Q 01/05

I Love Lucy premiered in October 1951 on which network?

A) ABC

B) CBS

C) NBC

D) DuMont

Answer · why

B) CBS

It ran for 180 half-hour episodes over six seasons and was still the most-watched show in America when it ended in 1957.

Q 02/05

Where did the name of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's studio, Desilu, come from?

A) Their children's names

B) A Cuban dance rhythm

C) The couple's first names

D) The studio's street name

Answer · why

C) The couple's first names

Desilu later produced Star Trek, Mission: Impossible and The Untouchables, and Ball ran it herself after the divorce.

Q 03/05

What happens in the record-setting January 1953 I Love Lucy episode watched by 71.7 percent of TV homes?

A) The Ricardos move house

B) Ricky opens his own club

C) Lucy stomps grapes in Italy

D) Little Ricky is born

Answer · why

D) Little Ricky is born

The birth episode aired the night before Eisenhower's inauguration and drew more viewers than the swearing-in did.

Q 04/05

I Love Lucy pioneered filming a sitcom in front of a live audience with how many cameras?

A) Six

B) Three

C) Five

D) Four

Answer · why

B) Three

Cinematographer Karl Freund, who had shot Metropolis, worked out how to light the set evenly for all the cameras at once, and the format is still stan...

Q 05/05

What job did Jackie Gleason's Ralph Kramden hold on The Honeymooners?

A) Sanitation worker

B) Bus driver

C) Subway conductor

D) Doorman

Answer · why

B) Bus driver

He worked for the fictional Gotham Bus Company but was almost never seen actually driving; a Brooklyn bus depot was later named for Gleason.