Second Annual Online Trivia Quiz!
Thanks to all who participated! There were some fierce competitors!
Unfortunately, due to technical problems, entries submitted after around October 1, 2002 were lost. Prior to that, around 100 people submitted entries and the average number correct hovered around 22 out of 42.
Part 1: Choose the right one!
1. Which floor does Mary live on at the 119 N. Wetherly Dr. address?
A. the ground floor
B. the second floor
C. the third floor
D. Nonsense! It can not be determined!
2. Which is NOT a Ted Baxter malapropism?
A. "...was like a breash of freth air."
B. "The populotion explosion..."
C. "This is Bed Taxter saying good nise and good news."
D. "...hadn't happened since World War. One...oops, correction...that's World War One."
E. "The pet owner who couldn't tell one dog from another was...a vegetarian!"
F. Nonsense! All are Ted Baxter malapropisms.
3. How many different men, other than Lou, do we see Edie with?
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
4. Mary Richards graduated from _________.
A. Roseburg High School
B. Rosemont High School
C. Roseville High School
D. Rosewood High School
E. Roseview High School
F. Nonsense! None of the above
5. Mary Richards was born in the year_________.
A. 1937
B. 1938
C. 1939
D. 1940
6. The Better Luck Next Time Club offers inexpensive charter flights to_________.
A. Rome
B. Vienna
C. Paris
D. Mexico
E. Spain
7. Lou Grant has a daughter named _________.
A. Julia
B. Rebecca
C. Janie
D. choices A and B
E. choices B and C
F. choices A, B, and C
8. Mary Richards and Robert C. Brand go for dinner in a(n) ___________ restaurant.
A. French
B. Greek
C. Mexican
D. Chinese
E. Italian
9. Which is the name of the dessert that Sue Ann bakes on the night Congresswoman Geddes and "The Fonz" come to dinner?
A. Baked Pears Sue Ann
B. Stuffed Peaches Lucille
C. Cocoa Mouche
D. Pechlambee
E. Nonsense! None of the above - Baked Pears Alicia
10. Which food(s) is/are featured in the episode where Georgette delivers Marylou Baxter?
A. Chocolate Eclairs
B. Raw Carrots
C. Sausage
D. Fettucini Alfredo
E. choices A and B
F. choices B and C
G. choices C and D
11. Allan Stevens is _________ and he is hired at WJM as a __________.
A. Lou's brother's kid ; developing lab apprentice
B. Lou's sister's kid ; developing lab apprentice
C. Lou's brother's kid ; cameraman
D. Lou's sister's kid ; cameraman
12. Who wins the election on that snowy night when the teletype machine goes out?
A. Turner
B. Mitchell
C. Davis
D. Lorenzo
13. Lou wants to take Flo Meredith on a honeymoon. Where?
A. Cancun
B. Puerto Vallarta
C. Canada
D. Paris
E. Constantinople
F. Philadelphia
14. Lou buys a big ________ for Marylou Baxter (Ted and Georgette's baby).
A. stuffed elephant
B. stuffed goat
C. stuffed pelican
D. stuffed walrus
E. stuffed monkey
15. The name of Lou Grant's unpublished memoirs:
A. "Too Little Love in Too Many Foxholes"
B. "Too Many Foxholes, Not Enough Love"
C. "Chipped Beef in the Trenches"
D. "Foxhole Love, Company B, and Me"
E. Nonsense! None of the above.
Part 2: True or not?
16. Mary orders a Bloody Mary at a lunch.
A. True
B. Not True
17. Frank Carelli is an old friend of Murray's from the war years.
A. True
B. Not True
18. Murray has a trick knee.
A. True
B. Not True
19. Edie moves to an apartment located right across the street from a Burger King restaurant.
A. True
B. Not True
20. Ted was elected to be grand marshall of the circus parade at the circus where Chuckles the Clown was killed.
A. True
B. Not True
21. Phyllis' brother Ben Sutherland is a composer who once wrote the music for a cat food commercial.
A. True
B. Not True - dog food
22. Georgette is a big fan of chicken and zucchini.
A. True
B. Not True
23. Gordy the weatherman has two kids by the time he makes his final return to WJM-TV.
A. True
B. Not True - three kids
24. Mary Tyler Moore was the only woman director to direct an episode of the MTM Show.
A. True
B. Not True
25. Ted and Georgette have a dog.
A. True
B. Not True
26. David Baxter goes to a school for genius kids.
A. True
B. Not True
27. Phyllis was once in love with one of the "Better Living Through Chemistry" DuPont kids during her college years.
A. True
B. Not True
28. Sue Ann gets an offer to open up a 'Big Pink Bucket in the Sky' fried chicken franchise.
A. True
B. Not True
29. Lars Lindstrom's nationality was Czechoslovakian.
A. True
B. Not True
30. Mary Richards had been with her fiancee for two years before she dumped him!
A. True
B. Not True
Part 3: Choose the right one some more!
31. In the series, we meet Ted's_________, but never his _________.
A. mother ; father
B. father ; mother
32. Bess and Lou make homemade________ on the night Mary goes out with _________ .
A. cookies ; Anton Sperakovsky
B. beer ; Warren Sturges
C. pizza ; Dan Whitfield
D. lemonade ; Warren Sturges
33. Which episode does this picture come from?
A. "Menage a' Phyllis"
B. "Phyllis Whips Inflation"
C. "The Lars Affair"
D. "Bess, You Is My Daughter Now"
34. Which episode was this actor in?
A. "Farmer Ted and the News"
B. "Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters' School"
35. Which guest star(s) on MTMS appeared as a regular on another MTM Enterprises sitcom?
A. Michael Constantine
B. Ed Begley, Jr.
C. Isabel Sanford
D. Florida Friebus - she was Mrs. Bakerman on "The Bob Newhart Show"
E. Michael Tolan
36. Which is a Sue Ann Nivens publication?
A. "How to Please a Man"
B. "Salute to Fruit"
C. "How to Render Lard and Coddle an Egg...and Please Your Man"
D. "Let's Talk About Meat"
E. Nonsense! All of the above were Sue Ann's works!
37. Lou makes an omlette-type concoction of scrambled eggs with________ for Mary.
A. jalapeno peppers
B. scotch
C. beer
D. caviar
E. choices A and B
F. choices A and C
G. choices A and D
38. Mary offers some sugarless, _______-flavored gum to Murray.
A. lemon
B. pineapple
C. cherry
D. banana
E. lime
39. Mary and Sue Ann attend a convention in Chicago and are taken out for dinner (and later to a stag party) by two gentlemen who are__________.
A. insurance agents
B. taxidermists
C. vivisectionists
D. morticians
E. pornographic film producers
40. What time does Ted's news broadcast come on every night?
A. 6 pm
B. 6:30 pm
C. 7 pm
D. 7:30 pm
E. 8 pm
Extra Credit
41. How many different domain names, total (including the current one), has this website had, since it first came online in 1999?
A. one
B. two
C. three - www.geocities.com/area51/portal/mtmshow, www.marytylermooreshow.simplenet.com, www.mtmshow.com
D. four
E. five
F. more than five - actually, we have a total of five domain names for this website, bringing the grand total to SEVEN different domain names.
42. _______ was drunk when he/she guest-starred on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".
A. Walter Cronkite
B. Betty Ford
C. Johnny Carson
D. Penny Marshall
E. Louise Lasser
F. more than one of the above
