# General TV trivia questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2001, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064 "2001-01-20T22:23:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2001, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/81 "2001-01-27T08:51:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ivar \* > \*\*Here’s a stab > > Heather Locklear was on T.J. Hooker and on Dynasty, same night, same time, different networks. \*\* Unless I’m mistaken, T.J. Hooker and Dynasty were on the same network, ABC. I don’t believe that T.J. Hooker and Dynasty ran concurrently (or that Locklear’s roles were concurrent), but I could be wrong about that. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2001, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/82 "2001-01-27T19:55:03Z")
A few more: 51. Why did we rarely see Bill Cullen walking, on any of the game shows he hosted? 52. Who was Ray Jenkens? 53. Which character on _Emergency!_ was the first to wear a mustache? 54. On _Days of Our Lives,_ what was the man who wore an eye-patch called? 55. What is the full name of Judge Judy’s bailiff? 56. What actress played Jim Backus’ wife on _I Married Joan?_ 57. In the 6th game of the 1975 World Series (Reds over Red Sox), why did the TV camera follow the flight of Carlton Fisk’s game-winning home run and not turn to face anything else? 58. What early game-show host said he would fire his staff if they made him a subject on his own show? 59. What company sponsored Marlin Perkins’ _Wild Kingdom_ series? 60. What is unusual about the mother of the young woman (the wife of Mike Farrell’s character) on _Providence?_ ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/83 "2001-01-28T00:16:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \* > \*\*A few more: > 53. Which character on _Emergency!_ was the first to wear a mustache? > > 1. What company sponsored Marlin Perkins’ _Wild Kingdom_ series? > \*\* 1. Marco Lopez? 2. Mutual of Omaha. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/84 "2001-01-28T05:50:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \* > **57. In the 6th game of the 1975 World Series (Reds over Red Sox), why did the TV camera follow the flight of Carlton Fisk’s game-winning home run and not turn to face anything else?** Shouldn’t the question be “Why did the camera stay on Carlton Fisk waving his home run fair, and not follow the flight of the ball?” Anyway, if I’m not mistaken, the answer is: Because the cameraman was distracted by a bee. (I think it was a bee) (Kinsey beat me to question 59.) ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/85 "2001-01-28T08:17:27Z")
1. Bill Cullen walked with a limp as a result of a childhood bout ofpolio. 2. Patch 3. Joan Davis ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/86 "2001-01-29T13:45:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kinsey \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Dolores Claiborne \* > > \*\*\*50. On Cheers, how many children did Carla have? How many different fathers? \*\*\* > > Eight kids, I think. > By three different men. > Six by Nick Tortelli, one by the smart guy (a collegue of Frasier’s…a professor or doctor?), and one by Eddie LeBeck. > IIRC, all three of Rhea Perlman’s pregnancies were written into the show. > \*\* Close - 8 kids - 5 by Nick, 1 by the Doctor, and twins by Eddie LeBeck. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/87 "2001-01-29T14:19:14Z")
**dougie\_monty** : > [@](#): > > 1. Which character on _Emergency!_ was the first to wear a mustache? Chet. > [@](#): > > 1. What is unusual about the mother of the young woman (the wife of Mike Farrell’s character) on _Providence?_ She’s dead, and appears on the show as a ghost. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/88 "2001-02-24T22:37:40Z")
1. The announcers on _America’s Funniest Home Videos_ (with Bob Saget only) were the late Ernie Anderson, and Gary Owens. 2. Kelcey Grammer does the voice for Sideshow Bob, the prison inmate who has a cultured background and a hairdo that looks like a red palm tree. 😃 3. The Italian shoemaker who won big on _The $64,000 Question_ was Gino Prado. (Nobody noticed he was only asked about _Italian_ opera.) I think he died about 25 years ago. ☹ 4. Ray Jenkens was the moderator in the Army-McCarthy hearings in the early 50s. 5. Judge Judy’s bailiff, is “Byrd Petrie-Wilkins,” I think. (I just don’t know the last part of his name.) 6. The game-show host who said he would fire his staff if they made him a subject on his own show was Ralph Edwards, who hosted _This Is Your Life._ Some new questions: 7. What was the name of the announcer on _Days of Our Lives,_ who also acted in the serial? 8. Jack Narz, whose series _Dotto_ was involved in the big game show scandals in the 50s, has a brother who hosted at least two other game shows himself. Name him and the shows. 9. What dramatic series hostess had the opening part of her episodes omitted from its reruns in the early 70s because they were dated? 10. Leo Carrillo played Pancho, the sidekick on _Cisco Kid._ What other distinction did he have, and how old was he when the series started on TV? 11. Which of the following did _not_ appear as a guest villain on the _Batman_ series in the 60s? a. Lee Meriwether; b. Victor Borge; c. Tallulah Bankhead; d. Liberace 12. What problem faced Richard Nixon when he appeared with John F. Kennedy in the 1960 debates? ---
**Author:** ![sorrel554](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@sorrel554](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorrel554)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/89 "2001-02-25T00:48:20Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. What problem faced Richard Nixon when he appeared with John F. Kennedy in the 1960 debates? His refusal to wear makeup, when combined with the lighting and his tendency toward five-o’clock-shadow, resulted in his looking bad (physically) in comparison to the tan and youthful Kennedy. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/90 "2001-02-25T01:15:09Z")
**dougie\_monty** > [@](#): > > 1. Which of the following did _not_ appear as a guest villain on the _Batman_ series in the 60s? > a. Lee Meriwether; b. Victor Borge; c. Tallulah Bankhead; d. Liberace The answer is a. Lee Meriwether played Catwoman in the theatrically-released Batman movie, produced by the same people as the TV show (and also starring Adam West and Burt Ward), but she never played Catwoman in the series proper. > [@](#): > > 1. What problem faced Richard Nixon when he appeared with John F. Kennedy in the 1960 debates? Five o’clock shadow, plus I think he was visibly sweating. The Jack Narz question is on the tip of my tongue. When I hear the answer I’ll smack myself and say “of course!” ---
**Author:** ![todaystomsawyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@todaystomsawyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/todaystomsawyer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/91 "2001-02-25T04:27:07Z")
1. i think it was Philip McKeon who played Tommy on “Alice” ---
**Author:** ![todaystomsawyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@todaystomsawyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/todaystomsawyer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/92 "2001-02-25T04:31:01Z")
sorry, i was a little late with that answer…i forgot to look at page 2…i’m new here, bear with me, please ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/93 "2001-02-25T13:48:24Z")
TC (from Magnum)'s name was **Terence Calvin** \>\>\>What was the name of the announcer on Days of Our Lives, who also acted in the serial? **MacDonald Carey** ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2001, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/94 "2001-03-03T00:07:21Z")
1. Jack Narz’ brother is Tom Kennedy. His shows include _You Don’t Say_ and _Name That Tune_ (70s version). 2. Loretta Young. 3. Leo Carrillo was a major landowner in the Los Angeles area; he died in 1961, and a state beach in CA sis named for him. He was 70 years old when _Cisco Kid_ started on TV. 4. It was b. Victor Borge. :p:p:p:p:p ---
**Author:** ![Fibonacci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fibonacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibonacci)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2001, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/95 "2001-03-03T01:11:22Z")
Real names: The Skipper - Jonas Grumby Professor - Roy Hinkley??? T.C. - Theodore Calvin The other chimp on the Today Show - Zippy James Arness’ brother is Peter Graves, Mission Impossible, Biography ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/96 "2001-04-01T00:56:18Z")
1. What game-show host had a son who played major-league baseball? 2. What song did Morton Downey, Jr. write? (This is _not_ a trick question.) 3. Name a TV game show Alex Trebek hosted before he went over to _Jeopardy._ 4. Who did the original voice of Fred Flintstone in the TV series? (Bonus question: What sponsor’s product did the Flintstone characters make commercials for?) 5. What was the name of the Indian princess on the _Howdy Doody Show?_ ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/97 "2001-04-01T04:35:40Z")
Peter Marshall (Pete LaCock) ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/98 "2001-04-01T05:26:28Z")
1. Princess Summerfall Winterspring ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/99 "2001-04-12T22:33:45Z")
No takers? Geez. 72. Downey wrote “Money, Marbles and Chalk” in the 50s. (“My money won’t spend, my marbles won’t roll, and my chalk won’t write any more.”) His parents thought he was crazy, but the song did get played on radio at the time. I know–I heard it. 73. He hosted _High Rollers,_ for one. 74. Alan Reed. (In the early years, the Flintstones characters did commercials for Winston cigarettes!) ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/100 "2001-04-13T00:20:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \* > 73. Name a TV game show Alex Trebek hosted before he went over to _Jeopardy._ > \*\* Reach for the Top as quizmaster 1966-73 High Rollers 1974-1980 The $128,000 Question host 1977-78 He started on Jeopardy in 1984 Here’s one I like 1. Who was the “Mystery Guest” on the final What’s My Line show and why? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064.md?page=6)