Q 01/05

On which network did The Partridge Family air from 1970 to 1974?

A) CBS

B) NBC

C) ABC

D) PBS

Answer · why

C) ABC

It ran for 96 episodes and eight albums before cancellation.

Q 02/05

Who created The Partridge Family?

A) Sherwood Schwartz

B) Bernard Slade

C) Garry Marshall

D) Paul Junger Witt

Answer · why

B) Bernard Slade

Slade later wrote the Broadway hit Same Time, Next Year.

Q 03/05

The show was loosely based on which real-life family band?

A) The Osmonds

B) The Jackson 5

C) The Cowsills

D) The Carpenters

Answer · why

C) The Cowsills

The Newport, Rhode Island group had hits with 'The Rain, the Park & Other Things' and 'Hair'.

Q 04/05

Why did the real family who inspired the show turn down the chance to play themselves?

A) They wanted too much money

B) Their mother was to be replaced by an actress

C) They were touring Europe

D) Their record label refused

Answer · why

B) Their mother was to be replaced by an actress

Screen Gems approached them in 1969, but recasting mother Barbara with Shirley Jones killed the deal.

Q 05/05

Who played the family's widowed mother?

A) Florence Henderson

B) Shirley Jones

C) Marion Ross

D) Barbara Billingsley

Answer · why

B) Shirley Jones

The producers insisted her casting was non-negotiable before anyone else was hired.