Q 01/05

Which Dallas character is the daughter of Gary and Valene Ewing, yet never moved to Knots Landing with them?

A) Lucy

B) Pamela

C) Kristin

D) Jenna

Answer · why

A) Lucy

Lucy was expected to join her parents on the cul-de-sac, but the network kept actress Charlene Tilton on the parent show to keep the two series separa...

Q 02/05

Which future film star played Joshua Rush, Valene's half-brother who becomes a televangelist on Knots Landing?

A) Tom Cruise

B) Patrick Swayze

C) Alec Baldwin

D) Mel Gibson

Answer · why

C) Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin played Joshua from 1984 to 1985, years before his film fame. The character turns violent toward his wife and dies in a fall from a roofto...

Q 03/05

Which future Best Actress Oscar winner played television producer Debbie Porter in season 13 of Knots Landing?

A) Helen Hunt

B) Halle Berry

C) Sandra Bullock

D) Hilary Swank

Answer · why

B) Halle Berry

Halle Berry's Debbie has a brief romance with widowed lawyer Frank Williams before he leaves town. Her Academy Award, for Monster's Ball, came about a...

Q 04/05

Dallas undid Bobby Ewing's death by revealing a whole season as what, a twist Knots Landing never acknowledged?

A) A hoax

B) A flashback

C) A coma

D) A dream

Answer · why

D) A dream

A dream explained everything away on the parent show, but Valene had already named her baby son after the late Bobby, so the spin-off simply never men...

Q 05/05

Marc Cherry described which hit series as a cross between Knots Landing, American Beauty and Twin Peaks?

A) Desperate Housewives

B) Pretty Little Liars

C) Orange Is the New Black

D) Big Little Lies

Answer · why

A) Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives is not the only descendant of the show: Phil Redmond said his Liverpool cul-de-sac soap Brookside was partly influenced by it too...