TV Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers For Older Adults
What was the name of the physician in The Incredible Hulk?
A: Dr. David Banner.
In 1949 approximately how many
TV sets were there in the USA?
A: One million.
What were the bears called in Help! It's The Hair
Bear Bunch?
A: Hair, Square, Bubi.
Who played Bernice in the pilot show of
Fish?
A: Doris Belack.
Who won the Best Comedy Emmy in
1993,1994, and
1995?
A: Kelsey Grammer.
What was the name of the Girl from U.N.C.L.E.?
A: April Dancer.
Who appeared in My Favorite Martian and The Courtship of Eddie's
Father?
A: Bill Bixby.
Rich Man Poor Man was screened as part of which series?
A: Best Sellers.
In Happy Days, what was Fonzie's full
name?
A: Arthur Fonzarelli.
According to the AC Nielson Company, how long is a period of
prime-time TV?
A: Three hours.
In which year did the first major talk show hosted by a black
woman premiere?
A: 1986.
What was Mickey Rooney's first sitcom where he was not called
Mickey?
A: One Of The Boys.
What was Bill Cosby's first
TV show?
A: I Spy.
The Marcus Nelson Murders
was a pilot episode for a show
introducing which detective?
A: Kojack.
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis's first ever show was hosted by whom?
A: Ed Sullivan.
On which night of the week was Bonanza screened for 14 years?
A: Sunday.
What was Aaron Spelling's first comedy back in
1977?
A: The Love Boat.
In which city was Laverne and Shirley first set?
A: Milwaukee.
Who sponsored the series
FBI?
A: Ford.
Who was the voice of Gomez in Hanna and Barbera's TV
cartoons
based on The Addams Family?
A: John Astin.
Which singer was first choice for Columbo but felt the schedule
would have interfered too much with his golf?
A: Bing Crosby.
What was the first US drama series shown on UK TV?
A: Dragnet.
Which female police officer was one of Ironside's regular
colleagues?
A: Eve Whitfield.
Which TV and movie actor played Dr.. Phillip Chandler in St.
Elsewhere?
A: Denzel Washington.
What was the first police series to have a mainly female
audience?
A: Cagney & Lacey.
Which cartoon series was a spin off from Happy Days?
A: The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang.
What was Gene Roddenberry's profession before working in TV?
A: Airline pilot.
What was the name of the bar in Ace Crawford Private
Eye?
A: The Shanty.
Which sitcom star played Cagney in the pilot of "Cagney & Lacey?
A: Loretta Swit.
Which police drama was based on a pilot show called Who Killed
Miss USA?
A: McCloud.
On which network did The Lone Ranger debut?
A: NBC.
Who was the boss of Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin in The Man
From U.N.C.L.E.?
A: Mr. Waverly.
What was the name of the real
Boston bar which was the front for
the bar in cheers?
A: The Bull and Finch.
In the first series of Rhoda, what was Rhoda's last name?
A: Morgenstern.
Who was the first TV voice of Barney Rubble and Cosmo C Spacely?
A: Mel Blanc.
Who played Nick Knight in the pilot of the series?
A: Rick Wakeman.
In Police Squad, who was the only female victim to be killed off
in the opening credit sequence?
A: Florence Henderson.
Bruce Jenner, who stood in for Erik Estrada in Chips, was a
champion in which sport?
A: Decathlon.
What did DSV stand for in the 90s series with Roy Scheider?
A: Deep Submergence Vehicle.