Newhouse School of Communications
Take Our Trivia Quiz
April 1, 2009
Legendary TV executive Fred Silverman is known for bringing classic TV entertainment series to the original big three networks -- CBS, NBC and ABC. Try your luck at this Silverman show trivia!
(Answers at bottom)
(1) Original M*A*S*H characters Captain John "Trapper John" McIntyre and Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake, played by Wayne Rogers and McLean Stevenson respectively, both left the show in 1975. Name the actors/characters who replaced them.
(2) After starring in the epic mini-series Roots, actor LeVar Burton went on to join the cast of a successful 90s TV series. What was the show?
(3) Mrs. Garrett, played by Charlotte Rae, was the Drummond's housekeeper on the NBC series Diff'rent Strokes. She then moved to another NBC show and became Housemother of Eastland School for Girl. Name that show.
(4) Two actresses played Michael J. Fox's girlfriend on Family Ties. Who were they?
(5) Actress Esther Rolle played a housekeeper on the CBS series Maude. Rolle then got her own show, still playing Florida. Name that program.
(6) Love Boat cast member Fred Grandy, who played Yeoman-Purser "Gopher," left show business for a new career. What did he do?
(7) Which NBC police series regularly included this line: "And hey -- let's be careful out there."
(8) Deal or No Deal host Howie Mandel was a cast member of which early 80s NBC series?
(9) In 1984, actress Suzanne Somers left the cast of ABC's Three's Company. Name the two actresses that subsequently replaced her.
(10) She's known today for losing weight on the Jenny Craig program, but in the 70s she co-starred in a CBS sitcom. Who's is she?
Answers:
(1) Colonel Sherman Potter, played by Harry Morgan, and Captain B.J. Hunnicut, played by Mike Farrell
(2) Star Trek: Next Generation
(3) The Facts of Life
(4) Tracy Pollan and Courteney Cox
(5) Good Times
(6) Served as congressman from Iowa
(7) Hill Street Blues
(8) St. Elsewhere
(9) Jenilee Harrison and Priscilla Barnes
(10) Valerie Bertinelli
