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Posted: 03.21.2002
You wanna piece of me?
Normally I would just scan the cards, but our scanner only works with the Dell and it's in North Carolina right now...so bear with me... Someone asked to see questions from the Trivial Pursuit TV Edition, © 1991.

Go ahead and take stabs at them in the comments, and I'll post all the answers for each card later tonight! And just remember, if you cheat by looking up the answers online...you don't get that luxury when playing the game...

UPDATE: Questions with ** at the end have been answered correctly in the comments. The answers to each card have been added now, as well if you click the "read more" link.



Categories are as follows:

  • Classics (CLC)
  • Sitcoms (SIT)
  • Drama (DRM)
  • Kids and Games (K&G)
  • Stars (STR)
  • Wild Card (WC)


    • Example Card 1 (starting off with an easy one)
    1. CLC: Whose racoon cap has three tails -- Ralph Kramden's, Ed Norton's, or Morris Fink's?
    2. SIT: Who said on M*A*S*H: "God forbid anything should be easy?" **
    3. DRM: What type of daytime programming was Procter & Gamble the leading sponsor of in TV's golden years? **
    4. K&G: What game show host is attired by Mr. Guy?
    5. STR: What actress needed 36 takes to give William Shatner one of TV's first interracial kisses? **
    6. WC: What word starts program titles ending with Again?, Are There and Bet Your Life? **

    Example Card 2 (working it's way up there...)
    1. CLC: What cop replied to a culprit's plea for a break with: "No lady we can't. You're under arrest." **
    2. SIT: What's Chaci's last name? **
    3. DRM: What man-on-the-run series ended with William Conrad announcing: "Tuesday, August 29, 1967, the day the running stopped." **
    4. K&G: How many Jeopardy! shows are taped in a single day? **
    5. STR: What trusted CBS anchorman's public doubts about Vietnam helped prompt LBJ not to seek re-election in 1968? **
    6. WC: What show's fans started "Ullmania"? **

    Example Card 3 (and into full-blown WTF)
    1. CLC: Who first evangelized on TV on a 15-minute series titled Hour of Decision? **
    2. SIT: What year was the final episode of Newhart set in?
    3. DRM: What disease's effects did Joanne Woodward portray in her Emmy-winning performance in Do You Remember Love? **
    4. K&G: Who served time as host for Liars Club, Stumpers, Password, and College Bowl?
    5. STR: What native of Bristol, Tennessee was host of The Ford Show from 1956-61?
    6. WC: What were the first two hit rock music shows on prime time TV?

    Example Card 1 Answers
    1. CLC: Morris Fink's
    2. SIT: "Hawkeye" Pierce
    3. DRM: Soaps
    4. K&G: Alex Trebek
    5. STR: Nichelle Nichols
    6. WC: "You"

    Example Card 2 Answers
    1. CLC: Sgt. Joe Friday
    2. SIT: Arcola
    3. DRM: The Fugitive
    4. K&G: Five
    5. STR: Walter Cronkite's
    6. WC: The Tracy Ullman Show's

    Example Card 3 Answers
    1. CLC: Billy Graham
    2. SIT: Nineteen ninety-five
    3. DRM: Alzheimer's disease
    4. K&G: Allan Ludden
    5. STR: Tennessee Ernie Ford
    6. WC: Shindig, Hullabaloo




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    urrrg.. I don't know any of theses :( *sniff*

    ¤ ¤ credit: munin | 03.21.02 at 05:48 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

    what, no cheating? *cry*

    ¤ ¤ credit: Queen | 03.21.02 at 05:50 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

    Don't feel bad! I've never brought out that box of cards and had a group of people willing to finish the game with them. They are HARD -- and you would've had to been glued to a TV since the early 1950s for most of them.

    ¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 03.21.02 at 05:51 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

    Ok here's what I guessed (mind you these are answers that I would have answered. the ones i'm not sure with have ?'s.):

    card 1 #5 - Nichelle Nichols

    card 2 #3 - The Fugitive

    card 2 #5 - Walter Cronkite?

    card 2 #6 - The Tracy Ullman show?

    ha! nevermind I would suck at this game.


    ¤ ¤ credit: psychodaisy | 03.21.02 at 06:09 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

    All of psychodaisy's answers are correct! Off to alter the main entry to reflect that... :-)

    ¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 03.21.02 at 06:13 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

    Card 1, DRM: What type of daytime programming was Procter & Gamble the leading sponsor of in TV's golden years? Soap operas

    ¤ ¤ credit: Christine | 03.21.02 at 06:35 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

    Card 1, K&G: What game show host is attired by Mr. Guy? Uh, uh, the guy from Family Fued! (What, you don't accept the answers like that in your family when you play TP?)


    Card 1, WC: What word starts program titles ending with Again?, Are There and Bet Your Life? "You"


    Card 3, SIT: What year was the final episode of Newhart set in? 1972

    ¤ ¤ credit: Christine | 03.21.02 at 06:40 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

    PS - I *love* to play Trivial Pursuit, and I prefer the original box of cards. I haven't ever really played with the other sets that much, but the original Genius edition rocks!

    ¤ ¤ credit: Christine | 03.21.02 at 06:41 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

    I updated the front page to reflect that Christine was right about "soap operas" and "You".

    However, her answers were incorrect for the game show host attire (wrong host!) and the year the final Newhart episode was set in (remember, he had 2 shows!). So keep guessin' on those...


    ¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 03.21.02 at 06:48 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

    I was guessing the final year for the 2nd show. Although ... yeah. That's what the question was asking. I just guessed wrong. Should always go with instinct - my original guess was 1969.

    ¤ ¤ credit: Christine | 03.21.02 at 07:07 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

    am i gonna be embarrassed for knowing that Chachi's last name is Arcola? and geez, you guys already answered all the easy ones. can I guess?
    card #1 SIT: Hawkeye (or Benjamin Franklin Pierce, for you sticklers)

    card #2 CLC: Joe Friday

    card #2 SIT: Arcola (NOT a guess, but i thought i'd throw it in here so anyone just scanning thru would see it)

    card #2 K&G: 5

    Remember, those are guesses. and i didn't cheat; that's no fun. how'd i do?


    ¤ ¤ credit: mikey | 03.21.02 at 07:18 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

    Christine dear, you haven't even been in the right decade for either answer. ;-) Wrong show, wrong show, wrong show silly! (Edited to say, you might even be guessing the right show re-reading your answer -- but you have to pick what year the SHOW was set in, not the finale.)

    Well, we're heading out to a sports bar here in a bit to catch the OU game since some networks seem to think the Duke game is more important. Keep guessin' and I'll be back with the answers later tongiht!


    ¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 03.21.02 at 07:18 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

    All of Mikey's answers are correct, btw! You go! ;-p

    ¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 03.21.02 at 07:21 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

    I'll take a shot:


    Card 1


    CLC: Morris Fink


    SIT: Father Mulcahy


    K&G: Pat Sajak

    Card 2


    CLC: Joe Friday

    Card 3


    CLC: Billy Graham


    SIT: 2004


    DRM: Alzheimer's


    K&G: Burt Convy


    STR: Mr. Ford


    WC: The Monkees, American Bandstand

    Yes, I just guessed on a lot of those. What's yer point?

    (I wonder if I used enough HTML this time?)

    ¤ ¤ credit: David | 03.21.02 at 07:32 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

    David got Billy Graham, Alzheimer's, and nice try on STR! ;-)

    ¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 03.21.02 at 10:31 PM | link--this ¤ ¤




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