Q 01/05

Critics and producers alike have called Pawn Stars an edgier version of which appraisal show?

A) Cash in the Attic

B) Antiques Roadshow

C) History Detectives

D) American Pickers

Answer · why

B) Antiques Roadshow

Antiques Roadshow with attitude was the sell; as Rick put it, the shop is 'American Chopper one week, Antiques Roadshow the next week, Pimp My Ride th...

Q 02/05

What kind of Las Vegas trip inspired Pawn Stars?

A) Bachelor party

B) Poker tournament

C) Title fight

D) Trade convention

Answer · why

A) Bachelor party

A bachelor party for producer Colby Gaines brought him and Leftfield Pictures' Brent Montgomery to town in 2008; struck by the city's seedy, eclectic ...

Q 03/05

Rick's pawn licence needed Las Vegas to reach what?

A) Its 75th birthday

B) 100 casinos

C) 250,000 residents

D) A million visitors

Answer · why

C) 250,000 residents

250,000 residents was the bar a 1950s law set for one more pawn licence; even then the Harrisons needed a year-long court battle before a judge ordere...

Q 04/05

Which laws keep the Pawn Stars off the shop counter?

A) Privacy

B) Insurance

C) Labour

D) Zoning

Answer · why

A) Privacy

Customer privacy laws: pawning has to stay confidential, and fans photograph the stars constantly, so Corey says he now meets sellers in a hallway ins...

Q 05/05

In 2011, Pawn Stars was billed as television's No. 2 reality show, behind which MTV hit?

A) Teen Mom

B) Jersey Shore

C) The Hills

D) Deadliest Catch

Answer · why

B) Jersey Shore

Jersey Shore alone out-rated it; within ten weeks of its 2009 debut, by Rick's account, Pawn Stars went from History's lowest-rated show to its No. 1.