Q 01/05

On which network did The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air originally air?

A) ABC

B) CBS

C) NBC

D) Fox

Answer · why

C) NBC

NBC had been hunting for a way to catch the rap wave, one of its executives said in 1990, so it built a sitcom around a rapper who had never acted bef...

Q 02/05

Who are credited as the creators of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?

A) Norman Lear

B) Andy and Susan Borowitz

C) Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner

D) David Crane and Marta Kauffman

Answer · why

B) Andy and Susan Borowitz

Andy and Susan Borowitz, then husband and wife, hold the credit; Andy says the pilot was written and taped in about three weeks, 'an explosion of real...

Q 03/05

In The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's theme song, where was Will 'born and raised'?

A) Germantown

B) North Philadelphia

C) South Philadelphia

D) West Philadelphia

Answer · why

D) West Philadelphia

West Philadelphia is where the real Will Smith grew up too, though in a middle-class home rather than on the tough streets his lyric sketches.

Q 04/05

In season three of The Fresh Prince, the Banks family appears on which host's real-life talk show?

A) Phil Donahue

B) Oprah Winfrey

C) Geraldo Rivera

D) Sally Jessy Raphael

Answer · why

B) Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey plays herself. The family is booked to help Uncle Phil's election campaign, but Will, left without a seat, disrupts the show and sends h...

Q 05/05

Which actor played Will's Uncle Phil in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?

A) John Amos

B) James Avery

C) Carl Weathers

D) Charles S. Dutton

Answer · why

B) James Avery

James Avery anchors the show's most famous scene, holding Will as he sobs 'How come he don't want me, man?' after his long-absent father walks out on ...