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TV Cliffhangers Part 1 Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about the great cliffhangers in TV over the years. Good luck

A multiple-choice quiz by racemany2k. Estimated time: 7 mins.

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racemany2k

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7 mins

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Multiple Choice

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74,979

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. The 'Simpsons' has never been shy about parodying, well, everything. So, for its 1994-95 season finale, the prime-time 'toon skewered, yes, season finales with a 'Dallas'-esque 'Who Shot Mr. Burns?' Perhaps anticipating audiences take their cliffhangers very seriously, Bart wrote what on the school blackboard during the following season's opener? Hint

'Sue Ellen's sister did it.'

'Beware the one-armed man.'

'Twin Peaks never made any sense, either.'

'I will not complain about the solution when I hear it.'

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Question 2 of 10

2. To close out its 1984-85 season, 'Dynasty' dispatched much of the oil-rich Carrington clan to the republic of Moldavia for the royal wedding of Amanda (Catherine Oxenberg) and Prince Michael (Michael Praed). Everything went just peachy until--wouldn't you know it?--a bunch of rebel Moldavians crashed the party and shot up the place. Amid the flying ammo, exactly how many recurring characters ended up being killed? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. At the end of 'Felicity's' freshman season, our heroine (Keri Russell) was faced with choosing between not only two men--Noel (Scott Foley) and Ben (Scott Speedman)--but two summer vacations. What were Felicity's options? Hint

A flight to Berlin with Noel; a road trip to California with Ben

A flight to Paris with Noel; a road trip to Florida with Ben

A flight to California with Noel; a road trip to Amish country with Ben

A flight to London with Noel; a flight to Berlin with Ben

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Question 4 of 10

4. The question during the rerun summer of 1980 was, 'Who shot J.R.?' The answer is not as simple as you may remember. See, in order to throw nosy reporter types off the trail of the 'real' shooter, 'Dallas' producers filmed at least five who-did-it scenes. Which of these characters was NOT filmed doing in J.R.? Hint

Pam Ewing

Miss Ellie

Cliff Barnes

Kristin Shepard

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Question 5 of 10

5. When brave Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) sacrificed herself in the fifth season closer of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' to save the entire blinkin' world, she was fulfilling what prophecy? Hint

'Go ahead and jump'

'Death is your gift'

'Dawn is the key'

'Go toward the light'

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Question 6 of 10

6. In its shocking third-season closer, 'Star Trek: The Next Generation's' incorruptible Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) was 'assimilated' into the baddie Borg race. Faster than you can say 'Stockholm syndrome,' Picard was a walking, talking Borg. At episode's end, his own Enterprise was blasting away at Picard and his new 'friends,' certain to blow them to bits. Declaring himself leader of the alien race, Picard even gave himself a fancy new name. What was it? Hint

The Borg King

Locutus

Guinan

Dixon Hill

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Question 7 of 10

7. The potty-mouthed kids of 'South Park' closed out their first season contemplating a rather serious question: 'Who is Eric Cartman's father?' Because Cartman's mother--Mrs. Cartman, of course--was known as something of a friendly sort, which professional sports team was considered a DNA suspect? Hint

The 1977 New York Yankees

The 1989 Denver Broncos

The 1996 Colorado Avalanche

The 1995 Colorado Rockies

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Question 8 of 10

8. In The 'X-Files' seventh season finale, 'Requiem,' FBI man Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) goes missing--abducted by aliens, no less--at the site of his and Scully's first case. Name that UFO-a-rific city. Hint

Moses Lake, Washington

Vancouver, British Columbia

Bellefleur, Oregon

Roswell, New Mexico

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Question 9 of 10

9. When David Lynch's 'Twin Peaks' premiered on ABC in April 1990, it was hailed for reinventing the prime-time soap. True to form, it closed out its brief first season with a real bang-bang cliffhanger: Agent Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) gets shot! Untrue to form, how long did it take the series to reveal the trigger person? Hint

12 episodes

It never did

10 episodes

15 episodes

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the closing moments of a particularly gruesome Valentine's Day 2000 episode of 'ER,' perky med student Lucy Knight (Kellie Martin) and her cutie, Dr. John Carter (Noah Wyle), are stabbed by a schizophrenic patient. Who gets the grim task of discovering their bloodied bodies in the next episode? Hint

Nurse Hathaway

Dr. Weaver

Dr. Romano

Dr. Greene

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: 'I will not complain about the solution when I hear it.'

Despite Bart's plea, 'Simpsons' fans did complain about the solution when they heard it. Having Baby Maggie holding Mr. Burns' gun while it accidentally fired--right into his chest--didn't satisfy any cliffhanger junkies. Besides, the evil Burns recovered, so what was the point?

Answer: 2

All of the biggies (Blake, Alexis, Krystle) must have been wearing bulletproof vests (and makeup). They emerged from the Moldavian massacre with nary a scratch. Only short-timers Lady Ashley Mitchell (Ali MacGraw) and Steven Carrington's lover, Luke Fuller (future Once and Again star Billy Campbell), succumbed to their wounds.

Answer: A flight to Berlin with Noel; a road trip to California with Ben

Felicity chose to hit the highway with Ben, the boy she followed to NYU in the first place. The two have been together ever since. Well, there was that time Felicity kinda slept with Noel to start off the fourth season, but come on--a girl's gotta try to improve her ratings.

Answer: Pam Ewing

J.R.'s hated sister-in-law (Victoria Principal as principled Pam) was one of the few Dallas residents in the clear. Mary Crosby (as J.R.'s other hated sister-in-law, Kristin), Linda Gray (as estranged wife Sue Ellen), Ken Kercheval (as hated brother-in-law Cliff), Barbara Bel Geddes (as motherly Miss Ellie) and Jim Davis (as fatherly Jock) each took turns holding the smoking gun. Of course, the only character whose close-up made it to air was Kristin's, on November 21, 1980. That episode--watched by an audience of more than 41 million--remains the second most watched prime-time telecast in TV history.

5. When brave Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) sacrificed herself in the fifth season closer of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' to save the entire blinkin' world, she was fulfilling what prophecy?

Answer: 'Death is your gift'

In the episode called 'Intervention,' the mystical First Slayer offers Miss Summers that cheerful message. (Buffy's reply? 'Death is my gift...?') Never confused for long, the Buffster returned the very next episode (appropriately entitled 'The Gift') and high-dived off a tower to prevent the portals between dimensions from going all screwy. For her efforts, she got a nice tombstone, a new network in season number six and, of course, an eventual resurrection.

Answer: Locutus

Picard's Enterprise crew knew they were in for it when their fearless leader announced, 'I am Locutus of Borg. Resistance is futile.' Fortunately, it was the Borg's evil mission that proved futile. (Although they did survive the Enterprise's cliffhanger-making attack.) Commander Riker (Jonathan Frakes) eventually saved the day, and Locutus was disconnected from his headgear, allowing Picard to be Picard again.

This big, bad Borg trip would serve as the jumping-off point for the 1996 Next Generation flick 'Star Trek: First Contact.'

Answer: The 1989 Denver Broncos

Fortunately for the National Football League, the '89 Broncos were cleared in the Cartman case. So were Chief Running Water, Chef and the boys' teacher, Mr. Garrison. It turned out that Mrs. Cartman was Cartman's father, and that he and she was a hermaphrodite--albeit one who can't have children. So, if you have any idea who Cartman's biological mother might be, please alert the authorities.

Answer: Bellefleur, Oregon

Yes, it was way back on September 10, 1993, in the series pilot that Mulder and Scully first traveled to the fictional Bellefleur to investigate the mysterious death of a high school student (and give meat to the series pilot, natch). When they returned seven years later, it was for the purpose of writing off Mulder (and letting Duchovny go do movies, natch).

Answer: 15 episodes

While tube fans are used to waiting out the summer to learn whodunit and why, they're not used to waiting out the summer, fall and most of winter. Cooper was shot in May 1990. When he came to in September, for the second season premiere, he started seeing giants and kinda seemed to forget about finding his assailant. (Or maybe the writers just forgot...) It wasn't until much madness had passed that it was learned in February 1991 sawmill maven Josie Packard (Joan Chen) had fired at Cooper.

Answer: Dr. Weaver

Leave it to Weaver (Laura Innes) to draw the short straw. What followed was a real tearjerker: Carter almost loses a kidney but {survives;} Lucy develops a blood clot--and dies. In real life, Martin had wanted out--she was unhappy with her character and had recently married a lawyer who was based on the East Coast, far from ER's West Coast digs.

Source: Author racemany2k

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