Q 01/05

The first Kennedy-Nixon debate of September 1960 was held in the studios of WBBM-TV in which city?

A) New York

B) Washington

C) Chicago

D) Los Angeles

Answer · why

C) Chicago

Chicago. Nixon, weakened by a knee infection that had put him in hospital, sweated under the studio lights, and presidential nominees did not debate a...

Q 02/05

Which writer created Coronation Street, basing its fictional Weatherfield on Salford?

A) Ted Willis

B) Johnny Speight

C) Alan Plater

D) Tony Warren

Answer · why

D) Tony Warren

Tony Warren. Granada's founder Sidney Bernstein disliked the idea, but producer Harry Elton talked the company's sceptical bosses into a 13-episode ru...

Q 03/05

The Flintstones, launched on ABC in 1960, was the first animated series to do what?

A) Use a laugh track

B) Air in colour

C) Air in prime time

D) Feature a live guest star

Answer · why

C) Air in prime time

Air in prime time. Built like The Honeymooners to draw adults as well as children, it might have been set in ancient Rome, an idea its makers weighed ...

Q 04/05

The Andy Griffith Show was set in Mayberry, a fictional small town in which state?

A) South Carolina

B) Tennessee

C) Virginia

D) North Carolina

Answer · why

D) North Carolina

North Carolina. Andy Griffith's home town of Mount Airy, which many take for the real Mayberry, now holds an annual Mayberry Days festival in the show...

Q 05/05

The Andy Griffith Show originated from an episode of which comedian's sitcom?

A) Danny Thomas

B) Jack Benny

C) Phil Silvers

D) Red Skelton

Answer · why

A) Danny Thomas

Danny Thomas. In a 1960 episode of his sitcom, his character was arrested by a small-town sheriff played by Andy Griffith, and that try-out became a s...