Whether you’re a soap opera addict, a sucker for drama, in it for laughs, or just an armchair game show contestant, television has gotten us through a lot over time, especially in the last two years, so don’t let anyone tell you that your binge-watching sessions are a waste of time. These TV trivia questions and answers, divvied up into easy TV trivia questions, old/classic TV, sitcom trivia and hard TV trivia will put your television knowledge to the test!
TV Trivia Questions and Answers
Easy TV Trivia Questions
- Question: What does Michael Scott eat for lunch on The Office that makes him fall asleep?Answer: A whole chicken pot pie
- Question: What is the name of Negan’s bat on The Walking Dead?Answer: Lucille
- Question: MichaelCera’s character in Arrested Developmentshares a name with which pop legend? Answer: George Michael
- Question: What is Dorothy Zbornak’s job on The Golden Girls?Answer: Substitute teacher
- Question: Stars from which classic ’90s sitcom also appeared in Blossom?Answer: The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
- Question: What is The Munsters’ address?Answer: 1313 Mockingbird Lane 7. Question: Prosecutors complained about which TV show influencing real-life juries?Answer: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 8. Question: Which Game of Thrones star was nominated for an Emmy for every single season?Answer: Peter Dinklage 9. Question: What did Lucille Ball try to sell in a commercial on I Love Lucy?Answer: Vitameatavegemin 10. Question: Jennifer Lopez and Ray Liotta co-starred in what drama?Answer: Shades of Blue
- Question: Where did Roseanne Conner work in the original run of Roseanne?Answer: The Lunchbox
- Question: South Park takes place in which state?Answer: Colorado 13. Question: The character Daria first appeared in which other animated series?Answer: Beavis and Butthead
- Question: How many people did Annalise Keating kill on How to Get Away With Murder?Answer: 0
- Question: Jennifer Garner and Bradley Cooper got their big breaks in which TV show?Answer: Alias
- Question: What current TV show is the longest-running live-action primetime show ever?Answer: Law & Order: SVU
- Question: What was Beaver Cleaver’s real first name on Leave It to Beaver?Answer: Theodore
- Question: Who was Bart Simpson’s teacher?Answer: Mrs. Krabappel
- Question: Queen Latifah starred in which sitcom?Answer: Living Single
- Question: In The Jeffersons theme song, where were they “movin’ on up” to?Answer: “To the East Side / To a deluxe apartment in the sky.” 21. Question: What was the Bayside High gang’s hangout spot on Saved By the Bell?Answer: The Max
- Question: What instrument did “The Mother” play in How I Met Your Mother?Answer: Bass
- Question: Danny Tanner and Aunt Becky worked together on which show in Full House?Answer: Good Morning San Francisco
- Question: Which coffeehouse did Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Phoebe and Joey hang out in on Friends?Answer: Central Perk
- Question: Brandy played the title character in which TV show?Answer: Moesha
Old/Classic TV Trivia Questions
- Question: What TV show invented the rerun to allow its star time to recover during and after pregnancy?Answer: I Love Lucy
- Question: For how many total years did Ed Asner play Lou Grant?Answer: 12
- Question: Which TV series has a “lost episode” due to the assassination of then-PresidentJohn F. Kennedy?Answer: The Joey Bishop Show
- Question: Esther Rolle starred as Florida Evans on which two classic TV series?Answer: Good Times and Maude
- Question: Which fellow Golden Girlscast member had a recurring role on Maude with Bea Arthur?Answer: Rue McClanahan
- Question: Which was the first show Norman Lear produced?Answer: The Martha Raye Show
- Question: Cast members of which two classic shows guest-starred on the series finale of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?Answer: The Jeffersonsand Diff’rent Strokes
- Question: Where did Ralph Kramden threaten to send his wife on The Honeymooners?Answer: To the moon
- Question: Which TV host initially refused to book Elvis Presley, but then made his performances even more famous?Answer: Ed Sullivan
- Question: Mama’s Family was a spinoff from what show?Answer: The Carol Burnett Show
- Question: Who gave Bobby his first kiss on The Brady Bunch?Answer: Millicent
- Question: Mork of Mork and Mindy was from which planet?Answer: Ork
- Question: Laverne and Shirley was a spinoff of which show?Answer: Happy Days
- Question: Which character in The Wonder Years is killed in the Vietnam War?Answer: Winnie Cooper’s older brother, Brian
- Question: Fred Sanford often called his son what insult on Sanford and Son?Answer: Dummy
- Question: Dick Loudon lives where in the show Newhart?Answer: Vermont
- Question: What was the very first African American two-parent family sitcom?Answer: Good Times
- Question: Who does Barbara marry in One Day at a Time?Answer: Mark Royer
- Question: Who was Blake Carrington’s business rival on Dynasty?Answer: Cecil Colby
- Question: Who voiced Charlie Townsend in the original Charlie’s Angels?Answer: John Forsythe
- Question: The SS Minnow’s infamous three-hour tour took off from which city in Gilligan’s Island?Answer: Honolulu, Hawaii
- Question: In The Twilight Zone, who was the howling man?Answer: Satan (the devil)
- Question: Who was Samantha’s nosy neighbor in Bewitched?Answer: Gladys Kravitz
- Question: The Love Boat was set on which cruise ship?Answer: MS Pacific Princess
- Question: In the movie MAS*H, Donald Sutherland played the same role as which star in the TV series?Answer: Alan Alda
Sitcom Trivia Questions
- Question: What is the name of Winston’s cat in New Girl?Answer: Ferguson
- Question: Who played Phoebe Buffay’s twin sister on Friends?Answer: Helen Hunt
- Question: Which character’s catchphrase was “pop pop!” on Community?Answer: Magnitude
- Question: Who pooped in the bed on It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia?Answer: Frank Reynolds
- Question: Joseph Gordon-Levittgot his big break on what sitcom?Answer: Third Rock From the Sun
- Question: What is the name of Toby’s daughter on The Office?Answer: Sasha
- Question: In which borough of New York City do the vampires live in What We Do In the Shadows?Answer: Staten Island
- Question: Which character filled in for Liz Lemon, then showed up wearing the same outfit as her on 30 Rock?Answer: Frank Rossitano
- Question: Juno Temple’s Ted Lasso character is based on which of her real-life co-stars?Answer: Keeley Hazell
- Question: Which Roseannecast member went on to star in Scrubs?Answer: Sarah Chalke
- Question: Which Modern Familycharacter is Claire Dunphy’s half-brother?Answer: Joe
- Question: Which Grown-ish character is a political science major?Answer: Analisa “Ana” Patricia Torres
- Question: Which of the core male That ’70s Show characters is the only one who never dated Jackie Burkhart?Answer: Eric Foreman
- Question: Family Matters began as a spinoff of which sitcom?Answer: Perfect Strangers
- Question: In Bob Hearts Abishola, Bob works where?Answer: Compression sock company
- Question: How did Charlie Sheen’s character Charlie Harper die in Two And A Half Men?Answer: Pushed in front of a train
- Question: The biggest rival company to the Bluths’ in Arrested Development is what?Answer: Sitwell
- Question: What color is Martin Crane’s recliner on Frasier?Answer: Green
- Question: What is the Huangs’ restaurant named in Fresh Off the Boat?Answer: Cattletown Ranch
- Question: On The Good Place, Jason Mendoza is a fan of which NFL team?Answer: Jacksonville Jaguars
- Question: Issa’s boyfriend Lawrence wants to develop an app called what on Insecure?Answer: Woot-Woot
- Question: On The Big Bang Theory, Penny is a waitress at which restaurant?Answer: Cheesecake Factory
- Question: Which character on Everybody Loves Raymond has a “crazy chin?“Answer: Robert
- Question: Maxwell Sheffield frequently complains about his professional rivalry with whom?Answer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Question: What does Victoria do for a living on Mike & Molly?Answer: Funeral home beautician
Hard TV Trivia Questions
- Question: Who leads Edith Cranwinkle’s quilting circle in Bob’s Burgers?Answer: Lillian
- Question: George Costanza appears in every Seinfeld episode except which one?Answer: “The Pen”
- Question: What does Captain Holt’s husband do for a living in Brooklyn Nine-Nine?Answer: Columbia University Classics Department Chair
- Question: What’s the name of Al Bundy’s grandfather in Married… With Children?Answer: Jebediah Bundy
- Question: What is Alex Dunphy’s middle name on Modern Family?Answer: Anastasia
- Question: On House, the title doctor’s wife is a fan of which singer?Answer: Amy Grant
- Question: On That ’70s Show, Red Foreman admits he only stuck his foot in someone’s ass during what time?Answer: When he served in Iwo Jima
- Question: Who sings the Baywatch theme “I’m Always Here?“Answer: Jimi Jameson
- Question: Step By Step takes place in Wisconsin, but their opening credits sequence was filmed where?Answer: Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California
- Question: How did Eddie get the nickname “Eddie Spaghetti” on Frasier?Answer: He had worms!
- Question: How much did Leslie Bluth think a banana costs on Arrested Development?Answer: $10
- Question: Which is the only male roommate on The Big Bang Theory without a doctorate?Answer: Howard
- Question: Kalinda Sharma was married under what name on The Good Wife?Answer: Leela Tahiri
- Question: Harold Gouldplayed not one, but two of Rose Nylund’s boyfriends on The Golden Girls. Which role was first?Answer: Arnie
- Question: Who played John Wayne Gacy in American Horror Story: Hotel — and which other serial killer did he play in another project?Answer: John Carroll Lynch, who played the Zodiac Killer in Zodiac
- Question: In Blue Bloods, what does Jamie keep in his hat?Answer: A photo of his late brother, Joe
- Question: Alfonso Ribeiro’s famous “Carlton Dance” was inspired by which two other notorious sets of moves?Answer: Eddie Murphy’s “White Boy Dance” and Courteney Coxin the music video for Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing In the Dark”
- Question: Keshaappeared in what reality series before she became famous?Answer: The Simple Life
- Question: What actor was considered for Gibbs on NCIS before casting Mark Harmon?Answer: Scott Bakula
- Question: In Seinfeld, Kramer’s name was actually what in the pilot?Answer: Kessler
- Question: How old does Michael Scott think Pam’s mother is on The Office when they celebrate her birthday?Answer: 54
- Question: Which regular Law & Order: SVU cast member first appeared on the show as a sexual assault survivor?Answer: Kelli Giddish
- Question: The first toilet flush ever heard on American television occurred on which show?Answer: All In the Family
- Question: Approximately what is Jed Clampett’s fortune at the end of The Beverly Hillbillies adjusted for inflation?Answer: $878 million
- Question: What is the name of Dana Scully’s dog in The X-Files?Answer: Queequeg Next, test your silver screen knowledge with 100 movie trivia questions and answers!
