Q 01/05

'Suicide Is Painless', sung in the 1970 film, became the instrumental theme of which long-running TV series?

A) Hogan's Heroes

B) M*A*S*H

C) Taxi

D) Barney Miller

Answer · why

B) M*A*S*H

Robert Altman demanded 'the stupidest song ever written', and the lyrics were finally supplied by his 14-year-old son Mike; the show never used them.

Q 02/05

Who composed the iconic main theme for Star Wars?

A) John Williams

B) Hans Zimmer

C) Jerry Goldsmith

D) James Horner

Answer · why

A) John Williams

John Williams has more Oscar nominations than any living person, over 50; Star Wars won him the 1977 award for Best Original Score.

Q 03/05

Who wrote and rapped the lyrics of the theme to his own 1990 NBC sitcom, set in a Bel-Air mansion?

A) DJ Jazzy Jeff

B) LL Cool J

C) Will Smith

D) MC Hammer

Answer · why

C) Will Smith

He wrote them after reading the pilot scripts, and his partner DJ Jazzy Jeff produced the track after Quincy Jones's early version was set aside.

Q 04/05

Who composed the main title theme for The Simpsons?

A) Alf Clausen

B) Danny Elfman

C) Randy Newman

D) Mark Mothersbaugh

Answer · why

B) Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman wrote the Simpsons theme in 1989 after Matt Groening approached him. Alf Clausen went on to score the show's episodes for decades, but no...

Q 05/05

Which sitcom's pilot used R.E.M.'s 'Shiny Happy People' before its famous theme was written?

A) Cheers

B) Seinfeld

C) Friends

D) Wings

Answer · why

C) Friends

When Michael Stipe declined to license the song, the producers wrote a new one with Allee Willis and handed it to The Rembrandts to record.