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About This Quiz
Saturday morning television lives on Nickelodeon. If you're a fan of "Green Acres" from way back or from Nickelodeon reruns, take this quiz to test your knowledge.
Just for fun, do you remember the name of Fred and Doris Ziffel's son? If you said Arnold Ziffel, you're right. But do you remember that Arnold was a pig? That was just one of the many charms of Hooterville.
Green Acres was a '60s sitcom that ran for six seasons and a total of 170 episodes. In this classic treat, attorney Oliver Wendell Douglas (played by Eddie Albert) moves to the country to become a farmer and get away from the big city. His wife, Lisa, played by Eva Gabor, isn't quite as thrilled with the move. The show is all about the hilarious struggles that Oliver and Lisa face in Hooterville (hey, remember how Lisa pronounced "Hooterville"? Hilarious!).
What we want to know is, why, if Oliver wanted to move to a more simple life, is he always so extremely annoyed by the lack of big-city savvy displayed by the residents of Hooterville. Ok, we'll refrain from picking apart the show and just enjoy the funny memories.
How well do you think you'll do on this quiz. Let's get started to find out.
What was the name of the town that Oliver and Lisa moved to?
Hooterville
The series was set in a small town called Hooterville
Williamsburg
Knoxford
Smallville
Another favorite character is Eb Dawson. What does Eb do in Hooterville?
Oliver’s farmhand
Eb Dawson is the naive, wide-eyed, yet smart-mouthed young farmhand to the Douglases.
The local veterinarian
The caretaker
The school teacher
Which city did Oliver and Lisa Douglas move from?
New York City
New York City
Chicago
Los Angeles
St. Louis
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Characters from Green Acres were also part of what other TV show?
Hogan’s Heros
Bonanza
Gunsmoke
Petticoat Junction
The correct answer is Petticoat Junction.
We’re hogging this quiz to reminisce about Arnold … what other activities could Arnold do?
Play the piano
Deliver letters and newspapers
Predict weather with his tail
All of the above
All of the above, including sending away for various mail-order products.
What does Sam Drucker do for Hooterville?
Post Master
Newspaper Editor
Justice of the Peace
All of the above
The answer is all of the above, including volunteer fireman, constable and printer.
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Who is Mr. Haney?
The local judge
The Postmaster
The salesman who sold the farm to Oliver
The right answer is the salesman who sold the farm to Oliver.
The supermarket clerk
What activities could Arnold do?
Change the television stations on the TV
Carry a lunch box to school in his mouth
Play cricket with a bat
All the above
All of the above, however they trained several pigs to play Arnold to make it appear one pig could do all those activities.
Where do Oliver and Lisa live in Hooterville?
The old Haney place
The old Haney place.
Mr. Ziffel’s second cousin’s old farm
Arnold’s old house
Eb's girlfriend's Aunt
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Which of these lyrics of the Green Acres’ theme song is NOT correct?
Land spreadin’ out so far and wide
I just adore a dress that’s new
The only lyric NOT in the theme song is B.
Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside
Dah-ling I love you but give me Park Avenue
Hank Kimball is the county’s agricultural agent. What makes this character so fun to watch?
He draws folks into inane conversations, digresses and loses his train of thought, then exits the scene
The correct answer “A”.
He acts as if he is mute, using sign language that is nothing like the official American Sign Language
He answers questions only if the person wins at a game of charades
None of the above
Last one: What types of situations did Arnold find himself in throughout the series?
He won a free trip to Hawaii
Arnold was drafted into the military
Arnold fell in love with Cynthia, Mr. Haney's prized Basset Hound
All of the above
All of the above and many more, including Arnold hiring Oliver to represent him in court.
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Her sandwiches include such epicurean delights as what?
Liverwurst and jelly sandwhich
Hotcake sandwich (a hotcake between two hotcakes)
Sliced pickle sandwich
All of the above
Liverwurst and jelly sandwich. Yuck!
Who are Fred and Doris Ziffel?
The parents of the Monroe brothers
The parents of Hank Kimball
The parents of Arnold, the pig
The parents of Arnold, the pig.
The parents of Eb
Who portrays the erudite New York City attorney, who is acting on his dream to be a farmer?
Frank Cady
Joe Carson
Eddie Albert
Eddie Albert portrays the Quixotic yet short-fused Oliver.
Albert Eddie
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One character we all loved was the pig. What was his name?
Arnold
Arnold Ziffel was the family pet of Fred and Doris Ziffel – he was treated like the son they never had.
Winifred
Wilber
Peter
What was Lisa’s upbringing like?
She grew up pampered in a wealthy Hungarian family, never doing any household chores
Lisa grew up pampered in a wealthy Hungarian family, never doing any household chores.
She joined a Hungarian Monastery but left for America after the war started
She grew up in a Hungarian middle class suburb
None of the above
Which of these shows were cancelled during the “Rural Purge”?
Petticoat Junction
Hee Haw
Beverly Hillbillies
All of the above
The correct answer is all of the above. The purge also happened for the same reason at ABC and NBC.
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Lisa’s hotcakes (pronounced “hotscakes”) were inedible, so tough that Oliver does what?
Makes head gaskets for his truck and tractor using the hotcake recipe
Uses hotcakes to shingle the roof
Substitutes hotcake batter for fireplace mortar
All of the above
The answer is all of the above.
What was so unusual about the Monroe brothers, Alf and Ralph?
They are conjoined twins
They are brother and sister
Ralph is actually a woman but Alf explains they will not get jobs if people knew that his sister is a woman.
They are fraternal twins
None of the above
Sponsors pressured CBS to have more urban-themed shows to attract a younger audience. Nearly all rural-themed shows were cancelled to provide the needed timeslots. This part of television history is known as what?
“Rural Purge”
The correct answer is “Rural Purge”. Pat Buttram said of the purge, "CBS cancelled everything with a tree – including Lassie.”
“Young and the Slot-less”
“Country Moves Back to the City”
None of the above
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The opening sequence ends with Oliver and Lisa striking a pose in a parody of what painting?
Pioneer Spirit
American Gothic
Oliver and Lisa strike a pose in parody of Grant Wood's 1930 painting, “American Gothic”.
Country Life
None of the above
What were the proposed titles for the show?
Country Cousins
The Eddie Albert show
Farm that country!
A and B
The correct answer is A and B.
The Monroe brothers were carpenters known for not getting the job done correctly. What were some of the projects they were known for?
The Douglases’ bedroom closet’s sliding door that is always falling down
The outdoor telephone which was installed atop a pole
Unattached doorknobs
All of the above
All of the above. These unexpected sight gags made the show extra humorous.
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When did the series air?
1965 to 1971
The series was first broadcast on CBS, from September 15, 1965, to April 27, 1971.
1960 to 1965
1955 to 1961
1955 to 1959
Eleanor Audley played a reoccurring role in Green Acres, what character did she play?
Oliver’s disapproving mother
Eleanor Audley played Oliver’s disapproving mother, Eunice Douglas.
Lisa’s wealthy and pampered mother
Eb’s romantic interest
None of the above
Who portrays Lisa Douglas, Oliver’s glamorous Hungarian wife?
Eva Gabor
Eva Gabor portrayed the wife who is dragged to a ramshackle farm from an upscale Manhattan penthouse apartment and from the city life she adores.
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Raquel Welch
Sophia Loren
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How many years did Green Acres make it into the Top 20 television shows?
2 years
3 years
4 years
Green Acres was in the Top 20 for four out of the six years it aired.
None of the above
Oliver and Lisa are both veterans of WWII, what did Oliver do in the war?
He was on the U.S. Pacific Fleet
He was an Army Officer
He was a USAAF flier
The correct answer is Oliver was a USAAF flier.
He was an Army analyst
What was Green Acres based on?
The American Gothic painting of a farmer holding a pitchfork and standing next to his wife
Granby's Green Acres a 1950 radio series
Green Acres was based on a 1950 radio series, “Granby's Green Acres”. The radio series was about a big-city family who moved to the country, written by Jay Sommers (Producer of Green Acres).
A dream that Eddie Albert had and told to Executive Producer Paul Henning
A dream that Eva Gabor had and told to Executive Producer Paul Henning
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What did Lisa do in WWII?
Worked as a nurse in Hungary
Worked in a factory, welding steel
Participated in the Hungarian underground
Lisa grew up pampered in a wealthy Hungarian family, never doing any household chores.
None of the above
Following his success of The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction, CBS offered producer Paul Henning another half-hour on the schedule, what was unusual about this request?
There was no pilot required
In a very unusual move there was no pilot required when CBS requested Paul Henning to produce another show.
There was no budget – the sky was the limit
There was not a well-known leading man to draw viewers
None of the above
Arnold was so popular the show developed what around this animal actor?
A brand of bacon named, “Green Acres’ Premium Bacon”
A two-part episode entitled, “A Star Named Arnold is Born”
A two-part episode entitled, “A Star Named Arnold is Born” was so popular it was ranked #59 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
A video demonstration of how to speak French and English with just oinks
All of the above
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Lisa’s domestic ignorance is fodder for reoccurring gags, which one of these is NOT true?
She makes waterless “coffee” that oozes from the pot in a thick, tar-like sludge
Instead of washing dishes sometimes she throws them out the kitchen window
She has been known to staple holes in socks, instead of mending them
She continues to toast pieces of bread, even after they are burnt
Although the toast she made may have been burnt, she did not continue to toast them.
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