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179 free The Brady Bunch trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
50 free The Brady Bunch trivia questions with answers. How well do you know the Brady family? Whether you're a devoted fan of the classic 1970s sitcom or just discovering this beloved show, our Brady Bunch trivia quiz will test your knowledge of characters, memorable episodes, and iconic moments. Challenge yourself with 179 questions and find out if you're a true Brady Bunch expert!
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Q 01What stage name did a talent agency give Greg as a would-be pop star?
Johnny Bravo
Johnny Bravo was the name the agency gave Greg in the season-five episode 'Adios, Johnny Bravo'; he quit when he learned they only wanted him because he fit the suit.
Q 02Who played the role of the housekeeper, Alice Nelson?
Ann B. Davis
Ann B. Davis played Alice as the zany one, because the producers wanted a balance between a comic housekeeper and a calm, grounded Carol.
Q 03How do the Brady boys and girls settle who gets to spend the family's trading stamps?
A house-of-cards contest
A house-of-cards contest decides it: the boys want a rowboat and the girls a sewing machine, and when the girls win they settle on a portable colour television for everyone.
Q 04What was the name of the family's dog?
Tiger
Tiger was the Bradys' dog, seen mostly in the first season; his doghouse stayed in the backyard for the whole run even after he stopped appearing.
Q 05What does Mike install at home to teach the kids a lesson after a huge telephone bill?
A pay phone
A pay phone: the plan nearly backfires when Mike is forced to use it himself to close a business deal.
Q 06What was the name of Alice's boyfriend, played by Allan Melvin?
Sam Franklin
Sam Franklin appears in only eight episodes across all five seasons; he and Alice get engaged in the final season, and by the 1981 reunion movie they are already married.
Q 07In the pilot, where do Mike and Carol end up taking all six children, Alice and the pets?
On their honeymoon
On their honeymoon: after scolding the children when the pets wrecked the backyard wedding, the guilty newlyweds turn back and collect all six, plus the housekeeper, the dog and the cat.
Q 08Fed up with being compared to Marcia, what of her sister's does Jan dump in the closet?
Her trophies and awards
Her trophies and awards go into the closet as Jan wails 'Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!'; she then wins an essay prize of her own, only to own up that a scoring error gave it to her.
Q 09What was the name of the oldest Brady son?
Greg
Greg was the eldest of the Brady boys, often seen navigating teenage life and aspiring to be a musician.
Q 10How many seasons did The Brady Bunch originally run?
Five
The series aired for five seasons, from autumn 1969 to spring 1974, before the network declined to order a sixth.
Q 11Which actress played Carol Brady?
Florence Henderson
Florence Henderson played Carol Brady; she came to the sitcom from Broadway musicals and had toured the country as Maria in The Sound of Music before being cast.
Q 12When Mike considers selling the Brady house, how do the children drive buyers away?
They pretend it is haunted
They pretend it is haunted: the children had complained the house was too small, but once Mike agrees to sell they play ghosts to scare off the first buyer, and he sees how much they love it.
Q 13The exterior shots of the Brady house were filmed in which Los Angeles neighbourhood?
Studio City
Q 21The Brady house exterior was used for establishing shots, but where were interiors filmed?
On a Paramount soundstage
Interiors were shot on a Paramount soundstage, Stage 5; the living room and staircase set was so familiar that other Paramount series borrowed it for episodes while the show was in production.
Q 22Which fairy tale on television convinces Bobby that stepmothers are wicked, so he decides to run away?
Cinderella
Cinderella sets him off: straight afterwards his new stepsisters tease him and Carol asks him to clean out the fireplace, so he starts packing a bag.
Q 23What makes Marcia sob that she is 'ugly, ugly, ugly' just before a school dance?
Her new braces
Studio City's real house looked nothing like the show inside and lacked a full second storey until a televised renovation rebuilt it to fit the familiar rooms.
Q 14Which song do the Brady kids perform on a TV talent show in "Amateur Nite"?
"It's a Sunshine Day"
"It's a Sunshine Day" is one of two songs the kids sing on the show; they need the prize money because Jan misread the price of engraving their parents' anniversary gift.
Q 15Why did Robert Reed sit out The Brady Bunch's finale?
He disliked the script
He disliked the script: Reed wrote a memo attacking the hair-tonic plot, and the producers answered by writing Mike out of what proved to be the last episode.
Q 16Which children's classic do the Bradys stage in their backyard to fund a gift for Cindy's retiring teacher?
Snow White
Snow White needs seven dwarfs, so the six kids are joined by Alice's boyfriend as Dopey, while Alice plays the wicked queen and eats the 'poisoned' apple in rehearsal.
Q 17Sherwood Schwartz conceived The Brady Bunch after reading a newspaper article about what social trend?
The prevalence of blended families
The prevalence of blended families struck him in a short Los Angeles Times filler on remarriages with children; no sitcom had been built around one, so he wrote it.
Q 18What was the name of the youngest Brady daughter?
Cindy
Cindy, played by Susan Olsen, was the youngest of the girls, known for her lisp and innocence.
Q 19Which pop idol guest-starred as himself in an episode about Marcia's fan-club crush?
Davy Jones
Davy Jones of The Monkees plays himself: Marcia had rashly promised he would sing at her school dance, and he comes through because he once wrote her a letter offering a favour.
Q 20In 'The Personality Kid', Peter's Humphrey Bogart impression turns which dinner menu into a catchphrase?
Pork chops and applesauce
Pork chops and applesauce is that night's dinner; told he has no personality, Peter borrows ones from old movies, then buys a joke book, only to find everyone knows the punchlines.
Her new braces crush her confidence, and her date cancels with a thin excuse; just before the dance he turns up after all, wearing braces of his own.
Q 24In the Hawaii episodes, what is Greg doing when the 'cursed' idol seems to cause his accident?
Surfing
Surfing: Greg wipes out while wearing the idol Bobby found on a construction site, and the boys decide they must return it to an ancient burial ground.
Q 25What was the name of the girls' cat, seen only in The Brady Bunch's pilot episode?
Fluffy
Fluffy was the girls' cat in the pilot, where the boys' dog chased her through Mike and Carol's backyard wedding and set off the chaos; she was never seen again.
Q 26What was the name of the actor who played Greg Brady?
Barry Williams
Barry Williams played Greg for all five seasons; when a real car accident cut his lip, the writers passed the scar off as a shaving mishap in a late episode.
Q 27What hits Marcia in the nose days before her date with the school hunk?
A football
A football thrown by Peter does it; hunk Doug then cancels with the same 'something suddenly came up' line Marcia had used to drop nice-guy Charley for him.
Q 28What type of business did Alice's boyfriend own?
Butcher shop
A butcher shop was his, and bowling was their usual date; the family once laid on a wedding reception after wrongly concluding the pair were about to elope.
Q 29Jan seems to be allergic to the family dog, but what is really making her sneeze?
His flea powder
His flea powder is the culprit, found just as the dog is about to be sent away; by then the girls, the boys, Alice and Mike had each secretly given him a bath.
Q 30What was Carol Brady's birth surname, from before her first marriage?
Tyler
Tyler was her maiden name: her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tyler, are guests at her wedding to Mike, and the name returns in the final season with her brother's son, Oliver Tyler.