Movin' On Up With "The Jeffersons" Quiz

Answer: George wanted to hire a maid

Louise was having trouble getting accustomed to living large while George was enjoying every minute of it. Florence was introduced at the end of the episode. She was a part-time member of the cast during the first two seasons and became a regular member and eventual star from the third season on.

Answer: He was petrified over how he would do on his new job

Lionel got a job as an electrical engineer at Teletex Electronics. He thought George expected him to better there than anyone, even though Louise assured him George would be proud if Lionel just did a fine job. Lionel was played by two different actors, Mike Evans and Damon Evans, who were not related.

Answer: Mother Jefferson

Lionel and Jenny were married in the 1976 Christmas episode. George made a fuss because Tom Willis, Jenny's father and George and Louise's upstairs neighbor, hired a white minister to perform the ceremony. Florence, the maid, and Mr.Bentley, who was George and Louise's British next door neighbor, were the witnesses, George's mother, Olivia Jefferson, did not attend for unexplained reasons.

Answer: Horseback riding

Raymond was George's obnoxious nephew who stayed with him and Louise for six weeks. He was played by Gary Coleman, who later played Arnold on "Diff'rent Strokes".

Answer: He wanted the warehouse Allan inherited

Tom and Helen Willis were an interacially mixed couple who lived upstairs from George and Louise and Allan was their white son. When Tom's father died, he left Allan a warehouse. George needed a new warehouse for a cleaning plant so he took Allan in after a fight with Tom. Allan eventually gave it to Louise and Helen for their Help Center.

Answer: He accused Louise of corrupting Florence and called her a sinner

Buzz Thatcher was deeply religious. He attended church daily, he abstained from drinking, swearing and rock and roll music. At the engagement party, Louise gave Florence a nightgown. Buzz believed that only sinful women wore such attire. Florence dumped him after this.

Answer: Martin Luther King Jr. was shot

George and Louise were recollecting April 4, 1968. George came home early from work announcing he was opening his first store. A white banker came to visit him and approve the loan. When George, Louise and Lionel went to the store George rented, a rioter broke the window announcing that King was killed.

The next day, the banker came back with the loan. He did, however, tell George we would give it to him only if George rents another store in a better neighborhood. The banker didn't approve of the Harlem store because he believed the rioters behaved like animals. George turned down the loan and threw the banker out.

Answer: Who shot G.R.

Florence's story was based on J.R. Ewing from Dallas. G.R.(George) was a mean, greedy tycoon who everyone hated. The would-be assassin was Flossie, Florence's character.

Answer: Powerhouse Watson

Powerhouse Watson was always beating up on George when they were kids. George found a list he made with all the promises we wanted to fulfill, including getting back at his old enemy. Louise went to the pool hall Watson currently owned to warn him but got beat up by his wife, Buffy, for her trouble.

Answer: They were getting divorced

Lionel's company transferred him to Japan for three years. On his return, he and Jenny announced there was a big surprise. Louise erroneously believed they were having another baby after their daughter, Jessica. Their announcement that they were breaking up caused a feud between the Jeffersons and the Willises.