Shhh! Please Be Quiet! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Seinfeld

Starting in 1989, "Seinfeld" featuring Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards and Jason Alexander aired for nine seasons. It was famously known as the 'show about nothing' since it had no central plot line as such with different episodes being like a 'day in the life' of the characters.

Answer: Lost

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"Lost" begins with a plane carrying passengers from Sydney to Los Angeles crashing on an island in the Pacific Ocean. While the show started off as an adventure series, supernatural elements were added to the plot as the story moved ahead. It received both critical as well as popular acclaim right from the first season and won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in its debut season.

Answer: Prison Break

Lincoln Burrows is sentenced to death for the murder of the brother of the Vice President of the United States. Convinced that his brother is innocent, Michael Scofield deliberately commits a crime so that he also gets entry into the high security prison. Once inside, the two brothers work together to escape.

Answer: Big Brother

"Big Brother" first aired in the Netherlands in 1999 with its popularity resulting in the format being adapted by numerous countries around the world including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil and India. The concept of the show is to take a group of random people and make them stay together in a house for long periods of time with little to no contact with the outside world.

The house is under surveillance around the clock and the contestants are made to wear mikes so that their conversations are recorded.

Answer: Castle

The series is named after one of the main characters, Richard Castle, who is a well known mystery novelist. When the police come across a murder that is believed to have been copied from one of his novels, he is called in to help them solve the crime. Fascinated by the working of the NYPD Homicide department, Castle soon manages to find a way to work together with Detective Kate Beckett as the two try to solve various crimes in the city.

Answer: Criminal Minds

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This series follows a team of agents from the Behavioural Analysis Unit of the FBI as they are called by different police departments across the country to help with their investigations. The team focuses on trying to narrow down the suspect by studying his/her behaviour and trying to predict the next move.

Answer: Mad About You

Set in New York City, "Mad About You" followed the daily highs and lows of newlywed couple, Paul and Jamie played by Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt. Hunt won the 'Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series' for four consecutive years for her role as Jamie.

Answer: Dexter

"Dexter" first started airing in 2006 and was adapted from the "Dexter" series of novels by Jeff Lindsay. Featuring Michael Hall in the titular role of Dexter Morgan, the show aired for eight seasons ending in 2013. Dexter was an orphan who had been adopted by a police officer. Realising that the little boy had strong tendencies to go on the wrong side of the law, the officer instead groomed him to go after those criminals the legal justice system was unable to convict. With a secret life as a serial killer of such criminals, Dexter also worked with the police department as a blood spatter analyst.

Answer: Full House

"Full House" was set in San Francisco and followed the life of the recently widowed Danny Tanner in his attempts to bring up his three daughters with help from his best friend, Joey and brother-in-law, Jesse. The cast included Bob Saget, John Stamos, Dave Coulier, Candace Cameron, Jodie Sweetin and the Olsen twins - Mary-Kate and Ashley.

Answer: Cheers

"Cheers" was set in a bar of the same name in the city of Boston. The show's famous tagline was "Where Everybody Knows Your Name", taken from the theme song. It was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for all its eleven seasons.

The popular sitcom "Frasier" was a spin-off of "Cheers" and followed the character of Frasier Crane, played by Kesley Grammer, as he relocated to Seattle, Washington.