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What's Your TV IQ?
Are you an avid TV watcher? Can you name all of the Brady children? Do you know Kramer's first name? Where was Gomer Pyle from? Merely child's play. We're asking some
serious
questions to see what you
really
know about television.
1
What is the longest-running series on network television?
a)
Meet the Press
b)
The Tonight Show
c)
General Hospital
d)
Cop Rock
2
Which of the following programs was
not
a spin-off of
Happy Days
?
a)
Laverne and Shirley
b)
Mork and Mindy
c)
Joanie Loves Chachi
d)
The Love Boat
3
What 1953 event drew the most U.S. television viewers?
a)
President Eisenhower's inauguration
b)
Lucy giving birth on
I Love Lucy
c)
The Super Bowl
d)
The final game of the World Series
4
Who was original host of
The Tonight Show
?
a)
Johnny Carson
b)
Jay Leno
c)
Jack Paar
d)
Steve Allen
5
When did the first televised presidential debate take place?
a)
1948
b)
1956
c)
1960
d)
1964
6
The name for the Emmy Awards comes from
a)
The daughter of the president of the Academy of Television and Arts and Sciences
b)
The image-orthicon tube
c)
The mother of the president of the Academy of Television and Arts and Sciences
d)
The transmitting antenna
7
On
I Dream of Jeannie
, Jeannie could not show her
a)
Earlobes
b)
Bellybutton
c)
Ankles
d)
Toes
8
What 12-hour miniseries had Americans glued to their television sets for 8 straight nights in January 1977?
a)
Holocaust
b)
Rich Man, Poor Man
c)
Roots
d)
The Thorn Birds
9
Sesame Street
debuted in which year?
a)
1960
b)
1969
c)
1974
d)
1981
10
What was the first video shown on MTV?
a)
"Borderline" by Madonna
b)
"Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles
c)
"Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen
d)
"Mexican Radio" by Wall of Voodoo
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