Q 01/05

What was the original title of the show that eventually became 'Saved by the Bell'?

A) When the Bell Rings

B) Good Morning, Miss Bliss

C) Bayside Junior High

D) The Zack Morris Show

Answer · why

B) Good Morning, Miss Bliss

'Saved by the Bell' originated as a Disney Channel series titled 'Good Morning, Miss Bliss,' which focused on a teacher and some of the characters who...

Q 02/05

Saved by the Bell's theme song went against producer Peter Engel's wishes by doing what?

A) Used the show's title in the lyrics

B) Ran longer than 60 seconds

C) Had no lyrics at all

D) Was written in a minor key

Answer · why

A) Used the show's title in the lyrics

Composer Scott Gayle used the show's title in the lyrics; Engel had failed to stop the show being named Saved by the Bell and wanted the phrase kept o...

Q 03/05

In Saved by the Bell, what was the first name of Mr. Belding, the long-suffering principal of Bayside High?

A) Richard

B) Norman

C) Harold

D) Walter

Answer · why

A) Richard

Richard Belding, played by Dennis Haskins, was rewritten as younger and funnier than the older, humorless principal of the 1987 Good Morning, Miss Bli...

Q 04/05

In Saved by the Bell, which transfer student made an enemy of Zack Morris by making a move on Kelly Kapowski?

A) A.C. Slater

B) Screech Powers

C) Jeff Hunter

D) Mike Rogers

Answer · why

A) A.C. Slater

A.C. Slater, an Army brat who transferred to Bayside, went after Kelly Kapowski from his first day in 'King of the Hill', the first episode produced, ...

Q 05/05

Good Morning, Miss Bliss, the show retooled into Saved by the Bell, was set in which Midwestern state's capital?

A) Ohio

B) Illinois

C) Indiana

D) Michigan

Answer · why

C) Indiana

Producer Peter Engel felt Indianapolis, Indiana, was not an exciting location and moved the show to a fictionalized 'Palisades' neighborhood of Los An...