Q 01/05

Who created the original Fantasy Island series?

A) Gene Levitt

B) Aaron Spelling

C) Leonard Goldberg

D) Glen A. Larson

Answer · why

A) Gene Levitt

Levitt wrote the pilot film; Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg produced the show, which is why it is usually remembered as a Spelling series.

Q 02/05

Which Addams Family actress, once married to Aaron Spelling, guest-starred in four episodes of Fantasy Island?

A) Lisa Loring

B) Carolyn Jones

C) Anjelica Huston

D) Blossom Rock

Answer · why

B) Carolyn Jones

Carolyn Jones, TV's original Morticia, kept working on the daytime soap Capitol even as she was dying of cancer.

Q 03/05

In Fantasy Island's final season, how did butler Lawrence ring the tower bell?

A) By pulling a rope

B) By pressing a button

C) By climbing up to it

D) By striking it with a mallet

Answer · why

B) By pressing a button

By pressing a button: the sedate butler rang the bell from below instead of making the frantic run up the tower that opened earlier episodes.

Q 04/05

On Fantasy Island, what was the name of Mr. Roarke's assistant played by Hervé Villechaize?

A) Samson

B) Beppo

C) Spider

D) Tattoo

Answer · why

D) Tattoo

Tattoo did not return for the 1998 revival, which gave Mr. Roarke a whole team of new assistants instead.

Q 05/05

On Fantasy Island, what does Mr. Roarke's assistant shout from the bell tower at the start of each episode?

A) 'De plane! De plane!'

B) 'Dey come! Dey come!'

C) 'Dey here! Dey here!'

D) 'Welcome! Welcome!'

Answer · why

A) 'De plane! De plane!'

'De plane! De plane!' greeted a real seaplane, which sold in 2016 at a collector car auction in Branson, Missouri.