Q 01/05

I Dream of Jeannie, a sitcom about an astronaut, ended the year after which real-life milestone?

A) The first spacewalk

B) The first space station

C) The first Moon landing

D) The first shuttle flight

Answer · why

C) The first Moon landing

The first Moon landing came in July 1969, and Jeannie's last new episode aired the following May. One writer called the timing fitting, since a Moon s...

Q 02/05

The future Major Nelson holds what rank when I Dream of Jeannie begins?

A) General

B) Captain

C) Lieutenant

D) Colonel

Answer · why

B) Captain

Captain Nelson and his friend Roger are both promoted late in the first season. They celebrate in Reno, where Roger smuggles Jeannie along to improve ...

Q 03/05

In I Dream of Jeannie, Tony is Air Force, but Roger Healey serves in which branch?

A) Marines

B) Coast Guard

C) Army

D) Navy

Answer · why

C) Army

Army astronauts were pure fiction when Roger Healey arrived in 1965. NASA did not choose its first, Robert Stewart, until 1978, and he reached orbit o...

Q 04/05

In I Dream of Jeannie's pilot, what happens when the rescued Tony reports that he met a genie?

A) He is sworn to secrecy

B) Nobody believes him

C) The bottle is confiscated

D) Reporters besiege his house

Answer · why

B) Nobody believes him

Nobody believes him: his story is put down to delusions brought on by his ordeal on the island. From then on he stops explaining Jeannie and starts co...

Q 05/05

In I Dream of Jeannie, Jeannie is introduced as a genie of what age?

A) 500 years

B) 1,000 years

C) 2,000 years

D) 5,000 years

Answer · why

C) 2,000 years

2,000 years is no idle boast: in one first-season episode she spots her own ancient slippers in a museum and takes them back, which puts Tony on the s...