Q 01/05

In which years did Mister Rogers' Neighborhood originally run?

A) 1968 to 2001

B) 1955 to 1985

C) 1972 to 1998

D) 1963 to 1990

Answer · why

A) 1968 to 2001

The show ran to 895 episodes, with a gap from 1976 to 1979 when Rogers stopped producing it.

Q 02/05

Fred Rogers was born in 1928 in which Pennsylvania town?

A) Latrobe

B) Altoona

C) Erie

D) Scranton

Answer · why

A) Latrobe

His father ran the McFeely Brick Company; the town now has a statue of him sitting on a bench.

Q 03/05

What was Fred Rogers' middle name, later given to the show's courier character?

A) McKinley

B) McCall

C) McFeely

D) McDowell

Answer · why

C) McFeely

It was his mother's maiden name; David Newell played the Speedy Delivery man for the whole run.

Q 04/05

Rogers earned his bachelor's degree in music from which Florida college?

A) Stetson

B) Flagler

C) Eckerd

D) Rollins

Answer · why

D) Rollins

He spent one year at Dartmouth first, and met his wife Joanne, a fellow pianist, at Rollins.

Q 05/05

Rogers was ordained a minister of which denomination in 1963?

A) Presbyterian

B) Methodist

C) Lutheran

D) Episcopalian

Answer · why

A) Presbyterian

His ministry was to children and families through television rather than a church pulpit.