Q 01/05

In what year did Bravo launch?

A) 1980

B) 1976

C) 1978

D) 1979

Answer · why

A) 1980

Bravo launched on 8 December 1980 as a commercial-free premium cable channel, at first airing only two nights a week.

Q 02/05

Which company owned Bravo as of 2025?

A) Disney

B) NBCUniversal

C) Paramount

D) Warner Bros. Discovery

Answer · why

B) NBCUniversal

NBCUniversal owned Bravo in 2025: NBC bought the channel in 2002 and merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment in 2004 to form NBC Universal, later ...

Q 03/05

What did Bravo originally focus on?

A) Children's shows

B) Cable news

C) Fine arts and film

D) Live sports

Answer · why

C) Fine arts and film

Bravo originally focused on fine arts and film, billing itself as the first television service devoted to film and the performing arts, with opera, ba...

Q 04/05

In its early years, Bravo shared its channel space with which adult pay channel?

A) Spice

B) Cinemax

C) The Movie Channel

D) Escapade

Answer · why

D) Escapade

Escapade, an adult pay service, shared Bravo's channel slot in the channel's first years, filling the nights when Bravo was off the air.

Q 05/05

Which oil company signed an underwriting deal with Bravo in 1992?

A) Texaco

B) Shell

C) Exxon

D) Mobil

Answer · why

A) Texaco

Texaco, long the sponsor of Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, signed on in 1992 to underwrite Bravo's performing-arts programming under the Texaco ...