Sitcoms

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1.Which sitcom trapped Al Bundy in a Chicago shoe store on Fox from 1987?
- A. The Jeffersons
- B. Who's the Boss?
- C. Married... with Children
- D. Boy Meets World
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Married... with Children
Did you know? Married... with Children helped define Fox's late-1980s lineup.
2.Which sitcom gathered Eric Forman's Wisconsin teens in the basement from 1998?
- A. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- B. The George Lopez Show
- C. The Munsters
- D. That '70s Show
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That '70s Show
Did you know? That '70s Show launched Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis.
3.Which sitcom knocked on Penny's door across from two physicists from 2007?
- A. Boy Meets World
- B. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- C. Who's the Boss?
- D. The Big Bang Theory
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The Big Bang Theory
Did you know? The Big Bang Theory ran twelve seasons on CBS.
4.Which sitcom rambled bus driver Ralph Kramden's Brooklyn schemes from 1955?
- A. Curb Your Enthusiasm
- B. Cheers
- C. The Golden Girls
- D. The Honeymooners
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The Honeymooners
Did you know? The Honeymooners grew out of a Jackie Gleason sketch series.
5.Which sitcom shipped a West Philadelphia teen to his aunt's Bel-Air mansion in 1990?
- A. Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- B. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- C. That '70s Show
- D. Perfect Strangers
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Did you know? The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air starred Will Smith, rapping under his stage name.
6.Which sitcom mockumented Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch on NBC from 2005?
- A. The Nanny
- B. The Munsters
- C. The Office
- D. Two and a Half Men
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The Office
Did you know? The Office is adapted from the British series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
7.Which sitcom attended high school as a young Sheldon Cooper in East Texas from 2017?
- A. Diff'rent Strokes
- B. Young Sheldon
- C. Family Matters
- D. How I Met Your Mother
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Young Sheldon
Did you know? Young Sheldon is a prequel to The Big Bang Theory.
8.Which sitcom landed Robin Williams's alien in Boulder in 1978?
- A. Everybody Loves Raymond
- B. The Nanny
- C. Mork & Mindy
- D. Sanford and Son
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Mork & Mindy
Did you know? Mork & Mindy was a Happy Days spin-off after Mork's guest episode.
9.Which sitcom lived across the street from Ray's parents on CBS from 1996?
- A. Sex and the City
- B. Everybody Loves Raymond
- C. The Jeffersons
- D. The Honeymooners
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Everybody Loves Raymond
Did you know? Everybody Loves Raymond ran nine seasons on CBS.
10.Which sitcom shared a Miami bungalow among four women from 1985 to 1992?
- A. Friends
- B. The Golden Girls
- C. Diff'rent Strokes
- D. Mad About You
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The Golden Girls
Did you know? The Golden Girls won the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy for its first season.
11.Which sitcom debated 1970s America around Archie Bunker's Queens armchair from 1971?
- A. Curb Your Enthusiasm
- B. 30 Rock
- C. Malcolm in the Middle
- D. All in the Family
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All in the Family
Did you know? All in the Family was adapted from the British sitcom Till Death Us Do Part.
12.Which sitcom filmed three related households in mockumentary style from 2009?
- A. The Honeymooners
- B. Modern Family
- C. The Nanny
- D. The Jeffersons
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Modern Family
Did you know? Modern Family won the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy five consecutive years.
13.Which sitcom patrolled the 99th precinct's antics on Fox and NBC from 2013?
- A. The Office
- B. Home Improvement
- C. Everybody Loves Raymond
- D. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Did you know? Brooklyn Nine-Nine moved from Fox to NBC after its third season.
14.Which sitcom gathered six Manhattan friends at Central Perk from 1994 to 2004?
- A. Family Ties
- B. The Honeymooners
- C. Sex and the City
- D. Friends
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Friends
Did you know? Friends' 2004 finale drew one of the largest U.S. audiences of the decade.
15.Which sitcom brought Queens' Fran Fine into a Broadway producer's household in 1993?
- A. Diff'rent Strokes
- B. New Girl
- C. How I Met Your Mother
- D. The Nanny
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The Nanny
Did you know? The Nanny starred Fran Drescher with her signature laugh.
16.Which sitcom made a show about nothing out of Jerry's New York routines from 1989?
- A. The Big Bang Theory
- B. Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- C. Seinfeld
- D. Diff'rent Strokes
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Seinfeld
Did you know? Seinfeld was co-created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David.
17.Which sitcom argued hippie parents with Michael J. Fox's young conservative from 1982?
- A. ALF
- B. 30 Rock
- C. Diff'rent Strokes
- D. Family Ties
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Family Ties
Did you know? Family Ties launched Michael J. Fox to stardom before his film career.
18.Which sitcom took Seattle radio call-ins as a psychiatrist from 1993 to 2004?
- A. Everybody Loves Raymond
- B. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- C. The George Lopez Show
- D. Frasier
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Frasier
Did you know? Frasier won the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy five consecutive years.
19.Which sitcom opened the macabre household's doors in 1964?
- A. Sex and the City
- B. The King of Queens
- C. Curb Your Enthusiasm
- D. The Addams Family
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The Addams Family
Did you know? The Addams Family was adapted from Charles Addams's New Yorker cartoons.
20.Which sitcom shared a Manhattan apartment from 1998 to 2006 and again in 2017?
- A. Will & Grace
- B. Mad About You
- C. Friends
- D. Scrubs
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Will & Grace
Did you know? Will & Grace returned for a three-season revival in 2017.
21.Which sitcom crashed his spacecraft into the Tanner garage in 1986?
- A. Roseanne
- B. The Big Bang Theory
- C. Sanford and Son
- D. ALF
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ALF
Did you know? ALF's title abbreviated "Alien Life Form".
22.Which sitcom poured Boston bar regulars from 1982 to 1993?
- A. Cheers
- B. Sanford and Son
- C. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- D. New Girl
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Cheers
Did you know? Cheers won the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy four consecutive years.
23.Which sitcom planned Pawnee's public spaces for NBC from 2009?
- A. Seinfeld
- B. The Jeffersons
- C. Parks and Recreation
- D. Frasier
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Parks and Recreation
Did you know? Parks and Recreation starred Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope.
24.Which sitcom kept Steve Urkel at the Winslows' door from 1989?
- A. All in the Family
- B. Scrubs
- C. Family Matters
- D. Roseanne
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Family Matters
Did you know? Steve Urkel began as a one-episode guest on Family Matters.
25.Which sitcom froze the Bluth family's assets for Fox and Netflix from 2003?
- A. The Big Bang Theory
- B. Parks and Recreation
- C. Arrested Development
- D. The Jeffersons
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Arrested Development
Did you know? Arrested Development was revived by Netflix for new seasons in 2013.
26.Which sitcom dated Paul and Jamie's New York marriage from 1992?
- A. Mad About You
- B. Cheers
- C. Taxi
- D. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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Mad About You
Did you know? Mad About You starred Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt.
27.Which sitcom wrote Carrie Bradshaw's Manhattan column among three friends on HBO from 1998?
- A. Sex and the City
- B. Diff'rent Strokes
- C. Young Sheldon
- D. Parks and Recreation
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Sex and the City
Did you know? Sex and the City was adapted from Candace Bushnell's essay collection.
28.Which sitcom centered Malcolm in a chaotic household on Fox from 2000?
- A. The Office
- B. Malcolm in the Middle
- C. Young Sheldon
- D. Two and a Half Men
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Malcolm in the Middle
Did you know? Malcolm in the Middle broke the fourth wall with Malcolm's direct addresses.

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