Q 01/05

Happy Days is set in which Midwestern city?

A) Minneapolis

B) Cleveland

C) Milwaukee

D) Chicago

Answer · why

C) Milwaukee

Milwaukee was the hometown of co-producer Tom Miller; Arnold's Drive-In was modelled on the Milky Way Drive-In in suburban Glendale, Wisconsin.

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

ABC premiered Happy Days on January 15, 1974 and ran it, mostly on Tuesday nights, until 1984; the Fox network did not launch until 1986.

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

Garry Marshall, who had already adapted The Odd Couple for television, created the show; he later cast his sister Penny Marshall as Laverne in the spi...

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

Love, American Style aired the pilot on February 25, 1972 as the segment 'Love and the Television Set'; ABC passed on a series until Ron Howard's next...

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

American Graffiti, set over one night in 1962, grossed more than $100 million on a $777,000 budget; its success, and Ron Howard's role as Steve, sent ...