Q 01/05

On which network did The Beverly Hillbillies air from 1962 to 1971?

A) CBS

B) NBC

C) ABC

D) DuMont

Answer · why

A) CBS

CBS followed the hit with a pair of rural sister comedies, Petticoat Junction and Green Acres, and the three shows went on to swap characters in cross...

Q 02/05

The Clampetts come from which mountain range?

A) The Black Hills

B) The Ozarks

C) The Adirondacks

D) The Rockies

Answer · why

B) The Ozarks

The Ozarks were the show's seed: its creator first met hill folk as a Boy Scout camping in Missouri and built the Clampetts from those memories.

Q 03/05

Which Petticoat Junction town do the Clampetts visit for the holidays in several crossover episodes?

A) Mayberry

B) Pixley

C) Hooterville

D) Mockingbird Heights

Answer · why

C) Hooterville

Hooterville first welcomed the Clampetts in 1968, and the visits gave Granny a new interest: its storekeeper, Sam Drucker, became her would-be beau.

Q 04/05

Which piece of mansion furniture do the Clampetts mistake for a formal dining table?

A) The grand piano

B) The billiard table

C) The card table

D) The ping-pong table

Answer · why

B) The billiard table

The billiard table hosts the family's meals in what they call the 'fancy eatin' room', with the pool cues pressed into service as 'pot passers'.

Q 05/05

In The Beverly Hillbillies' opening credits, Jed discovers oil while doing what?

A) Fishing in a swamp

B) Digging a well

C) Ploughing a field

D) Shooting at a rabbit

Answer · why

D) Shooting at a rabbit

Shooting at a rabbit is how the credits tell it: the stray shot brings crude bubbling up, and an oil company is soon paying him $25 million for the ri...