Spinoffs
Which show is not a spinoff of "Law & Order"?
a)Crime & Punishment b)Criminal Intent c)Homicide Investigations d)Special Victims Unit
C- Homicide Investigations was NOT an actual spinoff
TRUE or FALSE
Until 1985, Jeopardy! episodes featured buzzers that would sound when someone rang in.
TRUE - The showrunners silenced the buzzers because they felt the noise was too distracting to viewers. They also frequently interrupted Trebek before he could finish reading clues.
NYC nickname that refers to the most special person ever
The Big Apple of my eye
Arizona
Phoenix
TRUE or FALSE
Philadelphia is home to America's first zoo.
True
What show is a spinoff from "Girlfriends"?
"The Game"
The Game's main character Melanie is Joan's (from Girlfriends) cousin
TRUE or FALSE
There was a Jeopardy! spinoff show for kids.
TRUE - Jep! was a spin-off featuring child contestants between the ages of 10 and 12.
A stopped flow of automobiles in which jazz musicians play freestyle
A traffic jam session
Kentucky
Frankfort
The name of the city's NFL team that won the championship in 1926. *hint- NOT the Eagles
Frankford Yellow Jackets
Which of these series was a spin-off of "Diff'rent Strokes"? a)Silver Spoons b)The Facts of Life c)Hello, Larry d)Three's Company
b) The Facts of Life
Philip Drummond's (Diff'rent Strokes) housekeeper, Edna Garrett (played by Charlotte Rae), became housemother and dietitian in all-female boarding school called Eastland.
What is Alex Trebek's first name?
* Alexander is his midde name
George
The Caped Crusader gets a Blurred Lines singer as a new sidekick
Batman & Robin Thicke
Nevada
Carson City
Name 2 other US states with a city named Philadelphia.
Illinois Indiana Mississippi Tennessee
A spinoff from "The Daily Show"
The Colbert Report
Daily Show correspondent Stephen Colbert received his own news satire show.
In what year did Alex Trebek shave off his famous mustache?
Trebek shaved the mustache he had worn for more than 30 years after a spur-of-the-moment decision in 2001.
A landmark Louisiana area featuring Bourbon Street gets a classic burger from McDonald's
The French quarter pounder
South Dakota
Home to the tallest statue on top of a building -name the statue & the building
At 37 feet in height, the William Penn statue atop City Hall (approximately 88 million bricks and several thousand tons of stone were used in construction. )
A spinoff from the children's TV show "Arthur"
Postcards with Buster
The original show title was...
'"What's the question?" was the title picked by show creator Merv Griffen, but executives rejected it.
Cabinet department established in 2002 that becomes a bedding item carried by a kid for reassurance
The Department of Homeland Security blanket
Vermont
Montpelier
William Penn created five public squares in his original plans for Philadelphia. Four are still squares- name 2
Rittenhouse Square, Franklin Square, Washington Square, and Logan Square.
*The fifth, Centre Square, is now home to City Hall, but is also the location of Dilworth Park.