Q 01/05

Oliver Douglas gives up what career in Manhattan to become a farmer?

A) Attorney

B) Stockbroker

C) Surgeon

D) Advertising executive

Answer · why

A) Attorney

Eddie Albert played him. Albert had two Oscar nominations and a Bronze Star for rescuing Marines at Tarawa.

Q 02/05

Which Hungarian-born actress played Lisa Douglas?

A) Zsa Zsa Gabor

B) Eva Gabor

C) Magda Gabor

D) Ilona Massey

Answer · why

B) Eva Gabor

She later voiced Duchess in The Aristocats and Miss Bianca in The Rescuers. On the show Lisa admits her only talent is impersonating her sister Zsa Zs...

Q 03/05

On which network did Green Acres air from 1965 to 1971?

A) NBC

B) ABC

C) CBS

D) DuMont

Answer · why

C) CBS

Filmways produced it as a sister show to Petticoat Junction, and CBS gave Paul Henning the slot without asking for a pilot.

Q 04/05

The 1950 CBS radio series the show grew out of was named after which family?

A) The Granbys

B) The Bradleys

C) The Clampetts

D) The Kimballs

Answer · why

A) The Granbys

Jay Sommers created both. The radio couple, played by Bea Benaderet and Gale Gordon, were modelled on their My Favorite Husband characters.

Q 05/05

Which of these was a proposed title before the series became Green Acres?

A) The Eddie Albert Show

B) Farm Living

C) Down on the Farm

D) The Douglases

Answer · why

A) The Eddie Albert Show

Country Cousins was the other. Sommers ended up writing and producing about a third of the episodes.