TV Decade - The 1960s Trivia Quiz

Answer: His cousin Pearl

Pearl (played by Bea Benaderet) talked Jed (Buddy Ebsen) into moving out to California after he struck oil. She kept an eye on his place and made an occasional visit to the big city to see her son, Jethro (Max Baer, Jr.).

Answer: Carl Reiner

Though Dick Van Dyke would play the role of Robert Petrie on "The Dick Van Dyke Show", the character's creator, Carl Reiner, played him in the original pilot.

Answer: "Concentration"

Although much of the television industry had migrated to California at the time, New York was still considered the hotbed of the medium. Both "The Tonight Show" and "Concentration" were produced in the Big Apple, allowing Downs to pull double duty long before Regis Philbin did it.

Answer: Both CBS and NBC

The first Super Bowl marked the only time in its history that it was carried by two television networks simultaneously. At that time, CBS carried NFL games and NBC carried AFL games. After that, the two networks alternated Super Bowl coverage until 1985, when ABC broadcast the game for the first time.

Answer: Kravitz

Despite her best efforts to be discreet with her magic, Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) doesn't quite escape the prying eyes of Gladys Kravitz (played by Alice Pearce and Sandra Gould). Lucky for Samantha that Gladys's husband, Abner (George Tobias), never paid her any attention.

Answer: Architect

Before playing the long-suffering Wilbur Post, Alan Young won an Emmy for his Los Angeles-based variety show in 1950. Allan "Rocky" Lane, a popular western star, lent his voice to the mild-mannered horse.

Answer: Bill Cullen

The first incarnation of "The Price Is Right" ran on NBC from 1956 until 1963, with Bill Cullen at the helm. Cullen stayed with the series when it moved to ABC and ran two more years. Don Pardo, best known as the original announcer of "Jeopardy!", worked on "Price" as well.

Answer: Wyoming

Based on the novel by Owen Wister, "The Virginian" was the first ninety-minute western series on television. As the title character, James Drury survived four different owners and one title change (to "The Men From Shiloh") during the show's nine-year run, 1962-1971, on NBC.

Answer: Battle of Bitter Creek

Though Chuck Connors enjoyed a five-year run as Lucas McCain on "The Rifleman", he wasn't able to translate that success to "Branded". The story of the dishonorably discharged McCord, the sole survivor of the battle, lasted only one season.

Answer: A Harlem Globetrotters exhibition

The Hall of Fame Harlem Globetrotters provided an appropriate tipoff to CBS's long-running weekend sports anthology series, which has featured such sports as boxing, skiing,and cycling. "Sports Spectacular" premiered one year before "ABC Wide World of Sports".

Answer: Seaview

Based on a feature film of the same name, "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" was created by disaster-film guru Irwin Allen. The show ran for four seasons, 1964-1968, on ABC.

Answer: Robert Reed

The 1960s were good to Robert Reed, who played opposite E.G. Marshall in this highly acclaimed CBS series. After "The Defenders" went off the air, Reed went on to play on "Mannix" and "The Brady Bunch".

Answer: He couldn't dance with a black woman.

Network brass thought that a scene of Scott dancing with a black woman--specifically, Cicely Tyson--was not appropriate for the home viewing audience. As a result, Scott wouldn't appear again on a regular series for over two decades.

Answer: Ossie Davis

A versatile actor with numerous film and TV credits, Ossie Davis cannot claim to have been a member of the "Peyton Place" family. His long-time wife, Ruby Dee, was on hand as Alma Miles.

Answer: 1963

Sponsored by Mutual of Omaha, a midwestern life insurance company, "Wild Kingdom" spent eight years on NBC before moving to syndication in 1971. The original syndicated series wrapped in 1988. In 2002, "Wild Kingdom" was resurrected as a first-run series on cable.