Charles Addams
Timeline Information
A.Fam Influence
Musical History
MISC...
100

The magazine that Charles Addams primarily worked for. 

What is 'The New Yorker'

100

The year Charles Addams' darkly comic ran in print. 

What is '1938'

100

From which time period is the Addams Family house derived? 

What is 'Victorian'. 
100

This person acquired the original rights for The Addams Family from the Charles Addams Foundation. 

Who is 'Stuart Oken'. 

100

This is Ms. Apperson's favorite color. 

What is 'purple'. 
200

Where Charles Addams was born. 

What is 'New Jersey'

200

This is the next iteration of the Addams Family characters, debuting in 1964. 

What is 'The Addams Family TV show'

200

This is whom Charles Addams modeled Morticia after.

Who is 'his first wife, Barbara'. 

200

The members of the team that wrote the book & music. 

Who are 'Marshall Brickmann, Rick Elice, Andrew Lippa'. 

200

This is Ms. Svarz's favorite play. 

What is 'Our Town'

300

This person helped foster Addams' talent & creativity. 

Who is 'his father' - Charles Huey Addams 

300

A crossover TV episode with this show led to an animated cartoon version of The Addams Family. 

What is 'Scooby Doo'

300

The inspiration for Wednesday's name came from this. 

What is, 'A Mother Goose Poem called, Monday's Poem'

300
The city and theater that the production of 'The Addams Family' opened in in 2007. 

What is 'Chicago, IL at the Oriental Theater'

300

The two places thought to have the biggest influence on The Addams Family mansion. 

What are 'An old building on UPenn's campus' and 'Houses from Addams' childhood hometown' 

400

Title of John Kobler's 1950 book that Addams Illustrated. 

What is 'Afternoon in the Attic'

400

The Addams Family has been turned into all of the following except: a TV show, a cartoon, a movie, a cartoon TV show, a novel, a pinball machine, and a musical. 

What is 'a novel'. 

400

The individual after whom Gomez was modeled. 

Who is 'Charles Addams, himself!' 

400

The two Tony categories that the Addams Family received nominations for. 

What are, 'Best Original Score (Lippa) and Best Performance by a Featured Actor (Chamberlain.  

400

The set from the original Addams Family movie was primarily recycled from this 1964 film, that was originally a 1960's musical about one Margaret Brown. 

What is 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' 

500

Fill in the missing word from this famous Addams Family quote, "Normal is an ___________ . What is normal for the _________ is chaos for the fly."

What is 'illusion' and 'spider' 

500

The name of the inappropriate font Ailey used on her PowerPoint. 

What is 'Com*c Sans'

500
This is how Pugsley made his debut in The Addams Family Cartoon. 

What is, 'Pugsley is shown making a wooden coffin in a wood shop while the other boys are making birdhouses.'

500

These were some of the reasons critics panned the Broadway Debut of 'The Addams Family'. 

What are, 'Costumes were flashy, whole production was difficult to understand, and the show relied too heavily on the character tropes'. 

500

The Addams family were the first TV family to own which of the following items? 

A. a robotic vacuum (like a rumba) 

B. a home computer

C. a self starting car 

What is 'B. a home computer'