General Knowledge - 75 questions

 

1. What is the world's first television channel?

Answer: BBC One

 

2. In what year was the first TV commercial aired?

Answer: 1941

 

3. Who invented the first electronic television?

Answer: Philo Farnsworth

 

4. Which popular TV show features a group of friends living in New York City?

Answer: Friends

 

5. What is the name of the longest running animated TV series?

Answer: The Simpsons

 

6. Who is the famous talk show host known for her iconic 'Favorite Things' episodes?

Answer: Oprah Winfrey

 

7. Which TV series is based on the books by George R. R. Martin?

Answer: Game of Thrones

 

8. What is the name of the island where the TV series Lost takes place?

Answer: The Island

 

9. Who was the first ever winner of the TV singing competition American Idol?

Answer: Kelly Clarkson

 

10. What is the name of the family in the animated TV series The Flintstones?

Answer: The Flintstone family

 

11. What is the name of the family who moves to the suburban neighborhood of Summerville in the TV series Family Guy?

Answer: The Griffins

 

12. What actor plays the role of Sheldon in the popular TV show The Big Bang Theory?

Answer: Jim Parsons

 

13. What is the name of the famous cartoon mouse created by Walt Disney?

Answer: Mickey Mouse

 

14. What is the name of the talking horse in the 1960s TV sitcom Mister Ed?

Answer: Mister Ed

 

15. Who is the host of the game show Wheel of Fortune?

Answer: Pat Sajak

 

16. What is the name of the TV series that follows a group of doctors at Seattle Grace Hospital?

Answer: Grey's Anatomy

 

17. What is the name of the infamous puppet who appears on the TV series Crank Yankers?

Answer: Special Ed

 

18. What is the name of the town where the TV series The Andy Griffith Show takes place?

Answer: Mayberry

 

19. What is the name of the character played by Neil Patrick Harris in the TV series How I Met Your Mother?

Answer: Barney Stinson

 

20. Who are the hosts of the TV talk show, The View?

Answer: Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman.

 

21. What is the name of the animated TV series that follows the adventures of a sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

Answer: SpongeBob SquarePants

 

22. What is the name of the high school where the TV series Glee takes place?

Answer: William McKinley High School

 

23. Who is the creator of the TV series The Office?

Answer: Ricky Gervais

 

24. What is the name of the fictional city where the TV series The Flash takes place?

Answer: Central City

 

25. What is the name of the actor who played Michael Scott in the TV series The Office?

Answer: Steve Carell

 

26. Who is the voice behind the iconic animated character Homer Simpson?

Answer: Dan Castellaneta

 

27. In which TV series would you find a character named Carrie Bradshaw?

Answer: Sex and the City

 

28. Who plays the role of Walter White in the popular TV series Breaking Bad?

Answer: Bryan Cranston

 

29. What is the name of the infamous spin-off series of the TV show Friends?

Answer: Joey

 

30. What is the name of the high school where the TV series Riverdale takes place?

Answer: Riverdale High School

 

31. Which TV series was inspired by the life of a famous chef named Julia Child?

Answer: The French Chef

 

32. Who is the creator of the TV series Stranger Things?

Answer: The Duffer Brothers

 

33. What is the name of the town where the TV series Supernatural takes place?

Answer: Lawrence, Kansas

 

34. What is the name of the famous family who starred on the reality TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians?

Answer: The Kardashian-Jenner family

 

35. Who is the host of the popular talent competition TV show America's Got Talent?

Answer: Terry Crews

 

36. What is the name of the high school where the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210 takes place?

Answer: West Beverly High School

 

37. Who was the first female comedian to host her own TV talk show?

Answer: Joan Rivers

 

38. What is the name of the fictional hospital where the TV series Grey's Anatomy takes place?

Answer: Seattle Grace Hospital

 

39. Who plays the role of Eleven in the popular TV series Stranger Things?

Answer: Millie Bobby Brown

 

40. What is the name of the detective in the TV series Sherlock?

Answer: Sherlock Holmes

 

41. Which TV show revolves around a group of employees working at a paper company?

Answer: The Office

 

42. Who is the creator of the TV series The Simpsons?

Answer: Matt Groening

 

43. What is the name of the family that owns a business called The Bluth Company in the TV series Arrested Development?

Answer: The Bluth family

 

44. What is the name of the theme park where the TV series Westworld takes place?

Answer: Westworld

 

45. What is the name of the infamous coffee shop where the characters of the TV series Friends often meet?

Answer: Central Perk

 

46. What is the name of the reality TV show featuring a famous family of duck hunters?

Answer: Duck Dynasty

 

47. Who plays the role of Carrie Bradshaw in the TV series Sex and the City?

Answer: Sarah Jessica Parker

 

48. What is the name of the high school where the TV series Pretty Little Liars takes place?

Answer: Rosewood High School

 

49. In what year did the popular TV series The Office first air?

Answer: 2005

 

50. Who hosts the game show Jeopardy?

Answer: Alex Trebek

 

51. What is the name of the singer who played a fictional version of herself in the TV series Hannah Montana?

Answer: Miley Cyrus

 

52. Who is the famous puppeteer behind the iconic characters Ernie and Cookie Monster in Sesame Street?

Answer: Jim Henson

 

53. What is the name of the fictional high school where the TV series Glee takes place?

Answer: William McKinley High School

 

54. Who plays the role of Olivia Pope in the TV series Scandal?

Answer: Kerry Washington

 

55. What is the name of the famous detective in the TV series Murder, She Wrote?

Answer: Jessica Fletcher

 

56. Who plays the role of Arya Stark in the TV series Game of Thrones?

Answer: Maisie Williams

 

57. Who is the creator of the TV series The Big Bang Theory?

Answer: Chuck Lorre

 

58. What is the name of the fictional town where the TV series Stranger Things takes place?

Answer: Hawkins, Indiana

 

59. Who hosts the late-night talk show Conan?

Answer: Conan O'Brien

 

60. What is the name of the professor in the TV series The Magic School Bus?

Answer: Ms. Frizzle

 

61. Which TV show is based on the comic books by Robert Kirkman?

Answer: The Walking Dead

 

62. Who is the host of the TV game show Family Feud?

Answer: Steve Harvey

 

63. What is the name of the famous suburban street where the TV series Desperate Housewives takes place?

Answer: Wisteria Lane

 

64. Who created the animated TV series South Park?

Answer: Trey Parker and Matt Stone

 

65. What is the name of the ranger in the TV show Yogi Bear?

Answer: Ranger Smith

 

66. Who is the famous puppeteer behind the iconic characters Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy?

Answer: Jim Henson

 

67. What is the name of the high school where the TV series Friday Night Lights takes place?

Answer: Dillon High School

 

68. Who plays the role of Tony Soprano in the TV series The Sopranos?

Answer: James Gandolfini

 

69. What is the name of the character who lives in a garbage can on Sesame Street?

Answer: Oscar the Grouch

 

70. What is the name of the town where the TV series The Walking Dead takes place?

Answer: Atlanta, Georgia

 

71. Who is the host of the TV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Answer: Regis Philbin

 

72. What is the name of the fictional city where the TV series The Walking Dead takes place?

Answer: Woodbury, Georgia

 

73. Who voices the iconic cartoon character Bugs Bunny?

Answer: Mel Blanc

 

74. What is the name of the TV series that follows the daily lives of a group of firefighters and paramedics?

Answer: Chicago Fire

 

75. Who is the famous comedian and host of the late-night TV show The Daily Show?

Answer: Trevor Noah

 

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