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"Jump The Shark" Trivia Quiz

This one is about "jumping the shark". In other words when a TV show goes way over the top. It's actually a phrase; website is jumptheshark.com. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by gatsby722. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
gatsby722

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
102,269

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
4561

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 96 (6/10), Guest 66 (7/10), Guest 98 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. This show jumped the shark a lot. It swirled around a lot down there in the depths. But it was a good show! It married people to each other and had a lot of bar fights. It was a mayhem, really. I think it jumped the shark when one of the characters went into a germ-free "bubble". Which show? Hint

Frasier

Cheers

Third Rock From The Sun

Alf

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Question 2 of 10

2. This show jumped the shark when Lily Tomlin stepped in. It could've jumped it when Avery was born, but they handled that well. Often when they throw a baby into a hit show it gets all gooey and pretty awful. Which show did Lily take a part in? Hint

Murphy Brown

Designing Women

Spin City

Coach

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Question 3 of 10

3. This show shark jumped when a sperm bank child showed up. And its jumping even more when the two main characters are considering having a baby. I tell ya. Kids can ruin a show! Which one am I talking about? Hint

Night Court

Frasier

Will And Grace

Becker

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Question 4 of 10

4. This one jumped the shark when a wrecking ball came crashing into the hospital when a terminal cancer patient was walking in there and narrowly missed it. Which one? Hint

Medical Center

General Hospital

St. Elsewhere

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Question 5 of 10

5. This one jumped the shark when one of the secondary characters, a love interest, was discovered to be someone in the witness protection program. Which one? Hint

Seinfeld

One Day At A Time

The Golden Girls

Ally McBeal

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Question 6 of 10

6. This show went fishing when, all of a sudden, a different guy showed up and we were expected to believe he was the same old husband we had just seen. Which show? Hint

Three's Company

Bewitched

The Fugitive

The Honeymooners

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Question 7 of 10

7. This one jumped the shark with vigor when they had a husband taken by aliens and a young woman giving birth to a child of Satan! Yikes! It was pretty funny before that. The show is?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Moldavia. Need I say more? Hint

Falcon Crest

Dynasty

Dallas

Port Charles

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Question 9 of 10

9. This one is the probable granddaddy of all 'shark jumps'. Somebody shows up in a shower and it turns out the whole last season was a dream. Dead one minute, showering the next. Which show? Hint

Dallas

Peyton Place

Knot's Landing

The X-Files

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Question 10 of 10

10. This show jumped it when a thing called 'The Ice Princess' came into play. What show? Hint

Guiding Light

One Life To Live

General Hospital

Days Of Our Lives

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Most Recent Scores

Apr 18 2024 : Guest 96: 6/10
Mar 29 2024 : Guest 66: 7/10
Mar 17 2024 : Guest 98: 5/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Cheers

When they put Lilith in that environmental place the show went sideways. Sam and Diane and Sam and Rebecca were good fun (thus the magic of the series) but Lilith was just a freaky kind of person. Good spin-off, though.

Answer: Murphy Brown

Ms. Tomlin stepped in as a replacement for the departed executive producer Miles. It simply didn't work and the show sunk.

Answer: Will And Grace

Jack's son showing up was pushing it. Will and Grace deciding to procreate pushed it way over the edge. The show, one I like still, seems to be losing the charm of all the friendships and trying gimmicks.

4. This one jumped the shark when a wrecking ball came crashing into the hospital when a terminal cancer patient was walking in there and narrowly missed it. Which one?

Answer: St. Elsewhere

Doctor Auschlander almost got hit. The show was stretching credibility big time by then. The shark was dead by the time they determined that the whole series was the fantasy of an autistic child.

5. This one jumped the shark when one of the secondary characters, a love interest, was discovered to be someone in the witness protection program. Which one?

Answer: The Golden Girls

All of a sudden Rose's boyfriend, Miles, was exposed as an accountant for a mobster. Never mind that he was a tenured college professor with a family that Rose actually met. What was THAT about?

6. This show went fishing when, all of a sudden, a different guy showed up and we were expected to believe he was the same old husband we had just seen. Which show?

Answer: Bewitched

Dick York became Dick Sargent in no time flat! I remember, as a kid, wondering if I had missed something!

7. This one jumped the shark with vigor when they had a husband taken by aliens and a young woman giving birth to a child of Satan! Yikes! It was pretty funny before that. The show is?

Answer: Soap

Bert gets absconded by otherworldly things and Corrine gets impregnated by the devil. Puh-leez!

8. Moldavia. Need I say more?

Answer: Dynasty

That was about it for the hit prime time soap. Moldavians came in to a wedding reception and shot up the whole party of cast members. The idea, I guess, was to create a cliffhanger. Instead they only jumped the shark.

9. This one is the probable granddaddy of all 'shark jumps'. Somebody shows up in a shower and it turns out the whole last season was a dream. Dead one minute, showering the next. Which show?

Answer: Dallas

Bobby Ewing, on "Dallas", was killed and then showed up in the bathtub. After all of that it was hard to keep track of who was coming or going!

10. This show jumped it when a thing called 'The Ice Princess' came into play. What show?

Answer: General Hospital

It was something about freezing the world so the Cassadines would have control over the planet. Soaps stretch things constantly, but that stretch was a bit too much.

Source: Author gatsby722

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