Q 01/05

In which American city do the wealthy Carringtons of the 1980s soap Dynasty live in a 48-room mansion?

A) Houston

B) Denver

C) Tulsa

D) Phoenix

Answer · why

B) Denver

Denver is the family's home on screen, but the mansion in the opening credits is really an estate in Woodside, California.

Q 02/05

Which hit CBS series was ABC trying to rival when it commissioned Dynasty, first broadcast in January 1981?

A) Dallas

B) Falcon Crest

C) The Waltons

D) Magnum, P.I.

Answer · why

A) Dallas

Dallas was the target, and catching it took four years: Dynasty finally became America's most-watched show in the 1984–85 season.

Q 03/05

Which exaggerated 1980s fashion feature is the Dynasty wardrobe widely credited with turning into a mainstream trend?

A) Leg warmers

B) Puffball skirts

C) Shoulder pads

D) Stirrup pants

Answer · why

C) Shoulder pads

Shoulder pads had been pushed by designers since 1978, and the show's glamorous women helped make the public want to wear them.

Q 04/05

The best-remembered Dynasty catfight between Krystle and Alexis has the two rivals brawling in which water feature?

A) A swimming pool

B) A horse trough

C) A fountain

D) A lily pond

Answer · why

D) A lily pond

A lily pond at a Pasadena villa hosted the fight, a rematch after the pair's first brawl in Alexis's studio.

Q 05/05

Which Hollywood leading man made his final screen appearances as Daniel Reece, an admirer of Krystle on Dynasty?

A) Rock Hudson

B) Tony Curtis

C) Cary Grant

D) Robert Mitchum

Answer · why

A) Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson's kissing scenes with Krystle, shown before his AIDS diagnosis became public, led the actors' union to require advance notice of open-mout...