Q 01/05

On which American television network did Dark Shadows originally air on weekdays from 1966 to 1971?

A) ABC

B) NBC

C) CBS

D) PBS

Answer · why

A) ABC

It ran in the late-afternoon slot and found its audience among teenagers getting home from school.

Q 02/05

The fictional town of Collinsport, home of the Collins family, is set in which US state?

A) Vermont

B) Massachusetts

C) New Hampshire

D) Maine

Answer · why

D) Maine

The seaside town's exteriors were actually filmed in Connecticut, not on the coast that the show claimed as home.

Q 03/05

Who created and executive-produced Dark Shadows?

A) Art Wallace

B) Sam Hall

C) Robert Costello

D) Dan Curtis

Answer · why

D) Dan Curtis

He later directed both spin-off films and the big-budget World War II miniseries The Winds of War.

Q 04/05

The creator said the show came from a 1965 dream of a mysterious young woman travelling on what?

A) A ship

B) A ferry

C) A stagecoach

D) A train

Answer · why

D) A train

He pitched the dream to the network the very next day, and the opening episode duly follows a young governess riding into Collinsport.

Q 05/05

What was the proposed title of the series in Art Wallace's original story bible?

A) The House of Collins

B) Collinwood

C) Widows' Hill

D) Shadows on the Wall

Answer · why

D) Shadows on the Wall

The bible was written from the creator's dream sequence before the name was shortened and darkened for broadcast.