# TV Trivia Mega-Quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 12, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132 "2008-03-12T17:56:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/21 "2008-03-14T01:44:24Z")
[QUOTE=tarragon918] 1. There was a show that ran for a couple of years in the late 50s called “The People’s Choice,” starring Jackie Cooper. It also had a basset hound named Cleo. Cleo’s “thoughts” were voiced by …? [/QUOTE] Mary Jane Croft, better known as the friend of Lucy who wasn’t Ethel. [QUOTE=Governor Quinn] 28. Why did a CBS in-house attorney host the CBS Evening News for two weeks in 1967? [/QUOTE] Because Walter Cronkite wouldn’t cross the picket line set up by the striking Writer’s Guild. The obvious follow-up…What was the attorney’s name? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/22 "2008-03-14T01:44:50Z")
Handling my questions, in order: 1. Answered correctly by **Sublight** 2. Answered correctly by **mobo85** 3. Answered correctly by **Labdad** 4. Answered correctly by **Labdad** 5. No response. 6. **Labdad** has three. Cavett, as far as I know, did not work for Sid Caesar at any point. There are at least two more possible answers. 7. **kunilou** has the right general reason, but the wrong union. 8. No response. 9. Answered correctly, on both parts, by **mobo85**. 10. No response. Hint: They would both be adapted for American television. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/23 "2008-03-14T02:08:01Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] 1. **kunilou** has the right general reason, but the wrong union. [QUOTE] Ummm. How about AFTRA? > [@](#): > > 1. Which Toledo millionaire tried to set up a fourth network in the mid-1960s? I think his name was Overmeyer or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/24 "2008-03-14T02:15:47Z")
Yes, on both AFTRA and on (to spell his name correctly) Daniel Overmyer. 1. How long did Overmyer’s network last? 2. How many programs did it air? ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/25 "2008-03-14T13:07:32Z")
> [@](#): > > **Governor Quinn** 1. Two fairly notable British television programs were canceled in the run-up to the 1964 General Election (one for good, the other until the early 1970s). What programs were they? Would one of them be “That Was the Week That Was?” ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/26 "2008-03-14T14:31:45Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 16.Who was the first “sergeant of the watch” to succeed Phil Esterhaus? Lucy Bates ? [/QUOTE] Yes indeedy! Still a ton not answered: please check the OP. I know there’s some TV junkies out there! To update: 6, 8, 11, 14, 16 & 19 have been answered correctly. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/27 "2008-03-14T15:10:14Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] [QUOTE=Governor Quinn] [QUOTE=anyrose] **M_A_S\*H** 1. In the episode told from the patient/soldier’s p.o.v., what are the only two sentances he says? [/QUOTE] “Help me” and “Thank you”, IIRC [/QUOTE] you’re half right. [/QUOTE] no other guesses? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/28 "2008-03-15T01:32:02Z")
[QUOTE=Labdad] 31. Two fairly notable British television programs were canceled in the run-up to the 1964 General Election (one for good, the other until the early 1970s). What programs were they? Would one of them be “That Was the Week That Was?” [/QUOTE] That’s one. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/29 "2008-03-15T01:53:07Z")
Sopranos 35. Besides Vito Spatafore, Joseph Gannascoli played this character in show. 1. What was the name of the retirement community that Tony and Paulie both put their mothers in? 2. Who killed Vin Makaisian \? 3. What was Uncle Junior’s given name? 4. Who or what killed Johnny Boy Soprano? ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/30 "2008-03-15T17:03:25Z")
> [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > 1. What noted television personality once spent an entire half hour apologizing for the program he had put on last week? > > > > Jackie Gleason. Unfortunately I can’t remember the name of the show. > > The show was You’re in the Picture, a game show where contestants were placed in one of those carnival-style novelty picture things, and they had to guess what painting or whatever they were in based on clues the panel gave them. Why? Was it just a really stupid show, or did something controversial happen? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/31 "2008-03-15T19:00:12Z")
[QUOTE=ZenBeam] Why? Was it just a really stupid show, or did something controversial happen? [/QUOTE] It was a really stupid show. The [Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You're_in_the_Picture) makes it worse- there were no prizes other than whose name a bunch of CARE packages would be on. ---
**Author:** ![mikeargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@mikeargo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeargo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/32 "2008-03-15T21:30:34Z")
1. How many children did Felix have and what were their names? 2. Which teen idol played one of them? Felix had two kids, Leonard and Edna Leonard was played by Leif Garrett (I think). ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/33 "2008-03-15T23:41:04Z")
[QUOTE=mikeargo] 2. How many children did Felix have and what were their names? 3. Which teen idol played one of them? Felix had two kids, Leonard and Edna Leonard was played by Leif Garrett (I think). [/QUOTE] Both correct. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/34 "2008-03-19T17:08:20Z")
**one-time bump** ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/35 "2008-03-20T00:14:01Z")
First, an answer: The lawyer who replaced Cronkite for two weeks was Arnold Zenker. Now, some more questions, again of a general and mixed nature: 1. This dance instructor managed to have programs on all four networks in the 1950s. 2. What was the name of his wife, who actually hosted those programs? 3. According to Edie Adams, what happened to the DuMont television archives? 4. At his peak, Arthur Godfrey had three programs in prime time running concurrent to one another. Name all three. 5. What do Mike Wallace, Robert Trout, Douglas Edwards, and Walter Cronkite share with one another, besides a longtime association with CBS News? 6. Of the “Big Three” television networks, two were at one point (pre-television) under the same corporate ownership. Which two were they? 7. When under that ownership, what were those networks named? 8. What two changes (one a technological advance, one a change in who was involved) are popularly claimed to have ended to “Golden Age” of live television drama? 9. What was the third center for television production in the late 1940s and early 1950s? ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/36 "2008-03-20T00:41:34Z")
1. Of the “Big Three” television networks, two were at one point (pre-television) under the same corporate ownership. Which two were they? NBC & ABC 2. When under that ownership, what were those networks named? NBC was NBC Blue; ABC was NBC Red 3. What two changes (one a technological advance, one a change in who was involved) are popularly claimed to have ended to “Golden Age” of live television drama? Videotape? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/37 "2008-03-20T00:43:10Z")
1. Correct. 2. The order is wrong (ABC was the Blue Network), but I’ll give it to you anyway. 3. That’s one half of it. ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/38 "2008-03-20T01:09:07Z")
From the OP: 1. Felix and Oscar’s exes names were Gloria and Blanche. In the film and play versions, which name was different? Felix’s ex was named Frances in the film and play 1. Who did Ted believe his real father was? Eric Sevareid ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/39 "2008-03-20T01:38:37Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] First, an answer: The lawyer who replaced Cronkite for two weeks was Arnold Zenker. [/QUOTE] Correct, **GQ**. \*40. This dance instructor managed to have programs on all four networks in the 1950s. 1. What was the name of his wife, who actually hosted those programs?\* Arthur Murray and his wife Kathryn. _47. What two changes (one a technological advance, one a change in who was involved) are popularly claimed to have ended to “Golden Age” of live television drama? Videotape?_ And the other half was the move of television production (specifically writing) from NY to LA. _48. What was the third center for television production in the late 1940s and early 1950s?_ Chicago ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132/40 "2008-03-20T01:43:13Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] \*40. This dance instructor managed to have programs on all four networks in the 1950s. 1. What was the name of his wife, who actually hosted those programs?\* Arthur Murray and his wife Kathryn. _47. What two changes (one a technological advance, one a change in who was involved) are popularly claimed to have ended to “Golden Age” of live television drama? Videotape?_ And the other half was the move of television production (specifically writing) from NY to LA. _48. What was the third center for television production in the late 1940s and early 1950s?_ Chicago [/QUOTE] 40, 41, and 48 are all correct. 47 also isn’t quite wrong, but there’s another trend in the late 1950’s connected to LA that is often used in these arguments. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-mega-quiz/441132.md?page=3)