Sample Exam Identification Questions

You will be asked to identify ten items, supplying three pertinent facts about each one. Each pertinent fact will earn you a point up to a maximum of three points per item. The answers must be intelligible, but they do not have to be in complete sentences. Below are some sample identification questions with suitable answers.

1. Garry Marshall

Sample answers (any three of the following would be enough to earn you three points):

-- TV producer
-- produced popular escapist sitcoms that came to dominate ratings during the later 1970s
-- created Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, and Mork & Mindy
-- wrote for The Dick Van Dyke Show early in his career
-- left TV to direct feature films

2. Nickelodeon

-- basic cable channel
-- started in late '70s
-- features programming aimed at children
-- one of the earliest TV attempts to target a specific demographic
-- Rugrats is one of the series created for this channel
-- runs "classic TV" programming for adults at night ("Nick at Nite")

3. Star Trek

-- science fiction TV series
-- late '60s
-- broadcast on the NBC network
-- created by Gene Roddenberry
-- starred William Shatner
-- featured first interracial kiss on American network TV

4. Andy Griffith

-- actor
-- TV career spans '50s to present
-- honed folksy down-home image throughout his career
-- starred in Golden Age comedy No Time for Sergeants
-- starred in The Andy Griffith Show
-- starred in Matlock