Q 01/05

Happy Days is set in which Midwestern city?

A) Minneapolis

B) Cleveland

C) Milwaukee

D) Chicago

Answer · why

C) Milwaukee

The Milky Way Drive-In in suburban Glendale, Wisconsin, was the model for Arnold's.

Q 02/05

On which network did Happy Days air from 1974 to 1984?

A) ABC

B) NBC

C) CBS

D) Fox

Answer · why

A) ABC

It ran for 255 half-hour episodes across eleven seasons.

Q 03/05

Who created Happy Days?

A) Sherwood Schwartz

B) Garry Marshall

C) Norman Lear

D) James L. Brooks

Answer · why

B) Garry Marshall

He later put his sister Penny Marshall in the spin-off Laverne & Shirley.

Q 04/05

Happy Days began life as an unsold pilot shown on which ABC anthology series?

A) Fantasy Island

B) Love, American Style

C) The Love Boat

D) Playhouse 90

Answer · why

B) Love, American Style

The 1972 segment was called "Love and the Television Set"; George Lucas saw it and cast Ron Howard in American Graffiti.

Q 05/05

Which 1973 George Lucas film, starring Ron Howard, revived ABC's interest in the Happy Days pilot?

A) THX 1138

B) The Last Picture Show

C) Grease

D) American Graffiti

Answer · why

D) American Graffiti

The 1950s-nostalgia boom of the early 1970s made a period sitcom suddenly look like a good bet.