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

ABC aired The Partridge Family for 96 episodes from September 1970 to March 1974, scheduling it on Friday nights after The Brady Bunch.

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

Bernard Slade created The Partridge Family for Screen Gems in 1970; he later wrote the Broadway hit Same Time, Next Year (1975).

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 Cowsills, a Newport, Rhode Island family band, inspired the show; they charted with 'The Rain, the Park & Other Things' (1967) and 'Hair' (1969).

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

The Cowsills declined because their mother was to be replaced by an actress: Screen Gems planned in 1969 to recast Barbara Cowsill with a professional...

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

Shirley Jones, star of the film musicals Oklahoma! and Carousel, played widowed mother Shirley Partridge and was the first cast member hired.