Q 01/05

Home Improvement is set in the suburbs of which US city?

A) Chicago

B) Cleveland

C) Detroit

D) Minneapolis

Answer · why

C) Detroit

Tim's sweatshirts were almost always from Michigan colleges, because Tim Allen considered Michigan home and decreed only Michigan schools got the free...

Q 02/05

Tim Taylor's show-within-a-show, Tool Time, was sponsored by which fictional tool company?

A) Binford

B) Craftwell

C) Ridgeway

D) Hammerhead

Answer · why

A) Binford

Tool Time was conceived as a parody of PBS's This Old House, with Tim and Al as caricatures of Bob Vila and Norm Abram.

Q 03/05

Who plays Al Borland, Tim's bearded, flannel-wearing Tool Time co-host?

A) Casey Sander

B) Richard Karn

C) Earl Hindman

D) Stephen Tobolowsky

Answer · why

B) Richard Karn

The part had originally gone to Stephen Tobolowsky, who was busy with a film when taping began; the eventual Al heard about the casting from an agent ...

Q 04/05

Which future Baywatch star played Lisa, the original Tool Time girl, in the show's first two seasons?

A) Carmen Electra

B) Yasmine Bleeth

C) Erika Eleniak

D) Pamela Anderson

Answer · why

D) Pamela Anderson

She left for college in the story and Debbe Dunning's Heidi took over as Binford Tool Girl from season three.

Q 05/05

What normally hides the rest of Tim's neighbour Wilson's face below the eyes?

A) The backyard fence

B) A tall privet hedge

C) His wide hat brim

D) The garage door

Answer · why

A) The backyard fence

In other settings the writers found new obstructions: a costume mask, a balaclava, a strategically placed object.