All Good Things Must Come to an End Quiz

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1. This show combined science fiction with western. The series took place in the early 26th century. The final episode to be produced was about a bounty hunter coming aboard the ship. What was the name of this show, which took its name from the class of the spaceship?

Answer: Firefly

"Firefly" was set on a Firefly-class shipped named Serenity, which was named after the location of a battle fought in by the main character Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds (played by Nathan Fillion). The show only lasted one season, which consisted of 14 episodes (only eleven of them aired), and most of those episodes ran out of order, which made following the series hard to do.

When the series was released on DVD, it became popular, which allowed for a movie called "Serenity" to be produced.

2. This series was about a man who made a list of all the bad things he did. Over the course of the show, he tried to make up for each of them. The final episode involved this man finding out that he was the father of his ex-wife's oldest child. What was the name of this show?

Answer: My Name is Earl

"My Name is Earl" starred Jason Lee and Earl Hickey, a man who did many bad things over the course of his life. After getting hit by a car, he ended up in the hospital where he watched "Last Call with Carson Daly" talking about karma. It is then when Earl decided that karma was punishing him for the bad things he did. To make up for it, he made a list, initially composed of 259 items, and planned to cross them off one at a time. Along the way he would be helped by his brother, Randy. The show ran for four seasons before being cancelled.

The series finale ended on an unresolved cliffhanger.

3. This comedy was presented as a documentary showed the lives of people who worked in a paper business called Dunder Mifflin. The final episode, which took place a year after the previous episode, included the marriage of two office workers and the return of a previous main character. What was the name of this comedy?

Answer: The Office

"The Office" was shot as a documentary that initially showed the life of the Dunder Mifflin employees. Later, it showed their lives outside the office. The series consisted of an ensemble cast, totaling approximately 20 characters throughout its run.

The show ran for nine seasons before ending (the last two being without its lead actor, Steve Carell as Michael Scott). Within the series, the documentary was filmed for most of the nine years before airing it on television. In the final episode, Michael Scott returned to the best man between two office workers: Dwight Schrute (who was manager of Dunder Mifflin at the time) and Angela Martin (who had divorced her previous husband after learning he was gay).

4. This show revolved around seven people stranded on an uncharted island. (The photo to the left provides a hint to the name of the ship they travelled on.) The final episode was about natives who came to the island in search for a goddess to marry. One of the male main characters dressed up as a woman in an attempt to pretend to be this goddess. What was the name of this show?

Answer: Gilligan's Island

"Gilligan's Island" starred Bob Denver as Gilligan and Alan Hale as the Skipper. The two of them worked on board a charter boat called the SS Minnow. Due to a storm, the ship went off course and landed on an uncharted island stranding Gilligan, the Skipper, and the five passengers. Most episodes revolved around struggling to live on the island, people coming to the island, or failing in an attempt to get off the island (usually due to the clumsiness of Gilligan). "Gilligan's Island" ran for three seasons before being cancelled.

It was followed by three made-for-TV movies, which finally saw them return to civilization.

5. This show lasted only one season and took place on a ship. The sixteen pirates had to search for buried treasure, which totaled $1,000.000. In the end, a contestant named Ben won the final prize of $500,000 over a fellow contestant named Christa. Which reality show was this?

Answer: Pirate Master

"Pirate Master" was a reality show that only lasted one season. The goal was to find the lost treasure of Zanzibar, which was owned by Captain Henry Steele. Over the course of the series, the pirates would be divided into two teams and find buried treasure.

The amount varied, but the total came out to be $1,000,000. Half of that was found in the last treasure chest, hidden by Captain Steele himself. In the end, Ben Fagan, a 23-year old musician, found the final treasure before Christa DeAngelo, a 29-year old stay-at-home mom, and not only won the $500,000 but the title of Pirate Master. The show was cancelled after one season due to low ratings.

6. This show involved a vampire, approximately 80 years old, who worked as a private investigator. In the finale, a vampire is caught by the police and threatened to release the name of every vampire in Los Angeles unless the aforementioned vampire rescued her from going to jail. What was the name of the show?

Answer: Moonlight

Alex O'Loughlin starred as Mick St. John in the short-lived television show "Moonlight". Mick was an 80-year old vampire who was sired by his wife, Coraline, on their wedding night. Unlike other vampires in the "Moonlight" series, Mick had an ethical code and didn't drink human blood.
In the final episode of the series, Mick, with the help of some of his vampire friends, saved a vampire named Emma from going to jail. Despite this, a list of vampires in Los Angeles was sent to the assistant district attorney.
Moonlight was cancelled after one season (and sixteen episodes) due to low ratings, most likely a result of the 2007-2008 writers' strike. Because of this, no information regarding who was behind the list was revealed.

7. This show was about a witch who lived with her two aunts. Throughout the series, this witch had to learn to control her powers and not use it for every little thing. In the final episode, she was about to get married to her fianc� but realized during the wedding ceremony that she didn't really love him. What show was this?

Answer: Sabrina the Teenage Witch

"Sabrina the Teenage Witch" starred Melissa Joan Hart in the role of Sabrina Spellman. The show ran for seven seasons before being cancelled due to low ratings. It was based on the comics of the same name. The first four seasons dealt with high school, the next two dealt with college, and the final season involved her post-college.

While at her job as a magazine writer, she met Aaron Jacobs who she was set to marry. However, at the wedding ceremony, she realized it was her high school sweetheart, Harvey Kinkle, who she really loved.

She called off the wedding and met Harvey afterwards.

8. This series involved a wedding on an island where a series of murders took place before the series started. In each episode, at least one person died. In the final episode, the son of the original murderer (who himself was a murderer), who had a crush on one of the members of the wedding, kidnapped her in an attempt to be with her forever. However, she killed him. What show was this?

Answer: Harper's Island

"Harper's Island" was a murder mystery series lasting for one season and thirteen episodes. Patricia "Trish" Wellington and Henry Dunn were set to be married on Harper's Island when a series of murders took place. There was discussion on whether it was John Wakefield, the man who went on a killing spree several years before. In the end, it was revealed that Henry Dunn was John Wakefield's son and both of them had been killing other members of the wedding party along with residents of the island. Henry did all of this so he could be with his childhood crush, Abbey Mills. In the end, Abbey killed Henry (with Henry killing John Wakefield beforehand).
In the end, only four people were confirmed to have survived: Abbey Mills, Jimmy Mance (Abbey's boyfriend), Shea Allen (sister to the bride, Trish), and Madison Allen (Shea's daughter).
The show was cancelled due to low ratings.

9. This comedy is about a family consisting of three boys, their mother, and their accident-prone father who hosts a tool show. In the final three-part episode, the mother is offered a job in a different state and the family was faced with the decision on whether to move or not. What show was this?

Answer: Home Improvement

"Home Improvement" starred Tim Allen as the accident-prone Tim Taylor, the host of a cable tool show called "Tool Time". With his wife Jill, he raised three boys: Brad, Randy, and Mark. Tim was known for messing up simple jobs because of his desire to modify the objects used, often by using more power. Jill was originally a house-wife until she decided to go to college and get a degree in psychology.

She became a therapist and was offered a job in Indiana. The decision had to be made on whether to move to Indiana (they originally lived in Michigan) or not.

The series ended (intentionally) without revealing the fate of the decision. The show aired eight seasons before ending its run.

10. This police show involved a man working as a consultant for the San Francisco Police Department. The final episode involved the titular character discovering who murdered his wife a few years prior to the start of the series. Which show was this?

Answer: Monk

"Monk" starred Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk, the defective detective, as some people referred to him. Prior to the series, Monk was one of the best cops in the police department. When his wife, Trudy, died as a result of a car bomb, he had to be discharged from the police force, and his obsessive compulsiveness greatly increased, so much so that he rarely left his house (at least until the series began) and required a nurse to take care of him. During the series, Monk worked as a consultant helping solve crimes when the police were stumped. The show lasted for eight seasons before ending its run.

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