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Here's another quiz about TV dads. I will name the children they were fathers to on TV,and you name the dad.

A multiple-choice quiz by mayjay64. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
mayjay64

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
240,093

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2943

Last 3 plays: Guest 12 (8/10), Guest 107 (8/10), Guest 24 (9/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. This widower fathered David, Mary, Joanie, Susan, Nancy, Elizabeth, Tommy and Nicholas. Hint

Tom Bradley

Tom Bradford

Nick Bradford

Dave Bradley

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Question 2 of 10

2. This father of John-Boy, Jason, Mary Ellen, Ben, Erin, Jim Bob and Elizabeth raised his children with wife Olivia. Hint

John Walsh

John Walston

Jim Walton

John Walton

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Question 3 of 10

3. This father, and his wife Elyse, started the series being parents to Alex, Mallory and Jennifer. They had baby Andy a few years into the series. Hint

Steven Keaton

Ray Stevens

Jason Seaver

Mike Smith

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Question 4 of 10

4. This dad was loved by everyone - his wife Debra, his children Ally, Geoffrey and Michael, and his parents and brother who lived across the street from him. Hint

Tom Conner

Dan Conner

Raymond Barone

Mike Brady

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Question 5 of 10

5. This dad from a Pasadena, CA family was husband to Kate and father to Nancy, Willie, Buddy and adopted Annie Cooper. Hint

James Broderick

Kevin James

Dan Lawrence

Doug Lawrence

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Question 6 of 10

6. This dad was actually uncle to the star for whom the show is named, but he was father to Hilary, Carlton, Ashley and Nicky. Hint

William Smith

Philip Banks

Will Banks

Phil Smith

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was the dad of Becky, Darlene, DJ and Jerry, father-in-law of Mark and David, and uncle of Andy? Hint

Don Conner

Don Tanner

Dan Tanner

Dan Conner

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Question 8 of 10

8. He was a psychiatrist who was father to Mike, Carol, Ben and Chrissy. Hint

Jack Seaver

Dan Seaver

Mick Seaver

Jason Seaver

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Question 9 of 10

9. Another TV dad who was a doctor, this brain surgeon was dad to Ephram and Delia. Hint

Allan Brown

Andy Brown

Harold Abbot

Harold Brown

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Question 10 of 10

10. This dad was husband to Margaret, and father to Betty, Bud and Kathy. Hint

Dan Anderson

Ward Cleaver

Jim Anderson

Ricky Ricardo

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Most Recent Scores

Apr 25 2024 : Guest 12: 8/10
Apr 18 2024 : Guest 107: 8/10
Apr 10 2024 : Guest 24: 9/10
Apr 02 2024 : Guest 38: 5/10
Mar 26 2024 : Guest 12: 5/10
Mar 24 2024 : Guest 174: 8/10
Mar 15 2024 : Guest 23: 5/10
Mar 01 2024 : Guest 96: 8/10
Feb 26 2024 : Guest 198: 8/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This widower fathered David, Mary, Joanie, Susan, Nancy, Elizabeth, Tommy and Nicholas.

Answer: Tom Bradford

Dick Van Patten played this prolific dad on "Eight is Enough". A few episodes into the series, (about four or five), the actress who played his wife Joan, Diana Hyland, died of cancer. He later remarried the tutor of one of his kids.

2. This father of John-Boy, Jason, Mary Ellen, Ben, Erin, Jim Bob and Elizabeth raised his children with wife Olivia.

Answer: John Walton

Ralph Waite portrayed the role of John Walton, in a family drama set in the 1930's and 1940's. "The Waltons" focused on this fictional family and its struggles as it went through life in a small town in the mountains of Virginia. Some story lines were based on the real life of creator Earl Hamner.

3. This father, and his wife Elyse, started the series being parents to Alex, Mallory and Jennifer. They had baby Andy a few years into the series.

Answer: Steven Keaton

Michael Gross was the dad on the eighties' comedy "Family Ties". He and his wife Elyse (portrayed by Meredith Baxter) were flower children of the sixties raising their children in the eighties.

4. This dad was loved by everyone - his wife Debra, his children Ally, Geoffrey and Michael, and his parents and brother who lived across the street from him.

Answer: Raymond Barone

Ray Romano played Raymond Barone in this comedy about a family that he says resembles his own. "Everybody Loves Raymond" ran for nine seasons and won Emmy Awards for several of its cast.

5. This dad from a Pasadena, CA family was husband to Kate and father to Nancy, Willie, Buddy and adopted Annie Cooper.

Answer: Doug Lawrence

James Broderick portrayed the role of the father of the Lawrence family of Pasadena in the seventies' drama "Family". The show tackled the struggles and triumphs of an "average" American family, including dealing with a drop-out son, a divorced daughter and a teen-age daughter.

6. This dad was actually uncle to the star for whom the show is named, but he was father to Hilary, Carlton, Ashley and Nicky.

Answer: Philip Banks

Philip Banks, portrayed by James Avery, was a lawyer-turned-judge who grew up in a North Carolina farm. He was a civil rights activist in his youth and later went to Princeton and Harvard. He was not just a husband and father but also uncle and father-figure to his nephew Will on whom the series is based - "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air".

7. Who was the dad of Becky, Darlene, DJ and Jerry, father-in-law of Mark and David, and uncle of Andy?

Answer: Dan Conner

John Goodman played Dan Conner on "Roseanne". The comedy ran for nine seasons, but in the last episode of the series, it was revealed that the character Dan Conner had actually died at the end of the eighth season.

8. He was a psychiatrist who was father to Mike, Carol, Ben and Chrissy.

Answer: Jason Seaver

Alan Thicke played the dad on the ABC comedy "Growing Pains".

9. Another TV dad who was a doctor, this brain surgeon was dad to Ephram and Delia.

Answer: Andy Brown

Treat Williams portrayed Dr. Andy Brown, a legendary neurosurgeon from New York, who, after being widowed, brought his kids to a small town in Colorado. The TV drama was named for the fictional town they moved to - "Everwood".

10. This dad was husband to Margaret, and father to Betty, Bud and Kathy.

Answer: Jim Anderson

Jim Anderson, portrayed by Robert Young, was a dad on radio from 1949 to 1953 before the series moved to TV in 1954. The show, "Father Knows Best" was about the average American family, although it was often said to be too idealistic and not too real. It ran on the three networks of the time, until 1962.

Source: Author mayjay64

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