# Television Trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 7, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-trivia/505645 "2009-08-07T15:40:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-trivia/505645/41 "2009-08-11T10:03:00Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > Jon Peters was a hairdresser and I think he married Barbra Streisand, so I think he probably did her hair. I’m pretty sure he did some famous woman’s hair, in any case. He may have been so, but he is a film producer, not a television one. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-trivia/505645/42 "2009-08-11T17:27:38Z")
According to Wikipedia, 10 people have won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Tony (in competitive categories). RA1: One of them is Rita Moreno, who has two Emmys. Name the two show(s) for which she won, and the character(s) she played. RA2: Name any of the other 9, along with a TV show for which they won an Emmy. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-trivia/505645/43 "2009-08-11T17:50:02Z")
W2: I think _Batman_: He played Egghead. ABC, wasn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-trivia/505645/44 "2009-08-12T17:11:55Z")
Reposting mine (with results): > [@](#): > > W1–Three NFL players made guest appearances on The Odd Couple. One played himself; two did not. Name them. > > W2–Name 2 '60s sitcoms that Vincent Price made guest appearances on, the network that aired them both, and the names of the characters he played. > > W3: Name 2 current TV cops who had recurring roles as bad guys on 2 long-running cop shows earlier in their careers, the shows, and their roles. (Hint: one of them was in 3 out of the 4 shows.) > > W4: Name 2 Oscar winners (acting categories) who had recurring roles in Star Trek shows. W1–Deacon Jones (played himself) is correct. Neither of the others played for NY teams. W2–_Batman_ and ABC are correct. The other show has been previously mentioned in this thread. W4–Whoopi Goldberg is correct. The other one is also female. W3–Hint: one is currently on CBS; the other is currently on NBC. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-trivia/505645/45 "2009-08-13T14:36:30Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > W4–Whoopi Goldberg is correct. The other one is also female. Louise Fletcher (won an oscar for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, played a recurring villain on DS9.) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-trivia/505645/46 "2009-08-13T22:13:01Z")
Since no one has correctly answered mine, I’ll give the answers: M1: This successful television producer, responsible for one of television’s currently running top sitcoms, had a rather interesting start in the business. Who is he, and what is his unusual early claim to fame? Chuck Lorre, creator/executive producer of _Two and a Half Men_ (as well as _Grace Under Fire_ and _The Big Bang Theory_, as he sometimes points out on his ever-changing production company logo, wrote the now-famous theme song to _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_ (and also voiced all four turtles in the pilot). M2: This other prolific producer who is responsible for the highest rated sitcom on television with children also had his start in the business, though in a more conventional way. Who is he, and where did he get _his_ start? For a bonus, name at least one other show he is responsible for or had a hand in. For another bonus, name his famous wife. Prolific childrens’ TV producer/creator Dan Schneider played Dennis on _Head of the Class_. The husband of “Hungry Girl” Lisa Lillien, he was either producer, creator, or both on the following kids shows: _All That, Kenan and Kel, The Amanda Show, Zoey 101, Drake and Josh, iCarly_. M3: It only happened once before in 1961, and it happened again this year, much to the debate and criticism of many. What? An animated series was nominated for Oustanding Comedy at the Emmys: _The Flinstones_ in 1961 and _Family Guy_ in 2009. M4: This bit of TV trivia was actually the impetus for a lawsuit. What was it, and why did it go to court? For a bonus, give the supposed answer and/or the real one. Columbo’s first name. Author Fred Worth used it as a “copyright trap” in a book of trivia that _Trivial Pursuit_ took many of its questions from- including the Columbo one. Worth sued but was unsuccesful, as the court determined facts can not be copyrighted. The answer Worth gave was Philip- according to Columbo’s own signature in an early Columbo TV-movie, his real first name is Frank. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-trivia/505645/47 "2009-08-14T13:32:44Z")
> [@cucuy](#): > > Rene whatshisname— he played the shape-shifting security officer on DS9. Rene Auberjonois played Odo. I can’t think of what he would have won an Oscar for though. “Benson: The Movie”? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-trivia/505645/48 "2009-08-14T15:44:46Z")
> [@palindromemordnilap](#): > > Rene Auberjonois played Odo. I can’t think of what he would have won an Oscar for though. “Benson: The Movie”? He did movies, too. He was Father Mulcahy in the original _M_A_S_H\*, for example. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-trivia/505645/49 "2009-08-14T17:20:22Z")
W4 is correct; Louise Fletcher played Kai Winn on DS9. The rest: W1–Deacon Jones (played himself) is correct. Neither of the others played for NY teams. Alex Karras played Jarrin’ Jake Metcalf in the episode where Felix fell in love with Jake’s wife; Garo Yepremian had a cameo as a kicker named “Zeeno” who Felix and Oscar tried to fix up with Myrna. W2–Batman and ABC are correct. The other show has been previously mentioned in this thread. Price played “Count Sforza”, a vampire-like character who moved to Ft. Courage. W3–Hint: one is currently on CBS; the other is currently on NBC. David Caruso played the leader of the “Shamrocks” street gang in _Hill Street Blues_ and is now Lt. Caine on _CSI:Miami_; Christopher Meloni (Elliott Stabler on _SVU_) played lowlife Jimmy Leary for several episodes on _NYPD Blue_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-trivia/505645.md?page=2)