Television L-P: 'P' Trivia

1. Who created, produced, wrote, and played eight roles in "The Pentaverate"?

From Quiz "The Pentaverate" - Secret Society but Nice

Answer: Mike Myers

There appears to be no aspect of "The Pentaverate" in which Mike Myers did not have a significant part. He is credited as creator, executive producer, writer and cast member. His roles on the programme include characters Ken Scarborough, Anthony Lansdowne, Rex Smith, Lord Lordington, Bruce Baldwin, Mishu Ivanov, Shep Gordon, and Jason Eccleston.

From Quiz "Post Mortem" - Scandinavian Hematophagy

Answer: Norway

With the exception of a brief road trip to Sweden to pick up a body, all of the action in "Post Mortem" takes place in the village of Skarnes, Innlandet, Norway. The programme is a Norwegian production and was recorded in the Norwegian language. The full name of the series is "ingen dør i Skarnes" which means "No One Dies in Skarnes."

From Quiz "Peacemaker" - Atypical Superhero

Answer: Professional wrestler

John Cena was an accomplished professional wrestler before becoming an actor. He holds a record for sixteen world-championship titles in wrestling. He progressed from competitive bodybuilding to professional wrestling in 1999. He began appearing in films in 2006. His role as the Peacemaker in "The Suicide Squad" (2021) led to his starring role in television. He has also co-hosted the television game show "Wipeout." He also plays the piano, raps, and speaks Mandarin Chinese.

From Quiz "Peacemaker": Season 1

Answer: Wig Wam

Wig Wam was a Norwegian glam metal band formed in 2001. They represented Norway at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest (singing "In My Dreams"). They broke up in 2013 and reunited in 2019. "Do Ya Wanna Taste It" and "In My Dreams" have given the band new exposure by being featured in the series.

From Quiz "Pokémon" English Dub: Then and Now

Answer: 4Kids lost the rights to "Pokémon" after a decline in popularity in the USA.

After 4Kids lost rights to the series, much of the original cast was replaced. This caused a huge controversy in the fanbase.

From Quiz A "Parks and Recreation" Special

Answer: U.S. Representative

Adam Scott played the character of Congressman Ben Wyatt for 97 episodes of the series and the special. The series had originally ran for 125 episodes from 2009-2015. Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza and Chris Pratt were each in every episode, while Aziz Ansari and Jim O'Heir each missed only one over the seven seasons. All six actors, as well as most of the other main cast members, returned for the special in 2020 that served as a fundraiser during the COVID-19 outbreak. Donations made to Feeding America during the broadcast of the show were matched by the TV network and several sponsors.

From Quiz The Passionate "Pride and Prejudice" - 1995

Answer: Fencing

Darcy had asked Elizabeth to marry him. He made a mess out of the proposal, and she refused him. Later, he fences with one of his servants. As he leaves, Darcy says, "I shall conquer this. I shall!" He was trying to forget Elizabeth and move on.

From Quiz Parks and Recreation

Answer: South Carolina

Leslie often thinks Tom is Libyan.

From Quiz So You Think You Know "Parks and Rec"?

Answer: Pawnee, Indiana

"Parks and Rec" takes place in the fictional city of Pawnee, Indiana. Pawnee has a very spotty past, and a lot of the citizens are very interesting characters. The city split in two in the past, and all of the wealthier citizens live in Eagleton, the bitter rivals of Pawnee. Scranton, PA is the setting of the show "The Office". Whereas they do visit Indianapolis a couple times, the show does not take place there. Toledo is mentioned in one episode, but is never a setting in the show.

From Quiz The "Pyramid" Game Shows

Answer: CBS

The "$10,000 Pyramid," hosted by Dick Clark, premiered on CBS. It was a word-association game played by 2 teams, made up of one celebrity player and one civilian contestant. The object was to win the preliminary game, in order to go to "the winner's circle," for a chance to win "the big money." $10,000!

From Quiz "Peyton Place" - The TV Show

Answer: Mia Farrow

After an argument with her then-boyfriend, "soon-to-be husband", Frank Sinatra, Mia cut off her long blonde signature hair in her dressing room, throwing cast and crew into a frenzy! Her short, pixie style caught on and was a sensation. Farrow was also unhappy with the show, her role as sweet Allison Mackenzie and her long hair which matched her little girl image which was associated with her character.

From Quiz "Playing It Straight" - UK Version Series 1

Answer: Mexico

The show is primarily set in a Mexican hacienda that has been named 'El Rancho Macho', which translates to "The Male Ranch", for the purposes of the show. The contestants also travel to other parts of the country in order to participate in tasks designed to allow them to prove their masculinity (or otherwise!)

From Quiz "Pitch" - The Pilot

Answer: Padres

The Padres were once owned by Ray Croc, who was the key executive behind the McDonald's franchise. The Padres played their home games in San Diego at PetCo Park. Ginny Baker was played by Kylie Bunbury.

From Quiz "Penny Dreadful" - Seasons 1-3

Answer: Joan Clayton

Joan Clayton is a witch (more precisely, a daywalker) and mentor to Vanessa Ives. Amongst her abilities, the Cut-Wife can protect herself and her surroundings with totems and practised divination through cartomancy and clairvoyance. She can also speak the Devil's Tongue and has an extraordinary knowledge of plants and herbs. Claire Ives is Vanessa's mother, Hecate Poole is a nightcomer and Justine is given refuge by Dorian Gray and Lily.

From Quiz Pond Life

Answer: Dolly Pond

The series is about the life has an under-achieving, spinster, Dolly Pond, who desires a better life and prospects but feels tied down to her family, stuck in a dead-end job and confused about what to do with her ex boyfriend who have an ongoing, back and forth, love/hate relationship.

From Quiz Pointless

Answer: Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman

Bruce and Tess were the original hosts of "Strictly Come Dancing"; Mel and Sue host "The Great British Bake Off" and Ant and Dec have hosted many things, particularly the original "Pop Idol".

From Quiz "Powers" - Pilot

Answer: Diamond

Christian Walker is a detective in the Powers Bureau of the police department. He is uniquely positioned to work in the department as he is a former powered person himself.

From Quiz Prisoner: Cell Block H

Answer: Erica Davidson

Erica Davidson was the original Governor. Mrs Reynolds was her successor. Mrs Powell was Deputy Governor. Patsy King portrayed Mrs Davidson.

From Quiz "The Pee Wee Herman Show".

Answer: A giant pair of underwear

The upside down frog still makes me laugh.

From Quiz "Password", A Great Game Show

Answer: Allen Ludden

Allen Ludden (1917-1981), a native of Wisconsin, hosted many game shows during his career, but is best known for "Password". He hosted almost 3000 episodes of the game show. Ludden was married to actress Betty White from 1963 until his death. Ludden won an Emmy Award as "Outstanding Game Show Host" in 1976. Ralph Edwards hosted "Truth or Consequences" on radio and/or TV for 38 years; he died in 2005. Bill Cullen hosted many shows over his career, including the original "Price is Right"; Cullen died in 1990. Art Fleming hosted "Jeopardy" between 1964 and 1979; he died in 1995.

From Quiz "Popeye" - "Baby Wants Spinach"

Answer: To his girlfriend Olive Oyl

Popeye is walking over to visit Olive Oyl his longtime girlfriend. He's seen carrying a box of chocolates and flowers for her hoping for a date but, it doesn't quite turn out that way.

From Quiz "Packed to the Rafters" Series 1

Answer: Julie

Dave and Julie Rafter have been together since they were teenagers.

From Quiz Princess Tutu

Answer: "There was a man who died."

The "man who died" is Drosselmeyer, the author of the story "The Prince and the Raven." He dies before completing it, but the story comes to life and he watches from some sort of parallel vortex to make sure the story ends in the tragic manner he always hoped for. The narrator speaks at the beginning of each episode, offering deconstructions or subversions of fairy tales or ballets that will relate to the action of the episode.

From Quiz "Peach Girl"

Answer: Toji

Momo was in love with Tojigamori in the beginning of the series. They were cute together.

From Quiz The Point!

Answer: Harry Nilsson

Several web sites include the following Nilsson quote: "I was on acid and I looked at the trees and I realized that they all came to points, and the little branches came to points, and the houses came to point. I thought, 'Oh! Everything has a point, and if it doesn't, then there's a point to it.'"

From Quiz I Am Not A Number - the "Prisoner" files

Answer: Patrick McGoohan

McGoohan was also co-creator and executive producer. "The Prisoner" came after McGoohan starred as a spy in "Danger Man" [aka "Dangerman". (It ran from 1960 to 1962 and again from 1964 to 1968). Officially it was not a sequel, though many believed it to be. He also directed several episodes. The basic premise was that the agent had tried to resign and had ended up on a mysterious island where the powers that be tried to find out why. The show ran for 17 episodes from September 1967 to February 1968. Roger Moore, of course, starred in "The Saint" (1962 to 1969).

From Quiz Pretear

Answer: Shin

Shin has the ability of controlling plants and any other thing to do with plants. He is also very mischievous and gets up to tricks all the time.

From Quiz Welcome to 'Psychoville'

Answer: Blindness

Mr. Lomax seems to like shouting and frequently jumps out on his visitor Michael Fry. Michael Fry initially came to the blind Oscar Lomax's mansion to read to him but Fry eventually became useful in other, quite bizarre, capacities. Oscar Lomax refers to Michael Fry as "Tealeaf", from tea leaf the rhyming slang for thief, due to the miscreant past of the latter.

From Quiz "Pee Wee's Playhouse"

Answer: Door

The secret word in this episode is said 6 times. Conky gives Pee-Wee the secret word at the beginning of each episode. Whenever anyone says the secret word, everyone in the playhouse sreams as loud as they can.

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