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 20 Years of TBS Trivia

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  1. Who did Turner Broadcasting pay $100,000 for the call letters WTBS?
    A. Tokyo Broadcasting System
    B. A local Atlanta Station
    C. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    D. Cox Communications

  2. Who won an Emmy as the host of the Superstation's Portrait of America series during the early '80s?
    A. Hal Holbrook
    B. Andy Griffith
    C. Paul Gilmartin
    D. Jacques-Yves Cousteau

  3. What is the name of the satellite from which the Superstation's signal was first beamed on December 17, 1976?
    A. The Moon
    B. RCA Satcom 1
    C. Satellite 5d
    D. Tower

  4. What's the name of the Brady girls' pet cat, who only appears in the series' pilot episode?
    A. Coco
    B. Socks
    C. Tiger
    D. Fluffy

  5. What is the name of Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau's most famous ship, which sank in January 1996 in Singapore?
    A. Nina
    B. Monitor
    C. Catapult
    D. Calypso

  6. In what city were the 1990 Goodwill Games held?
    A. Atlanta, Georgia
    B. New York, New York
    C. St. Petersburg, Russia
    D. Seattle, Washington

  7. What is Scarlett O'Hara's real first name in "Gone With The Wind?"
    A. Ashley
    B. Katie
    C. Karen
    D. Missy

  8. What is the current Major League Baseball home run record as set by Hank Aaron?
    A. 715
    B. 704
    C. 955
    D. 755

  9. What is the name of the metal-mouthed henchman played by Richard Kiel in the Bond movies "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker?"
    A. Jaws
    B. Slasher
    C. Odd Job
    D. Money Penny

  10. What character did Merlin Olson play on "Little House on the Prairie?"
    A. Niles Taylor
    B. Charles Ingles
    C. Jonathan Garvey
    D. Tom Gallahan

  11. Name the two astronauts upon whose book the Peabody Award-winning "Moon Shot" was based.
    A. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldren
    B. Neil Armstrong and Alan Shephard
    C. Alan Shephard and Deke Slayton
    D. Chuck Yeager and Deke Slayton

  12. In 1980, TBS aired a comedy-variety show called "Tush!", co-starring a then-unknown Jan Hooks and written by Bonnie and Terry Turner. Hooks went on to fame on "Saturday Night Live" and "Designing Women," while the Turners made it big as the creators of what hit show?
    A. "Everybody Loves Raymond"
    B. "Seinfeld"
    C. "Friends"
    D. "3rd Rock From The Sun"

  13. What two Atlanta Braves players helped the "Feed Your Mind" kids understand the physics of baseball when that show premiered in 1993?
    A. Fred McGriff and Javier Lopez
    B. John Smoltz and Chipper Jones
    C. Mark Lempke and Jeff Blauser
    D. Tom Glavine and David Justice

  14. Name the naturalist who wowed audiences with "The Private Life of Plants."
    A. Sir David Attenborough
    B. Jacques-Yves Cousteau
    C. Ian Fleming
    D. James Gurney

  15. Name the international action star who hosted the Superstation's "Big Move," when "Movies for Guys Who Like Movies" went from Sundays to Thursdays.
    A. Brandon Lee
    B. Jackie Chan
    C. Jean-Claude Van Damme
    D. Jacques-Yves Cousteau

  16. Name the Italian director who invented the spaghetti western and helmed such Clint Eastwood pictures as "A Fistful of Dollars" and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."
    A. Fernando Cicero
    B. Tim Cicora
    C. Sergio Leone
    D. Francis Ford Coppola

  17. Name the comedic actor who hosted two special National Geographic EXPLORERs
    A. Leslie Nielsen
    B. Tim Allen
    C. Jeff Foxworthy
    D. Dennis Miller

  18. Who played Detective Paul Drake on "Perry Mason?"
    A. William Hopper
    B. Raymond Burr
    C. Charles Wopner
    D. Clint Eastwood

  19. Name Andy Taylor's housekeeper who left to be married just before the first episode of The Andy Griffith Show, thus making room for the arrival of Aunt Bee.
    A. Glenda
    B. Rose
    C. Helen
    D. Ruth

  20. Who plays neighbor Les "Ace" Calhoun in several episodes of "Matlock?"
    A. Andy Griffith
    B. Don Knotts
    C. John Neighbors
    D. Ron Howard