TV Series Quiz

Which 1950s sitcom starring Lucille Ball famously filmed before a live studio audience using three cameras, a technique still used today?

AnswerI Love Lucy

NoteThe three-camera technique was pioneered by cinematographer Karl Freund specifically for this show.

Which 1970s sitcom followed single career woman Mary Richards working at a Minneapolis TV newsroom?

AnswerThe Mary Tyler Moore Show

NoteThe show's famous hat-toss opening became one of the most iconic images in TV history.

Which groundbreaking 1970s sitcom centered on outspoken bigot Archie Bunker and tackled controversial social issues head-on?

AnswerAll in the Family

NoteThe show was adapted from the British sitcom 'Till Death Us Do Part'.

Which sitcom set during the Korean War followed army surgeons stationed at a mobile hospital unit?

AnswerM*A*S*H

NoteIts series finale in 1983 remains one of the most-watched TV broadcasts in American history.

Which sitcom was set in a Boston basement bar owned by former Red Sox pitcher Sam Malone?

AnswerCheers

NoteThe show spawned the spinoff Frasier, one of the most successful spinoffs ever.

Which sitcom centered on four older women sharing a house together in Miami?

AnswerThe Golden Girls

NoteThe show's theme song 'Thank You for Being a Friend' became a cultural anthem.

Which sitcom, a spinoff of All in the Family, followed a Black family 'movin' on up' to a Manhattan high-rise?

AnswerThe Jeffersons

NoteIt ran for eleven seasons, longer than the show it spun off from.

Which sitcom set in 1950s Milwaukee followed teenager Richie Cunningham and his friends hanging out at Arnold's Drive-In?

AnswerHappy Days

NoteThe phrase 'jumping the shark' originated from a water-ski stunt episode of this show.

Which sitcom followed widowed dad Danny Tanner raising three daughters with help from his brother-in-law and best friend in San Francisco?

AnswerFull House

NoteThe Olsen twins famously shared the role of youngest daughter Michelle.

Which sitcom, set at a fictional New York City cab company, launched the career of a young Danny DeVito as dispatcher Louie?

AnswerTaxi

NoteThe theme, Bob James's 'Angela,' was named after a guest character from a single early episode — and its popularity helped push his 1978 jazz album Touchdown to platinum.

In 'Breaking Bad', what is the street name used for the blue methamphetamine cooked by Walter White?

AnswerBlue Sky

NoteThe 'blue sky' meth prop was actually made from rock candy.

Set primarily in which American city does 'The Wire' explore drugs, policing, and institutions?

AnswerBaltimore

In the British series 'Line of Duty', what is the name of the anti-corruption police unit at the center of the show?

AnswerAC-12

Which actor played detective Rustin 'Rust' Cohle opposite Woody Harrelson in the first season of 'True Detective'?

AnswerMatthew McConaughey

'Narcos' dramatizes the rise and fall of which Colombian drug lord in its first two seasons?

AnswerPablo Escobar

The TV series 'Fargo' takes its title and snowy Midwest setting from a 1996 film by which directing duo?

AnswerCoen Brothers

'Peaky Blinders' follows a gangster family in which English city during the years following World War I?

AnswerBirmingham

Which actress played tenacious detective Jane Tennison in the British series 'Prime Suspect'?

AnswerHelen Mirren

In 'Ozark', the Byrde family relocates from Chicago to launder money in a lake region of which US state?

AnswerMissouri

'Better Call Saul' is a prequel/spin-off centered on the transformation of struggling lawyer Jimmy McGill into which flashy criminal attorney?

AnswerSaul Goodman

Which cool, leather-jacketed Happy Days character was known for the catchphrase 'Ayyy'?

AnswerThe Fonz (Arthur Fonzarelli)

NoteActor Henry Winkler's thumbs-up gesture with 'Ayyy' became so iconic it's referenced across countless later shows.

Which regional manager of Dunder Mifflin was famous for declaring 'That's what she said'?

AnswerMichael Scott

NoteSteve Carell improvised many of Michael's lines, and the phrase predates the show but became forever linked to him.

The Cheers theme song famously declares you want to go 'where everybody knows your' what?

AnswerName

NoteThe full song, 'Where Everybody Knows Your Name,' was written by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo.

Which M*A*S*H colonel was known for old-fashioned exclamations like 'Horse hockey!'?

AnswerColonel Sherman Potter

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?

AnswerPhiladelphia (West Philadelphia)

NoteWill Smith co-wrote and performed the theme himself, based loosely on his own upbringing.

The theme song to Gilligan's Island explains the castaways were stranded after a 'three-hour' what?

AnswerTour

NoteThe theme song was written specifically to explain the show's premise to viewers tuning in mid-episode.

Which composer wrote the sweeping orchestral theme music for Game of Thrones?

AnswerRamin Djawadi

In Sabrina the Teenage Witch, which talking black cat delivered sarcastic one-liners as the witch's familiar?

AnswerSalem Saberhagen

NoteSalem was originally a warlock who was punished by being turned into a cat for attempting world domination.

Netflix's 'Stranger Things' is set in which fictional small town in Indiana?

AnswerHawkins

NoteThe show's synth-heavy score by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein won multiple awards and became a hit on its own.

Netflix's 'The Crown' chronicles the reign of which British monarch?

AnswerQueen Elizabeth II

In the Spanish hit 'Money Heist' (La Casa de Papel), the robbers wear masks depicting which famous painter's face?

AnswerSalvador Dalí

In Disney+'s 'The Mandalorian', what nickname do fans use for Grogu, the small green Force-sensitive character?

AnswerBaby Yoda

Amazon's 'The Boys' centers on a corrupt superhero team called what?

AnswerThe Seven

In 'Squid Game', contestants compete in deadly versions of what kind of games?

AnswerChildren's playground games

In Apple TV+'s 'Ted Lasso', the title character is an American football coach hired to manage which sport in England?

AnswerSoccer (football)

Which actress and writer created and starred in the acclaimed BBC/Amazon series 'Fleabag'?

AnswerPhoebe Waller-Bridge

Netflix's 'The Witcher', starring Henry Cavill, is based on a series of novels by which Polish author?

AnswerAndrzej Sapkowski

HBO's 'Succession' follows the power struggles within a family that controls a global media and entertainment conglomerate called what?

AnswerWaystar RoyCo