Trivia Quiz on 1980s Television

1. Name both families in Soap

A) Spencers and Quartermaines

B) Carters and Davises

C) Bennets and Warrens

D) Tates Campbells

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2. What does captain furillo's main squeeze, joyce davenport, do for a living

A) Assistant DA

B) Public defender

C) Police detective

D) Paralegal

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3. On Full House Uncle Jesse had a last name before it became Katsopolis what was it?

A) Keller

B) Cochran

C) Parker

D) Johnson

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4. Which Highly Sucessful Tv Show Of The 1980's Featured A Dog Called Muffit

A) Batllestar Galactica

B) Dynasty

C) The A-Team

D) Knight Rider

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5. Baron Silas Greenback was the enemy of which character

A) Penfold

B) Inspector Gadget

C) Count Duckula

D) Dangermouse

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6. Can you name all of the Bradford's on Eight is Enough?

A) Tom,Abbey,David,Mary,Joni,Susan,Nancy,Tommy,Elizabeth,Nicholas

B) Tom,Abbey,David,Mary,Joni,Susan,Nancy,Tommy,Elizabeth

C) Tom,Abby,David,Mary,Joni,Susan,Nancy,Tommy,Elizabeth,Nicholas

D) Tom,Abbey,David,Mary,Joni,Susan,Nancy,Tommy,Elizabeth,Nicholas,Whitney

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7. The last line of which TV show was "Good bye Margaret"

A) Friends

B) The Golden Girls

C) MASH

D) Cheers

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8. What were the names of Amanda's boys on Scarecrow and Mrs. King?

A) Phillip and Jamie

B) Brad and Kevin

C) Daniel and Michael

D) Tommy and Peter

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9. What late night news show became popular in the eighties after the Iranian Hostage takeover?

A) The Tonight Show

B) Late Night with David Letterman

C) Nightline

D) 60 Minutes

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10. What was the name of the robot girl on "Small Wonder"?

A) Tammy

B) Wendy

C) Lucy

D) Vicki

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11. Who played bobby ewing in the tv series 'dallas'

A) Patrick Duffy

B) Larry Hagman

C) Jim Davis

D) Linda Gray

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12. In Hill Street Blues which character used to bite people

A) Lt. Norman Buntz

B) Captain Frank Furillo

C) Detective J.D. LaRue

D) Animal - Mick

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13. In which TV program did Sergeant Bosco appear

A) A Team

B) Hill Street Blues

C) The Sullivans

D) Dynasty

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14. In which tv series does fred savage play kevin arnold

A) Growing Pains

B) Friends

C) The wonder years

D) Malcolm in the Middle

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15. How did Jamie Sommers become bionic?

A) From a medical experiment gone wrong.

B) From a parachute accident.

C) During a top-secret government project.

D) After a car crash while testing prosthetics.

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16. Who played Lofty in Eastenders

A) Adam Woodyatt

B) Tom watt

C) Shane Ritchie

D) Barbara Windsor

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17. What was Higgins first name in "Magnum PI"

A) Thomas

B) Jonathan

C) John

D) Quayle

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18. Game show: before she became the head-turning letter turner on wheel of fortune in 1982, vanna white appeared as a contestant on what show

A) Jeopardy!

B) The Dating Game

C) Let's Make a Deal

D) The Price is Right

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19. In Which US State Was The TV Show The Dukes Of Hazzard Set

A) Alabama

B) Tennessee

C) Gerogie

D) South Carolina

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20. In Knight Rider,what's the real last name of Michael Knight?

A) Knight

B) Scott

C) Long

D) Turner

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21. What's the connection between Benson & Growing Pains?

A) They aired on different networks

B) They were both spin-offs of separate shows

C) Missy Gold and Tracey Gold

D) They were both set in the same fictional town

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22. What was the name of the show that featured Sniglets?

A) Not Necessarily The News

B) Saturday Night Live

C) The Tonight Show

D) SCTV

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23. Martin what 1980's tv series starred bruce willis

A) The Fall Guy

B) Miami Vice

C) Moonlighting

D) Hill Street Blues

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24. What Georgia town did the first Dukes of Hazzard episodes take place?

A) Athens, Georgia

B) Covington,Georgia

C) Savannah, Georgia

D) Marietta, Georgia

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25. What Cheers actor was in "The Empire Strikes Back?"

A) George Wendt

B) Ted Danson

C) Kirstie Alley

D) John Ratzenberg

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26. Who played The Fugitive

A) David Janssen

B) David Jason

C) Harrison Ford

D) Tom Hanks

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27. Which eighties sitcom featured Tom Hanks in drag on a regular basis?

A) Family Ties

B) Cheers

C) Bosom Buddies

D) Growing Pains

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28. Which sitcom helped launch Michael J. Fox's career by portraying him as a money-grubbing teenager?

A) Family Ties

B) Growing Pains

C) Family Matters

D) Full House

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29. In Magnum PI,what kind of car did Higgins drive?

A) A Rolls-Royce

B) An audi

C) A Ford Mustang

D) A Porsche 911

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30. On what show was 'run d.m.c' the first rap group

A) The Ed Sullivan Show

B) Soul Train

C) American Bandstand

D) Saturday Night Live

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31. What was the name of the helicopter on Riptide?

A) The Whirlwind

B) The Skipper

C) The Mimi

D) The Cyclone

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32. What is Ben Matlock's trademark outfit?

A) A navy blue suit

B) A grey suit

C) A black pinstripe suit

D) A casual blazer and jeans

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33. In Magnum PI,Rick was not Rick's real name. What was his real name?

A) Orville Wright

B) Richard Lane

C) Robert Kim

D) Daniel Okuda

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34. What Texan slammed back more bourbon and branch water than any character in TV history

A) Bobby Ewing

B) J. R. Ewing

C) Cordell Walker

D) Hank Hill

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35. In which cop show did Petrie and Isbecki appear

A) Hill Street Blues

B) Dragnet

C) Cagney and Lacey

D) NYPD Blue

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36. On "It's Your Move," what is the name of the rock band that Mark and his friend Eliot pretended to be?

A) The Velvet Fists

B) The Neon Banshees

C) The Dregs Of Humanity

D) The Chrome Monkeys

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37. Who palyed Mork from Ork's son?

A) Johnathen Winters

B) Robin Williams

C) Jim Carrey

D) George Clooney

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38. Which Long Running Tv Show Screened It's Final Episode In 1983 And Was Entitled "Goodbye, Farewell & Amen"

A) The Love Boat

B) Dynasty

C) MASH

D) Cheers

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39. On Diff'rent Strokes,what pet did Arnold keep in his room?

A) A hamster

B) Goldfish

C) Parakeet

D) Dog

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40. In the TV series The Six Million Dollar Man, what kind of man was Steve Austin

A) Ordinary

B) Bionic

C) Enhanced

D) Cyborg

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41. Valentine Dyall was the voice of the computer `Deep Thought' in which 1980s TV series

A) Max Headroom

B) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

C) Doctor Who

D) Red Dwarf

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42. What was the name of Vanessa's last boyfriend on The Cosby Show?

A) Dabnis

B) Dabnes

C) Tyrone

D) Leroy

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43. In the show "The Equalizer",what did the hero (McCall) call his former superior from the "agency"?

A) The Boss

B) Director

C) Control

D) Chief

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44. In 1981, who won best actress emmy for the tv sitcom 'the jeffersons'

A) Bea Arthur

B) Isabel

C) Rhea Perlman

D) Diahann Carroll

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45. Who shot j.r ewing in the tv series 'dallas'

A) J.R. Ewing

B) Kristin Shepard

C) Cliff Barnes

D) Sue Ellen Ewing

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46. What eighties TV show starred Bruce Willis in a detective agency?

A) Remington Steele

B) Moonlighting

C) Cagney & Lacey

D) Miami Vice

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47. What was Max Headroom's network number

A) 9

B) 42

C) 7

D) 23

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48. What was the name of Punky Brewster's dog

A) Lucky

B) Bandit

C) Rex

D) Brandon

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49. Name the TV show which featured an average housewife teamed up with a secret agent.

A) I Dream of Jeannie

B) Desperate Housewives

C) Scarecrow and Ms. King

D) The Avengers

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50. What was the first game show on Mtv?

A) Beavis and Butt-Head

B) Singled Out

C) Remote Control

D) MTV's The Real World

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51. Name the female comedy star who once had a show on Fox, that had a pop hit in the early eighties

A) Lucille Ball

B) Carol Burnett

C) Tracy Ullman

D) Roseanne Barr

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52. On Tv In The 80's What Would The Initials 'HHOH' Signify

A) Haunted House Of Halloween

B) Hammer House Of Horrors

C) Horror House Of Oddities

D) Highland Hall Of Heroes

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53. What was the name of Grotbags the witches pet in the TV show 'Emu's World'

A) Rex

B) Croc

C) Snappy

D) Gnasher

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54. Which sitcom helped launch Michael J. Fox's career by portraying him as a money-grubbing teenager?

A) Growing Pains

B) Perfect Strangers

C) Cheers

D) Family Ties

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55. Who did Pat Sajak play on the soapie 'Days Of Our Lives'?

A) Steve Johnson

B) John Black

C) Kevin Hathaway

D) Victor Kiriakis

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56. Who played Bobby Ewing in the TV series 'Dallas'?

A) Larry Hagman

B) Ken Kercheval

C) Patrick Duffy

D) Jim Davis

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57. In the TV series 'The Fall Guy', who played Colt Seavers?

A) Burt Reynolds

B) Steve McQueen

C) Lee Majors

D) Tom Selleck

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58. Who played Kevin Hathaway on the soapie 'Days Of Our Lives'?

A) Peter Reckell

B) Deidre Hall

C) Suzanne Rogers

D) Pat Sajak

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59. Who did Patrick Duffy portray in the TV series 'Dallas'?

A) J.R. Ewing

B) Sue Ellen Ewing

C) Bobby Ewing

D) Pam Ewing

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