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1.
I Forgot I Had Book Club
  I Forgot I Had Book Club   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
TV Shows with Fancy Descriptions
My book club is full of hoity-toity snobs, and I sat around all weekend watching TV! No worries! I'll just use my television knowledge to make it sound like I've been reading literary masterpieces! Match the highbrow description to the correct TV show.
Average, 10 Qns, trident, Nov 16 23
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trident editor
Nov 16 23
438 plays
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  Know Your Netflix Show   best quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match the Show with its Description
I enjoyed watching these television series on the Netflix network in 2022/23. There is a mixture of genres, mainly science fiction and crime. See if you can identify each show.
Easier, 10 Qns, Kenners158, Dec 19 23
Easier
Kenners158 gold member
Dec 19 23
300 plays
3.
  Match the TV Plots   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
I describe the plot of a TV show, you choose from the list provided. I don't think this'll be too difficult. But then again, I'm a TV-aholic.
Average, 25 Qns, TonyTheDad, Nov 02 12
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TonyTheDad gold member
29001 plays
4.
  10 Shows a Lasting   top quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
These ten (American) television programs have hit upon the formula for success, each of them lasting for 12 years or longer. Match the show title with the plot description. Some have wrapped up their final episode while some are still going strong.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, skunkee, Jan 04 21
Very Easy
skunkee editor
Jan 04 21
2303 plays
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  Left Hanging: TV's Greatest Cliffhangers editor best quiz   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Our favourite shows often make us scream in frustration when the season finale leaves us on the edge of our seats. Here are ten of the best!
Average, 10 Qns, LadyCaitriona, Sep 20 14
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LadyCaitriona gold member
2699 plays
6.
  TV Shows!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
What's the name of the TV show that I'm talking about? Step right up, and see if you can guess the right show!
Easier, 10 Qns, Bugsred, Nov 03 15
Easier
Bugsred
8468 plays
7.
  Match the TV Plots - Over 20 Season-Long Shows    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
These are shows that have lasted the test of time. Many are still on the air. I'll describe the basic plot, and you choose the show.
Average, 15 Qns, TonyTheDad, Nov 01 11
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TonyTheDad gold member
8552 plays
8.
  Supernatural Match Game   top quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match the supernatural plot with the series.
Easier, 10 Qns, Gamemaster1967, Mar 07 16
Easier
Gamemaster1967 gold member
498 plays
9.
  That Sounds Familiar   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
See if you can identify these American TV shows using the brief description given in the question. All the correct answers are series that debuted in either the '50s, '60s or '70s. Have fun!
Easier, 10 Qns, bruins1956, Jan 19 18
Easier
bruins1956 gold member
Jan 19 18
809 plays
10.
  TV Stories    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will give you a brief summary of a show and then you tell me what it is!
Very Easy, 10 Qns, angelmouse, Aug 18 21
Very Easy
angelmouse
Aug 18 21
7804 plays
trivia question Quick Question
The son and his wife live in the basement of his mother's house.

From Quiz "TV Stories"




11.
  When Good Democracies Go Bad    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match the show to a list of its stars. These shows are related to politics in some way or another.
Easier, 10 Qns, Shadowmyst2004, Feb 26 17
Easier
Shadowmyst2004
1651 plays
12.
  Do You Remember This TV Show?   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A simple premise: Ten TV shows' premises, you tell me the program. The key point is they are all shows I thought of as appointment television growing up. Let's see if you shared my tastes.
Average, 10 Qns, Spaudrey, Nov 26 16
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13.
  My Favorite TV Shows    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
If there is an indefinite quantity of something, that is TV shows. Countless have appeared on screen, but here only ten are presented. Enjoy!
Easier, 10 Qns, DeepHistory, Jul 30 17
Easier
DeepHistory gold member
Jul 30 17
1355 plays
14.
  Random TV    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
I'll describe a series, you tell me which one it is.
Easier, 5 Qns, 1lilkittykat, Dec 31 14
Easier
1lilkittykat
7909 plays
15.
  T.V. Addicts    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I will describe a T.V. show, and you must name it by choosing from multiple choice or answer true or false.
Average, 15 Qns, ZoeW500, May 22 17
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5186 plays
16.
  The Last I Heard...   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
TV shows have had many famous finales. What do you know about some of them? All of the questions will start with "The last I heard..." Have fun! Warning: There will be spoilers in this quiz.
Easier, 10 Qns, triviaking162, Jul 22 12
Easier
triviaking162
858 plays
17.
  I am Your Meal Ticket, So Be Nice   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The heads of TV families that at least deserved respect for being the breadwinner.
Average, 10 Qns, wjames, Dec 16 14
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wjames gold member
599 plays
18.
  20th Century TV Headlines II    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
These are just some of the headlines describing what happened on TV shows. Match the series with the headline.
Average, 10 Qns, zorlock7, Jun 27 22
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zorlock7
Jun 27 22
338 plays
19.
  Glued to the Box    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I'm not a huge TV fan, but I glued myself to the box for a few weeks in order to research some popular shows - mainly comedies - for this quiz. Can you name them?
Average, 10 Qns, caramellor, Jan 22 16
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20.
  Name the TV Show, Part 1    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will give a brief summary of the plot, and you name the show.
Average, 10 Qns, m4234, Jan 03 13
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1035 plays
21.
  TV's Top Spy Shows    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
When the first spy transferred into fiction in the 1820s, it sparked a new genre that remained constant thereafter in books, the big screen and on television. Crack the clues to find these 10 TV shows.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 21 22
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darksplash
Apr 21 22
116 plays
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  Name that TV Show    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
You will be given a brief description of a random TV show and will need to click on the title of the show that is being described.
Easier, 10 Qns, MidnightGlow, Oct 26 14
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MidnightGlow
1089 plays
23.
  Television Shows About Television Shows    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Television likes to navel gaze, and many shows have been made about television shows. Here are ten.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash, Jul 24 20
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darksplash
Jul 24 20
254 plays
24.
  What is that Show?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A descriptive quiz about TV shows.
Average, 10 Qns, Andy713, Oct 08 03
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4558 plays
25.
  Match the TV Plots - One Season Shows    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
This is a follow-up to my first TV Plots quiz, except that none of these lasted more than a season.
Average, 25 Qns, TonyTheDad, Sep 07 15
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TonyTheDad gold member
5450 plays
26.
  Name the TV Show, Part 2    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will give a brief summary of the plot, and you name the show.
Average, 10 Qns, m4234, Jan 04 13
Average
m4234
771 plays
27.
  20th Century TV Headlines    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
If events in a TV series happened in real life, these might've been the headlines describing the plots. Match the series title to the appropriate headline.
Average, 10 Qns, zorlock7, Jun 27 22
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Jun 27 22
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By Plots Trivia Questions

1. Which television show was created and starred Tina Fey and a whispering Alec Baldwin about the making of a television show for a fictional New York City channel?

From Quiz
Television Shows About Television Shows

Answer: 30 Rock

"30 Rock" ran for seven seasons between October 2006 and January 2013. In all, 138 episodes were shown. The title of the show was a play on the address of the NBC studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, York City. At the centre of the action was production of a comedy sketch show "TGS with Tracy Jordan", with Tina Fey starring as the writer and director. "30 Rock" was a parody of relationships between the makers of television shows, their broadcasters and the commercial partners/advertisers of the network. Alec Baldwin starred as the executive she had to deal with daily. Baldwin's character was noted for whispering at key moments of conversation. The show won a number of Emmys and Golden Globes amid a host of nominations. But time was not on its side. By the end of the fifth season, Baldwin was ready to leave. He told "Rolling Stone" magazine he felt the show was in decline. Fey, too, was feeling the pressure the writing and performing were having on her family life.

2. Which television show draws upon our common experience of highly intelligent young men sadly devoid of human empathy by building a show around Sheldon?

From Quiz Glued to the Box

Answer: The Big Bang Theory

"The Big Bang Theory" was first televised by CBS in 2007 and since then it has glued audiences worldwide to the box! It's a sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady and focuses upon four geeks and a waitress living in Pasadena, California. The main character, Sheldon Cooper (played by Jim Parsons), is a senior theoretical physicist at Caltech who shares an apartment with Leonard Hofstadter (played by Johnny Galecki) who is also a Caltech physicist but has none of Sheldon's incredibly irritating personality quirks. The other geeks are aerospace engineer Howard Wolowitz (played by Simon Helberg) and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali (played by Kunal Nayyar). Kaley Cuoco plays Penny the waitress who lives in the apartment across the hall. She's an aspiring actress from a small town in Nebraska, and is relied upon heavily by Sheldon for common sense instructions! That everyone knows someone like Sheldon creates a unique 'glue' for audiences worldwide. I've been watching Shelly for years!

3. This show is about a witch's marriage to a common man and her vows to become a typical housewife. What's the show's name?

From Quiz My Favorite TV Shows

Answer: Bewitched

The show aired from 1964 to 1972. It starred Elizabeth Montgomery as the witch Samantha and Dick York as her husband, Darrin, although York's part was later taken by Dick Sargent. The role of Endora, the chief antagonist and mother of Samantha was given to Agnes Moorehead.

4. Which TV dad from New Jersey did what he did to provide for his family, but also had long-term affairs with women named Irina, Gloria, Valentina, Svetlana and Julianna?

From Quiz I am Your Meal Ticket, So Be Nice

Answer: Tony Soprano

For six seasons, we followed Tony Soprano and both of his families in wild adventures of the NJ/NY mob. Tony always explained and excused his behavior by saying it was to provide for his family. Although his wife and children paid high prices for his excesses, they also stayed loyal to Tony and each other in the long run.

5. "New York Times" columnist William Stevens once described J.R. Ewing as "the Iago of Texas oilmen." Which long-running TV series' third season finale left audiences wondering, "Who shot J.R.?"

From Quiz Left Hanging: TV's Greatest Cliffhangers

Answer: Dallas

A list of all-time greatest TV cliffhangers would be incomplete without mentioning "Dallas", starring Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing! The third season's final episode, "A House Divided", is thought to have started television's trend of leaving the audience hanging at the end of a season. Fans of "Dallas" waited eight months for the resolution to the infamous question, which wasn't revealed until the fourth episode of the following season. "Dallas" tells the story of a wealthy oil tycoon of questionable moral fibre and the feuding that goes on within his family. It ran for 14 seasons, starting in 1978 and with the series' final episode airing on May 3, 1991. "Big Rich Texas", "Walker, Texas Ranger" and "Lone Star" are other TV series set in Texas.

6. After their father doesn't return from a "hunting trip" two brothers set out on a journey to find him. Along the way, they hunt ghosts, demons, witches, vampires, etc. while also trying to find the very thing responsible for their mother's death.

From Quiz Name that TV Show

Answer: Supernatural

"Supernatural" stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles as the two brothers Sam and Dean Winchester. Later, Misha Collins joins the cast with his character Castiel.

7. This reality show follows T.A.P.S. and the continued investigations of the paranormal.

From Quiz Name the TV Show, Part 2

Answer: Ghost Hunters

T.A.P.S stands for The Atlantic Paranormal Society which is based out of Rhode Island. The show follows the team of paranormal investigators as they investigate the most haunted places in the world.

8. This show revolves around the Winchester brothers and their ongoing quest to rid the world of evil monsters.

From Quiz Name the TV Show, Part 1

Answer: Supernatural

"Supernatural" debuted in September of 2005. The storyline revolves around brothers, Sam and Dean Winchester hunting and killing all supernatural beings including spirits, vampires, werewolves, and demons, among others.

9. The last I heard of this show, the main characters on the show went to jail! What show was this?

From Quiz The Last I Heard...

Answer: Seinfeld

The season finale of "Seinfeld" aired in 1998. The show lasted nine seasons and starred Jerry Seinfeld (obviously), Jason Alexander (as George), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (as Elaine) and Michael Richards (as Kramer). The show first aired in 1989.

10. This soapy comes from Australia and features characters such as Seb, Nick, Leah and Kirsty.

From Quiz T.V. Addicts

Answer: Home and Away

"Neighbours" is also an Australian soap, "Days Of Our Lives" is American and "Eastenders" is British. "Home and Away" centers around the lives of the people of "Summer Bay" in Australia. "Neighbours" has turned out stars such as Kylie Minogue, Holly Valance and Delta Goodrem.

11. This show tells about the happenings of an emergency room of a large Chicago area hospital.

From Quiz TV Stories

Answer: "ER"

Here are some of the doctors and nurses who have been on "ER" through 2002. Dr. Mark Greene (Anthony Edwards) who was killed off in 2002 season. Nurse Carol Hathaway (Julianna Margulies) left to be with Dr. Doug Ross (George Clooney). The show debuted in 1994.

12. A time-travelling alien (who often visits Earth) picks up companions along the way as he goes about in his time machine that is shaped like a 1960's-era British police call box.

From Quiz Match the TV Plots - Over 20 Season-Long Shows

Answer: Doctor Who

With seven actors who played the main character, the plot device was added that when a Time Lord was about to die, he could regenerate (up to 12 times), looking and acting quite a bit different. (1963-1989) "Doctor Who" has been revived in a second series, begun in 2005. It has continued with the continuity of the original series, with the ninth, tenth, and eleventh Doctors, portrayed by Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, and Matt Smith. (The eighth Doctor, played by Paul McGann, was only portrayed on-screen in the 1996 made-for-TV movie.)

13. This science fiction spoof chronicled the adventures of a United Galactic Sanitation Patrol ship.

From Quiz Match the TV Plots - One Season Shows

Answer: Quark

Starred Richard Benjamin.

14. A being from space returns to Earth to find the woman he fell in love with before he left the first time he visited. Instead, he finds her son that he fathered. Together they search for her, hampered by a government agent who wants to capture them.

From Quiz Match the TV Plots

Answer: Starman

Based on the 1984 movie of the same name.

15. Television had a fascination for shows on the making of television news (Part 1). Which show focused on the news output of WJM television and starred a brilliant comedy actress in the titular role?

From Quiz Television Shows About Television Shows

Answer: The Mary Tyler Moore Show

For seven seasons from 1970, Mary Tyler Moore starred as a producer of a TV news show based in Minneapolis. She was well supported by a cast that included Ed Asner, Valerie Harper, and Betty White. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", sometimes the definite article was dropped in the title, has been described as "groundbreaking" in its portrayal of Tyler Moore as a woman keeping down a high pressure job in a men's world. One review said the show "..."took 20 years of pointless, insipid situation comedy and spun it on its heels ... pioneered reality comedy and the establishment of clearly defined and motivated secondary characters." ["Rome News-Tribune", July 1973.] As much as it was about news, the show was more about the relationships between co-workers and the highs, lows and in-betweens of their lives. Ed Asner was later to describe the cast as like a family.

16. A teenage dreamer spends the majority of his time in pursuit of true love, while his good buddy, a bongo playing wannabe beatnik, will do whatever it takes to avoid the evil four letter word, "Work?!". Can you please give me the title of this show?

From Quiz That Sounds Familiar

Answer: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The character of Dobie Gillis was created in 1945 by American author and humorist Max Shulman and was featured in a collection of short stories entitled "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis", which was the basis for the series. Dwayne Hickman portrayed the title character, and Bob Denver played his good friend Maynard G. Krebs, a slacker whose main goal in life is to stay unemployed. During the first season of the show a couple of future stars appeared as semi-regulars. Tuesday Weld played Dobie's primary love interest Thalia Menninger and Warren Beatty portrayed Milton Armitage, a classmate of Dobies who is also vying for Thalia's affections. At a time when most teenagers on American TV shows were cast in supporting roles, "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" was one of the first series to feature them as leading characters. The show premiered in 1959 and lasted four seasons.

17. What's the name of the television show which normalises so many unusual family relationships that the once controversial blended family in "The Brady Bunch" looks tame?

From Quiz Glued to the Box

Answer: Modern Family

First televised by the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in 2009, "Modern Family" follows the lives of Jay Pritchett and his family in suburban Los Angeles. The series was created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan and is presented in a 'mockumentary' style (where the characters talk directly into the camera). Included in Jay Pritchett's family are his second wife Gloria (formerly Delgado, née Ramirez) - a Colombian half his age with a son from her previous marriage, Manny Delgado; their infant son Fulgencio (Joe) Pritchett; and his two adult children and their partners and children. Jay's daughter, Clair, has a fairly conventional marriage with three children; but his son, Mitchell, is the character that raises most laughs (and eyebrows) because he's homosexual, married to Cameron Tucker and they adopted a daughter, Lily Tucker-Pritchett, from Vietnam! The laughs (and perhaps shudders) you get from this show make you appreciate even more the relative 'normality' of your own family life; but as families are definitely becoming more complex this show deals very well with helping viewers accept what's happening around them.

18. In September 1965, this show came on the screens. It starred Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman. What is its name?

From Quiz My Favorite TV Shows

Answer: I Dream of Jeannie

The show revolves around the meeting of astronaut Tony Nelson (Hagman) and the genie Jeannie (Eden) and their relationship as they fall in love and later marry each other. It lasted until 1971. Despite is popularity, it was not well-received by critics.

19. Bonnie Franklin played Ann Romano in which Norman Lear sitcom about a single mom and her two daughters?

From Quiz I am Your Meal Ticket, So Be Nice

Answer: One Day at a Time

"One Day at a Time" was created by Whitney Blake and her third husband, and is based in part on her own experiences as a divorced mom raising three children from her first marriage. Mrs. Blake's daughter became actress Meredith Baxter, famous for her own 1970s shows "Family" and "Family Ties".

20. This series is about a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost who live together and try to live normal lives despite what they are.

From Quiz Name that TV Show

Answer: Being Human

"Being Human" is a show on BBC that also earned an American remake on the Syfy channel. The main vampire in the American remake was named after the actor for the main vampire in the original series.

21. This CW show follows a group of the world's most wealthy youths living in the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

From Quiz Name the TV Show, Part 2

Answer: Gossip Girl

"Gossip Girl" is a soap opera that follows the lives of a group of the richest youths in New York on the Upper East Side. We see them grow from high school in the first season all the way through college by the end of the show. Sex and scandal seem to follow them wherever they go. XOXO "Gossip Girl".

22. This ABC show revolves around the main character, Amanda Clarke A.K.A. Emily Thorne, and her plot to get back at the people who framed her father for terrorist activities.

From Quiz Name the TV Show, Part 1

Answer: Revenge

"Revenge" is the story of Amanda Clarke. Her father was framed by the wealthy Grayson family of the Hamptons. He was arrested for helping provide funds for a terrorist plot that killed many people in a plane crash when she was a young girl. She returns to the Hamptons as an adult with a new identity to carry out a complex plan to get revenge on everybody involved.

23. The last I heard of this show, I got a horrible cliffhanger! Why did it have to cut to black like that? What show was this?

From Quiz The Last I Heard...

Answer: The Sopranos

The finale of "The Sopranos" ended in a cliffhanger because people didn't know if Tony, the main character, was killed or not. There was a lot of backlash over this episode because people wanted to know what happened to Tony. The season finale of "The Sopranos" aired in 2007.

24. This show stars Amanda Bynes and it is about a girl called Holly. When her father is transferred to Japan, Holly goes to live with her sister Val, in New York City.

From Quiz T.V. Addicts

Answer: What I Like about You

"The Amanda Show" is another one of Amanda Byne's T.V. shows. In "What I Like about You", Jennie Garth plays Valerie and Simon Rex ("Scary Movie Three") plays Val's boyfriend, Jeff.

25. This yellow family has been on TV for over ten years now. On this program, a man says "Do'h!"

From Quiz What is that Show?

Answer: The Simpsons & Simpsons

This show has been an animated comedy show that people of all ages watch. Matt Groening, the creator of "The Simpsons" has a dad called Homer.

26. A commercial came on and I decided to change the channel. I came to a show that features 6 friends living in New York City. What show am I watching?

From Quiz TV Shows!

Answer: Friends

'Friends' stars include Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing; Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani; Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay; Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green; Courteney Cox Arquette as Monica Geller; and David Schwimmer as Ross Geller. There are a total of 10 seasons.

27. This show is about four older women who share a house in Florida.

From Quiz TV Stories

Answer: "The Golden Girls"

Rose is blonde and goofy. Sophia is the mother of Dorothy and has a lot of spunk. Blanche is the sexy one of the group. Dorothy is a substitute teacher who has trouble finding dates.

28. The original name of 'The Ed Sullivan Show'.

From Quiz Match the TV Plots - Over 20 Season-Long Shows

Answer: Toast of the Town

It was renamed in 1955. The show ran from 1948 to 1971.

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