Q 01/05

A 1997 Salon piece on the History Channel's war-heavy schedule was headlined as all which dictator, all the time?

A) Stalin

B) Hitler

C) Mussolini

D) Franco

Answer · why

B) Hitler

Hitler filled so much airtime that the channel was showing up to 40 hours of World War II programming a week, sometimes 12 hours in a single day.

Q 02/05

In which US city do the Harrison family run the 24-hour shop at the centre of History's Pawn Stars?

A) Detroit

B) Atlantic City

C) Las Vegas

D) Phoenix

Answer · why

C) Las Vegas

Las Vegas is where the family's shop opened in 1989, less than two miles from the Strip. Television fame has since turned the store into a tourist sit...

Q 03/05

Which animals do Troy Landry and fellow Louisiana hunters pursue for a living on History's Swamp People?

A) Alligators

B) Wild boar

C) Bullfrogs

D) Snapping turtles

Answer · why

A) Alligators

Alligators are hunted under a tag system. Each hunter is issued a set number of tags, and the season is over for them the moment they run out.

Q 04/05

Which History series sent Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz through strangers' barns and garages in search of antiques?

A) Storage Wars

B) Antiques Roadshow

C) Auction Kings

D) American Pickers

Answer · why

D) American Pickers

American Pickers launched in 2010 from Antique Archaeology, the business Wolfe runs in LeClaire, Iowa. He has been picking since the age of four and h...

Q 05/05

Which History series made Giorgio Tsoukalos and his hair an internet meme?

A) UFO Hunters

B) MonsterQuest

C) Ancient Aliens

D) Unsolved Mysteries

Answer · why

C) Ancient Aliens

Ancient Aliens draws on the ideas of author Erich von Däniken, and Tsoukalos has appeared in every episode. He is also one of the show's producers.