Q 01/05

What name does Buffy give the bespectacled doll she carries almost everywhere on Family Affair?

A) Mrs. Tuttle

B) Mrs. Beasley

C) Miss Poppy

D) Mrs. Pringle

Answer · why

B) Mrs. Beasley

Mrs. Beasley was such a hit with young viewers that a talking version went on sale in toy shops. Buffy only gives her up in the final season, when fri...

Q 02/05

Which character in Disney's The Jungle Book was voiced by the actor who played Mr. French on Family Affair?

A) Baloo

B) Shere Khan

C) Bagheera

D) King Louie

Answer · why

C) Bagheera

Bagheera the wise black panther reached cinemas a year after the sitcom began, so its butler was a Disney voice and a prime-time star at the same time...

Q 03/05

Which actor, the father of the twins in Disney's The Parent Trap, played bachelor Uncle Bill on Family Affair?

A) Fred MacMurray

B) Dick Van Dyke

C) Andy Griffith

D) Brian Keith

Answer · why

D) Brian Keith

Brian Keith earned three Emmy nominations as Uncle Bill. He was more than the star, too: he held part ownership of the series.

Q 04/05

The actor who played Mr. French on Family Affair released an album of spoken recitations of which songwriter's songs?

A) Bob Dylan

B) Paul Simon

C) Leonard Cohen

D) Woody Guthrie

Answer · why

A) Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan's songs became solemn spoken verse on the 1967 album, whose title billed one man as actor and the other as poet. Two tracks later landed on ...

Q 05/05

Which Rocky Horror Picture Show star took over as Mr. French in the 2002 remake of Family Affair?

A) Barry Bostwick

B) Tim Curry

C) Richard O'Brien

D) Meat Loaf

Answer · why

B) Tim Curry

Tim Curry played the butler opposite a new Uncle Bill, but the remake lasted less than a season. Two finished episodes were never broadcast.