1970s Classic TV Spin-Offs Trivia Quiz

Classic TV Spin-Offs of the 1970s
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Classic TV Spin-Offs of the 1970s
Fifteen questions trace how familiar 1970s sitcom characters moved between parent series, new cities, workplaces, and their own shows.
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Classic TV spin-off trivia explores the connections that linked some of the biggest sitcoms of the 1970s. The questions follow shared characters, family relationships, new settings, workplace changes, and the unusual paths that turned supporting roles into successful series.
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What This Quiz Covers

The quiz covers neighbors who received their own series, Milwaukee friends introduced elsewhere, a Minneapolis sitcom family tree, a brewery workplace, a visitor from another planet, changing cities, and an unusual shift from comedy to drama.

Trivia Study Guide ›
  1. Which of these major spin-offs reached television first after branching from the Bunker family sitcom?
  2. Laverne and Shirley first appeared together as acquaintances of Fonzie on which sitcom?
  3. What was Maude Findlay's family relationship to Edith Bunker?
  4. Which city becomes the base of Lou Grant's newspaper career after he leaves Minneapolis?
  5. Which city does Rhoda Morgenstern return to when her own series begins?
  6. Which city became Phyllis Lindstrom's new home after she left Minneapolis?
  7. Rhoda and Phyllis both branched out from which Minneapolis-set sitcom?
  8. Which spin-off changed from half-hour comedy roots to an hour-long newspaper drama?
  9. Which character from Maude became the central mother figure when Good Times was launched?
  10. Which parent sitcom introduced George and Louise Jefferson before they received their own series?
  11. George Jefferson's financial success came from owning a chain of what kind of businesses?
  12. Which series followed the family of a former housekeeper from Maude after they moved into their own storyline?
  13. Before getting his own series, Mork was introduced as a visitor from which planet?
  14. Which of these 1970s spin-offs belongs to a different television family tree than the other three?
  15. Where did Laverne and Shirley work during the early seasons of their series?
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