TV Knowledge Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Southfork Ranch and the feuding Ewing family are central to which prime-time soap opera?
Dynasty
Dallas
Falcon Crest
Knots Landing
2. Contestants select clues by category and value, then usually phrase their responses as questions. Which game show uses this format?
Wheel of Fortune
Jeopardy!
Match Game
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
3. Amateur bakers enter a tent for signature, technical, and showstopper challenges. Which competition format is this?
The Great British Menu
MasterChef
Top Chef
The Great British Bake Off
4. A rumpled homicide detective appears to finish an interview, then turns back with “just one more thing.” Who is he?
Theo Kojak
Lieutenant Columbo
Jim Rockford
Thomas Magnum
5. In which series does the main character travel through time and space in the TARDIS?
Blake's 7
Doctor Who
The Prisoner
Red Dwarf
6. Lucy and Ricky Ricardo are the central married couple in which classic sitcom?
I Love Lucy
The Honeymooners
Bewitched
The Dick Van Dyke Show
7. Which sitcom is set primarily at the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin Paper Company?
NewsRadio
30 Rock
The Office
The IT Crowd
8. A spacefaring family is accompanied by a robot known for warning young Will Robinson of danger. Which series is being described?
Lost in Space
The Time Tunnel
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Land of the Giants
9. A black-and-white anthology episode opens with Rod Serling introducing an ordinary person about to encounter a strange moral or supernatural predicament. Which series are you watching?
The Outer Limits
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Twilight Zone
One Step Beyond
10. A psychiatrist formerly seen at a Boston bar moves home to Seattle and hosts a radio advice program. Which spin-off is this?
Frasier
Wings
Becker
The Bob Newhart Show
11. Homer works at a nuclear power plant while his family lives in Springfield. Which animated series follows them?
King of the Hill
Family Guy
The Simpsons
Futurama
12. An advertising executive named Don Draper navigates Madison Avenue during the 1960s. Which drama is being described?
Halt and Catch Fire
The Newsroom
Boardwalk Empire
Mad Men
13. Hawkeye Pierce, Hot Lips Houlihan, and Radar O'Reilly serve at a mobile Army surgical hospital during the Korean War. Which series features them?
McHale's Navy
Hogan's Heroes
China Beach
M*A*S*H
14. A chemistry teacher begins manufacturing methamphetamine with a former student after receiving a cancer diagnosis. Which drama follows this story?
Weeds
Ozark
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
15. A captain’s log mentions Starfleet and the USS Enterprise. Which television franchise does that clue identify?
Battlestar Galactica
Babylon 5
Stargate
Star Trek
16. Westeros and Essos are the principal continents featured in which fantasy series?
Game of Thrones
The Wheel of Time
His Dark Materials
The Witcher