Have I Got Newspapers For You! Quiz

Answer: Los Angeles Tribune

"Lou Grant" ran from September 1978 to September 1982.

Ed Asner starred as Lou Grant, editor of the Los Angeles Tribune.

The Tribune was an old-school independent newspaper with sound journalistic values. It was not afraid to tackle important issues, no matter how many important or influential people they upset.

Answer: Hotten Courier

"Emmerdale" was a Yorkshire-based soap opera that first aired on British television in 1973.

Stories surrounded the residents of a rural village, telling of their lives, loves, and often deaths.

Answer: The Springfield Shopper

"The Springfield Shopper" was the most influential newspaper in the home town of that strange, yellow family.

The paper tended towards the more sensational side of newspaper journalism.

"The Simpsons", an animated story of a dysfunctional family, first aired in its own right in September 1993.

Answer: The Quahog Informant

"Family Guy" was an animated show that first aired in 1999.

The humour was a little on the adult side, and the newspaper often reflected this with some rather strange headlines.

While "Family Guy" was an award winner, it also courted controversy and was even banned in Venezuela at one point.

Answer: The Tally Ho!

"The Prisoner" was a British TV show that first aired in the UK and Canada in September 1967.

Its premise was that of a secret agent who wanted to retire but was abducted by his employers and sent to a strange, unknown island.

Patrick McGoohan played the agent on an island where no one had names, just numbers, and where he was Number Six. The 17 episodes told of his struggles with the oppressive authorities and his attempts to escape.

"The Tally Ho!" was the voice of the authorities, telling the islanders what they wanted them to know.

Answer: The Bay Mirror

"Charmed" was a fantasy show based in San Francisco.

It featured a family of sisters who were white witches battling demons and the blacker side of magic.

The show ran for eight seasons from October 1998 to May 2006.

One of the sisters, Phoebe Halliwell, was an advice columnist on "The Bay Mirror". Alyssa Milano played Phoebe.

Answer: Coastal News

"Home And Away" was an Australian TV soap that first aired in 1988. More than 30 seasons followed and it aired in more than 80 countries.

The show is set in Summer Bay, a fictional seaside town of New South Wales.

Answer: Daily Granite

"The Flintstones" was an animated TV show that was set in prehistoric days. It centered around Fred Flintstone and his family, friends and co-workers.

In their stone age world, dinosaurs were pets, and also implements of work. Fred got around in a car with stone wheels, using his feet for power.

The show ran from 1960 to 1966, but has frequently been repeated since.

A live-action movie version was made in 1994.

The "Daily Granite" was, of course, a newspaper that had its stories chipped out on stone blocks.

Answer: The New York Ledger

"Law & Order" and its various spin offs was set (initially) in New York City.

From 1990, each episode showed the investigation by detectives into a crime, followed by the prosecution of the offenders through the courts by the District Attorney's Office.

"The New York Ledger" was an actual newspaper that published between 1855 and 1898.

Editions of "The New York Ledger" were frequently shown on "Law & Order", while a similarly-titled paper was seen in another TV show, "Elementary".

Answer: The Weatherfield Gazette

First shown in 1960, "Coronation Street" was a British soap opera based in the fictional Weatherfield, supposedly a town in Greater Manchester.

The show went on to become the longest-running TV soap in the world.

One of the characters, Ken Barlow (who was there in episode one and still around 57 years later), was once the editor of the Gazette.