Q 01/05

TV Land launched in 1996 as a spin-off of which evening programming block known for classic sitcom reruns?

A) Adult Swim

B) Nick at Nite

C) USA Up All Night

D) Must See TV

Answer · why

B) Nick at Nite

Nick at Nite lent the new channel its name as well as its reruns: the network first went on air as Nick at Nite's TV Land.

Q 02/05

The first program TV Land aired in 1996 was an Ed Sullivan episode featuring which band's American debut?

A) The Beatles

B) The Rolling Stones

C) The Beach Boys

D) The Dave Clark Five

Answer · why

A) The Beatles

The Beatles opened the schedule in a Best of The Ed Sullivan Show episode that also carried routines by Joan Rivers and Richard Pryor.

Q 03/05

TV Land's first night opened with a Love, American Style episode that served as the pilot for which sitcom?

A) Laverne & Shirley

B) The Brady Bunch

C) Happy Days

D) The Partridge Family

Answer · why

C) Happy Days

Happy Days began as an unsold pilot starring Ron Howard, which the anthology recycled as a single 1972 segment before ABC ordered a series.

Q 04/05

TV Land commissioned a life-size bronze statue in Honolulu of which singer, at the site of his 1973 satellite concert?

A) Frank Sinatra

B) Elvis Presley

C) Engelbert Humperdinck

D) Johnny Cash

Answer · why

B) Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley's statue was unveiled in 2007 at the arena where Aloha from Hawaii was staged and beamed live to Asia and Oceania.

Q 05/05

Which city, the setting of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, received TV Land's 2002 bronze statue of its star tossing her hat?

A) Minneapolis

B) San Francisco

C) Milwaukee

D) Philadelphia

Answer · why

A) Minneapolis

Minneapolis dedicated the statue on Nicollet Mall, the street where the opening credits' famous hat toss was filmed, with Moore herself attending.