Q 01/05

Roughly how many of the original series' 156 episodes did Rod Serling write or co-write himself?

A) Around 30

B) Around 60

C) Around 90

D) All 156

Answer · why

C) Around 90

He wrote or co-wrote 92, while also serving as executive producer, host and narrator.

Q 02/05

On which network did The Twilight Zone originally air from 1959 to 1964?

A) CBS

B) ABC

C) NBC

D) DuMont

Answer · why

A) CBS

CBS had wanted a rating of at least 21; early numbers were so poor the network considered replacing Serling with Orson Welles.

Q 03/05

How many seasons did the original series run?

A) Three

B) Four

C) Seven

D) Five

Answer · why

D) Five

The final two seasons were marketed simply as Twilight Zone, without the 'The'.

Q 04/05

How many episodes of the original series were made?

A) 104

B) 156

C) 132

D) 201

Answer · why

B) 156

Serling, Charles Beaumont and Richard Matheson between them wrote 127 of them.

Q 05/05

In 'Time Enough at Last', what happens to Henry Bemis as he settles down to read?

A) His glasses shatter

B) He goes blind

C) The books crumble to dust

D) He is found by soldiers

Answer · why

A) His glasses shatter

Burgess Meredith's bank teller had survived the H-bomb in a vault, surrounded at last by all the books he could want.