TV Catch Phrases Trivia Quiz

Answer: Welcome Back, Kotter

"WBK" centered around a high school teacher, Gabe Kotter (Gabe Kaplan), assigned to teach remedial ed to "The Sweathogs", a bunch of underachievers. The irony is that Kotter was once a Sweathog himself, so he get a lot of teasing from his students and a lot of guff from the school administrator, Mr. Woodman (John Sylvester White).

The focus is mainly on four of Kotter's students - Vinny Barbarino (John Travolta), Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs), Juan Epstein (Robert Hegyes) and Arnold Horshack (Ron Palillo) who are always full of antics to disrupt class and sometimes even Kotter's personal life.

When caught in the act, Washington would utter his catchphrase in a suavely modulated voice.

Answer: Alice

Alice Hyatt (Linda Lavin) is a young widow who relocates to Phoenix, AZ with her son, Tommy (Philip McKeon). She gets a job as a waitress in Mel's Diner. There she has to contend with the crusty owner, Mel Sharples (Vic Tayback) and two other waitresses - Flo (Polly Holliday) and Vera (Beth Howland).

When given a hard time by Mel or a customer, Flo would fling it right back at them with her catchphrase.

Answer: Diff'rent Strokes

The premise of "Diff'rent Strokes" was that Phillip Drummond (Conrad Bain), a well-to-do man, takes in two African-American children, brothers Arnold (Gary Coleman) and Willis Jackson (Todd Bridges) when their mother unexpectedly dies. Their mother had been an employee of Drummond's. Arnold was a precocious child and didn't put up with any guff from his brother, Drummond or Drummond's daughter, Kimberly (Dana Plato).

When he suspected someone was telling him a tall tale, he would spout his catchphrase in a suspicious manner.

Answer: The Honeymooners

Almost everyone knows the premise of this classic early TV series. Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) lives with his wife Alice (Audrey Meadows) in a run-down New York apartment. Ralph scrapes out a living as a city bus driver. Always short on money, he dreams of one get-rich-quick scheme after another, only to have it backfire. On hand to offer support and take a lot of Ralph's misplaced frustration at his continued failures is Ralph's buddy, Ed Norton (Art Carney). Ralph also gets peeved at Alice when she points out his mistakes ("One of these days, Alice...Bang! Zoom! to the moon!" while shaking his fist at her).

However, in the end he always forgives her when her cooler head prevails and he shows his true affection for her with his catchphrase.

Answer: Columbo

Columbo (Peter Falk) was a dogged LAPD homicide detective who had an annoying way of getting clues from a major suspect. Seeming to be satisfied with suspect's answers and starts to leave, he's slowly turn around with a finger in the air, saying his catchphrase, usually indicating the denouement of the episode. What was unusual about the story lines was that the murder was shown at the beginning and the rest of the time was occupied by Columbo's efforts to piece together the clues and eventually trap the guilty party.

Answer: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

A spin-off of "The Any Griffith Show", "GPUSMC" followed the experiences of Marine recruit Pyle (Jim Nabors) as his good-natured efforts to please his drill sergeant often backfired, resulting in more trouble for Sgt. Carter (Frank Sutton). The premise mirrored the 1958 movie "No Time for Sergeants" which starred Griffith.

Whenever Gomer was amazed or surprised by events, his usual comments were "Shazam!" or "Gollyeeeee!".

Answer: Kojak

Another determined homicide detective was Theo Kojak (Telly Savalas) of the NYPD. In early episodes, Kojak was frequently shown smoking cigarettes, but when cigarette commercials were banned from American TV in 1971, Kojak substituted Tootise Roll lollipops which became the character's trademark, as well as his catchphrases - the one mentioned and "Cootchie-coo!"

Answer: Hogan's Heroes

The premise of "Hogan's Heroes" revolved around a group of WW2 Allied prisoners in a German POW camp, Stalag 13. Instead of trying to escape, they used their location to an advantage to spy on the Germans using hidden microphones in the commandant's office, disguises, radio communications and other espionage tactics. If they did escape, it was only to get valuable intelligence information to report to the Allies, for which they had to get back to the camp quickly. On hand was Sgt. Hans Schultz (John Banner), the easily duped guard. Anxious not to make waves and attract attention to himself, he would ignore any suspicious prisoner activity he happened top stumble on, muttering his catch phrase.

Answer: The Addams Family

"The Addams Family" wasn't the typical sit-com family of the 1960s. The theme song said it all..."They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky...". What they saw as "normal" was usually terrifying to visitors. They lived in a huge Victorian house filled with weird relics like a mounted swordfish with a human leg sticking out of its mouth, or a giant stuffed polar bear. Adding to the mayhem were Gomez and his wife, Morticia; children Pugsley and Wednesday; and extended family - Uncle Fester and Grandmama. Seeing to this family's needs was the seven foot tall butler, Lurch (Ted Cassidy), made up to look like Frankenstein's monster, who, when summoned by a deafening bell, would intone his catchphrase in a basso voice.

Answer: Get Smart

How anyone could be as accident prone and bumbling and still be employed as an agent for C.O.N.T.R.O.L., a secret espionage agency working for the good of the world, is one of those sit-com mysteries. Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) was just that, and a source of constant frustration to his boss, The Chief (Edward Platt).

When one of Smart's mishaps caused adversity or inconvenience to The Chief, Smart would quickly apologize with his catchphrase.