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31. Na-Nu Na-Nu: What was the name of the lovable alien played by Robin Williams in a "Happy Days" spin-off?

From Quiz Comedians And Angels

Answer: Mork

Robin Williams played the alien in four seasons of "Mork & Mindy" between September 1978 and May 1982. Pam Dawber played the Earth woman who befriended Mork. The character was introduced in "Happy Days" when Mork landed on Earth to kidnap Richie Cunningham.

From Quiz Without You I'm Nothing

Answer: Itchy and Scratchy

Bart and Lisa were often shown watching "The Itchy and Scratchy Show" which was a regular cartoon on "The Krusty the Clown Show". Itchy was the blue mouse and was voiced by Dan Castellaneta, and Scratchy, a black cat voiced by Harry Shearer. This duo first appeared on "The Simpsons" in 1990.

From Quiz You've Got a Friend

Answer: Gregory House

The dynamics of the Wilson/House relationship are one of the interesting things about "House". The show may be about House's idiosyncrasies, but the psyche of Wilson is also intriguing. He puts up with so much abuse - what does he get out of the relationship? This question was inspired by the Revenge of the Llamas' Jabberwok.

From Quiz Six Degrees From The TV Part 2

Answer: Sabrina The Teenage Witch

Penn played Drell in four episodes. Drell was the head of the witches council. Caroline played Aunt Hilda in 142 episodes. Interesting side note, both of the characters dated at one point and even almost married, till Drell left Hilda on the day of the wedding.

From Quiz Six Degrees From The TV

Answer: Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Seth Green played Oz in 40 episodes. Oz was a werewolf who fell in love with Willow. Nicholas Brendon played Xander in 143 episodes. Xander was one of the first to learn Buffy's secret.

From Quiz Sports in TV Shows

Answer: sports writer

Ray Barone is a sports writer for "Newsday". Ray Barone is played by Ray Romano.

From Quiz TV Food for Thought

Answer: Archie Bunker

"All in the Family" was the first televsion show to feature the sound of a flushing toilet. "All in the Family" also has the distinction of garnering the longest recorded audience laugh in television history. The laugh occurs when guest star Sammy Davis Jr. plants a big wet kiss on Archie's cheek.

From Quiz Who's In Charge Here!

Answer: Mr Slate

In the cartoon the 'Flintstones,' Fred actually had two bosses. The other, not as commonly known, was Mr Granite.

From Quiz TV Eyes!

Answer: Chandler

Chandler Bing has blue eyes while Ross and Joey both have brown eyes.

From Quiz You Saw It Here First!

Answer: The Cisco Kid

"The Cisco Kid" is an American Western television series starring Duncan Renaldo as Cisco and Leo Carrillo as his sidekick Pancho. The show ran from 1950 to 1956. Much like "The Lone Ranger" Cisco and Pancho helped out poor desperate people and fought bad guys. Instead of killing bad guys, Cisco would usually just shoot the gun out of the bad guy's hand and capture him.

From Quiz A Successful Recovery

Answer: surgery

Patti Miller fell unconscious in a park and when she woke up, everyone (including her) was singing. She is taken to Sacred Heart Hospital where she learns from Dr. Cox that she has a brain aneurysm. Fortunately, there is a cure and that cure is surgery. The doctors put her under anesthesia, operate on her, and when she awakens, Patti reveals that her illness has been cured. Interestingly, according to a report that Mayo Clinic produced in 2001, hearing things sung is a real illness. Just like people can have visual hallucinations, they can also have auditory hallucinations.

From Quiz 20th Century Brief TV

Answer: Young Dan'l Boone

Four one-hour episodes were shown on CBS September and October 1977. It featured actor Rick Moses as a younger version of Daniel Boone when he was still single in the earlier days of America. This was one of a crop of "young" shows which included "Young Maverick", "Young Lawyers", and "Young Rebels".

From Quiz TV Shows I Hate That Everyone Else Loves

Answer: This Is Us

"This Is Us" premiered in the fall of 2016. It has been nominated for many awards, including Golden Globe, Critic's Choice and Emmy Awards.

From Quiz Blind Justice: Great TV Legal Dramas

Answer: L. A. Law

"L.A. Law" was big, bright and classy: everything that Bochco's previous "Hill Street Blues" was not. Terry Louise Fisher, a lawyer and former assistant district attorney, was the co-creator. "L. A. Law" was set in the private practice of a Los Angeles law firm. Much of the action took place away from the courtroom in the corporate offices of the law firm. The show was first broadcast in 1986, and 182 episodes were broadcast in eight seasons. The show and cast garnered a slew of Emmy and Golden Globe nominations and awards. The partners and associates were a diverse group and although Bochco was not afraid to use some of the usual stereotypes of hard-bitten lawyers, many of the character showed a more compassionate side. When the "American Bar Association Journal" asked a panel of twelve legal experts - that would be a jury then? - to list the top 25 legal shows on TV they placed "L. A. Law" at number one.

From Quiz Jack Frost Nipping at Your Nose

Answer: Danny Pino

Danny Pino played Detective Scotty Valens on "Cold Case" before becoming Detective Nick Amaro on "Law & Order: SVU". "Cold Case" followed Detective Valens and his partner Lilly Rush, played by Kathryn Morris, as they tried to solve murder cases that were no longer active for the Philadelphia Police Department. Kathryn Morris never appeared in "Law & Order: SVU". Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni both starred in "Law & Order: SVU" but never appeared in "Cold Case". This question came to light under intense interrogation by Phoenix Rising member tazman6619.

From Quiz Tommy Westphall Universe II

Answer: Seattle

Frasier Crane moved to Seattle, his hometown, to take care of his aging father. Frasier (Kelsey Grammar) was first seen on "Cheers" as Diane Chambers' psychiatrist and love interest. "Cheers" was one of the most popular sitcoms of all time, airing from 1982 to 1993. It centered on a Boston bar "where everybody knows your name." Frasier appeared in 204 of the show's 271 episodes. "Frasier" was almost as successful as "Cheers," with 263 episodes between 1993 and 2004. Grammer continued as Frasier, hosting a radio call-in show.

From Quiz Heard But Rarely, If Ever, Seen

Answer: Wilson

This character spent time at the fence, providing Tim and his family with advice about a variety of things in life. He was also obscured with other objects and facial hair throughout the series. His name was revealed as Wilson W. Wilson, Jr. in the sixth season. That's when the audience discovers that the character was also a cousin to the Wilsons in "The Beach Boys".

From Quiz Patty, Paul and Perry

Answer: The Partridge Family

Aired from 1970 to 1974 it tells of a bank telling mother who helps a set of siblings record a pop song in their garage. It becomes a big hit. The show would spawn the song "I Think I Love You" (written by Tony Romero), which would become a (US) Billboard Hot 100 number one hit and turn David Cassidy into a teen idol.

From Quiz Puppet Shows and Puppets on TV Through the Years

Answer: Shari Lewis

Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz was born in The Bronx, New York, and received a well rounded education in ventriloquism, acrobatics, ice skating, juggling and baton twirling in addition to violin and piano. She retained her husband's name after a brief marriage to Stan Lewis. In 1952 she won first prize on "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" for her puppetry and made her television hosting debut the following year on a local show called "Facts N' Fun". After hosting other local shows she debuted "The Shari Lewis Show" in 1960 that featured her sock puppets. After a three-year run she appeared on other television shows while accumulating 12 Emmy awards and a Peabody Award during her career. Shari also conducted symphonies and penned several books. "Honey West" featured Anne Francis as a private detective for one season in 1965. "The Patty Duke Show" ran from 1963 until 1966. Nell Fenwick was Dudley Do-Right's girlfriend on "The Dudley Do-Right Show" cartoon show beginning in 1969.

From Quiz Before The Bang

Answer: Roseanne's sister

Laurie Metcalf played Roseanne's sister Jackie Harris from 1988-1997. Metcalf has a degree in Theatre and has appeared in many theatrical, television, and movie roles. She received a Prime Time Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2016 for her role as Mary Cooper on "The Big Bang Theory".

From Quiz Long-Lasting and Loved Television Shows - Part 1

Answer: M*A*S*H

The final show of "M*A*S*H" was such an event that the informal name for people watching it together was a mash-bash. "M*A*S*H" was on from 1972-83 with 256 episodes.

From Quiz Love in the Dark

Answer: Scandal

"Scandal" tells the story of Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington), who owns the crisis management company Olivia Pope & Associates. Pope was formerly the White House Director of Communications. Pope had an affair with Fitz, who became the President of the United States. Many kissing scenes involving the two characters happen inside the White House. The series, which also starred Henry Ian Cusick, Columbus Short, Katie Lowes, Guillermo Diaz, and Jeff Perry, premiered in 2012, and its actors have been nominated on several occasions for Primetime Emmy Awards.

From Quiz Where's My Clicker?

Answer: Fool Us

Magicians are invited to the program to perform their best act. Penn and Teller are seated up front and confer with Teller whispering into Penn's ear to maintain his Harpo Marx image. Penn, of course, speaks for both of them. However, Penn speaks in magician code so as not to fully give the trick away or may write a brief note to the performer which he/she must acknowledge. Most of time the performer loses. Those who "fool us" are invited to perform at Penn and Teller's theater in Las Vegas and receive the coveted "Fool Us" trophy. Or as Penn calls it "The F. U."

From Quiz Casting Call: Literary Characters Become TV Stars

Answer: Murder She Wrote

"Murder She Wrote" was a multi-Emmy winning crime drama which ran between 1984-96. The premise was based on a character called Jessica Fletcher who lived in Cabot Cove in Maine (probably just down the road from an equally fictitious Crab Apple Cove where "M*A*S*H"'s Hawkeye Pierce's father lived). Ms Fletcher, an ageing childless widow who was once an English teacher, before becoming a successful mystery writer, would solve murder mysteries, that the local constabulary could not. The parallels with Agatha Christie's Miss Marple were obvious, though there was no evidence to suggest Ms Fletcher was based on Miss Marple.

From Quiz Time-Sink Television

Answer: The Simpsons & Simpsons

A television juggernaut for FOX, "The Simpsons" first appeared in the "Tracey Ullman Show" in 1987, but got their own primetime TV show on FOX in 1989 (with a Christmas episode). Its popularity skyrocketed in its early years and never really faced cancellation, pushing across several decades of antics and hitting its 600th episode in 2016. The show, of course, follows the events going on in Springfield surrounding the core Simpson family (of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie) and numerous secondary characters around them.

From Quiz Six Degrees Of Television

Answer: Funeral directors

"Six Feet Under" ran for five seasons on HBO from June 2001 to August 2005. It was set in a family-run firm of funeral directors and focused on the lives of the family members. It was a big ratings success for HBO, and was also critically acclaimed. It was nominated for 168 major awards and won 46.

From Quiz Gay and Lesbian TV History

Answer: L.A. Law

"L.A. Law" was an American legal drama series frequently focusing on hot-button topics. This kiss occurred in the episode "He's a Crowd" when C.J. Lamb (Amanda Donohue), a character who calls her sexuality "flexible" kisses Abby Perkins (Michele Green), a heterosexual character. A relationship never developed (it will take quite a few more years for that to happen on TV - stay tuned for a later question).

From Quiz Remember Black and White TV?

Answer: McHale's Navy

"McHale's Navy" ran on ABC from October 11, 1962 to April 12, 1966. It was a popular sitcom about WWII set in the South Pacific and starring Ernest Borgnine as Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale. The actors playing the crew were as follows, Tim Conway as Ensign Charles Parker, Joe Flynn as Captain Wallace B. Binghamton, and Bob Hastings as Lieutenant Elroy Carpenter.

From Quiz Presidential Surnames on TV

Answer: Head of the Class

Somehow, "Head of the Class" (1986-1991) was originally set at Monroe but turned out to be Fillmore. The sitcom was about gifted students and their history teacher Charlie Moore, played by Howard Hesseman. The students included the stereotypical nerd, the overweight computer whiz, the spoiled rich girl, the ultra-conservative preppy (a la Alex Keaton), the artsy student, the precocious 11 year old and the exchange student from India. When Charlie left in 1990, Billy MacGregor (Billy Connolly) took over, not for long though. While the other choices also had classroom scenes, none of their schools was named after a president.

From Quiz Strange, Weird, or Obscure

Answer: Rod Serling

The macabre program "Night Gallery" used narrator Rod Serling and his stoic delivery to start every program. Director Steven Spielberg made his directing debut on this television show. Famous actors and actress were featured regularly which also helped this show to capture an audience eager to watch the next frightening episode.

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