Q 01/05

Which North Carolina town, Andy Griffith's birthplace, inspired the fictional Mayberry?

A) Charlotte

B) Raleigh

C) Greensboro

D) Mount Airy

Answer · why

D) Mount Airy

Andy Griffith's childhood home of Mount Airy, North Carolina, served as the primary inspiration for the beloved fictional town of Mayberry in 'The And...

Q 02/05

Andy Griffith earned a degree in what field from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?

A) Law

B) Drama

C) Music

D) Education

Answer · why

C) Music

Griffith graduated from UNC in 1949 with a bachelor's degree in music, having entered as a pre-divinity student before switching majors.

Q 03/05

In the 1969 comedy 'Angel in My Pocket', Andy Griffith played what kind of professional?

A) A minister

B) A sheriff

C) A schoolteacher

D) A lawyer

Answer · why

A) A minister

Angel in My Pocket cast Griffith as a minister, the Reverend Samuel D. Whitehead, a new pastor trying to win over a fractious small Kansas town in the...

Q 04/05

Which widowed small-town sheriff was the title character of a CBS sitcom that ran from 1960 to 1968?

A) Andy Taylor

B) Barney Fife

C) Ben Matlock

D) Sam Jones

Answer · why

A) Andy Taylor

Sheriff Andy Taylor, a widower raising his son Opie with help from Aunt Bee, kept the peace in fictional Mayberry, North Carolina, from 1960 to 1968.

Q 05/05

What was the profession of Andy Griffith's character, Ben Matlock, in the TV series 'Matlock'?

A) Defense Attorney

B) Police Detective

C) District Attorney

D) Judge

Answer · why

A) Defense Attorney

Defense Attorney Ben Matlock, a folksy lawyer in a trademark pale gray suit, won nearly every case by unmasking the real killer on the witness stand.