Q 01/05

All in the Family, which premiered on CBS in January 1971, was based on which British sitcom?

A) Steptoe and Son

B) Man About the House

C) Till Death Us Do Part

D) Are You Being Served?

Answer · why

C) Till Death Us Do Part

Producer Norman Lear moved the bigoted patriarch from London's East End to Queens.

Q 02/05

All in the Family became the first series to top the yearly Nielsen ratings for how many consecutive years?

A) Five

B) Six

C) Seven

D) Eight

Answer · why

A) Five

It held the number-one spot from 1971 to 1976, and its final season spun into Archie Bunker's Place.

Q 03/05

What was the Bunkers' address in Astoria, Queens?

A) 704 Elm Avenue

B) 704 Hauser Street

C) 704 Ditmars Boulevard

D) 704 Steinway Court

Answer · why

B) 704 Hauser Street

Archie's son-in-law Michael Stivic, played by Rob Reiner, was better known as 'Meathead'.

Q 04/05

Which 1972 NBC sitcom was based on the British show Steptoe and Son?

A) Good Times

B) Chico and the Man

C) Sanford and Son

D) The Jeffersons

Answer · why

C) Sanford and Son

Redd Foxx played junk dealer Fred G. Sanford, forever faking heart attacks for his late wife Elizabeth.

Q 05/05

The Jeffersons, who moved 'on up' to Manhattan, made their money from what business?

A) A chain of dry cleaners

B) A car dealership

C) A restaurant

D) A record label

Answer · why

A) A chain of dry cleaners

It was the second and longest-running spin-off of All in the Family, lasting eleven seasons.