Round
1 - Comedy
1.
How
does Miss Brooks, in Our Miss Brooks, earn her living?
2.
Whose
children are called Junior and Babs?
3.
Luigi
Basco is the “l’il immigrant” from which European country?
4.
Henry
is the teenage son of which typical American family?
5.
Which
other typical American family live in a white-framed house on Maple Street
in Springfield?
6.
Who
always knows best?
7.
Which
comedy character originally appeared in Fibber Mcgee and Molly and left to
star in his own spin-off?
8.
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?
9.
Who
wrote and starred in the female role of question 8?
10.
Which
king of comedy died this year after celebrating his 100 th
birthday?
Round
2 - Juvenile
11.
Which
famous bear named after a spice was usually broadcast each day from
Thanksgiving until Christmas?
12.
What
is the name of the canine stare of Challenge of the Yukon?
13.
Who
is the “All American Boy”? (Character’s name)
14.
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!)
15.
What
is the name of Jerry’s dog in Jerry of the Circus?
16.
Which
comic superhero was created by Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster in 1938 and
became a radio serial in 1940?
17.
Which
show stars a 16 year-old boy pilot and his pal Speed Robertson?
18.
What
is the name of the series featuring Commander Buzz Corry and Cadet Happy
in daring missions in the name of interplanetary justice?
19.
What
is the name of their spaceship?
20.
Played
by Guy Madison, what is the name of the western Marshall whose comic
sidekick was called Jingles?
Round
3 - Detective
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!
21.
Broadway
is My Beat
Detective Character Actor
22.
Dangerous
Assignment
Detective Character Actor
23.
Dragnet
Detective Character Actor
24.
Night
Beat
Detective Character Actor
25.
The
Saint
Detective Character Actor
26.
The
Shadow
Detective Character Actor
27.
The
Avenger
Detective Character Actor
28.
The
Falcon
Detective Character Actor
29.
The
Fat Man
Detective Character Actor
30.
Rogues
Gallery
Detective Character Actor
31.
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?
Round
4 - Western
32.
William Conrad played Matt
Dillon, US Marshall of Dodge City in which western drama?
33.
What was the character name of
the “soldier of fortune, western knight errant, gunfighter” featured in Have
Gun Will Travel?
34.
Which actor played the
character in question 2?
35.
Britt Ponsett is the hero of
which western drama?
36.
Which famous actor played Britt
Ponsett?
37.
Which Western detective
character, playfully known as Hoppy did William Boyd play from 1948 – 1950?
38.
What was the name of the ranch
where the above character was foreman?
39.
Name the juvenile western
whose side kick character was called Pancho?
40.
What was the name of the Lone
Ranger’s horse?
41.
Raymond Burr Played the
character Lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry where?
Round
5 - Miscelleneous
42.
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?
43.
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?
44.
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?
45.
What did the Blue Network
eventually become in 1943?
46.
What was the name of Orson
Welles’ theatrical air company that broadcast the infamous War of the Worlds in
1938?
47.
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?
48.
I was born in Vincennes,
Indiana on July 18 th 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?
49.
Who were Flywheel, Shyster and
Flywheel better known as?
50.
In 1921 saw the first live
broadcast of a heavyweight title fight. Georges Carpentier was one of the
boxers, who was the other?
