Q 01/05

The Waltons was created by Earl Hamner Jr., based on which of his novels?

A) Spencer's Mountain

B) Christy's Mountain

C) Fifty Roads to Town

D) You Can't Get There from Here

Answer · why

A) Spencer's Mountain

Spencer's Mountain called its eldest son Clay-Boy Spencer; after a 1963 film with Henry Fonda, the story moved to television and he was renamed John-B...

Q 02/05

On which network did The Waltons air its original nine seasons?

A) NBC

B) CBS

C) ABC

D) PBS

Answer · why

B) CBS

CBS gave it what looked like a death slot, up against two hit shows; instead it ran nine seasons and outlasted both rivals.

Q 03/05

Before creating The Waltons, Earl Hamner Jr. wrote eight episodes of which eerie anthology series?

A) The Twilight Zone

B) The Outer Limits

C) Alfred Hitchcock Presents

D) Night Gallery

Answer · why

A) The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone gave Hamner his Hollywood break when Rod Serling accepted his scripts, a decade before the same writer created the gentle world of W...

Q 04/05

Who is the youngest of the seven Walton children?

A) Erin

B) Jim-Bob

C) Mary Ellen

D) Elizabeth

Answer · why

D) Elizabeth

Elizabeth is the baby of the family; the seven were nearly eight, because Jim-Bob's twin brother Joseph died at birth.

Q 05/05

Walton's Mountain sits in which fictional Virginia county?

A) Nelson

B) Albemarle

C) Madison

D) Jefferson

Answer · why

D) Jefferson

Jefferson County is fictional, but much of its map is real: the characters drive to Charlottesville and Rockfish, genuine neighbours of the Nelson Cou...