Time for TV Trivia Quiz

Answer: Star Trek

Although previous shows contained White/Asian kisses, none received the attention of "Star Trek"'s kiss between Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura. NBC executives insisted that the actors' lips not touch, but both William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols later wrote that the kiss was real.

Answer: Henry Blake

"Abyssinia, Henry" was the final episode of the third season of "M*A*S*H". Lt. Col. Henry Blake was finally discharged and was on his joyous way home when he was killed in an aircraft crash. Henry Blake often used the phrase "Abyssinia" for "I'll be seeing you" - a slangy way to say goodbye.

Answer: Gunsmoke

"Gunsmoke" ran for nine years as a radio program, 1952-1961, and from 1955-1975 on television. James Arness (Marshall Dillon) and Milburn Stone (Doc Adams) were the only actors to last the entire TV run; Arness appeared in all 635 episodes, Stone in 628.

Answer: Married...With Children

The "Married...With Children" episode "Get Outta Dodge" had Al Bundy wanting to sell his car that had almost a million miles on it. Dodge offers him a TV commercial and new Dodge Viper if he can get the car to all 9s on the odometer, setting up farcical attempts to spoil this chance at good luck.

The scene with the bombers was deleted in syndicated airings shown after 9/11/01, but remains in the DVD compilations.

Answer: All In The Family

Sammy Davis Jr. played himself in this episode; he had left his briefcase in Archie's cab and visited the Bunker home to retrieve it. After getting the measure of Archie's bigotry, Sammy offered to pose for a photograph with him. At the moment the picture was snapped, Sammy kissed Archie - on the cheek - leading to such a prolonged laugh session from the studio audience that it had to be severely edited for syndication.

Answer: Jumped the shark

Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli wore his signature leather jacket and swim trunks while water skiing, and jumped over a shark. This was a popular "Happy Days" episode, and the show continued for another seven seasons afterwards. Radio personality Jon Hein popularized the use of "jumped the shark" to indicate when something changes for the worst.

Answer: Jack Ruby shooting Lee Oswald

Taken into police custody for the November 22nd assassination of JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald was in the custody of Dallas police when he was gunned down by Jack Ruby. Ruby was convicted of murder and sentenced to death; granted a new trial on appeal, he died of natural causes while in jail awaiting the new trial.

Answer: U.S. hockey team beat the USSR

"The Miracle on Ice" at the 1980 Olympic games in Lake Placid, NY was a great boost for the U.S. after a horrible decade following Watergate, the Oil Embargo, the Vietnam War and the Iranian Hostage Crisis. The U.S. team, made up of amateurs and college players, was a severe underdog but persevered to win the gold medal against Finland; the Soviets had won it in six of the previous seven Olympics.

Answer: Miniseries

Although not the first miniseries, Alex Haley's "Roots: The Saga of an American Family" certainly popularized the format. What makes these programs "mini" is that they usually air in less than the 13 episodes of a typical TV show season.

Answer: Thrilla in Manila

The Thrilla in Manila was the third and final match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, who had a bitter rivalry for years. The ever-poetic Ali inspired the event's name by bragging of a "Killa and a Thrilla and a Chilla, when I get that gorilla in Manila."