Place Settings Trivia Quiz

Answer: Soap

Both are set in Connecticut (Hartford and Dunn's River).

"Judging Amy" (1999-2005) starred Amy Brenneman as a corporate lawyer who moves back to Hartford, Connecticut to serve as a family court judge.

"Soap" (1977-1981) was a wacky parody of daytime soap operas, set in the fictional town of Dunn's River, Connecticut.

Answer: Necessary Roughness

Both are set in Georgia (Hazzard County and Atlanta).

"Dukes of Hazzard" (1979-1985) was set in Hazzard County where them "good old boys", Luke and Bo Duke, ran roughshod over the law.

"Necessary Roughness" (2011-2013) was about a New York psychotherapist who moves to Atlanta to help counsel the players of a professional football team.

Answer: Married...with Children

Both are set in Illinois (Lanford and Chicago).

"Roseanne" (1988-1997) was about the blue-collar Conner family who lived in Lanford, Illinois.

"Married...with Children" (1986-1997) starred Ed O'Neill as Chicago shoe salesman Al Bundy, with his equally dysfunctional wife, Peg, and their kids, Kelly and Bud.

Answer: I Dream of Jeannie

Both are set in Florida (Gulfhaven and Cocoa Beach).

"Cougar Town" (2009-2015) featured Courteney Cox as a divorced mother in Gulfhaven who must face going back into the dating pool.

"I Dream of Jeannie" (1965-1970) was an old sitcom with astronaut Tony Nelson finding a bottle with a genie in it in Cocoa Beach, Florida.

Answer: Psych

Both are set in California (San Jose and Santa Barbara).

"The Good Doctor" began airing on September 25, 2017, and features Freddie Highmore as a young autistic surgeon in San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital.

"Psych" (2006-2014) has Shawn Spencer pretending to be a psychic who aids the Santa Barbara police in solving crimes.

Answer: Rick and Morty

Both are set in the state of Washington (both in Seattle).

I went with the oldie "Here Come the Brides" (1968-1970) about loggers in the Washington Territory and their efforts to find wives.

"Rick and Morty" is an animated series which first aired in 2013, and deals with brilliant scientist Rick Sanchez who teams up with his not-too-bright grandson, Morty, to go on adventures across the universe.

Answer: House, M.D.

Both are set in New Jersey (New Brunswick and Plainsboro).

"Charles in Charge" (1984-1990) starred Scott Baio as a college student in New Brunswick who gets a job as a live-in housekeeper and caretaker.

"House, M.D." (2004-2012) had Hugh Laurie playing the brilliant but irascible diagnostician Gregory House at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.

Answer: St. Elsewhere

Both are set in Massachusetts (Capeside and Boston).

"Dawson's Creek" (1998-2003) was about the lives and loves of teenagers living in Capeside, Massachusetts, e.g., Dawson, Pacey and Joey.

"St. Elsewhere" (1982-1988) was a medical drama about the doctors and patients at St. Eligius Hospital in Boston (or was it).

Answer: Alice

Both are set in Arizona (Grover and Phoenix).

I went way back for "Sky King" (1951-1962), an early show about rancher and pilot Schuyler King who uses his plane to catch criminals in Grover, Arizona.

"Alice" (1975-1985) starred Linda Lavin as a widowed, wannabee singer who winds up working in Mel's Diner in Phoenix. Arizona.

Answer: Dark Shadows

Both are set in Maine (Cabot Cove and Collinsport).

"Murder, She Wrote" (1984-1996) had Angela Lansbury playing crime-solving author Jessica Fletcher in Cabot Cove, Maine.

"Dark Shadows" (1966-1991) was a daytime Gothic soap opera about rich Barnabas Collins and the unusual happenings in Collinsport, Maine.

Answer: American Dad!

Both are set in Virginia (Jefferson County and Langley Falls).

"The Waltons" (1971-1981) was the heart-warming story of the Walton family of Jefferson County and their struggles through the Depression era.

"American Dad!" is a Seth MacFarlane animated comedy from 2005 about CIA agent Stan Smith, his life and his family in Langley Falls, Virginia.

Answer: The Office

Both are set in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Scranton).

"Boy Meets World" (1993-2000) was a comedy about teenager Corey Matthews (Ben Savage) and his life and loves, set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"The Office" U.S. version (2005-2013) was about the weird characters inhabiting the office of Dunder-Mifflin in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Answer: Picket Fences

Both are set in Wisconsin (Point Place and Rome).

"That '70s Show" (1998-2006) was about a typical group of teenagers who hung out in Eric Forman's basement in the 1970s in Point Place, Wisconsin.

"Picket Fences" (1992-1996) was a David E. Kelley drama about life in the small town of Rome, Wisconsin, featuring the sheriff, his doctor wife and some unusual occurrences.

Answer: Clifford the Big Red Dog

Both are set in Vermont (rural, possibly Norwich and Birdwell Island).

"Newhart" (1982-1990) revolves around self-help author Dick Loudon who buys the Stafford Inn in rural Vermont and must deal with some very unusual neighbors.

"Clifford the Big Red Dog" (2000-2003) was an animated series based on the 1963 book by Norman Bridwell; the setting was on Birdwell Island, Vermont.

Answer: State of Grace

Both are set in North Carolina (Mayberry and Ashmore).

"The Andy Griffith Show" (1960-1968) was about widowed sheriff Andy Taylor and his life in Mayberry with Aunt Bee, Opie and Barney Fife.

"State of Grace" (2001-2004) was about two 12 year old girls from different religious backgrounds, growing up in the 1960s in Ashmore, North Carolina.