This Bewitched trivia quiz has 50 free questions with answers and covers all eight seasons of the ABC classic (1964-1972) and the sitcom's long afterlife. It starts with the things every fan knows - the nose twitch, 1164 Morning Glory Circle, McMann and Tate, Endora's contempt for 'Durwood' - and climbs toward the details that reward real devotion: why Dick York left mid-season five, which supporting actresses won Emmys after their deaths, where the only location shoot happened, and how Paul Lynde first appeared on the show before he was Uncle Arthur. There are questions on the cast beyond the show too: Elizabeth Montgomery's famous father and her Lizzie Borden connection, Agnes Moorehead's Citizen Kane roots, William Asher's I Love Lucy years, Dick Sargent's later activism, plus the Flintstones crossover, the Tabitha spin-off, the Salem statue and the Nicole Kidman film that critics hated. About a third of the questions are easy warm-ups; the rest are for people who can name both actresses who played Gladys Kravitz. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia and the primary sources it cites, and each explanation adds one more thing worth knowing.
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Q 01On which network did Bewitched air for its entire eight-season run?
ABC
It ran from September 1964 to March 1972 and was the network's number-one show in its first season, second overall only to Bonanza.
Q 02What is the Stephenses' street address?
1164 Morning Glory Circle
The show could never decide whether the suburb was Westport, Connecticut or Patterson, New York; the exterior was a reversed copy of the Gidget house on Columbia's backlot.
Q 03What is the name of the Madison Avenue advertising agency where Darrin works?
McMann and Tate
Larry Tate, Darrin's sycophantic boss, was played by David White for the entire run.
Q 04How does Samantha most often cast a spell?
Twitching her nose
The twitch had its own synthesized sound effect, which one critic singled out as a unique part of the show's soundtrack.
Q 05Who played Endora, Samantha's disapproving mother?
Agnes Moorehead
She had been one of Orson Welles's Mercury Players and appeared in Citizen Kane; the role brought her six Emmy nominations.
Q 06Which actor took over as Darrin for the final three seasons?
Sargent
Nick at Nite later celebrated the swap with a week-long 'Dueling Darrins Marathon'.
Q 07Dick York's back problems, which forced him off Bewitched, stemmed from an injury on which 1959 film?
They Came to Cordura
He collapsed on set in January 1969 while filming 'Daddy Does His Thing' and left after a long talk with William Asher.
Q 08How many Bewitched episodes were filmed without a Darrin at all after York's mid-season-five exit?
Eight
They were aired out of order among previously filmed episodes; earlier seasons had often sent Darrin 'out of town on business' to spare York's back.
Q 09Which animation studio produced the show's opening and closing credits?
Hanna-Barbera
The same studio later made the 1972 special Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family, and its Flintstones hosted a Samantha crossover in 1965.
Q 10Bewitched switched from black-and-white to colour starting in which year of its run?
Its third
For years syndicators skipped the two monochrome seasons entirely, believing viewers found them less appealing.
Q 11Who is credited as the creator of Bewitched, having written only the pilot?
Sol Saks
His inspirations were a 1942 film about a witch's romance and the play Bell, Book and Candle, both properties of Columbia, which owned the show's producer Screen Gems.
Q 12Rehearsals for the pilot began on November 22, 1963 - the day of what event?
The Kennedy assassination
Director William Asher knew Kennedy personally; he had produced the 1962 birthday gala where Marilyn Monroe sang 'Happy Birthday, Mr. President'.
Q 13Which Oscar-winning actor narrated the first episode, uncredited?
José Ferrer
Q 21Erin Murphy played young Tabitha, but for 18 early episodes she shared the role with whom?
Her fraternal twin sister
The twins were similar enough in size and looks to swap; Erin went on to play the role solo in 103 episodes.
Q 22The show's only location shoot, a 1970 witches' convocation arc, took the cast to which Massachusetts town?
Salem
The trip came about because the Stephenses' home set had burned in a fire; the episodes gave the sagging ratings a boost.
Q 23TV Land unveiled a statue of Samantha in Salem in 2005 to mark which anniversary of the show?
40th
Bernard Fox, Erin Murphy and Kasey Rogers were on hand along with William Asher.
Elizabeth Montgomery's father Robert had been asked first and turned it down.
Q 14In its first season, Bewitched was second in the ratings only to which show?
Bonanza
It aired Thursdays at 9 pm, sandwiched between My Three Sons and Peyton Place in ABC's strongest block.
Q 15Which two actresses won posthumous Emmys for their Bewitched roles?
Alice Pearce and Marion Lorne
Pearce won for Gladys Kravitz after dying in 1966; Lorne won in 1968 for Aunt Clara. William Asher took the show's other Emmy, for directing, in 1966.
Q 16Who took over the role of nosy neighbour Gladys Kravitz in 1966?
Sandra Gould
Ghostley was offered it first but declined out of respect for her friend Alice Pearce; she later joined the cast as the inept witch-nanny Esmeralda.
Q 17Aunt Clara, played by Marion Lorne, was a lovable witch whose spells kept going wrong for what reason?
She was losing her powers with age
Lorne only made her feature-film debut in her late sixties, in Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train.
Q 18Before he became Uncle Arthur, Paul Lynde first appeared on Bewitched in 1965 as what mortal character?
A nervous driving instructor
Harold Harold went over so well that Montgomery and Asher created the recurring role of Endora's practical-joking brother for him.
Q 19How many appearances did Paul Lynde make as Uncle Arthur?
Ten
Lynde is probably better remembered for sitting in the centre square on The Hollywood Squares from 1968 to 1981.
Q 20Under what fake name was Elizabeth Montgomery sometimes credited when playing Samantha's cousin Serena?
Pandora Spocks
Scenes with both cousins on screen used her stand-in Melody McCord.
Q 24Which car company sponsored the show for its first five seasons, its vehicles turning up in storylines?
Chevrolet
Co-sponsor Quaker Oats explains all the breakfast scenes; later sponsors included Kodak and Oscar Mayer.
Q 25Which rival NBC show, produced by the same studio, did Bewitched inspire?
I Dream of Jeannie
Both came from Screen Gems; the Bewitched living-room set even turns up in Jeannie episodes.
Q 26In 1965, Samantha and Darrin turned up as new neighbours on which animated series?
The Flintstones
York and Montgomery voiced themselves; the crossover was possible because both shows aired on ABC.
Q 27In the 1977 spin-off Tabitha, the grown-up Tabitha worked at a television station with which name?
KXLA
Lisa Hartman starred; the show ignored continuity by making Adam her older mortal brother, and it was cancelled after 12 episodes.
Q 28Who played the real witch cast as Samantha opposite Will Ferrell in Bewitched (2005)?
Nicole Kidman
Nora Ephron wrote and directed it; The New York Times called it 'an unmitigated disaster' and it lost $22 million domestically against its budget.
Q 29Samantha's actress was the daughter of which Hollywood star and director?
Robert Montgomery
She made her TV debut on his anthology series Robert Montgomery Presents and won a Theatre World Award for her 1956 Broadway debut.
Q 30How many Emmy nominations did Elizabeth Montgomery receive for playing Samantha?
Five
She also earned four Golden Globe nominations for the role, and later Emmy nods for A Case of Rape and The Legend of Lizzie Borden.