100 TV Trivia Questions (With Answers) to Test Your Tube Knowledge

Be honest: How much TV do you watch in a day? In a week? Is there a show (or more than one!) that you can recite episodes from by heart?

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, 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!

1. Question: What does Michael Scott eat for lunch on The Office that makes him fall asleep?

Answer: A whole chicken pot pie

2. Question: What is the name of Negan's bat on The Walking Dead?

Answer: Lucille

3. Question: Michael Cera's character in Arrested Development shares a name with which pop legend?

Answer: George Michael

4. Question: What is Dorothy Zbornak's job on The Golden Girls?

Answer: Substitute teacher

5. Question: Stars from which classic '90s sitcom also appeared in Blossom?

Answer: The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air

6. 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

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11. Question: Where did Roseanne Conner work in the original run of Roseanne?

Answer: The Lunchbox

12. 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

14. Question: How many people did Annalise Keating kill on How to Get Away With Murder?

Answer: 0

15. Question: Jennifer Garner and Bradley Cooper got their big breaks in which TV show?

Answer: Alias

16. Question: What current TV show is the longest-running live-action primetime show ever?

Answer: Law & Order: SVU

17. Question: What was Beaver Cleaver's real first name on Leave It to Beaver?

Answer: Theodore

18. Question: Who was Bart Simpson's teacher?

Answer: Mrs. Krabappel

19. Question: Queen Latifah starred in which sitcom?

Answer: Living Single

20. 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."

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21. Question: What was the Bayside High gang's hangout spot on Saved By the Bell?

Answer: The Max

22. Question: What instrument did "The Mother" play in How I Met Your Mother?

Answer: Bass

23. Question: Danny Tanner and Aunt Becky worked together on which show in Full House?

Answer: Good Morning San Francisco

24. Question: Which coffeehouse did Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Phoebe and Joey hang out in on Friends?

Answer: Central Perk

25. Question: Brandy played the title character in which TV show?

Answer: Moesha

26. Question: What TV show invented the rerun to allow its star time to recover during and after pregnancy?

Answer: I Love Lucy

27. Question: For how many total years did Ed Asner play Lou Grant?

Answer: 12

28. Question: Which TV series has a "lost episode" due to the assassination of then-President John F. Kennedy?

Answer: The Joey Bishop Show

29. Question: Esther Rolle starred as Florida Evans on which two classic TV series?

Answer: Good Times and Maude

30. Question: Which fellow Golden Girls cast member had a recurring role on Maude with Bea Arthur?

Answer: Rue McClanahan

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31. Question: Which was the first show Norman Lear produced?

Answer: The Martha Raye Show

32. Question: Cast members of which two classic shows guest-starred on the series finale of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?

Answer: The Jeffersons and Diff'rent Strokes

33. Question: Where did Ralph Kramden threaten to send his wife on The Honeymooners?

Answer: To the moon

34. Question: Which TV host initially refused to book Elvis Presley, but then made his performances even more famous?

Answer: Ed Sullivan

35. Question: Mama's Family was a spinoff from what show?

Answer: The Carol Burnett Show

36. Question: Who gave Bobby his first kiss on The Brady Bunch?

Answer: Millicent

37. Question: Mork of Mork and Mindy was from which planet?

Answer: Ork

38. Question: Laverne and Shirley was a spinoff of which show?

Answer: Happy Days

39. Question: Which character in The Wonder Years is killed in the Vietnam War?

Answer: Winnie Cooper's older brother, Brian

40. Question: Fred Sanford often called his son what insult on Sanford and Son?

Answer: Dummy

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41. Question: Dick Loudon lives where in the show Newhart?

Answer: Vermont

42. Question: What was the very first African American two-parent family sitcom?

Answer: Good Times

43. Question: Who does Barbara marry in One Day at a Time?

Answer: Mark Royer

44. Question: Who was Blake Carrington's business rival on Dynasty?

Answer: Cecil Colby

45. Question: Who voiced Charlie Townsend in the original Charlie's Angels?

Answer: John Forsythe

46. Question: The SS Minnow's infamous three-hour tour took off from which city in Gilligan's Island?

Answer: Honolulu, Hawaii

47. Question: In The Twilight Zone, who was the howling man?

Answer: Satan (the devil)

48. Question: Who was Samantha's nosy neighbor in Bewitched?

Answer: Gladys Kravitz

49. Question: The Love Boat was set on which cruise ship?

Answer: MS Pacific Princess

50. Question: In the movie M*A*S*H, Donald Sutherland played the same role as which star in the TV series?

Answer: Alan Alda

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51. Question: What is the name of Winston's cat in New Girl?

Answer: Ferguson

52. Question: Who played Phoebe Buffay's twin sister on Friends?

Answer: Helen Hunt

53. Question: Which character's catchphrase was "pop pop!" on Community?

Answer: Magnitude

54. Question: Who pooped in the bed on It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia?

Answer: Frank Reynolds

55. Question: Joseph Gordon-Levitt got his big break on what sitcom?

Answer: Third Rock From the Sun

56. Question: What is the name of Toby's daughter on The Office?

Answer: Sasha

57. Question: In which borough of New York City do the vampires live in What We Do In the Shadows?

Answer: Staten Island

58. Question: Which character filled in for Liz Lemon, then showed up wearing the same outfit as her on 30 Rock?

Answer: Frank Rossitano

59. Question: Juno Temple's Ted Lasso character is based on which of her real-life co-stars?

Answer: Keeley Hazell

60. Question: Which Roseanne cast member went on to star in Scrubs?

Answer: Sarah Chalke

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61. Question: Which Modern Family character is Claire Dunphy's half-brother?

Answer: Joe

62. Question: Which Grown-ish character is a political science major?

Answer: Analisa "Ana" Patricia Torres

63. Question: Which of the core male That '70s Show characters is the only one who never dated Jackie Burkhart?

Answer: Eric Foreman

64. Question: Family Matters began as a spinoff of which sitcom?

Answer: Perfect Strangers

65. Question: In Bob Hearts Abishola, Bob works where?

Answer: Compression sock company

66. Question: How did Charlie Sheen's character Charlie Harper die in Two And A Half Men?

Answer: He was pushed in front of a train

67. Question: The biggest rival company to the Bluths' in Arrested Development is what?

Answer: Sitwell

68. Question: What color is Martin Crane's recliner on Frasier?

Answer: Green

69. Question: What is the Huangs' restaurant named in Fresh Off the Boat?

Answer: Cattletown Ranch

70. Question: On The Good Place, Jason Mendoza is a fan of which NFL team?

Answer: Jacksonville Jaguars

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71. Question: Issa's boyfriend Lawrence wants to develop an app called what on Insecure?

Answer: Woot-Woot

72. Question: On The Big Bang Theory, Penny is a waitress at which restaurant?

Answer: Cheesecake Factory

73. Question: Which character on Everybody Loves Raymond has a "crazy chin?"

Answer: Robert

74. Question: Maxwell Sheffield frequently complains about his professional rivalry with whom?

Answer: Andrew Lloyd Webber

75. Question: What does Victoria do for a living on Mike & Molly?

Answer: Funeral home beautician

76. Question: Who leads Edith Cranwinkle's quilting circle in Bob's Burgers?

Answer: Lillian

77. Question: George Costanza appears in every Seinfeld episode except which one?

Answer: "The Pen"

78. Question: What does Captain Holt's husband do for a living in Brooklyn Nine-Nine?

Answer: Columbia University Classics Department Chair

79. Question: What's the name of Al Bundy's grandfather in Married... With Children?

Answer: Jebediah Bundy

80. Question: What is Alex Dunphy's middle name on Modern Family?

Answer: Anastasia

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81. Question: On House, the title doctor's wife is a fan of which singer?

Answer: Amy Grant

82. 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

83. Question: Who sings the Baywatch theme "I'm Always Here?"

Answer: Jimi Jameson

84. Question: Step By Step takes place in Wisconsin, but their opening credits sequence was filmed where?

Answer: Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California

85. Question: How did Eddie get the nickname "Eddie Spaghetti" on Frasier?

Answer: He had worms!

86. Question: How much did Leslie Bluth think a banana costs on Arrested Development?

Answer: $10

87. Question: Which is the only male roommate on The Big Bang Theory without a doctorate?

Answer: Howard

88. Question: Kalinda Sharma was married under what name on The Good Wife?

Answer: Leela Tahiri

89. Question: Harold Gould played not one, but two of Rose Nylund's boyfriends on The Golden Girls. Which role was first?

Answer: Arnie

90. 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

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91. Question: In Blue Bloods, what does Jamie keep in his hat?

Answer: A photo of his late brother, Joe

92. 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 Cox in the music video for Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing In the Dark"

93. Question: Kesha appeared in what reality series before she became famous?

Answer: The Simple Life

94. Question: What actor was considered for Gibbs on NCIS before casting Mark Harmon?

Answer: Scott Bakula

95. Question: In Seinfeld, Kramer's name was actually what in the pilot?

Answer: Kessler

96. Question: How old does Michael Scott think Pam's mother is on The Office when they celebrate her birthday?

Answer: 54

97. Question: Which regular Law & Order: SVU cast member first appeared on the show as a sexual assault survivor?

Answer: Kelli Giddish

98. Question: The first toilet flush ever heard on American television occurred on which show?

Answer: All In the Family

99. Question: Approximately what is Jed Clampett's fortune at the end of The Beverly Hillbillies adjusted for inflation?

Answer: $878 million

100. Question: What is the name of Dana Scully's dog in The X-Files?

Answer: Queequeg

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Update: Denver City Council approved contract additions totaling $1.1 billion on Jan. 10, 2022, effectively giving a green light for DIA to expand its terminal project.

Denver International Airport’s leadership has drafted the latest chapter in the terminal renovation saga — one that promises to prolong the once-troubled project through most of this decade while more than doubling the cost to $2.1 billion.

Led by new CEO Phil Washington, officials argue the huge escalation will better equip DIA to handle tens of millions more passengers each year and take care of the terminal’s long-term needs. And they say it’s possible to carry out the work without inconveniencing travelers nearly so much as happened during the first three years of the project.

This week Washington pressed his case to the Denver City Council and addressed media questions about $1.1 billion in proposed contract additions to what’s currently a $770 million project. Those additions would be coupled with $200 million in other non-contract costs, to be borne directly by DIA, that were disclosed this week.

If you have whiplash, that’s understandable: DIA majorly scaled back the project last year to save money after terminating the original contractors amid disputes over costs and delays. So far, several council members have voiced agreement with the drive to finish out the major components of the project’s original design: relocating the main security checkpoints to the upper level and completely rebuilding all airline check-in areas.

But the ballooning costs have given them pause.

“You’ve given us everything we’ve asked for, and a little more, at a price that we didn’t expect,” Councilman Kevin Flynn told Washington and other DIA officials during a hearing Wednesday at the business and aviation committee. “So that’s something we’re going to have to consider, and I thank you for all the openness and transparency you’ve given us in the briefings.”

The committee advanced the contracts, but council members said they weren’t done asking questions. Here are several big ones swirling around the airport’s project.

Denver International Airport presentation

DIA, which opened in 1995, remains one of the newest major airports in the United States. But airport leaders say that as the facility nears 30 years old, it needs refreshes and reconfigurations to keep up with technology, air travel and security trends, and, most importantly, the airport’s own rapid growth in passengers — which is expected to resume next year after a pandemic dip.

Built for 50 million passengers a year, DIA notched 69 million in 2019. The airport projects traffic will near 73 million next year, Washington says.

Those are the reasons DIA’s previous CEO, Kim Day, pursued the Great Hall project, which began construction in 2018. Another was that the two main security checkpoints, expanded after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, are vulnerable to attack from walkways above.

But the project has traveled a bumpy road, with smoother progress since DIA brought in new prime contractors early last year.

Now Washington, the former Regional Transportation District leader who took over mid-summer, wants to restore many of the scaled-back components while adding some new touches. He’s noted that older, land-locked airports in Los Angeles and New York City are spending upwards of $8 billion on renovations and expansions.

“We feel like this is the best time to finish what we started,” he said during a media briefing Thursday morning. “This terminal in this airport is 26 years old right now and is showing signs of age. A new terminal sets us up, if you will, for the next 20 or 30 years.”

Andy Cross, The Denver Post

The scaled-down project is creating more floor space within the Jeppesen Terminal, largely without expanding the building itself. There are two phases:

Separate projects are underway on the three concourses to add 39 gates, all of which will be open by mid-2022, and to update parts of those facilities. In all, DIA has $3.5 billion in capital projects at various stages.

Screenshot from Denver International Airport presentation

DIA’s proposed $1.3 billion expansion includes these major components, with estimated costs detailed by the airport:

The upshot of the completion phase is that all security screening would occur upstairs, with passengers descending to the concourse trains on escalators or elevators. Meanwhile, freed-up space on Level 5, where most screening happens now, would be used for meet-and-greet plazas for international and domestic passengers as well as additional food and coffee outlets, all outside the secure zone.

Michael Sheehan, DIA’s senior vice president for special projects, says the lengthy schedule is being built in large part to avoid subjecting passengers to major disruptions, as happened when the center part of the terminal was under construction. He says work would wrap up sometime between spring 2027 and summer 2028 and would avoid disrupting the concourse train.

Contractors also would face logistical project hurdles in a major operating airport, requiring the work to unfold in stages.

DIA pays for all its projects using the revenue it generates from airlines, passengers, concessionaires and other tenants, as well as from federal grants. Though it’s owned by city government, the airport doesn’t receive local taxpayer money.

Washington said the terminal project likely would benefit from the $1 trillion infrastructure package passed by Congress, which set aside $25 billion for aviation. DIA is in line to receive $350 million to $400 million from formula grants for its projects, Washington said, and it likely will compete for project grants that could bring “substantial funding.”

But as of now, the bulk of the project expansion would be covered by DIA bonds. Sylvester Lavender, DIA’s chief financial officer, said this week that the airport has staggered its project plans to avoid stretching its debt coverage too thin or increasing airlines’ operating costs so much that DIA would no longer be competitive among airports.

DIA has faced some questions about its decision not to start over with fresh bids two years ago after the original contracts went south. Instead, to save time, officials selected Hensel Phelps Construction as the new prime contractor after soliciting only firms that had experience at DIA.

DIA now proposes to increase Hensel Phelps’ $365 million by up to $900 million, with smaller increases for three other design, engineering and management contractors totaling $1.1 billion. Washington argued that issuing fresh bids for the completion phase would take too much time and pose logistical construction hurdles if new firms came in.

Still, Sheehan says much of the new construction work would be competitively bid out to smaller subcontractors working under Hensel Phelps, similar to how the project’s second phase has worked.

He expressed hope that the overall $1.3 billion in estimated additional costs would end up lower, saying: “We will only spend what we need to spend to build this.”

Andy Cross, The Denver Post

The original project, which included several components DIA now wants to add back, was supposed to be a $650 million renovation and was supposed to wrap up this fall. It was part of a larger $1.8 billion public-private partnership that included oversight over new terminal concessions for more than three decades.

DIA attributes some of the much higher cost estimates now to different contract setups and escalation in construction costs over time. But there’s no escaping the fact that, as an airport spokeswoman acknowledged last week, the original cost estimates proved to be wildly “unrealistic.”

Regardless, Washington argues the work is still needed. On Wednesday, in a nod to requests from council members for a look at how the original project fell apart, he made a promise: “I’m committed to complete a lessons-learned (report) within 90 to 120 days,” he told the committee.

Andy Cross, The Denver Post

The nearly two dozen airlines that operate at DIA have signaled they support the airport’s plan, even if they’ll end up helping pay for it. That’s a change from four years ago, when they were more skeptical of the original plan.

United Airlines’ Brendan Baker, who chairs the Denver Airlines Airport Affairs Committee, told the council committee that “DENAAAC’s consensus is that the Great Hall Phase 3 needs to be completed.”

The committee advanced the proposed $1.1 billion in contract amendments Wednesday in a 6-1 vote. That sets up Jan. 3 for a final vote by the full council, but it’s likely at least one member will trigger a rule extending consideration by another week, pushing a vote to Jan. 10.

“I firmly believe that we have to complete it and we have to do it right,” said Councilwoman Debbie Ortega, though she added that “there are still some fiscal questions that I have.”

Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer voted no Wednesday after floating an unsuccessful motion to delay the committee’s consideration until early February, arguing much more time was needed to scrutinize the contract increases.