End of the Century TV Trivia Quiz

Answer: SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants was created by animator Stephen Hillenburg, who is also a marine biologist. It concerns the goings-on of SpongeBob and his friends in the underwater town of Bikini Bottom. It is one of the highest-rated shows the Nickelodeon channel has produced.

Answer: Full House

Danny Turner's wife died in a car crash so he enlisted the help of his best friend and his brother-in-law to help raise his three children. John Stamos starred in the series which ran from 1987 to 1995.

Answer: The Simpsons

An adult animated show, "The Simpsons" is about a family of five who live in a town named Springfield. Since almost every U.S. state has a town named Springfield we don't know exactly where it is supposed to be set. The show was created by Max Groening who named several of the dysfunctional family members after his own relatives.

Answer: Saved by the Bell

Mostly a sitcom, "Saved by the Bell" touched on serious issues, such as drug use and homelessness from time to time. It was a reworking of the Disney Channel's "Good Morning, Miss Bliss". Disney dropped it after thirteen episodes and NBC picked it up, changed the emphasis from teachers to students and brought it to sunny California.

Answer: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Set on space station Deep Space Nine, the third "Star Trek" iteration didn't go blasting through the cosmos but developed more interpersonal stories. As the station became the gatekeeper for the wormhole into the Gamma Quadrant the residents dealt with the explorers and nefarious characters it attracted. Avery Brooks starred as Starfleet Commander (later Captain) Benjamin Sisko, the first black actor to be the principal character in a "Trek" series.

Answer: Home Improvement

"Home Improvement" starred Tim Allen as a man who hosted a show called "Tool Time"; he was inept at their use. He and his wife Jill (Patricia Richardson) were also often inept at family life and called on their neighbor, Wilson Wilson (Earl Hindman) for help. Running from 1991 to 1999 the show was wildly popular, being at or near the top of the ratings each year.

Answer: Wings

Compulsive neatnik Joe and his erratic brother Brian ran Sandpiper Air, a one-plane airline that flew from Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Often it only flew to Hyannis, Massachusetts, 29 mi/46 km away. The show also featured some offbeat characters who worked at or hung around the airport. Though not a spin-off of "Cheers", it was produced by the same people so the "Cheers" actors sometimes appeared as their characters.

The show lasted for seven years and has been in reruns occasionally since then.

Answer: The Ren & Stimpy Show

"The Ren and Stimpy Show" featured off-color jokes, violence and sexual innuendo, often only in the mind of the crazed chihuahua Ren. Stimpy the cat was described as having a brain "the size of a peanut". The show developed a cult following and lasted from 1991 to 1995 on the Nickelodeon network.

Answer: Stargate SG-1

Based on the film "Stargate", "Stargate SG-1" was about a U.S. Air Force special operations team (SG-1) and others who used an alien device known as a stargate, part of a network of devices on several planets. As well as exploring, they defended against hostile aliens intent on getting to Earth.

The show was on the air for ten years, from 1997 to 2007 and spun-off two other versions as well as an animated series.

Answer: Coronation Street

Off to a shaky start, some doubted "Coronation Street" would last past its initial 13 episodes. Many of the characters strove to remain true to their small village roots while the world became more globalized. In 2010 it became the world's longest-running soap opera.