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

The pilot had been developed for ABC, which rejected it twice.

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

Norman Lear read about it in Variety and saw his own relationship with his father in it.

Q 03/05

What was the name of the bigoted patriarch in the British original?

A) Basil Fawlty

B) Rigsby

C) Alf Garnett

D) Albert Steptoe

Answer · why

C) Alf Garnett

Warren Mitchell played him from 1965 until creator Johnny Speight's death in 1998.

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

The pair also made Sanford and Son and Maude together.

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

The show is set in Astoria; Carroll O'Connor, a Queens native, suggested real local landmarks.