Free television trivia questions and answers about TV sitcoms,
Carroll O'Connor, Cheers, Bob Hope, Shelly Long, Wheel of Fortune,
the Flying Nun and more.
Television trivia questions and answers.
What is the diameter of TV's famous Wheel of Fortune?
A: Eight and a half feet.
Bob Hope had a reputation for delivering six punch lines a
minute. How many a minute has Phyllis Diller been known to reel off?
A: Twelve.
What TV sitcom couple was the first to share a double bed?
A: The Munsters, Lily and Herman, played by Yvonne De Carlo and Fred
Guynne, during the1964-65 season of the mock-horror show.
What actor--best known for his straight-man TV sitcom role as a
befuddled husband--appeared on Broadway with Deborah Kerr in Tea And
Sympathy and with Kim Stanley in Bus Stop?
A: Dick York, who played Darrin Stephens in Bewitched.
Who was the first entertainer shown diapering a baby in full view
on television?
A: Carroll O'Connor, as Archie Bunker, in the sitcom All in the
Family. The Baby was his TV grandson, Joey Stivic.
On what popular TV sitcom were the two female stars pregnant at
the same time--although the story line only acknowledged one of the
pregnancies?
A: Cheers. In its third season (1984-85). both Shelley Long (Diane
Chambers) and Rhea Perlman (Carla Tortelli) were expecting. Long's
pregnancy was concealed on camera while Pearlman's was worked into
the script.
What was the name of the U.S.S. Enterprise in the original draft
for the Star Trek TV series?
A: The U.S.S. Yorktown.
What popular TV and movie actor once appeared in a television
commercial as a package of lemon chiffon pie mix, all decked out in
a yellow box and matching yellow tights and flanked by actors
playing chocolate, vanilla and butterscotch pie mix?
A: Ted Danson, who's much better known for his portrayal of Sam
Malone in the TV sitcom Cheers.
Who played Oscar Madison's secretary, Myrna Turner, on the TV
sitcom The Odd Couple?
A: Penny Marshall--who went on to make a name for herself as Laverne
in the sitcom Laverne & Shirley, and as the director of such movies
as Big and Awakenings.
What title role did Norman Lloyd--best known as the cranky but
good-hearted Dr. Daniel Auschlander on TV's St. Elsewhere--play in
an Alfred Hitch=cock thriller more than 50 years ago?
A: The saboteur who falls from the Statue of Liberty at the climax
of Hitchcock's 1942 film Saboteur, starring Robert Cummings and
Priscilla Lane.
Whose photo did Michael J. Fox, in his role as Alex P. Keaton,
keep on his nightstand in the popular TV sitcom Family Ties?
A: Richard Nixon's. A poster of William F. Buckley, Jr., was over
Alex's bed.
What popular 1960s TV sitcom was based on the novel The Fifteenth
Pelican By Tere Ross?
A: The Flying Nun, which starred Sally Field in the title role.
How often is it necessary for Mr. Spock of Star Trek to have sex?
A: Once every seven years.
On TV's petticoat junction, what were the names of the three
Bradley girls and their uncle?
A: Billie Jo, Betty Jo, Bobbie Jo, and uncle Joe.
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