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What was the first opera written especially for television?
A: Amahl and the Night Visitors, by Gian-Carlo Menotti. It was first presented in 19561.

How did the TV sitcom Sanford and Son get its name?
A: From it's star, Redd Foxx, who was born John Elroy Sanford.

What sitcom was the most popular show on television in 1963?
A: The Beverly Hillbillies.

Under what name did show biz entrepreneur Merv Griffin originally try to sell the TV game show we know as Jeopardy?
A: What's the Question?

Which of TV's Golden Girls was the oldest--Beatrice Arthur (Dorothy), Estelle Getty (Sophia), Rue McClanahan (Blanche) or Betty White (Rose)?
A: Betty White. The youngest was Rue McClanahan.

What actress's unpublished home telephone number did comedienne Joan Rivers give out on national TV in 1986 when she was hosting The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers?
A: Victoria Principal's . The two had feuded earlier, when Rivers was guest-hosting on The Tonight Show.

What was used to power the engines of the starship Enterprise in the Star Trek television series?
A: Antimatter.

What television show featured fictional Russian spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale?
A: The Bullwinkle Show. In the satirical cartoon series, Natasha's last name sometimes was given as Nogoodnik.

How many freckles did early TV puppet Howdy Doody have?
A: 48--one for each state in the Union at the time.

On what TV sitcom did the schnauzer-cocker-poodle mix we know as Benji appear before he made it big in the movies?
A: On Petticoat Junction, as Uncle Joe's dog. At the time Benji was known as Higgins.

What popular TV personality claims he was once fired as a weekend TV weatherman for describing a storm as having "hailstones the size of canned hams"?
A: David Letterman.

What famous actress had a plumbing fixture named after her?
A: Farrah Fawcett. The fixture was the gold-plated "Farrah faucet."

On what TV program did Johnny Carson first team up with Ed McMahon?
A: On the daytime quiz show Who Do You Trust, in 1958.

What was the first Hollywood film show on TV after the U.S. movie industry ended its ban and started selling television rights to its films in late 1955?
A: King Kong, starring Fay Wray.

What actor comedian, before attaining stardom, performed with a popular folk singing group called The Tarriers?
A: Alan Arkin.

What female entertainer, as a five-year-old kindergarten student in 1953, appeared regularly on television on the Horn and Hardart Children's Hour?
A: Bernadette Peters, who was Bernadette Lazzara at the time.

What famous actor, offered the role of the Penguin in the Batman TV series, said he would only take the part if he could kill Batman?
A: Spencer Tracy.

Remember all the promotional hoopla in 1980 about "Who shot J.R. " on TV's Dallas? Well, who did?
A: Ewing's pregnant mistress, his sister-in-law Kristin Shepard, played by Mary Frances Crosby.

How did Batman disguise the lever that opened the secret panel hiding the bat slides he and Robin used to get to the bat cave?
A: As a bust of Shakespeare.