Television
True or False
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Potluck
100

In the 1970s there was a TV show where a New Mexico deputy marshal gets assigned to Manhattan’s 27th Precinct. What was the name of this show that started Dennis Weaver?

A. McDonald 

B. McLean’s 

C. McCloud


C. McCloud

100

Bobby Hall’s nickname was THE ROCKET.

True or False 

(False - Maurice Richard was known as the Rocket)

100

What is the name of Kate Winslet's character in "Titanic"?

A. Daisy 

B. Lily 

C. Rose

C. Rose

100

On August 1st, 1957 Canada and the USA from the North America Aerospace Defence Command. What do we know it as?

A. RSVP 

B. SVP 

C. NORAD

C. NORAD

100

What kind of animal is a roadrunner?

A. a bird

B. a rodent 

C. a snake


A. a bird

200

"Lonesome Dove" the TV miniseries features what type of people?

A. astronauts 

B. cowboys

C. pirates

B. cowboys

200

A beaver is an animal that lives in a lodge.

 True or False 



(True)

200

What Shakespeare play is set in the middle of summer?

A. Hamlet 

B. A Midsummer’s Night Dream 

C. King Lear

B. A Midsummer’s Night Dream

200

What volcano destroyed Pompeii in 79AD?

A. Mount Vesuvius

B. Mount St. Helens 

C. Mount Robson

A. Mount Vesuvius

200

A dingo is a wild dog from what continent?

A. Asia 

B. North America 

C. Australia


C. Australia

300

Rock Hudson and Susan St. James played the San Francesco Police commissioner and his amateur detective wife. What show was this?

A. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 

B. McMillan & Wife

C. The Odd Couple

B. McMillan & Wife

300

A red flag in car racing means only red cars can be on the track.

True or False 

(False – it means to stop racing.)

300

What ocean was mentioned in the title of the 1958 movie musical? South .......

A. Arctic 

B. Atlantic 

C. Pacific


C. Pacific

300

Samuel de Champlain becomes the first governor of what area in the new world?

A. New Orleans 

B. New France 

C. New Paris

B. New France 

300

If someone’s hair is known as flaxen what colour is it?

A. ginger 

B. dark brown 

C.pale yellow

C.pale yellow

400

Who hosted the Tonight Show from 1962 – 1992?

A. Steve Martin 

B. Dean Martin 

C. Johnny Carson


C. Johnny Carson

400

A yoke is a harness for things like oxen.

True or False 

(True)

400

 "Come let me love you, Let me give my life to you" is from which John Denver song?

A. Annie's Song 

B. Janey's Jingle 

C. Carol’s Carol

A. Annie's Song

400

Julius Caesar is a figure associated with which ancient civilization?

A. Aztec 

B. Mongol 

C. Roman

C. Roman

400

How many oars is used to propel a gondola?

A. 1

B. 2 

C. 4

A. 1

500

Which 1939 film classic had its first television airing on November 3, 1956? It was shown every year for many years.

A. A Day at the Races 

B. Lawrence of Arabia

C. The Wizard of Oz

C. The Wizard of Oz

500

The bicep muscles are located on the neck of the human body.

True or False 


(False – it is located in the arms.)

500

In which state do Mark Twain’s characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn live?

A. New York 

B. Louisiana 

C. Missouri

C. Missouri

500

How many eyes did the Greek mythical creature Cyclops have?

A. 0 

B. 1

C. 3

B. 1

500

. A clarinet belongs to what family if instruments?

A. percussion 

B. strings 

C.  woodwind


C.  woodwind

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