Q 01/05

On which network did All in the Family air from 1971 to 1979?

A) CBS

B) ABC

C) NBC

D) PBS

Answer · why

A) CBS

CBS picked up the show after ABC had rejected two pilots; it premiered on 12 January 1971.

Q 02/05

All in the Family was based on which British sitcom?

A) Fawlty Towers

B) Till Death Us Do Part

C) Steptoe and Son

D) Man About the House

Answer · why

B) Till Death Us Do Part

Till Death Us Do Part, Johnny Speight's BBC sitcom, inspired Norman Lear, who saw his own father in its bigoted lead.

Q 03/05

What does Archie Bunker bark at Edith whenever he wants her to stop talking?

A) Zip it

B) Clam up

C) Stifle

D) Pipe down

Answer · why

C) Stifle

Stifle came from Norman Lear's childhood home: his father used to order his mother to 'stifle herself'. In one episode Edith finally snaps and turns t...

Q 04/05

Who produced All in the Family alongside Norman Lear?

A) Garry Marshall

B) Aaron Spelling

C) James L. Brooks

D) Bud Yorkin

Answer · why

D) Bud Yorkin

Bud Yorkin recalled catching the British original while directing a film in London, hardly believing anyone could put that on television, and sending ...

Q 05/05

The Bunkers live in which borough of New York City?

A) Queens

B) Brooklyn

C) The Bronx

D) Staten Island

Answer · why

A) Queens

Queens was home turf for Carroll O'Connor, though not Archie's side of it: a lawyer's son, he spent part of his youth in one of the borough's most com...