1989 In TV 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. On May 19, Sue Ellen plans to reveal a tell-all movie on J.R. Ewing, and hopes to make him "the laughingstock of Texas," in the season finale of Dallas.

• True or False?

2. September 30 - NBC airs its final edition of the Major League Baseball Game of the Week (before the package moves over to CBS). Bob Costas and Tony Kubek call the action from Toronto's SkyDome, as the Baltimore Orioles defeat the Toronto Blue Jays to clinch the American League Eastern Division Title.

• True or False?

3. This show premieres on August 20 on NBC in prime time. The show was moved to Saturday mornings after three episodes, where it became perhaps the most popular teen sitcom of all-time. What is the show?

• Ring the Bell
• Saved By The Bell
• No Time For Sergeants

4. November 26 - America's Funniest Home Videos premieres on ABC. Who is the show’s host?

• Bob Saget
• David Reid
• Benny Hill

5. What is the long running prime time soap opera (1981-1989) that ends on May 10?

6. David Spade, and Mike Myers join the cast of what TV show?

7. What syndicated news-magazine first airs on January, 1989?

• Inside Edition
• Good Morning America
• Entertainment Tonight

8. September 19 - Doogie Howser, M.D. premieres on ABC (1989-1993). Who plays Doogie Howser?

• Neil Patrick Harris
• Max Casella
• Lisa Dean Ryan

9. Tales from the Crypt is an American horror anthology TV series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO. Who was the star?

• John Kassir
• Walter Hill
• David Geffen

10. Seinfeld is an American situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989 to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons. Who did NOT create the show?

• Larry David
• Jerry Seinfeld
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Check Your Answers 

1. True
2. False. Blue Jays defeat he Baltimore Orioles.
3. Saved By The Bell
4. Bob Saget
5. Dynasty
6. Saturday Night Live
7. Inside Edition
8. Neil Patrick Harris
9. John Kassir
10. Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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