90s TV Show Trivia Questions and Answers
What TV show lost Jim Carrey when he stepped into the
movies?
A: In Living Color.
Who plays a paleontologist on Friends?
A: David Schwimmer.
What aging pop icon forgot the lyrics to We Can Work It Out
on MTV Unplugged?
A: Paul McCartney.
What segment of the TV industry receives ACE Awards?
A: Cable.
What classic quiz show was originally titled Occupation Unknown?
A: What's My Line?
What 1966 TV show theme by Lalo Schifrin made a comeback in a
1996 blockbuster move?
A: Mission: Impossible.
What's CNBC short for?
A: Consumer News and Business Channel.
How many fingers does Homer Simpson have?
A: Eight.
What sitcom character moved from a
Boston barstool to a
Seattle
radio station?
A: Dr. Frasier Crane.
What Saturday Night Live cast member played Kap'n Karl on Pee-wee's
Playhouse?
A: Phil Hartman.
What M*A*S*H principal won Emmys for acting, writing and
directing?
A: Alan Alda.
What cable network drew twice its usual audience for a show
called The Wonderful World of Dung?
A: The Discovery Channel.
What TV host went
gold with the CD Romantic
Christmas?
A: John Tesh.
What sitcom spawned the hit song I'll Be There For You?
A: Friends.
What MTV twosome are known as "The Bad Boys" in
Mexico?
A: Beavis and Butt head.
What Indianapolis weatherman of the
1970s once forecast
hail "the
size of canned hams"?
A: David Letterman.
What kid's show's interracial cast needed riot police protection
during a 1969 trip to
Mississippi?
A: Sesame Street's.
What gritty 1990's TV drama series is subtitled Life on the
Street?
A: Homicide.
What entertainer's wedding prompted NBC to order 10,000 tulips
from Holland?
A: Tiny Tim's.
What sitcom helped John Larroquette earn three straight
supporting actor Emmy Awards?
A: Night Court.
Who once observed: "This is
America. You can't make a horse
testify against himself"?
A: Mr. Ed.
What Marx Brother's name spelled backwards is the name of a
daytime talk show host?
A: Harpo's.
Who began his radio shows with: "Good evening, Mr. ad Mrs.
America and all the ships at sea, let's go to press"?
A: Walter Winchell.
What TV star said of his worldwide fame: "I didn't know I could
top Knight Rider"?
A: David Hasselhoff.
What sitcom was among the top 20 most watched shows every season
during its entire run, form 1984 to 1992?
A: The Cosby Show.
Who inherited Tom Snyder's CNBC talk-show slot in 1995?
A: Charles Grodin.
What was the fist sitcom to be broadcast from videotape, in 1971?
A: All in the Family.
What blond bombshell had a hankerin' for NYPD Blue detective
Gegory Medavoy?
A: Donna Abandando.
What animated characters are known as Smolf in Stockholm?
A: The Smurfs.
What 1980s sitcom was credited with pulling NBC from third to
first in overall ratings?
A: The Cosby Show.
What Muppet advised: "Never eat anything at one sitting that you
can't lift"?
A: Miss Piggy.
What former TV anchorman made headlines by attending two Grateful
Dead concerts?
A: Walter Cronkite.
What animated kitty was the first cartoon character licensed for
use on merchandise?
A: Felix the Cat.
What's the "dimension of imagination, "according to the host of a
classic TV series?
A: The Twilight Zone.
Who appeared in Return of the Killer
Tomatoes before he landed a
role on ER?
A: George Clooney.
