Do you know your I Love Lucy from your Happy Days? Are you ready to step up to the podium, imagine Alex Trebek’s smooth tones guiding you, and prove your TV trivia mastery? We’ve got 25 fun, nostalgic, and oh-so-Jeopardy-style questions to take you back to TV’s golden eras. Grab your buzzer, or just shout out the answers from your favorite recliner!
1. Category: Black-and-White Classics
Answer: This show about a sheriff and his son in the fictional town of Mayberry introduced us to the whistling theme song we can’t get out of our heads.
Question: What is The Andy Griffith Show?
2. Category: Sitcom Spinoffs
Answer: This sitcom, a spinoff of All in the Family, centered around a loudmouthed dry-cleaner and his wife, “Weezy.”
Question: What is The Jeffersons?
3. Category: Famous Firsts
Answer: This iconic show about a redhead and her husband was the first scripted TV program to be filmed before a live studio audience.
Question: What is I Love Lucy?
4. Category: Before They Were Stars
Answer: This future Magnum, P.I. star guest-starred on Charlie’s Angels in 1976, sporting his soon-to-be-famous mustache.
Question: Who is Tom Selleck?
5. Category: The Daily Double!
Answer: This M*A*S*H character went from being the show’s comic foil to its moral center over 11 seasons.
Question: Who is Hawkeye Pierce?
6. Category: Saturday Night Favorites
Answer: This sketch comedy series debuted in 1975 and made stars out of comedians like Gilda Radner and Chevy Chase.
Question: What is Saturday Night Live?
7. Category: Commercial Breaks
Answer: “Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh, what a relief it is!” was the jingle for this famous antacid product.
Question: What is Alka-Seltzer?
8. Category: Theme Songs
Answer: This sitcom about two cousins living in Chicago featured the memorable theme song “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now.”
Question: What is Perfect Strangers?
9. Category: Animated Antics
Answer: This stone-age family from Bedrock debuted in 1960 and became TV’s first prime-time animated series.
Question: Who are The Flintstones?
10. Category: TV Families
Answer: This large blended family lived in a house with a staircase so iconic it’s practically a character itself.
Question: What is The Brady Bunch?
11. Category: TV Doctors
Answer: “Dr. Kildare” and this gruff, plain-spoken TV doctor both debuted in 1961, forever changing the portrayal of medicine on the small screen.
Question: Who is Ben Casey?
12. Category: Iconic Endings
Answer: This sitcom ended in 1983 with a record-setting finale titled Goodbye, Farewell and Amen.
Question: What is M*A*S*H?
13. Category: Western Roundup
Answer: This long-running Western featured the Cartwright family on the Ponderosa Ranch.
Question: What is Bonanza?
14. Category: Famous Catchphrases
Answer: “Dyn-o-mite!” was the signature line of this character from Good Times.
Question: Who is J.J. Evans?
15. Category: Sci-Fi Adventures
Answer: This 1966 series invited viewers to “boldly go where no man has gone before.”
Question: What is Star Trek?
16. Category: Game Shows
Answer: This game show asked contestants to fill in blanks with hilarious answers, aided by a panel of celebrities.
Question: What is Match Game?
17. Category: Spin the Dial!
Answer: This CBS variety show starred a redheaded comedienne and regularly featured sketches with her sidekick, Harvey Korman.
Question: What is The Carol Burnett Show?
18. Category: Daytime Drama
Answer: This soap opera debuted in 1965 and remains one of the longest-running shows on TV.
Question: What is Days of Our Lives?
19. Category: Kids’ Classics
Answer: This purple dinosaur starred in a 1992 series that introduced kids to catchy songs like I Love You.
Question: Who is Barney?
20. Category: Who’s Behind the Mask?
Answer: This costumed crimefighter and his sidekick rode the Wild West shouting, “Hi-ho, Silver, away!”
Question: Who is The Lone Ranger?
How many did you get right? Channel your inner Jeopardy champ and share your score! And remember: in the words of Alex Trebek, “We’ll see you next time!”
