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Are You Up on Your Classics? Trivia Quiz

How well do you remember the classics? This quiz focuses on some "modern" classic T.V. shows from the seventies and eighties.

A multiple-choice quiz by amyf2. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
amyf2

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
405,078

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which classic features the characters Louie, Alex, Bobby and Latka? Hint

Taxi

Hogan's Heroes

M.A.S.H.

Three's Company

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Question 2 of 10

2. One of the pioneers of modern day gritty crime dramas was set in an inner city during the 1980s and written by Stephen Bochco. Which was it? Hint

Hill Street Blues

Boston Public

Moonlighting

NYPD Blue

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which classic sitcom featured the characters Jack, Chrissy, Janet, and Larry? Hint

One Day at a Time

Three's Company

The Jeffersons

All in the Family

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Question 4 of 10

4. In the mid seventies, Bonnie Franklin starred in a CBS comedy based upon a single mother raising two teenaged daughters. Name the show. Hint

One Day at a Time

Step by Step

Three's Company

Full House

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Question 5 of 10

5. CBS aired a comedy series based on an African-American family struggling to survive in a poor inner city neighborhood. Name the show. Hint

The Brady Bunch

Good Times

Different Strokes

Sex and the City

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Question 6 of 10

6. "The Bob Newhart Show" was based on the life and patients of a popular Chicago cardiologist.

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. Name the comedy based on the lives of several students of an all girls New York boarding school, and their beloved housemother. The show is a spinoff of the popular "Diff'rent Strokes". Hint

The Facts of Life

Family Ties

Growing Pains

Family Matters

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Question 8 of 10

8. Name the 1980's medical drama that launched the career of several stars, including Mark Harmon, Howie Mandel and Ed Begley Jr. Hint

E.R.

New Amsterdam

Chicago Hope

St. Elsewhere

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Question 9 of 10

9. Based on a 1974 movie, Linda Lavin stars in a sitcom as a widowed waitress working to support her adolescent son in Arizona. Hint

Eight is Enough

Family Matters

Modern Family

Alice

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Soap" was a sitcom that ultimately led to a spinoff starring Robert Guillaume. That name of the spinoff was "Benson".

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which classic features the characters Louie, Alex, Bobby and Latka?

Answer: Taxi

"Taxi" was an ABC sitcom that ran from 1978 to 1982. It centered around a NYC taxi company and the lives of the cabbies. The series was a 18 time Emmy Award winner, and it jumpstarted the careers of several Hollywood superstars.

2. One of the pioneers of modern day gritty crime dramas was set in an inner city during the 1980s and written by Stephen Bochco. Which was it?

Answer: Hill Street Blues

"Hill Street Blues" was an NBC series that aired from 1981 through 1987. It won 8 Emmy awards in the debut season alone. The show focused on the lives of a single police unit in New York's Hill Street neighborhood. The innovations of the show influenced many future dramatic police dramas, including "NYPD Blue" and " Law and Order".

3. Which classic sitcom featured the characters Jack, Chrissy, Janet, and Larry?

Answer: Three's Company

"Three's Company" was an ABC series that aired from 1977 to 1984. It was based on the British sitcom, "Man About the House". The original cast lineup featured John Ritter, Suzanne Somers, and Joyce DeWitt. Centering on the adventures of three roommates, it ultimately led to two spinoffs, "The Ropers" and "Three's A Crowd".

4. In the mid seventies, Bonnie Franklin starred in a CBS comedy based upon a single mother raising two teenaged daughters. Name the show.

Answer: One Day at a Time

"One Day At A Time" aired from 1975 to 1984. Along with Bonnie Franklin, it also starred Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli. Developed by Norman Lear, the show won two Golden Globe awards, and an Emmy award. In 2017, Netflix produced a remake of the show, based on a Cuban-American family that lasted four seasons.

5. CBS aired a comedy series based on an African-American family struggling to survive in a poor inner city neighborhood. Name the show.

Answer: Good Times

"Good Times" was developed by Norman Lear and aired from 1974 to 1979. Starring John Amos and Jimmie Walker, it was the first American T.V. sitcom based on a two parent household. The show was a spinoff of "Maude", which was a spinoff itself, of "All In The Family". The program won several Golden Globe awards, and in 2006, it won a TV Land award.

6. "The Bob Newhart Show" was based on the life and patients of a popular Chicago cardiologist.

Answer: False

The main character of the CBS show was actually a psychologist. The show aired from 1972 to 1978 in front of a live audience. Starring Bob Newhart and Suzanne Pleshette, the show went on to be nominated for several Emmy and Globe awards, and in 2005 was presented with TV Land's Icon award.

7. Name the comedy based on the lives of several students of an all girls New York boarding school, and their beloved housemother. The show is a spinoff of the popular "Diff'rent Strokes".

Answer: The Facts of Life

"The Facts Of Life" was an NBC sitcom that aired from 1979 to 1988, which made it one of the longest running comedies of the 1980's. It starred Charlotte Rae as Edna Garret, the housemother, who was originally cast as the maid for the Drummond family from "Diff'rent Strokes".

The show launched the careers of Nancy McKeon, Lisa Welchel, Kim Fields, and Mindy Cohn. In 2011 the show was awarded TV Land's Pop Culture Icon award.

8. Name the 1980's medical drama that launched the career of several stars, including Mark Harmon, Howie Mandel and Ed Begley Jr.

Answer: St. Elsewhere

"St. Elsewhere" was an NBC drama that ran from 1982 to 1988. It was based on a rundown Boston hospital named St. Eligius, featuring the lives of young doctors and their teachers. Similar to "Hill Street Blues", "St. Elsewhere" paved the way for a new style of medical drama influenced in future dramas, like "E.R.", and "Gray's Anatomy".

9. Based on a 1974 movie, Linda Lavin stars in a sitcom as a widowed waitress working to support her adolescent son in Arizona.

Answer: Alice

Based on the movie "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", "Alice" was a CBS show that ran from 1976 to 1985. The main characters, Alice, Flo, Vera, and Mel, were employees at Mel's Diner, a local roadside diner. The show was noted for its surprise guest stars, including George Burns, Art Carney, and Desi Arnaz, among others.

Then show ultimately led to one spinoff, "Flo", starring Polly Holliday.

10. "Soap" was a sitcom that ultimately led to a spinoff starring Robert Guillaume. That name of the spinoff was "Benson".

Answer: True

"Benson" was an ABC series that ran from 1979 to 1986. The show was based on the life of an African-American butler, who is newly hired to be the head of household of a recently widowed Governor. In 1985, Robert Guillaume won an Emmy Award for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, for his role in "Benson".

Source: Author amyf2

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