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TV Series Quiz — 40 Questions and Answers (2026)

TV series quiz with 40 questions and answers: classic sitcoms, crime dramas, catchphrases and streaming hits. Play it free or host it at your pub quiz.

Questions and answers

Classic Sitcoms10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Crime and Drama Series10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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TV Catchphrases and Theme Songs10

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    Which band performed the theme song 'I'll Be There for You' for the sitcom Friends?

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

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    Which song by Alabama 3 plays over the opening credits of The Sopranos as Tony drives home to New Jersey?

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  4. 24

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

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  5. 25

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

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

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    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?

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

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  9. 29

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

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  10. 30

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

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Streaming-era Hit Series10

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

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

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  3. 33

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

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  4. 34

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

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  5. 35

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

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  6. 36

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

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  7. 37

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

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

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  9. 39

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

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

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