Which 1950s sitcom starring Lucille Ball famously filmed before a live studio audience using three cameras, a technique still used today?
Player handout TV Series QuizQuestions only Scan to open this quiz 2 audio questions are play-online only and left off this sheet. The 38 questions below are numbered 1–38. Round 1 Classic Sitcoms1. Which 1950s sitcom starring Lucille Ball famously filmed before a live studio audience using three cameras, a technique still used today? 2. Which 1970s sitcom followed single career woman Mary Richards working at a Minneapolis TV newsroom? 3. Which groundbreaking 1970s sitcom centered on outspoken bigot Archie Bunker and tackled controversial social issues head-on? 4. Which sitcom set during the Korean War followed army surgeons stationed at a mobile hospital unit? 5. Which sitcom was set in a Boston basement bar owned by former Red Sox pitcher Sam Malone? 6. Which sitcom centered on four older women sharing a house together in Miami? 7. Which sitcom, a spinoff of All in the Family, followed a Black family 'movin' on up' to a Manhattan high-rise? 8. Which sitcom set in 1950s Milwaukee followed teenager Richie Cunningham and his friends hanging out at Arnold's Drive-In? 9. Which sitcom followed widowed dad Danny Tanner raising three daughters with help from his brother-in-law and best friend in San Francisco? 10. Which sitcom, set at a fictional New York City cab company, launched the career of a young Danny DeVito as dispatcher Louie? Round 2 Crime and Drama Series11. In 'Breaking Bad', what is the street name used for the blue methamphetamine cooked by Walter White? 12. Set primarily in which American city does 'The Wire' explore drugs, policing, and institutions? 13. In the British series 'Line of Duty', what is the name of the anti-corruption police unit at the center of the show? 14. Which actor played detective Rustin 'Rust' Cohle opposite Woody Harrelson in the first season of 'True Detective'? 15. 'Narcos' dramatizes the rise and fall of which Colombian drug lord in its first two seasons? 16. The TV series 'Fargo' takes its title and snowy Midwest setting from a 1996 film by which directing duo? 17. 'Peaky Blinders' follows a gangster family in which English city during the years following World War I? ![]() 18. Which actress played tenacious detective Jane Tennison in the British series 'Prime Suspect'? 19. In 'Ozark', the Byrde family relocates from Chicago to launder money in a lake region of which US state? 20. 'Better Call Saul' is a prequel/spin-off centered on the transformation of struggling lawyer Jimmy McGill into which flashy criminal attorney? Round 3 TV Catchphrases and Theme Songs21. Which cool, leather-jacketed Happy Days character was known for the catchphrase 'Ayyy'? 22. Which regional manager of Dunder Mifflin was famous for declaring 'That's what she said'? 23. The Cheers theme song famously declares you want to go 'where everybody knows your' what? 24. Which M*A*S*H colonel was known for old-fashioned exclamations like 'Horse hockey!'? 25. The theme rap for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air tells how the hero's life got 'flipped, turned upside down' in which city, before he moved to Bel-Air? 26. The theme song to Gilligan's Island explains the castaways were stranded after a 'three-hour' what? 27. Which composer wrote the sweeping orchestral theme music for Game of Thrones? 28. In Sabrina the Teenage Witch, which talking black cat delivered sarcastic one-liners as the witch's familiar? Round 4 Streaming-era Hit Series29. Netflix's 'Stranger Things' is set in which fictional small town in Indiana? 30. Netflix's 'The Crown' chronicles the reign of which British monarch? 31. In the Spanish hit 'Money Heist' (La Casa de Papel), the robbers wear masks depicting which famous painter's face? 32. In Disney+'s 'The Mandalorian', what nickname do fans use for Grogu, the small green Force-sensitive character? 33. Amazon's 'The Boys' centers on a corrupt superhero team called what? 34. In 'Squid Game', contestants compete in deadly versions of what kind of games? 35. In Apple TV+'s 'Ted Lasso', the title character is an American football coach hired to manage which sport in England? 36. Which actress and writer created and starred in the acclaimed BBC/Amazon series 'Fleabag'? 37. Netflix's 'The Witcher', starring Henry Cavill, is based on a series of novels by which Polish author? 38. HBO's 'Succession' follows the power struggles within a family that controls a global media and entertainment conglomerate called what? |