The Addams Family Trivia

Choose an answer from the three choices and True or False offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1. The Addams Family is an American television series based on the characters in New Yorker magazine's cartoons. Who was the cartoonist?

• Mel Brooks
• Stanford Lang
• Charles Addams

2. How many seasons did the show air?

• 1 season
• 2 seasons
• 3 seasons

3. What was the year the series debuted on TV?

• 1964
• 1965
• 1966

4. It was originally produced by Filmways, Inc. at General Service Studios in Hollywood, California. What network did it run on?

• ABC
• CBS
• FOX

5. Carolyn Sue Jones, best remembers for playing Morticia Addams was born April 28, 1930. Where was her place of birth?

• New Orleans, Louisiana
• Amarillo, Texas
• West Hollywood, California

6. Before playing Gomez Addams, in 1962-63, John Astin starred in another sitcom with Marty Ingels, which lasted for one season with 31 episodes. What was the sitcom?

• I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
• The Two Brothers
• Make Room for Daddy

7. Uncle Fester, Morticia's kind and kind of "electric" uncle, was played by Jackie Coogan. He began his movie career as a child actor in silent films. He played with Charlie Chaplin in the classic 1921 film. What was the film?

• Fester’s Dream
• The Kid
• Huckleberry Finn

8. Lurch is the household butler. Ted Cassidy played the role. Although born in Pittsburgh, where was Cassidy raised?

• Philippi, West Virginia
• Williamsburg, Pennsylvania
• Glendale, Arizona

9. Blossom Rock played Grandmama Addams. Who was Blossom Rock’s actress/singer?

• Ann Clifton
• Jeanette MacDonald
• Marie Ann Sheridan

10. When did a reunion film, Halloween with the New Addams Family, air on CBS?

• October 1977
• October 1978
• October 1980

Check Your Answers 

1. Charles Addams
2. 2 seasons
3. 1964
4. ABC
5. Amarillo, Texas
6. I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
7. The Kid
8. Philippi, West Virginia
9. Jeanette MacDonald
10. October 1977

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