Dick Van Dyke Show Trivia Quiz

Today often television viewers who tune into a sitcom find they don’t like it personally and would be ashamed for their children to see it because it is crude. If they find a show that is not crude, it is not funny. Such was not the case for the popular Dick Van Dyke Show, which is still shown in reruns in many areas-even decades later. The show was funny, and parents did not have to be ashamed for their children to watch it. How much do you know about this classic show? Take this trivia quiz and find out.

1. Which star was famous as a singer and dancer at the age of three?
a. Rose Marie
b. Mary Tyler Moore
c. Dick Van Dyke

2. What was the name of Dick’s brother?
a. Bill
b. Stacey
c. Frank
d. Sam

3. Who played Dick’s brother on the Dick Van Dyke Show?
a. Rock Hudson
b. Jerry Van Dyke
c. Peter Graves

4. What did Laura Petrie do before she married Rob?
a. She was a secretary.
b. She was an actress.
c. She danced.
d. She was a teacher.

5. What did Sally Rogers advertise for on one episode of the Dick Van Dyke Show?
a. A new job
b. A car
c. A husband

6. What did Mel usually say when Buddy insulted him?
a. “Yicch”
b. “Tisk, tisk, tisk”
c. “La de dah”

7. What secret did Laura reveal about Rob’s boss, Alan Brady, on one Dick Van Dyke Show episode?
a. That he had writers who created his jokes
b. That he was bald
c. She told his real age.

8. It was not mentioned often. What was Laura Petrie’s maiden name?
a. Meehan
b. Smith
c. O’Toole
d. Brady

9. Who got fired and then rehired in one episode?
a. Rob
b. Sally
c. Buddy
d. Mel

10. Who did Rob accidentally punch in the nose?
a. Mel
b. Alan Brady
c. Stacey
d. Jerry and Laura

11. Where did Rob and Laura live?
a. New Rochelle
b. The Bronx
c. Brooklyn

12. Who were the neighbors of Rob and Laura?
a. Jerry and Mary
b. Frank and Millie
c. Jerry and Millie
d. Jerry and Sally

13. One episode revealed where Rob and Laura had gotten married. Where was it?
a. In a church
b. In jail
c. In a hospital
d. At Rob’s apartment

14. What was the name of Sally’s cat?
a. Mr. Smith
b. Mr. Jones
c. Mr. Henderson

15. What nickname did Buddy’s wife go by?
a. Pickles
b. Bubbles
c. Lulu

16. What kind of a dog did Buddy have?
a. Poodle
b. German Shepherd
c. Saint Bernard

17. What was Ritchie’s middle name?
a. Franklin
b. Michael
c. Rosebud

18. What branch of the service did Rob once serve in?
a. Army
b. Navy
c. Air Force

19. What was the career of next door neighbor Jerry?
a. Family doctor
b. Dentist
c. Carpenter
d. Veternarian
Answers
1.-a-She was known as Baby Rose Marie
2.-b
3.-b
4. – c
5.-c
6.-a
7.-b
8.-a
9.-d-Rob encouraged Mel to stand up to Alan Brady, and he was fired. Alan
decided he couldn’t live without Mel to pick on, however, and rehired him.
10.-d-He accidentally punched Jerry and then demonstrated the act to Laura,
accidentally punching her in the process
11.-a
12.-c
13.-c-Rob was sick at the time, although Laura was skeptical of his illness.
14.-c
15.-a
16.-b
17.-c
18.-a
19.-b