Q 01/05

Family Matters was a spin-off of which sitcom?

A) Perfect Strangers

B) Full House

C) Step by Step

D) Who's the Boss?

Answer · why

A) Perfect Strangers

Family Matters spun off from Perfect Strangers, where Harriette Winslow was a supporting character at the newspaper employing Larry Appleton and Balki...

Q 02/05

What job did Harriette Winslow have on the parent show before her own series?

A) Cafeteria cook

B) Elevator operator

C) Receptionist

D) Copy editor

Answer · why

B) Elevator operator

Harriette Winslow was the elevator operator at the newspaper where Larry Appleton and Balki Bartokomous worked, a role Jo Marie Payton began in 1987.

Q 03/05

In which city is Family Matters set?

A) Philadelphia

B) Cleveland

C) Chicago

D) Detroit

Answer · why

C) Chicago

Family Matters is set in Chicago, like its parent show; the Winslow house seen in the opening credits was a real home on the city's West Wrightwood Av...

Q 04/05

What is Carl Winslow's profession?

A) Firefighter

B) Bus driver

C) Postal worker

D) Police officer

Answer · why

D) Police officer

Carl Winslow is a police officer, starting the series as a sergeant; Reginald VelJohnson is the one cast member who appears in every episode.

Q 05/05

Reginald VelJohnson came to Family Matters after playing which Die Hard character?

A) Sergeant Al Powell

B) Argyle

C) Deputy Chief Dwayne Robinson

D) Harry Ellis

Answer · why

A) Sergeant Al Powell

Reginald VelJohnson played Sergeant Al Powell, the LAPD officer who talks John McClane through the siege in Die Hard (1988), and reprised him in Die H...