Q 01/05

On which network did Dallas air from 1978 to 1991?

A) ABC

B) NBC

C) Fox

D) CBS

Answer · why

D) CBS

It premiered on 2 April 1978 and bowed out on 3 May 1991.

Q 02/05

Dallas debuted in April 1978 in what form?

A) A two-hour TV movie

B) A daytime soap opera

C) A summer replacement series

D) A five-part miniseries

Answer · why

D) A five-part miniseries

A five-part miniseries served as the pilot; only when it drew viewers were more episodes ordered, and those five were later counted as the first seaso...

Q 03/05

Who created Dallas?

A) David Jacobs

B) Earl Hamner Jr.

C) Lee Rich

D) Leonard Katzman

Answer · why

A) David Jacobs

David Jacobs created it as a weekly drama of stand-alone stories; only a year in did continuing plots turn it into a prime-time serial.

Q 04/05

Dallas spent most of its run on which night of the week?

A) Sunday

B) Monday

C) Wednesday

D) Friday

Answer · why

D) Friday

Friday at ten was where it settled after trying Sunday and Saturday, and there it grew from a modest starter into the most popular series in America.

Q 05/05

Dallas originally centred on the marriage of which couple?

A) Cliff and Afton

B) Lucy and Mitch

C) Jock and Miss Ellie

D) Bobby and Pam

Answer · why

D) Bobby and Pam

Bobby and Pam were written as a Texan Romeo and Juliet, a Ewing son eloping with the daughter of his father's old enemy, before the scheming elder bro...