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TV Characters And Their Jobs Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about the television jobs that some characters have had. Just select the appropriate answer for the questions given.

A multiple-choice quiz by dingbatalso. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
dingbatalso

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
21,408

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
9444

Last 3 plays: Guest 91 (5/10), demurechicky (10/10), Guest 104 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. On the show 'Three's Company' Jack was going to school to become what? Hint

a doctor

a chef

a lawyer

a florist

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Question 2 of 10

2. On the show 'Designing Women' what was the name of their design firm? Hint

Frazier's

Shively's

Bouvier's

Sugarbaker's

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Question 3 of 10

3. On the show 'All in the Family' what was Archie Bunker's night time job? Hint

a stocker

a janitor

a bus driver

a taxi driver

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Question 4 of 10

4. On The show 'Gomer Pyle USMC' what was Vincent Carter's official rank? Hint

Gunnery Sergeant

General

Marine mate

Corporal

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Question 5 of 10

5. On the show 'The Jeffersons' what was George Jefferson the owner of? Hint

a convenience store

a restaurant

a grocery store

a dry cleaners

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Question 6 of 10

6. On the show 'Cheers' what was Cliff Clavin's job? Hint

a UPS delivery man

a postman

he worked in the back of the post office sorting mail

a teller for the post office

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Question 7 of 10

7. On the show 'Rhoda' what was Rhoda Morganstern's little sister's job? Hint

a waitress

a fast food worker

a grocery store clerk

a bank teller

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Question 8 of 10

8. On the show 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' what was Ted Baxter's job? Hint

he wrote the sports for the news

he was an anchor man

he was the head of the station

he was the producer of the news

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Question 9 of 10

9. On the show 'The Facts of Life' what job did Edna Garrett do before she left Eastland? Hint

she was a teacher

she was a dietitian

she was a librarian

she was the head of Eastland

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Question 10 of 10

10. On the show 'The Golden Girls' what was Dorothy Zbornak's job? Hint

a dress designer

a counselor

a substitute teacher

a social worker

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Most Recent Scores

Apr 12 2026 : Guest 91: 5/10
Apr 08 2026 : demurechicky: 10/10
Mar 24 2026 : Guest 104: 8/10
Mar 17 2026 : Guest 40: 7/10
Mar 15 2026 : Guest 98: 6/10
Mar 14 2026 : Guest 174: 9/10
Mar 08 2026 : Guest 125: 7/10
Feb 25 2026 : Cymruambyth: 8/10
Feb 20 2026 : Guest 166: 4/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. On the show 'Three's Company' Jack was going to school to become what?

Answer: a chef

2. On the show 'Designing Women' what was the name of their design firm?

Answer: Sugarbaker's

3. On the show 'All in the Family' what was Archie Bunker's night time job?

Answer: a taxi driver

4. On The show 'Gomer Pyle USMC' what was Vincent Carter's official rank?

Answer: Gunnery Sergeant

Gunnery Sergeant (usually just called Sergeant) Vincent Carter was on Gomer's case all the time because Gomer was always messing up in some way or another.

5. On the show 'The Jeffersons' what was George Jefferson the owner of?

Answer: a dry cleaners

George Jefferson got the money from an insurance company and opened up his first dry cleaners on the show 'All in the Family'.

6. On the show 'Cheers' what was Cliff Clavin's job?

Answer: a postman

7. On the show 'Rhoda' what was Rhoda Morganstern's little sister's job?

Answer: a bank teller

8. On the show 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' what was Ted Baxter's job?

Answer: he was an anchor man

Ted Baxter was always messing up the news by pronouncing words wrong or doing stupid little things on the air that bothered the producer, Lou Grant.

9. On the show 'The Facts of Life' what job did Edna Garrett do before she left Eastland?

Answer: she was a dietitian

Edna Garret left Eastland, later in the series, to open her own shop, called Edna's Edibles. The four girls, Blair, Jo, Tootie and Natalie, had helped out at the shop.

10. On the show 'The Golden Girls' what was Dorothy Zbornak's job?

Answer: a substitute teacher

Source: Author dingbatalso

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