Classic

Question 1

This Twilight Zone host wrote the first two plays telecast on Playhouse 90 in October 1956.

Answer 1

Rod Serling

Question 2

Name the two hosts of the Tonight Show prior to Johnny Carson. They hosted the show from 1954-57 and 1957-62 respectively.

Answer 2

Steve Allen, Jack Paar

Question 3

This performer is known for hosting a series of television shows and specials throughout his century-spanning career. These include an eponymous 1955-59 variety show which included a segment called “Sing To Me,” in which he would sing songs requested by the viewers.

Answer 3

Perry Como

Question 4

“Now it’s time to say goodbye to all our company,” was part of the closing song of this 1950s TV show.

Answer 4

Mickey Mouse Club

Question 5

Name the comedian and actress whose Broadway debut was in 1959’s Once Upon a Mattress, and who also appeared as a regular on the sitcom Stanley beginning in 1956 and won an Emmy working on The Garry Moore Show before superstardom on her own namesake variety series.

Answer 5

Carol Burnett

Question 6

This was the first animated series produced specifically for television. Its main characters were the titular protagonist plus his sidekick Ragland T. Tiger and their nemeses Dudley Nightshade and Bilious Green.

Answer 6

Crusader Rabbit

Question 7

This voice actor provided the voices for all Warner Bros. male cartoon characters - including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig - except for Elmer Fudd.

Answer 7

Mel Blanc

Question 8

Name the television program that aired on CBS nearly every weekday morning at 8:00 a.m. from October 3, 1955, until the fall of 1981, making its final broadcast in December 1984.

Answer 8

Captain Kangaroo

Question 9

In a 2019 article, the online magazine Mental Floss named “The Andy Griffith Show” the best TV spin-off of all time. On what television program did Andy Griffith first appear as Mayberry sheriff Andy Taylor? (Hint: the title of the program follows the format of the spin-off’s title.)

Answer 9

The Danny Thomas Show

Question 10

“Mr. Television” was the moniker of what early TV star, who was the first host of the televised Texaco Star Theater in June 1948, became the permanent host later that year, and hosted the show (which was eponymously renamed in 1953) on Tuesday nights at 8:00 pm until 1956?

Answer 10

Milton Berle

Question 11

The pilot episode of this classic series is called “The Lady in the Bottle”

Answer 11

I Dream of Jeannie

Question 12

This character debuted in 1934’s “The Wise Little Hen” dancing to “The Sailor’s Hornpipe”

Answer 12

Donald Duck