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Trivia questions to print, in large print, with four choices for each and the answers on a separate sheet. Good for a trivia night, a club or a family get-together. Free, with no sign-up.

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TV Trivia questions, page 1

  1. Which comedian was nicknamed Mr. Television in the early days of TV?

    1. Bob Hope
    2. Jack Benny
    3. Sid Caesar
    4. Milton Berle

  2. What was Ralph Kramden's job on The Honeymooners?

    1. Sewer worker
    2. Taxi driver
    3. Mailman
    4. Bus driver

  3. Who played bandleader Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy?

    1. Dean Martin
    2. Desi Arnaz
    3. Cesar Romero
    4. Ricardo Montalban

  4. Which comic starred in the live 1950s sketch program Your Show of Shows?

    1. Red Skelton
    2. Jack Benny
    3. Sid Caesar
    4. Ernie Kovacs

  5. Dragnet follows Sgt. Joe Friday of which city's police department?

    1. Chicago
    2. New York
    3. Los Angeles
    4. San Francisco

  6. Who starred as widowed rancher Lucas McCain on The Rifleman?

    1. Clint Walker
    2. Chuck Connors
    3. James Arness
    4. Hugh O'Brian

  7. On The Bob Newhart Show (1972), what was Bob Hartley's job?

    1. Accountant
    2. Psychologist
    3. Innkeeper
    4. Radio host

  8. In February 1964, which band made its famous US debut on The Ed Sullivan Show?

    1. The Beach Boys
    2. The Rolling Stones
    3. The Monkees
    4. The Beatles

  9. What is the name of the Brady family's housekeeper on The Brady Bunch?

    1. Hazel
    2. Mrs. Garrett
    3. Florence
    4. Alice

  10. In what town does the Anderson family of Father Knows Best live?

    1. Mayberry
    2. Hillsdale
    3. Springfield
    4. Mayfield

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TV Trivia questions, page 2

  1. The Waltons follows a large family through the Depression in which state?

    1. Virginia
    2. North Carolina
    3. Kentucky
    4. Tennessee

  2. Who played the defense lawyer in the title role of Perry Mason (1957)?

    1. Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
    2. Robert Stack
    3. Raymond Burr
    4. Lorne Greene

  3. Who played cab dispatcher Louie De Palma on Taxi?

    1. Danny DeVito
    2. Joe Pesci
    3. Bob Hoskins
    4. Paul Sorvino

  4. The neighborhood bar on Cheers is in which city?

    1. Chicago
    2. Boston
    3. Philadelphia
    4. Baltimore

  5. Which comedy team hosted the fast-paced sketch show Laugh-In (1968)?

    1. Martin and Lewis
    2. Rowan and Martin
    3. Burns and Allen
    4. The Smothers Brothers

  6. What is the name of the small town where Sheriff Andy Taylor keeps the peace?

    1. Mayberry
    2. Walnut Grove
    3. Pine Valley
    4. Hooterville

  7. On Hogan's Heroes, who is the bumbling commandant of the prison camp?

    1. Colonel Klink
    2. Major Strasser
    3. Captain von Trapp
    4. Colonel Hogan

  8. The Golden Girls share a house in which city?

    1. Miami
    2. Orlando
    3. Tampa
    4. Palm Springs

  9. Before his film fame, Clint Eastwood played Rowdy Yates on which TV Western?

    1. Wagon Train
    2. The Virginian
    3. Rawhide
    4. Have Gun - Will Travel

  10. Mystery writer Jessica Fletcher of Murder, She Wrote lives in which Maine town?

    1. Cabot Cove
    2. Port Charles
    3. Peyton Place
    4. Collinsport

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Answers

  1. D. Milton Berle
  2. D. Bus driver
  3. B. Desi Arnaz
  4. C. Sid Caesar
  5. C. Los Angeles
  6. B. Chuck Connors
  7. B. Psychologist
  8. D. The Beatles
  9. D. Alice
  10. C. Springfield
  11. A. Virginia
  12. C. Raymond Burr
  13. A. Danny DeVito
  14. B. Boston
  15. B. Rowan and Martin
  16. A. Mayberry
  17. A. Colonel Klink
  18. A. Miami
  19. C. Rawhide
  20. A. Cabot Cove

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