Unusual TV Workplaces Trivia Quiz

Answer: SSRN Seaview

"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" ran on ABC for four seasons from 1964 to 1968, making it the longest-running science fiction TV show of the 60s that had a regular cast. The "Seaview" was a futuristic nuclear powered civilian research submarine, that was also manned by Navy personnel and carried ballistic missiles and other armaments.

Answer: Funeral home

Herman Munster started out as a "box boy" at the funeral home in Mockingbird Heights. As he became more senior in the firm, he eventually earned the perk of a company car service: he was picked up by a hearse, which he entered by the back door and lay in like a corpse.

Answer: Los Angeles junkyard

Lamont was the son & business partner of Fred on "Sanford and Son". The show, and especially the character of Fred, was seen as a foil for the character of Archie Bunker of "All in the Family".

Answer: New York sewers

"The Honeymooners" followed the lives of the Cramdens (Ralph and Alice) and the Nortons (Ed and Trixie), neighbors in a New York apartment house. Ed Norton was a WW2 Navy vet and tried an office job but didn't like being in confined spaces, so he ends up working in New York's sewers as "Sub-supervisor in the sub-division of the department of subterranean sanitation, "I just keep things moving along".

Answer: Meth lab

Jesse was the sometimes unwilling partner of Walter White and other unsavory characters on AMC's hit show "Breaking Bad". Jesse was a student in Mr. White's high school chemistry class and later was one of the few survivors of the mad reign of his alter ego "Heisenberg".

Answer: Whispers Intimate Apparel

Piper Chapman is the lead character of the Netflix series "Orange is the New Black". Piper's longest-lasting legitimate paid work is sewing panties for the company Whispers, which contracted to use prisoner labor at a cost of $1 per hour.

Answer: Yankees front office

George, best friend of Jerry on "Seinfeld", had a variety of jobs but the most lucrative was in the front office of the New York Yankees baseball team. "Entertainment Weekly" magazine rated George as third best TV sidekick, after Robin from "Batman" and Ed McMahon from "The Tonight Show".

Answer: AM radio station

"WKRP in Cincinnati" was home to Venus Flytrap and a number of other personalities such as Dr. Johnny Fever and Les Nessman. Venus' backstory including service in Vietnam, deserting from the Army, teaching high school in New Orleans and being the soulful and ultimately cool station DJ.

Answer: Milwaukee brewery

"Laverne & Shirley" starred Penny Marshall as Laverne DeFazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney. Actors Michael McKean and David Lander starred as the girls' upstairs neighbors Lenny and Squiggy, who also work at the fictional Shotz Brewery.

Answer: Toy company

Peter Griffin is "The Family Guy", a controversial cartoon on the Fox Network. Peter is a crude, insensitive character who works as a safety inspector in a toy factory. After his boss dies, Peter gets his dream job in his favorite brewery.