Q 01/05

The rural purge that claimed Petticoat Junction inspired a joke that CBS canceled every show with what in it?

A) A tree

B) A barn

C) A banjo

D) A mule

Answer · why

A) A tree

A tree was the punchline as CBS dropped its country comedies to court younger, urban viewers. Petticoat Junction went in 1970, a year before most of t...

Q 02/05

What is the name of the hotel where Petticoat Junction is set?

A) The Hooterville Inn

B) The Whistle Stop

C) The Shady Rest

D) The Burris House

Answer · why

C) The Shady Rest

The Shady Rest was modeled on a real hotel beside a railroad track, run by the grandmother of the creator's wife. Her memories of childhood visits sup...

Q 03/05

Who played Kate Bradley, the widowed proprietress of the hotel?

A) June Lockhart

B) Bea Benaderet

C) Irene Ryan

D) Rosemary DeCamp

Answer · why

B) Bea Benaderet

Bea Benaderet had spent years in supporting parts on radio and on the Burns and Allen show. The series was written for her as her first starring vehic...

Q 04/05

Who played Uncle Joe Carson?

A) Frank Cady

B) Edgar Buchanan

C) Smiley Burnette

D) Charles Lane

Answer · why

B) Edgar Buchanan

Edgar Buchanan appeared in all 222 episodes. Born in 1903, the 'uncle' was only three years older than the actress who played his niece Kate.

Q 05/05

The actress who played Betty Jo was which relative of Petticoat Junction's creator?

A) His niece

B) His wife

C) His daughter

D) His cousin

Answer · why

C) His daughter

His daughter was billed as Linda Kaye so that viewers would not cry nepotism. She tried out only after the show's star urged her wary father to let he...