Odyssey Through The Years Trivia Quiz

Answer: Family Portraits

The team at "Focus On The Family" was considering a radio drama, but first, they wanted to run a test program to see how the listening audience would respond. "Family Portraits" aired thirteen weekly episodes before "Adventures In Odyssey" was launched.

Answer: John Avery Whittaker

John Avery Whittaker, better known simply as Whit, was introduced in the first episode of "Family Portraits". He went on to serve as a long-standing main character on "Adventures In Odyssey" and is still there.

Answer: Alan Young

Hal Smith, who also played the role of Odis Campbell on "The Andy Griffith show", was the original voice of Whit, from the first episode until he died in 1994. While "Focus On The Family" searched for a new actor, the character Whit was sent on a two-year archaeological expedition. Paul Herlinger provided the voice of Whit from 1996 until his retirement in 2008.

He died in 2009 and was replaced by Andre Stojka, who still voices Whit in current episodes. Alan Young plays the role of Jack Allen, who was a stand-in for Whit between 1994 and 1996.

Answer: Whit's Flop

This is an episode about failure. Through one of his flop inventions, Whit teaches a young boy to keep trying even when he fails.

Answer: California

Connie Kendall is a longstanding main character on this show. She has been on since Episode 4, and she's always been voiced by the same person. Connie is not a Christian when she first moves to Odyssey, and throughout her early time on the show, she talks about moving back to California, which she eventually does in Episode 51, a two-part episode simply entitled "Connie".

Then she goes back to Odyssey earlier than expected, and in Part 2 of this episode, she becomes a Christian. This is a very touching episode.

Answer: cat

In this episode, Robyn Jacobs faces the task of taking care of someone's cat for a day. The title bares this cat's name, Boswell. At first, Robyn thinks she is going to be bored with only this cat for a whole day. But the episode gets very interesting once her friend Jessie is involved. Through a series of events, all three eventually get lost and end up sneaking into Tom Riley's truck, which happens to be passing by.

The truck leads them back to Odyssey. This episode is very funny. On a sidenote, sound engineer Bob Lutrell actually stayed in his studio with a cat for hours, just to get the right sounds for Boswell! Source: "The Complete Guide to Adventures In Odyssey"

Answer: It's a Wonderful Life

Husband and wife George and Mary Barclay are named for George and Mary Bailey, lead characters in "It's a Wonderful Life". Brother and sister Jimmy and Donna are named for the actors Jemmy Stewart and Donna Reed. And when a new addition to the family arrives in Episode 294, "Unto Us a Child Is Born", he is named Stewart Reed.

The Barclay's time on the show eventually culminates in the two-part episode, "It's a Pokenberry Christmas", 385 and 386which follows a similar plotline as the movie. Jimmy Barclay appears again in "Living In The Gray", Episodes 535 and 536.

Answer: Richard Maxwell

Regis is a rather dark character who intends to destroy Whit's End. He uses Richard Maxwell and his computer skills to help in the sinister plan.

Answer: Rodney Rathbone

The son of Bart Rathbone, Rodney is much older than most of the other kids. He's always making some sort of trouble for them.

Answer: The Electric Palace

Bart is known for shady business practices. Another sidenote: Blackgaard's Castle used to be located here in earlier episodes.

Answer: Normal

This is an episode where Donna confides to Connie Kendall that circumstances in her life have gotten too crazy, and she just wishes things were normal. The dog keeps digging through the trash at Whit's End. The Barclays adopt the dog, and Donna gives him the name Normal.

Answer: Eugene Meltzner

Eugene is the one who's always using those big words, and many Odyssey residents continually ask him to speak in plain English. Through most of his time on the show, he calls Whit Mr. Whittaker. Eugene is voiced by Will Ryan.

Answer: janitor

Bernard is a janitor and window washer. He sometimes tells the kids stories to help them out with a problem.

Answer: Jared DeWhite

Wow! Jared had some pretty wild theories, didn't he?

Answer: Lucy Cunningham-Schultz

Lucy is a reporter for both the Odyssey Times and the school newspaper, the Odyssey Owl.

Answer: Lisa

We are introduced to the Mulligans in Episode 377, "Just Say Yes". Lisa is blind. She loves animals but has trouble getting along with her cousin Nick, when the family takes him in.

Answer: cancer

"Karen" is a very touching episode that deals with childhood cancer and death. Yes, Karen dies. Donna Barclay takes care of Karen's cat, Ferguson. In Episode 163, , "A Model Child", a girl named Monica is starving herself

Answer: The Wizard of Oz

The title of this two-part episode is "The Great Wishy Woz".

Answer: Katrina

It took a long time for Eugene and Katrina to finally and certainly dicide to marry. They got married at the hospital bedside of Katrina's dying father.

Answer: The Imagination Station

Many episodes about events from history use the Imagination Station, and a character takes an adventure to that time and place to experience what it might have been like.

Answer: The Mortal Coil

This is a very intense episode. At one point, Eugene tries the new program, with disastrous results. Whit ends up unconscious in the hospital. Tom Riley lectures him about messing with something that is God's business alone.

Answer: Walter Shakespeare

Edwin is the twin brother of Regis. Although Regis and Edwin are twins, they are nothing alike. When Edwin first comes to town, all he wants to do is perform plays, but nobody believes he is who he says he is. They eventually come around. He and Shakespeare perform at the Harlequin Theatre.

Answer: The Jones and Parker Detective Agency

The Jones and Parker Detective Agency solves modern mysteries around Odyssey.

Answer: a role-playing game that involves magic

This is the episode "Castles And Cauldrons".

Answer: Wooton Basset

He wrote the comics while keeping his identity as the author secret, but the secret got out.