Q 01/05

What is ALF's real name back on his home planet?

A) Gordon Shumway

B) Melvin Fusterman

C) Skip Cantfayl

D) Rick Petty

Answer · why

A) Gordon Shumway

ALF's real name is Gordon Shumway; Willie Tanner coins the nickname in the pilot, and the alien's family in the animated prequel are the Shumways.

Q 02/05

What does the acronym ALF stand for?

A) Alternate Life Form

B) Alien Life Form

C) Astral Life Force

D) Alien Landing Failure

Answer · why

B) Alien Life Form

Alien Life Form is the nickname Willie Tanner gives the furry visitor in the pilot, and the Tanners go on calling him ALF for the rest of the run.

Q 03/05

ALF crash-lands into which part of the Tanner family's property?

A) The backyard pool

B) The living room

C) The garage

D) The garden shed

Answer · why

C) The garage

The garage is where ALF's ship comes down in the pilot; the Tanners take him into the house and hide him from the Alien Task Force, a military unit th...

Q 04/05

What is the name of the Tanner family cat that ALF keeps trying to eat?

A) Whiskers

B) Mittens

C) Felix

D) Lucky

Answer · why

D) Lucky

The Tanners' cat is named Lucky; ALF, whose species regards cats as food, spends the series trying and failing to make a meal of him.

Q 05/05

What is Willie Tanner's job?

A) Social worker

B) High school teacher

C) Insurance adjuster

D) Postal carrier

Answer · why

A) Social worker

Willie Tanner is a social worker, a kind but perpetually overwhelmed head of the household whose attempts at order ALF wrecks for four seasons.