# TV Trivia Game- Little help **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460 "2012-07-17T00:27:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/1 "2012-07-17T00:27:23Z")
I mentioned in another thread that I’m putting together a TV & Movies trivia event. One category I’d like to do under TV is a ‘guess the show from the sound effect’. I’ve managed to grab enough for a 10 question movie version, but I’m struggling a bit with TV. Examples I have already: Battlestar Galatica (original) - Cylon eye swish Star Trek - Communicator beep (or transporter maybe) Stargate - the gate activating (or maybe a Zat firing) Law & Order - the Double ‘sting’ Anyone want to help with a few more suggestions? I’d particularly like some non-Sci Fi ones if anyone can come up with any. The sound effect needs to be something tied to a specific TV show, and I need sound effects not music - that’s a separate category. 🙂 Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/2 "2012-07-17T00:29:41Z")
Brady Bunch “hex” sound. It probably has an actual name. The one they played when the cursed tiki idol was shown. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/3 "2012-07-17T00:30:44Z")
Bewitched nose twitch noise ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/4 "2012-07-17T00:34:04Z")
Flintstones - wind-up when they started the car moving. I think commonly referred to as the Flint-step. Roadrunner Meep Meep I Dream of Jeannie sound when she blinks her eyes to do magic ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/5 "2012-07-17T01:50:43Z")
Jetsons flying car. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/6 "2012-07-17T02:07:45Z")
The sounds of the bats at the beginning of the show as well as Scooby’s laugh. (Both heard in this [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96BlnwIRd44).) There’s also a sound they play during scene changes, but I can’t find it. It was a kind of “bell” that you could bend to change the pitch. I’ve seen one (one it might not be unique enough to Scooby-Doo) but I can’t find an example. Probably because I can’t describe it well enough to do a worthwhile search. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/7 "2012-07-17T02:15:06Z")
The incorrect version of the Bugs Bunny piano riff that will blow up the piano if played correctly. YouTube Ballot Box Bugs. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/8 "2012-07-17T02:18:34Z")
Either the doorbell or buzzer from _Whose Line is it Anyway?_. If music is allowed, the “Hoedown” song. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/9 "2012-07-17T02:19:23Z")
The Batman stinger (see “Batman music accent” [here](http://radiosfx.com/batman-tv-show.php)) The Price Is Right [“loser” sound](http://soundfxnow.com/sound-fx/the-price-is-right-loser/) The Lost “smoke monster” sound and/or the sound they play when they show the show’s title (akin to Law & Order’s “thud”) ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/10 "2012-07-17T02:55:44Z")
The Whammie tone from Press your Luck The Three’s Company doorbell The ringtones for the CTU office phones on 24 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/11 "2012-07-17T03:10:14Z")
The phones on [Homicide](http://www.schlock.net/sounds/phone.wav) (though this may be too generic). The sound [Twiki](http://www.audiomicro.com/free-buck-rogers-sound-clips-this-is-twiki-download-734312) made on **Buck Rodgers** The [doorbell](http://www.addamsfamily.com/addams/doorbell.wav)from the Addams Family. Or the gong that summoned Lurch (or [Lurch](http://www.addamsfamily.com/addams/groan.wav) himself). ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/12 "2012-07-17T03:58:47Z")
The whooooosh scene shifter from Big Bang Theory. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/13 "2012-07-17T04:08:30Z")
The [trolley](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEuefF8fFRE&t=10m20s) on _Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood_. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/14 "2012-07-17T04:11:01Z")
The “Seinfeld” bass lick. The crowd at Cheers shouting “Norm!” The TARDIS de-materializing. Charlie Townshend saying “Good morning, Angels!” Some random character saying “_That_ girl!” A gong from “the Gong Show.” The explosion sound effect when Diana Prince spun around into Wonder Woman. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/15 "2012-07-17T04:17:42Z")
[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrbumvF-Oe4). ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/16 "2012-07-17T05:22:56Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrbumvF-Oe4) Or any adult on CB… That’s what I came to post… Que Don Adams, “Missed it by that much”…ques sound of pneumatic doors opening and closing…9 times. ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/17 "2012-07-17T06:51:32Z")
The Batmobile whoosh from the 1966 Batman Seaview sonar noise from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Transporters from Star Trek Communicator chirp from Star Trek. Star trek has a lot of good sounds Tape self destructing on Mission Impossible ---
**Author:** ![Hook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@Hook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hook)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/18 "2012-07-17T12:35:58Z")
No-one has yet caome up with the sound of the Tardis disappearing in **Dr Who**. For shame. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/19 "2012-07-17T12:52:34Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > The TARDIS de-materializing. > [@Hook](#): > > No-one has yet caome up with the sound of the Tardis disappearing in **Dr Who**. For shame. Someone posted without reading the thread? For shame. The bionic (wo)man bionic sound effect . ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460/20 "2012-07-17T13:51:47Z")
“Lost in Space” had several good ones: The “bip!” sound when someone magically appeared or disappeared. The “duh-duh-duuuuuuuuhhhh” that ended the cliffhanger episodes (lead in to next week’s). And this cute little pinging language that the robot used when he was speaking to another robot. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460.md?page=2)