# Brady Bunch trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 15, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311 "2006-12-15T17:53:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/21 "2006-12-15T21:41:06Z")
[QUOTE=WOOKINPANUB] t15. Who played Mr. Whitehead? Vincent Price? [/QUOTE] Correct! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/22 "2006-12-15T21:43:01Z")
> [@](#): > > t13. On the first day of filming, Florence Henderson sat between what two actors while all three got makeup? > > The two actors were on a different show. Think about who Paramount had just bought out. I know it was Star Trek, and I know it was two aliens, but I can’t remember who. Probably Leonard Nimoy and someone else? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/23 "2006-12-15T21:43:31Z")
[QUOTE=No Me Ayudes Compadre] You’re right, although I could actually picture the scene. Upon IMDB consultation turns out I was misremembering an I Dream of Jeannie ep. And I misspelled Rosey Grier. [/QUOTE] At any rate **Dio** nailed the answer way back in post #2. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/24 "2006-12-15T21:45:38Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t Call Me Shirley] I know it was Star Trek, and I know it was two aliens, but I can’t remember who. Probably Leonard Nimoy and someone else? [/QUOTE] According to a trivia site I saw, it was not two aliens. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/25 "2006-12-16T00:55:50Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] According to a trivia site I saw, it was not two aliens. [/QUOTE] It was not the first day of filming, it was her screen test. Her flight was delayed so she was late, so she sought out the closest makeup man. > [@Florence Henderson in "Growing Up Brady"](#): > > I was sitting in a makeup chair between William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and like six or eight space monsters. None of them had any idea who I was or made any attempt to be friendly, which really bugged me. Anyway, this makeup guy proceeded to put a makeup on me that was absolutely unbelievable. Put it this way, Mr. Spock ended up looking more attractive than I did! ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/26 "2006-12-16T05:44:54Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Nope. [/QUOTE] Well, according to [MLB.com](http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_story.jsp?article_id=la_20011222_parker_news&team_id=mlb)… > [@](#): > > Parker does fondly remember his acting debut. It was on the now classic TV comedy “The Brady Bunch” in 1970. Parker played himself in an episode called “The Undergraduate” in which “Greg,” played by actor Barry Williams, is failing math because he has a crush on his math teacher. Parker shows up at the very end of the show as the teacher’s fiance. \ > > “The funny thing is when I go out and talk to kids, which I do a lot for the Dodgers, I’m better known for that moment than for anything I ever did with this ball club. Any kid who is 29 or under was not born when I was playing, so you can see why they know me better through that.” ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/27 "2006-12-16T15:51:40Z")
MTS1-Name the members of the TV show’s cast that appeared in the two Brady Bunch movies. (Good thing I previewed, I had typed cats instead of cast.) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/28 "2006-12-16T16:19:30Z")
t11: Cheaper by The Dozen ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/29 "2006-12-16T16:27:47Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] MTS1-Name the members of the TV show’s cast that appeared in the two Brady Bunch movies. (Good thing I previewed, I had typed cats instead of cast.) [/QUOTE] Florence Henderson and Ann B. Davis. t3: Pizzeria (sorry, can’t remember the name) t5: Either a bigamist, a con artist, or both. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/30 "2006-12-17T15:05:40Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] MTS1-Name the members of the TV show’s cast that appeared in the two Brady Bunch movies. (Good thing I previewed, I had typed cats instead of cast.) [/QUOTE] Florence Henderson, Ann B Davis, Barry Williams, Chris Knight. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/31 "2006-12-17T15:17:37Z")
[QUOTE=Rilchiam] Florence Henderson and Ann B. Davis. t3: Pizzeria (sorry, can’t remember the name) t5: Either a bigamist, a con artist, or both. [/QUOTE] MST1: Also, Barry Williams and Christopher Knight. Half credit each for t3 and t5. **ChefGuy** , t11 was already correctly answered as Yours, Mine, and Ours. t17: In the second movie, what were the names of the two ladies who donated something (not the horse) the the Ladies’ Auxilliary Charity Auction? t18: In the 1st movie, what was Doug Simpson not after? TOS questions: t19: What was the name of Greg’s band? t20: What did the Cartoon King get Bobby to do? t21: It was sad when Romeo died. It was sad when Juliet died. What was the saddest thing of all? t22: What was Jan’s undiscovered talent? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/32 "2006-12-17T15:22:23Z")
t13 reprise: A young actress appeared in both BB and Star Trek episodes. Which ones? t21a: What role did Marcia play? ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/33 "2006-12-17T17:16:14Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] t19: What was the name of Greg’s band? [/quote] The Banana Convention. Word is that they treally got it together and wailed and bent the gig out of shape. > [@tdn](#): > > t20: What did the Cartoon King get Bobby to do? Stick his face in a bowl of chocolate ice cream? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/34 "2006-12-17T18:39:55Z")
Correct2x ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/35 "2015-01-27T09:27:14Z")
> [@](#): > > t21: It was sad when Romeo died. It was sad when Juliet died. What was the saddest thing of all? I believe Bobby said “Who goes there?” before Peter said “Hark!” ---
**Author:** ![Grotonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@Grotonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grotonian)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/36 "2015-01-30T01:23:25Z")
I read somewhere that one “controversial” element was that Mike was a widower but Carol was divorced. Was her ex, ie the girls’ biological father, ever mentioned? ---
**Author:** ![chancetx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@chancetx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chancetx)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/37 "2015-01-30T12:15:16Z")
Sherwood Schwartz claims he came up with the mixed family idea long before “Yours Mine and Ours” was made. He had pitched the “Brady Bunch” concept for several years but no network wanted to touch it. Then “Yours Mine and Ours” came out and was a hit so ABC came back to him and ordered a pilot. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/38 "2015-01-30T15:04:29Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Must be cool to have an architect for a dad. Mike Brady must have been cutting classes the day they taught plumbing, though. Six kids of equally mixed genders sharing one bathroom with NO toilet? Come on! Even Wally and the Beaver had a toilet in their bathroom. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/39 "2015-01-30T15:17:51Z")
> [@Grotonian](#): > > I read somewhere that one “controversial” element was that Mike was a widower but Carol was divorced. Was her ex, ie the girls’ biological father, ever mentioned? Not in the original series. I think he might have shown up in one of the successor series, and IIRC it was a major plot point in the first movie. But you’re right in general: the daring divorced women of 1970s TV had invisible exes. Kind of like how Tony Randall’s “Sidney” was daringly gay… because they quietly said so about every fourth episode. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311/40 "2015-01-30T15:33:58Z")
nm, prolly should’ve read al lthe responses first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-trivia/384311.md?page=3)