Top Ten TV Trivia Quiz

Answer: Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman

"Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman" ran from 1993-1998. It starred Jane Seymour as Dr. Michaela (Mike) Quinn, a female medical doctor who accepted a job offer in the Colorado territory At first, she was not accepted but as she helped people, more and more people were willing to accept her as a doctor.

In the pilot episode, she became friends with Charlotte, a woman with three children whose husband had abandoned them. Charlotte was bit by a snake and Dr. Mike could not save her. Charlotte's dying wish was that Dr. Mike would take care of her children. So Dr. Mike inherited a family: Matthew (played by Chad Allen), Colleen(played by Erika Flores and then later by Jessica Bowman) and Brian (played by Shawn Toovey).

She also throughout her time in Colorado became good friends with Byron Sully (played by Joe Lando). Eventually, they fell in love and got married and had a child of their own whom they named Katherine (Katie) (played by the Calabrese triplets).

Answer: Touched By an Angel

"Touched by an Angel" ran from 1994-2003. It starred Roma Downey as Monica, the angel of truth, Della Reese as Tess, the angel with an attitude as well as the head angel of the three, and John Dye as Andrew, the angel of death. Sadly, in 2011 John Dye died at the age of 47 from heart related problems.

Answer: Cheers

"Cheers" ran from 1982-1993. It starred Ted Danson as Sam Malone, a womanizing, bar owner (who at one point lost his bar, but eventually got it back). It also starred for the first five years Shelley Long, as Diane Chambers, a pseudo-intellectual barmaid who dated off and on Sam Malone.

In her last episode, they were supposed to get married but she left him at the altar (so to speak, the wedding was held at Cheers not at a church) to go and finish writing her book. The rest of the show starred Kirstie Alley as Rebecca Howe, a neurotic gold digger who at one point was going to marry Robin Colcord (played by Roger Rees) but decided at the last minute not to because he was no longer rich.

Other stars include: Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd, George Wendt as Norm Peterson, Rhea Perlman as Carla Tortelli Lebec, early in the show Nicholas Colasanto as Ernie Pantuso (AKA Coach) Sadly, he passed away in the shows 4th season from a heart attack. Woody Boyd was brought in as the new bar tender), John Ratzenberger as Cliff Clavin, Kelsey Grammar as Dr. Frasier Crane, and Bebe Neuwirth as Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane.

Answer: Full House

"Full House" ran from 1987-1995. Danny Tanner (played by Bob Saget) had recently lost his wife Pam in a car accident. He had three children to raise: DJ (Candace Cameron Bure (then just Cameron), Stephanie (played by Jodie Sweetin), and Michelle (played by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen).

He asked for help from his brother-in-law Jesse (played by John Stamos) and his best friend Joey Gladstone (played by Dave Coulier). Together the three men learned how to raise three girls.

Answer: Mork and Mindy

"Mork and Mindy" ran from 1978-1982. Robin Williams played Mork, an alien from the planet Ork. He landed in Colorado and ended up living and eventually marrying Mindy (played by Pam Dawber). "Mork and Mindy" was a spin-off of the series "Happy Days". The first time we ever saw Mork he appeared at the home of Richie Cunningham (played by Ron Howard).

Answer: Frasier

"Frasier" ran from 1993-2004 and stared Kelsey Grammar as the title character. "Frasier" was a spin-off of "Cheers". Frasier moved to Seattle with his father, Martin Crane (played by John Mahoney) who was shot in the hip and had to retire as a police officer (interestingly on "Cheers" Frasier stated that both his parents were scientists and dead). Frasier is now a radio psychiatrist to which his brother Niles (David Hyde Pierce) did not approve of. Frasier hired a full time live-in physical therapist named Daphne (Jane Leeves) to help take care of Martin. Eventually Niles and Daphne ended up married to each other.

Answer: The Honeymooners

"The Honeymooners" ran from 1955-1956. Ralph Kramden (played by Jackie Gleason) was a bus driver on Madison Ave in New York City. His wife Alice (played by Audrey Meadows) was a homemaker who threatened to send to the moon because they would fight over his crazy schemes that he would always come up with, or his stubbornness such as in the episode in which he refused to pay a rent increase. Art Carney played his neighbor and best friend, Ed Norton and Joyce Randolph played Norton's wife, Trixie.

Answer: Punky Brewster

"Punky Brewster" ran from 1984-1988. Punky Brewster (played by Soleil Moon Frye) was abandoned with her dog Brandon (played by Sandy) in a store parking lot. She went to an empty apartment that was owned by Henry Warnimont (played by George Gaynes) who found her and ended up taking her in. Cherie Johnson (Played by Cherie Johnson) was her best friend. Allen (played by Casey Ellison) was another friend from school.

Answer: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In

"Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" ran from 1967-1973. It was a variety show and featured characters such as Ernestine the telephone operator played by Lily Tomlin and Wolfgang the German soldier played by Arte Johnson. Dan Rowan and Dick Martin were the hosts. Martin was the funny man to Rowan's straight man.

Answer: Green Acres

"Green Acres" was the story of a man named Oliver Wendell Douglas (played by Eddie Albert) and his wife Lisa (played by Eva Gabor) who moved from New York City to this little country town called Hooterville. Tom Lester played Eb Dawson their hired hand who thought of the Douglases as his parents and called them Mom and Dad much against Oliver's wishes. Mary Grace Canfield played Ralph along with Sid Melton who played her brother Alf were carpenters hired to fix up the Douglas' home.

They were not very good at their job and nothing ever actually got fixed. Hank Patterson played Mr. Ziffle another farmer in Hooterville who owned the TV watching pig Arnold (who was played by many pigs as the pigs grew too big for the role). Oliver dreamed of being a farmer but was not very good at it and was always complaining about things in Hooterville and how people did certain things. Meanwhile, his wife Lisa, hated leaving New York City but made all the friends in Hooterville and fit in better than her husband did.