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Quiz about TV Food for Thought
Quiz about TV Food for Thought

TV Food for Thought Trivia Quiz


An assortment of questions about your favorite television characters' funny food habits. Enjoy...and don't forget to keep your elbows off the table!

A multiple-choice quiz by saturnchick23. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
124,633
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
5700
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 174 (9/10), Guest 24 (10/10), Guest 73 (4/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which television character is always asking his lovable wife, Edith, to get him a beer? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. On "Three's Company", Jack Tripper earns his living as a chef, and eventually goes on to manage his own restaurant. What kind of restaurant was it? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This television character worked in a chocolate factory, added too much yeast to her baking bread, and danced with a pineapple on her head. Who was she? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In one memorable episode of "Seinfeld", Elaine and Jerry go to a bakery to pick up a babka for a dinner party. While waiting in line, Jerry begins to eat, and proclaims that humanity could learn how to peacefully co-exist by observing the diversity of this food. What food is he refering to? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What television show are you watching when you hear the following line from its theme song: "Fish don't fry in the kitchen, beans don't burn on the grill"? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What television character complained that her spaghetti "tasted like metal" shortly after she got her braces? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. On one episode of "The Cosby Show", Cliff Huxtable dreams that he has given birth to one of his favorite foods. What was it? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "Picture it...Sicily, 1918...a young peasant girl leaves for America in search of a new life...", three women sit around their kitchen table listening to the speaker. What kind of cake are they most likely eating? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In one episode of "Happy Days", we learn that the unflappable Fonzie is actually afraid of a certain food. What food makes the Fonz freak? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What television show are you watching if a customer purchases 1 lb. of chocolate covered almonds from "Edna's Edibles"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which television character is always asking his lovable wife, Edith, to get him a beer?

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.
2. On "Three's Company", Jack Tripper earns his living as a chef, and eventually goes on to manage his own restaurant. What kind of restaurant was it?

Answer: French

The name of Jack's French restaurant was 'Jack's Bistro'. John Ritter, who played Jack Tripper on the show, is the son of the singing cowboy, Tex Ritter.
3. This television character worked in a chocolate factory, added too much yeast to her baking bread, and danced with a pineapple on her head. Who was she?

Answer: Lucy Ricardo

Did you know that Lucille Ball's mother once received a letter from Lucille's drama school teacher explaining that her daughter did not have the necessary talent to pursue acting?
4. In one memorable episode of "Seinfeld", Elaine and Jerry go to a bakery to pick up a babka for a dinner party. While waiting in line, Jerry begins to eat, and proclaims that humanity could learn how to peacefully co-exist by observing the diversity of this food. What food is he refering to?

Answer: A Black and White Cookie

A reference to Jerry Seinfeld's favorite superhero, Superman, appears somewhere in every single episode of "Seinfeld".
5. What television show are you watching when you hear the following line from its theme song: "Fish don't fry in the kitchen, beans don't burn on the grill"?

Answer: "The Jeffersons"

"The Jeffersons" was the very first sitcom in television history to feature an interracial married couple of a white man and black woman.
6. What television character complained that her spaghetti "tasted like metal" shortly after she got her braces?

Answer: Marcia Brady

Gene Hackman was originally considered for the part of Mike Brady on "The Brady Bunch", but the producers of the show opted to go with Robert Reed instead, mainly because Hackman was not well known enough at the time.
7. On one episode of "The Cosby Show", Cliff Huxtable dreams that he has given birth to one of his favorite foods. What was it?

Answer: hoagie sandwich

Bill Cosby was a doctor in real life too-he had earned his doctoral degree in education long before he became Dr. Cliff Huxtable.
8. "Picture it...Sicily, 1918...a young peasant girl leaves for America in search of a new life...", three women sit around their kitchen table listening to the speaker. What kind of cake are they most likely eating?

Answer: Cheesecake

Bea Arthur, who played Dorothy Zbornack on "The Golden Girls" actually hated cheesecake in real life. Bea only pretended to eat during the 100+ cheesecake sequences.
9. In one episode of "Happy Days", we learn that the unflappable Fonzie is actually afraid of a certain food. What food makes the Fonz freak?

Answer: Liver

Henry Winkler, who played Arthur Fonzarelli on "Happy Days", is now an executive producer of the most recent edition of the "Hollywood Squares" game show. Winkler also co-starred as the principal in 1996's hit teen horror flick, "Scream".
10. What television show are you watching if a customer purchases 1 lb. of chocolate covered almonds from "Edna's Edibles"?

Answer: "The Facts of Life"

Later episodes of "The Facts of Life" co-starred George Clooney as George the handyman. Other stars of later episodes include "The Mary Tyler Moore Show's" Cloris Leachman and MacKenzie Astin (brother of "Lord of the Rings" star, Sean Astin).
Source: Author saturnchick23

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