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Easy TV Trivia Questions
The easy questions from our tv set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
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The easy TV questions cover shows with enormous audiences and settings that became part of everyday language: Springfield, Central Perk, Bikini Bottom, the TARDIS. Even players who never watched a full episode tend to know these by cultural osmosis alone.
14 easy tv trivia questions with answers
The Simpsons live in a town with which name?
Answer: Springfield The name was chosen partly because so many real American states have one.
The friends in Friends spent most of their free time in a coffee house called what?
Answer: Central Perk Cafe Nervosa was the equivalent hangout in the sitcom Frasier.
Stranger Things takes place in a fictional Indiana town named what?
Answer: Hawkins The other three are towns invented by Stephen King and John Carpenter.
Breaking Bad is set in which American city?
Answer: Albuquerque The story was originally written for California but moved for filming incentives.
Game of Thrones was adapted from novels by which author?
Answer: George R. R. Martin The book series is titled A Song of Ice and Fire.
Cheers was set in a bar in which city?
Answer: Boston Its spin-off Frasier moved the lead character across the country to Seattle.
In Doctor Who, the Doctor's time machine is known by which name?
Answer: The TARDIS It is stuck looking like a 1960s police box because its disguise circuit failed.
Who captained the Enterprise in the original Star Trek series?
Answer: James T. Kirk Pike was the captain in the unaired first pilot before Kirk replaced him.
The American version of The Office is set at a paper company branch in which town?
Answer: Scranton The British original was set in Slough, and Stamford was a rival branch in the US show.
Which two Sesame Street characters share an apartment?
Answer: Bert and Ernie They have been part of the show since its first season in 1969.
SpongeBob SquarePants lives in an underwater town called what?
Answer: Bikini Bottom Its creator Stephen Hillenburg was a marine biology teacher before working in animation.
Which two characters in Friends are brother and sister?
Answer: Ross and Monica Their sibling rivalry is a running thread across all ten seasons.
Which neighbour repeatedly burst into Jerry's apartment in Seinfeld?
Answer: Kramer The character was based on a real neighbour of co-creator Larry David.
Downton Abbey is set in a country house in which English county?
Answer: Yorkshire The exteriors were filmed at Highclere Castle, which is actually in Hampshire.
Answer key
- Springfield
- Central Perk
- Hawkins
- Albuquerque
- George R. R. Martin
- Boston
- The TARDIS
- James T. Kirk
- Scranton
- Bert and Ernie
- Bikini Bottom
- Ross and Monica
- Kramer
- Yorkshire
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