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

Till Death Us Do Part, Johnny Speight's BBC sitcom about bigoted Alf Garnett, was Norman Lear's model; he moved the patriarch from London's East End t...

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

Five: All in the Family was the top-rated series for five straight seasons, 1971-72 through 1975-76, a streak no earlier show had managed.

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

704 Hauser Street was the Bunkers' Astoria address; Norman Lear's 1994 spin-off 704 Hauser took its title from it, with a new family in the house.

Q 04/05

Which 1972 NBC sitcom about a Watts junk dealer was adapted from a British series?

A) Good Times

B) Chico and the Man

C) Sanford and Son

D) The Jeffersons

Answer · why

C) Sanford and Son

Sanford and Son transplanted the BBC's Steptoe and Son to Watts, with Redd Foxx as junk dealer Fred Sanford, forever faking heart attacks for his late...

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

A chain of dry cleaners: George Jefferson's Jefferson Cleaners stores funded the move from Queens to a deluxe Manhattan apartment; the show ran eleven...