Q 01/05

What does the initialism HGTV stand for?

A) Home & Garden Television

B) House & Grounds Television

C) Home Goods Television

D) House & Garden Television

Answer · why

A) Home & Garden Television

Home & Garden Television was Ken Lowe's pitch to the Scripps board: the home and garden magazines Americans loved, turned into a cable channel.

Q 02/05

Which media company bought HGTV's parent company in 2018?

A) Viacom

B) Discovery

C) Time Warner

D) Disney

Answer · why

B) Discovery

Discovery paid $14.6 billion after rival bidder Viacom dropped out of the running, and the deal also handed it Food Network and Travel Channel.

Q 03/05

In which Tennessee city did Scripps buy a small production company in 1994 to house HGTV?

A) Nashville

B) Knoxville

C) Memphis

D) Chattanooga

Answer · why

B) Knoxville

Knoxville was home to Cinetel Productions, which Scripps bought in 1994; the site grew into the network's sprawling headquarters and its own low-cost ...

Q 04/05

What kind of programme filled most of HGTV's schedule when the channel launched in 1994?

A) House-flipping contests

B) Celebrity home tours

C) Low-budget how-to lessons

D) Real estate listings

Answer · why

C) Low-budget how-to lessons

Low-budget how-to lessons came first: hosts talked to camera about quilting, scrapbooking or rugs, and one later star called it 'that sock-darning and...

Q 05/05

Which New Kids on the Block singer restores centuries-old New England homes on HGTV's Farmhouse Fixer?

A) Donnie Wahlberg

B) Jordan Knight

C) Joey McIntyre

D) Jonathan Knight

Answer · why

D) Jonathan Knight

Jonathan Knight went into real estate after the band first split, and had spent years renovating houses before HGTV built a farmhouse series around hi...