Round
1 - Having a laugh!
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1.
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How
does Miss Brooks, in Our Miss Brooks, earn her living?
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School Teacher
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2.
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Whose
children are called Junior and Babs?
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Chester Riley
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3.
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Luigi
Basco is the “l’il immigrant” from which European country?
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Italy
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4.
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Henry
is the teenage son of which typical American family?
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The Aldrich Family
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5.
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Which
other typical American family live in a white-framed house on Maple Street
in Springfield?
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Anderson's
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6.
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Who
always knows best?
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Father
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7.
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Which
comedy character originally appeared in Fibber McGee and Molly and left to
star in his own spin-off?
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The Great Gildersleeve
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8.
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Ethel
and Albert returned to radio in 1957 but only ever referred to each other
as “Dear”. What was the new name of the serialized comedy drama?
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The Couple Next
Door
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9.
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Who
wrote and starred in the female role of question 8?
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Peg Lynch
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10.
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Which
king of comedy died this year after celebrating his 100th
birthday?
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Bob Hope
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Round
2 - Young at heart
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11.
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Which
famous bear named after a spice was usually broadcast each day from
Thanksgiving until Christmas?
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Cinnamon Bear
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12.
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What
is the name of the canine star of Challenge of the Yukon?
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King
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13.
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Who
is the “All American Boy”? (Character's name)
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Jack Armstrong
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14.
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Tonto
is the faithful Indian companion of the Lone Ranger (now come on that would
have been an easy question:) but can you name the theme tune? (Yes, I know
you are der-dumming it now!)
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William Tell Overture
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15.
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What
is the name of Jerry’s dog in Jerry of the Circus?
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Rags
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16.
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Which
comic superhero was created by Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster in 1938 and
became a radio serial in 1940?
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Superman
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17.
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Which
show stars a 16 year-old boy pilot and his pal Speed Robertson?
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Air Adventures of
Jimmy Allen
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18.
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What
is the name of the series featuring Commander Buzz Corry and Cadet Happy
in daring missions in the name of interplanetary justice?
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Space Patrol
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19.
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Which
series, when it was first broadcast, was based on a
book and featured the author's daughter, Jane, as the
girlfriend of the lead character and her husband
as the lead character himself?
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Tarzan
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20.
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Played
by Guy Madison, what is the name of the western Marshall whose comic
sidekick was called Jingles?
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Wild Bill Hickok
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Round
3 - Detect the Sleuth
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In this round we’d like you to test your memory and name the
detective character that featured in the listed show. And for an extra point
each can you name the ACTORS who played each detective? Good Luck!
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21.
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Broadway
is My Beat
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Danny Clover played
by Anthony Ross or Larry Thor
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22.
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Dangerous
Assignment
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Steve Mitchell played
by Brian Donlevy or Lloyd Burrell
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23.
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Dragnet
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Joe Friday played
by Jack Webb
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24.
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Night
Beat
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Randy Stone played
by Frank Lovejoy
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25.
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The
Saint
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Simon Templar played
by Edgar Barrier or Vincent Price
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26.
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The
Shadow
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Lamont Cranston
played by James, La Curto, Frank Readick, or Orson
Welles
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27.
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The
Avenger
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Jim Brandon played
by James Monks or Dick Janaver
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28.
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The
Falcon
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Michael Wring played
by Berry Kroeger, James Meighan, Les Tremayne
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29.
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The
Fat Man
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Brad Runyon played
by J. Scott (Jack) Smart
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30.
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Rogues
Gallery
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Richard Rogue played
by Dick Powell, Berry Sullivan, Chester Morris
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31.
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Now
here is where you will have to do your homework, though the answer was in
a recently added episode of Sherlock Holmes. Here goes, what is the
Christian name of Dr Watson?
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John
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Round
4 - Cowboys & Indians
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32.
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William Conrad played Matt
Dillon, US Marshall of Dodge City in which western drama?
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Gunsmoke
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33.
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What was the character name of
the “soldier of fortune, western knight errant, gunfighter” featured in Have
Gun Will Travel?
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Paladin
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34.
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Which actor played the
character in question 2?
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John Dehner
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35.
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Britt Ponsett is the hero of
which western drama?
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Six Shooter
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36.
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Which famous actor played Britt
Ponsett?
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James Stewart
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37.
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Which Western detective
character, playfully known as Hoppy did William Boyd play from 1948 – 1950?
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Hopalong Cassidy
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38.
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What was the name of the ranch
where the above character was foreman?
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Bar 20 Ranch
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39.
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Name the juvenile western
whose side kick character was called Pancho?
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The Cisco Kid
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40.
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Which
radio series started with a Rossini composition and
had musical bridges between the scenes by Liszt and
Tchaikovsky?
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Lone Ranger
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41.
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Raymond Burr Played the
character Lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry, but where?
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Fort Laramie
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Round
5 - And finally...
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42.
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Jack Packard and Doc Long were
two characters of a trio, who was the third and what was the name of the show
they featured in?
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Reggie York, I Love Adventure
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43.
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In August 1947 Radio Life
magazine wrote, “These stories all possess many times the reality that most
radio writing conveys”. Which dramatic adventure anthology were they referring
to?
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Escape
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44.
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Which series was created and
produced by Hyman Brown and during its run included such Hollywood stars as
Boris Karloff, Peter Lorrie and Richard Widmark?
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Inner Sanctum Mysteries
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45.
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What did the Blue Network
eventually become?
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American Broadcasting Company, ABC
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46.
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What was the name of Orson
Welles’ theatrical air company that broadcast the infamous War of the Worlds in
1938?
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Mercury Theater
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47.
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When Carroll P. Craig Sr. wrote
the following, “He fills the air with boasts and brags, and obsolete obnoxious
gags. The way he plays the violin is music’s most obnoxious sin…” to whom was
he referring?
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Jack Benny
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48.
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I was born in Vincennes,
Indiana on July 18th 1913. I began my career in blackface singing at
the age of ten. I married Edna Stillwell in June 1931 and got my big break on
the Rudy Vallee Show in 1937. Who am I?
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Red Skelton
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49.
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Who were Flywheel, Shyster and
Flywheel better known as?
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Grocho and Chico Marx or the Marx Brothers
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50.
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1921 saw the first live
radio broadcast of a heavyweight title fight. Georges Carpentier was one of the
boxers, who was the other?
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Jack Dempsey
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