Trivia Quiz on 1950s Television

1. Who was the lone ranger's indian companion

A) Tonto

B) Red Hawk

C) Running Bear

D) Chief Red Cloud

E) Cochise

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2. Francis Octavia Smith rode Buttercup in 1950s TV who was she

A) Dale Evans Mrs Roy Rogers

B) Jane Russell

C) Maureen O'Hara

D) Shirley Temple

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3. What TV did 44 million USA watch while 27m Eisenhower sworn in

A) I Love Lucy

B) Texaco Star Theater

C) Your Show of Shows

D) The Ed Sullivan Show

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4. Hugh O'Brian played the lead in what Old Western series

A) Wyatt Earp

B) The Rifleman

C) Bonanza

D) Gunsmoke

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5. David Harold Mayer became famous as who

A) David Soul

B) David Janssen

C) David Duchovny

D) David McCallum

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6. Which actor was the first to play Robin Hood on television

A) Sir Ian Holm

B) Errol Flynn

C) Peter O'Toole

D) Richard greene

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7. In the tv series 'leave it to beaver', what was the mother's name

A) Carol

B) Ethel

C) June

D) Margaret

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8. Who appeared on the first cover of TV guide 3 April 1953

A) Lucille Ball

B) Milton Berle

C) Walt Disney

D) Desi Arnaz Jr

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9. What american tv show centred on the cleaver family

A) The Brady Bunch

B) I Love Lucy

C) Leave it to beaver

D) The Cosby Show

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10. From where was ricky in 'i love lucy'

A) Spain

B) Mexico

C) Cuba

D) Argentina

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11. Who Was The Fist Person Ever To Be Handed The "This Is You're Life" Red Book By Eamon Andrews

A) Diana Dors

B) Cliff Richard

C) Sir David Attenborough

D) Ray Reardon

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12. Who was known as guardian of the safety of the world

A) Captain Planet

B) Captain video

C) Superman

D) Captain America

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13. Who were lucy and ricky's next door neighbours and best friends

A) Desi and Lucy

B) Mr. and Mrs. Kravitz

C) Fred and

D) Ricky and Ethel

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14. Who Was The First Black Singer To Host His Own TV Programme

A) Nat King Cole

B) Harry Belafonte

C) Sammy Davis Jr.

D) Bill Cosby

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15. What did Johnny Staccato do when he wasn't busy as a private eye

A) Jazz pianist

B) Barista

C) Detective novelist

D) Taxi driver

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16. Who starred in 1950s Circus Boy then moved on to pop music

A) David Cassidy

B) Fabian Forte

C) Mickey Dolenz

D) Frankie Avalon

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17. Who was the youngest of the anderson children in father knows best

A) Betty

B) Bud

C) Kathy

D) Becky

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18. On 'dragnet', who played officer bill gannon

A) Harry Morgan

B) Jack Webb

C) Ben Alexander

D) Barton MacLane

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19. Who was Chief Marshall of the Mickey Mouse Club?

A) Roy O. Disney

B) Walt Disney

C) Ub Iwerks

D) Ward Kimball

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20. What night club did Ricky work at on 'I Love Lucy'?

A) The Copacabana

B) The Latin Quarter

C) The Tropicana

D) El Floridita

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21. On what T.V. show could Tom Terrific be found

A) Captain Kangaroo

B) Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

C) Sesame Street

D) The Howdy Doody Show

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