63)
- *
- wally
- clarence
- theodore
- eddie
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- Q-39
- #b
- on @the mary tyler moore show,@ mary worked for television
- station wjm in \\\\\. (1970-77)
- *
- milwaukee
- minneapolis
- cincinnati
- chicago
-
- Q-40
- #b
- what role did bob denver play on @the many loves of dobie
- gillis?@ (1959-63)
- *
- herbert gillis
- maynard krebs
- davey gillis
- chatsworth osborne
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- Q-41
- #c
- what popular children's show was hosted by buffalo bob smith
- and seated the audience in the peanut gallery? (1947-60)
- *
- romper room
- captain kangaroo
- howdy doody
- big john and sparky
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- Q-42
- #a
- what series featured captain parmenter, sergeant o'rourke, and
- corporal ahern? (1965-67)
- *
- f troop
- m.a.s.h
- barney miller
- combat
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- Q-43
- #d
- what actress played the title role on @my little margie?@
- (1952-55)
- *
- ann sothern
- tuesday weld
- sally field
- gale storm
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- Q-44
- #d
- all of the agents in @get smart@ were assigned a number.
- what was maxwell smart's number? (1965-70)
- *
- thirteen
- ninety-nine
- seventy-seven
- eighty-six
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- Q-45
- #a
- what western's opening theme was a portion of @the william tell
- overture?@ (1949-57)
- *
- the lone ranger
- the rebel
- the cisco kid
- the lawmen
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- Q-46
- #b
- on @have gun, will travel,@ who was described as, @a knight
- without armor in a savage land?@ (1957-63)
- *
- bat masterson
- paladin
- wyatt earp
- matt dillon
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- Q-47
- #c
- in what series did jack lord star as a modern day rodeo cowboy?
- (1962-63)
- *
- cade's county
- sugarfoot
- stoney burke
- cheyenne
-
- Q-48
- #d
- name the family sitcom which starred robert young and jane wyatt
- as jim and margaret anderson. (1954-63)
- *
- dennis the menace
- father of the bride
- leave it to beaver
- father knows best
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- Q-49
- #a
- on what series did richard kimble search for a one-armed man
- while staying one step ahead of lt. gerard? (1963-67)
- *
- the fugitive
- run for your life
- t.h.e. cat
- run buddy, run
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- Q-50
- #c
- name the series which revolved around @the story of a horse and
- the boy who loved him.@ (1955-66)
- *
- my friend flicka
- national velvet
- fury
- black stallion
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- Q-51
- #b
- officers gunther toody and francis muldoon patroled the 53rd
- precinct. what was their unit number? (1961-63)
- *
- adam-12
- car 54
- 2150
- 240 robert
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- Q-52
- #b
- during his tenure as chairman of the fcc in the 1960's, newton
- minow once described television as \\\\\.
- *
- a modern miracle
- a vast wasteland
- today's babysitter
- the brain drain
-
- Q-53
- #d
- what somewhat unusual family had an uncle named fester and a
- butler named lurch? (1964-66)
- *
- baxter
- stevens
- muir
- addams
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- Q-54
- #c
- because television was once a more conservative place, what
- actress always had a bare midriff but no navel? (1965-70)
- *
- tuesday weld
- sally field
- barbara eden
- marlo thomas
-
- Q-55
- #a
- what saturday evening post cartoon was the basis for the
- series which starred shirley booth as a maid? (1961-66)
- *
- hazel
- the addams family
- archie
- nancy
-
- Q-56
- #c
- name the actor who portrayed the portly sergeant schultz on
- @hogan's heroes.@ (1965-71)
- *
- werner klemperer
- bob crane
- john banner
- richard dawson
-
- Q-57
- #d
- what was the first show produced by desilu studios and also
- the first show shot on film? (1951-57)
- *
- our miss brooks
- my little margie
- love that bob
- i love lucy
-
- Q-58
- #b
- what k-9 star had masters named jeff, timmy, and corey as the
- show progressed over the years? (1954-72)
- *
- rin tin tin
- lassie
- neil
- bullet
-
- Q-59
- #a
- who inspired the boston strangler while starring as a womanizing
- commercial photographer in @love that bob?@ (1954-61)
- *
- bob cummings
- bob newhart
- bob crane
- bob hope
-
- Q-60
- #b
- what early sitcom starred danny thomas as a nightclub
- entertainer and family man? (1953-64)
- *
- i love lucy
- make room for daddy
- my little margie
- life with father
-
- Q-61
- #a
- what actor played the role of a butler in @soap@ and the
- spin-off @benson?@
- *
- robert guillaume
- ted cassidy
- sebastian cabot
- alan napier
-
- Q-62
- #d
- which western/comedy starred james garner and jack kelly as
- professional gamblers? (1957-62)
- *
- riverboat
- sugarfoot
- yancy derringer
- maverick
-
- Q-63
- #c
- what was the name of the adult leader of @the mickey mouse
- club's@ mouseketeers? (1955-59)
- *
- roy williams
- bobby burgess
- jimmy dodd
- tim considine
-
- Q-64
- #a
- name the high-powered courtroom series which starred raymond
- burr and barbara hale? (1957-66)
- *
- perry mason
- burke's law
- the defenders
- judd for the defense
-
- Q-65
- #d
- which cowboy always ended his show by singing @happy trails to
- you?@ (1951-57)
- *
- gene autry
- range rider
- hoot gibson
- roy rogers
-
- Q-66
- #b
- name the detective series which starred efrem zimbalist jr.,
- roger smith, and edd byrnes. (1958-64)
- *
- hawaiian eye
- 77 sunset strip
- surfside six
- mannix
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- Q-67
- #c
- what was the length of the mission embarked upon by the
- starship enterprise? (1966-69)
- *
- seven years
- three years
- five years
- ten years
-
- Q-68
- #d
- what comedy/variety series regularly featured don knotts, louis
- nye, tom poston, and bill dana? (1956-61)
- *
- ed sullivan
- milton berle
- sid caesar
- steve allen
-
- Q-69
- #a
- name the comedian who hosted the comedy/variety series with the
- unlikely name of @texaco star theater?@ (1948-67)
- *
- milton berle
- jack benny
- steve allen
- sid caesar
-
- Q-70
- #b
- @the today show@ was the first network morning entertainment &
- news show. who was the first host?
- *
- gary moore
- dave garroway
- edward r. murrow
- steve allen
-
- Q-71
- #c
- which quiz show featured distinguished panelists including
- random house publisher, bennett cerf? (1950-67)
- *
- $64,000 question
- i've got a secret
- what's my line
- to tell the truth
-
- Q-72
- #a
- name the vaudeville and motion picture comedian who hosted
- @you bet your life.@ (1950-61)
- *
- groucho marx
- milton berle
- red skelton
- lou costello
-
- Q-73
- #d
- the series @you'll never get rich@ is best remembered for
- sergeant bilko. who played this role? (1955-59)
- *
- ernie kovaks
- sid caesar
- richard deacon
- phil silvers
-
- Q-74
- #a
- what police series starred gravel-voiced, broderick crawford
- as chief dan matthews? (1955-59)
- *
- highway patrol
- m squad
- dragnet
- bourbon street beat
-
- Q-75
- #c
- name the series from walt disney studios which featured guy
- williams as don diego de la vega. (1957-59)
- *
- broken arrow
- red rider
- zorro
- the cisco kid
-
- Q-76
- #b
- who was the original host of the @tonight show?@
- *
- *
- jack paar
- steve allen
- johnny carson
- tom snyder
-
- Q-77
- #b
- name the actor who starred in both @bachelor father@ and
- @charlie's angels.@
- *
- brian keith
- john forsythe
- larry hagman
- bob cummings
-
- Q-78
- #d
- name the hank ketcham comic strip which found its way to
- network television? (1959-63)
- *
- hazel
- the addams family
- blondie
- dennis the menace
-
- Q-79
- #c
- many radio shows found their way to television. whose closet
- was always full to overflowing? (1959-60)
- *
- our miss brooks
- amos and andy
- fibber mcgee
- chester riley
-
- Q-80
- #a
- name the actor who left the @andy griffith show@ to become a
- marine on his own show. (1964-70)
- *
- jim nabors
- ron howard
- george lindsey
- jack dodson
-
- Q-81
- #c
- name the series in which architect wilbur post buys a home
- which happens to come with a horse. (1961-66)
- *
- francis
- my friend flicka
- mr. ed
- gentle ben
-
- Q-82
- #a
- in @mchale's navy,@ ernest borgnine and tim conway commanded
- the crew of \\\\\. (1962-66)
- *
- pt 73
- ss minnow
- pt 109
- hms bounty
-
- Q-83
- #d
- in what series did one young actress portray the physically
- impossible -- identical cousins? (1963-66)
- *
- petticoat junction
- family affair
- gidget
- patty duke
-
- Q-84
- #b
- nick and nora charles came to television via what detective
- novel series? (1957-59)
- *
- the saint
- the thin man
- peter gunn
- t.h.e. cat
-
- Q-85
- #b
- name the @beverly hillbillies@ spin-off which centered around
- the shady rest hotel and the cannonball. (1963-70)
- *
- carter country
- petticoat junction
- hee haw
- green acres
-
- Q-86
- #c
- in what series was marilyn the only normal character by our
- standards but abnormal to the rest of the family? (1964-66)
- *
- the addams family
- bewitched
- the munsters
- i dream of jeannie
-
- Q-87
- #d
- name the series in which a new york couple buys a run-down farm
- near hooterville. (1965-71)
- *
- petticoat junction
- the real mccoys
- mayberry rfd
- green acres
-
- Q-88
- #a
- on @that girl,@ a young single woman goes to new york to
- pursue an acting career. who was that girl? (1966-71)
- *
- marlo thomas
- mary tyler moore
- shelley fabares
- sally field
-
- Q-89
- #d
- on @the flying nun@ whose coronet catches the wind and allows
- her to become airborne? (1967-70)
- *
- dawn wells
- marlo thomas
- lynda carter
- sally field
-
- Q-90
- #c
- on @tombstone territory@ some of the story line revolved around
- the town's newspaper, the tombstone \\\\\. (1957-59)
- *
- examiner
- plain dealer
- epitaph
- telegraph
-
- Q-91
- #b
- for authenticity this series utilized policeman/writer joseph
- wambaugh as a consultant. which was it? (1973-77)
- *
- hawaii five-o
- police story
- columbo
- dragnet
-
- Q-92
- #a
- craig stevens played a private detective and henry mancini
- provided the musical score. name the series. (1958-61)
- *
- peter gunn
- the saint
- the thin man
- tightrope
-
- Q-93
- #b
- on what series did columnist walter winchell provide the
- narration? (1959-63)
- *
- the f.b.i.
- the untouchables
- police story
- the naked city
-
- Q-94
- #c
- on the walt disney series @daniel boone,@ who played the title
- role? (1964-70)
- *
- ed ames
- buddy ebsen
- fess parker
- dan haggarty
-
- Q-95
- #d
- who was the producer of the wildlife adventures @flipper@ and
- @gentle ben?@
- *
- rudd weatherwax
- garry marshall
- norman lear
- ivan tors
-
- Q-96
- #c
- what veteran actress played victoria barkley on @the big
- valley?@ (1965-69)
- *
- maureen o'hara
- katharine hepburn
- barbara stanwick
- agnes moorehead
-
- Q-97
- #b
- what prime-time soap opera was centered around the ewing
- family? (1978-89)
- *
- knotts landing
- dallas
- dynasty
- peyton place
-
- Q-98
- #d
- name the series that dale robertson, ronald reagan, and robert
- taylor all hosted. (1952-75)
- *
- you asked for it
- the twilight zone
- outer limits
- death valley days
-
- Q-99
- #a
- what noted commentator hosted @person to person@ and @see it
- now?@
- *
- edward r. murrow
- walter winchell
- chet huntley
- walter cronkite
-
- Q-100
- #c
- what teen-age dance party did dick clark host live from
- philadelphia? (1957-87)
- *
- name that tune
- your hit parade
- american bandstand
- hootenanny
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