Andy Griffith Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Andy Griffith earned a music degree from which university?
North Carolina State University
Duke University
Wake Forest University
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2. A viewer wants the spin-off in which a Mayberry gas-station attendant joins the Marines. Which series should they choose?
Mayberry R.F.D.
The New Andy Griffith Show
The Jim Nabors Hour
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
3. You are looking for Griffith’s later series about a highly observant Atlanta defense attorney. Which show fits that description?
Diagnosis: Murder
Matlock
Perry Mason
Murder, She Wrote
4. The Andy Griffith Show is primarily set in which fictional North Carolina town?
Siler City
Mount Pilot
Raleigh Junction
Mayberry
5. Which actress played Aunt Bee, the relative who manages the Taylor household?
Aneta Corsaut
Frances Bavier
Betty Lynn
Elinor Donahue
6. Which actor played Andy Taylor’s excitable deputy, Barney Fife?
Don Knotts
Howard McNear
George Lindsey
Hal Smith
7. Before becoming Sheriff Andy Taylor, Griffith played an ambitious drifter whose media fame turns dangerous. Who was that character?
Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes
Ben Matlock
Sam Jones
Will Stockdale
8. Which North Carolina community was Andy Griffith’s hometown and is commonly associated with the inspiration behind Mayberry?
Wilmington
Chapel Hill
Mount Airy
Asheville
9. After The Andy Griffith Show ended, which series continued life in Mayberry with farmer and councilman Sam Jones as a central character?
Return to Mayberry
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
The New Andy Griffith Show
Mayberry R.F.D.
10. In No Time for Sergeants, which good-natured country recruit is played by Andy Griffith?
Will Stockdale
Lonesome Rhodes
Sam Jones
Gomer Pyle
11. A Mayberry story features Helen Crump. Which description best identifies her role in Andy Taylor’s life?
She is a schoolteacher who becomes Andy’s principal romantic partner.
She is the county courthouse clerk and Barney’s cousin.
She is the town pharmacist who employs Ellie Walker.
She is a reporter sent from Raleigh to cover Andy’s cases.
12. A character says he is heading to Floyd’s for a haircut. Whom is he going to see?
Floyd Pike, the town mechanic
Floyd Monroe, the county clerk
Floyd Lawson, the town barber
Floyd Campbell, the hotel manager
13. Which Mayberry character was played by George Lindsey?
Floyd Lawson
Goober Pyle
Ernest T. Bass
Howard Sprague
14. Andy and Barney both work in Mayberry law enforcement, but what is Barney’s official position for most of his time on the show?
Police chief
County prosecutor
Deputy sheriff
Justice of the peace
15. A fan is watching the original broadcast run in order and reaches the first season produced in color. Which season have they reached?
Season 4
Season 6
Season 7
Season 8
16. Who portrayed Andy Taylor’s son, Opie?
Clint Howard
Johnny Whitaker
Ron Howard
Keith Thibodeaux