You Saw It Here First! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Captain Video and His Video Rangers

"Captain Video and His Video Rangers" is a science fiction TV series that ran from June 27, 1949, and April 1, 1955. Like "Superman", the Video Rangers fought for truth and justice. They were responsible for the safety of all human colonies on all planets in the solar system.

Answer: The Cisco Kid

"The Cisco Kid" is an American Western television series starring Duncan Renaldo as Cisco and Leo Carrillo as his sidekick Pancho. The show ran from 1950 to 1956. Much like "The Lone Ranger" Cisco and Pancho helped out poor desperate people and fought bad guys. Instead of killing bad guys, Cisco would usually just shoot the gun out of the bad guy's hand and capture him.

Answer: All in the Family

During the first season of "All in the Family" in 1971, in one of the episodes, Edith is talking to Archie from downstairs trying to get him out of the bathroom. After the conversation, you hear a loud toilet flush sound and then Archie comes downstairs.

Answer: Captain Kangaroo

"Captain Kangaroo" is a children's television series that ran from 1955 till 1984. It featured Bob Keeshan as the Captain and Hugh "Lumpy" Brannumas as his sidekick Mr. Green Jeans. The show also featured a variety of costumed characters such as Grand Father Clock, Dancing Bear, Mr. Bunny Rabbit, and Mr. Moose.

Answer: Leave It to Beaver

"Leave It to Beaver" is a TV sitcom that ran from 1957 to 1963. It stars Jerry Mathers as Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver. and Tony Dow as Beaver's older brother Wally. In the episode "Captain Jack", the boys try to raise an alligator in their bathroom and in one of the scenes, the toilet tank is seen.

Answer: Star Trek

On April 6, 1967, on an episode of Star Trek the original series, Captain Kirk uttered the words "Let's get the hell out of here!". The episode was called "City on the Edge of Forever" and was a time travel episode co-staring Joan Collins. In the episode, a sick Dr. McCoy jumps through a time portal and changes history. Kirk and Spock have to follow him through the portal to correct what McCoy did in order to restore the timeline.

Answer: Star Trek

In an episode of Star Trek called "Plato's Stepchildren", that aired on November 22, 1968, Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) shared the first interracial 'lips to lips' kiss on a TV series. Some say that the first real interracial kiss occurred in 1966 between Robert Culp and Eurasian actress France Nuyen on the TV series "I Spy".

Answer: Herman's Head

On November 17, 1991, Fox Broadcasting Company became the first national broadcast TV network to run a paid condom commercial. The commercial ran for fifteen seconds on the situation comedy series "Herman's Head".

Answer: Rich Man, Poor Man

"Rich Man, Poor Man" is a nine part mini-series that first aired from February 1 to March 15, 1976. The show spanned the period from 1945 through the late 1960s and is about two brothers who took different paths in life. One brother became wealthy and went into politics and the other tried his hand at professional boxing.

It starred Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, Susan Blakely, Ed Asner, Dorothy McGuire, and Robert Reed.

Answer: Saturday Night Live

In 1981, during a "Who Shot J.R." skit on the live comedy show "Saturday Night Live", new comer comedian Charles Rocket said the F word on-air and was quickly fired mid-season.