Gilligan’s Island Trivia Quiz

Entertainment Weekly named it one of the top 100 television shows of all time. Those of us who watched Gilligan’s Island every week, however, don’t need the opinion of others to know why we liked the show. The show provided good, clean fun. We could all imagine being stranded on a an island, but who would expect to be stranded with a professor with intelligence far beyond that of our own, a millionaire and his wife, a beautiful movie star, a girl-next-door type from Kansas, not to mention a skipper, and a wacky sailor like none other? How much do you know about Gilligan’s Island? Take this quiz and find out.

1. Who once competed for the Miss America title as Miss Nevada?
a. Tina Louise-Ginger-in 1960
b. Dawn Wells-Mary Ann-in 1960
c. Natalie Schafer-Mrs. Howell-in 1943

2. Which of the castaways on Gilligan’s Island was left handed?
a. The professor
b. Gilligan
c. The skipper
d. Mrs. Howell

3. An boy who was later to be a famous actor as a boy and an adult played the jungle boy.
a. Clint Howard
b. Ron Howard
c. Kurt Russell

4. What was Mrs. Howell’s maiden name on Gilligan’s Island?
a. Wentworth
b. Jones
c. Smith
d. Rockefeller

5. The show revealed the castaways left Hawaii on the S.S. Minnow in September 1964 on this day.
a. Tuesday
b. Sunday
c. Friday
d. Monday

6. What was the name of the record album the rock group, the Mosquitoes left behind
for the castaways when the group left, without them?
a. The Mosquitoes at Carnegie Hall
b. The Mosquitoes at Madison Square Garden
c. The Mosquitoes at Yankee Stadium

7. How many pounds did the skipper have to lose to rejoin the Navy?
a. 50
b. 22
c. 10
d. 5

8. Gilligan saved Mrs. Howell’s life in one episode of Gilligan’s Island. From what
was she saved?
a. A lion
b. A gunshot from a gangster
c. A snakebite
d. A falling rock

9. This actor or actress also was the voice of a famous cartoon character.
a. Bob Denver
b. Tina Louise
c. Jim Backus

10. The full name of which character was never mentioned on the show?
a. Gilligan
b. The skipper
c. The millionaire
d. The millionaire’s wife

11. In what war did the skipper serve?
a. The Korean War
b. In the Pacific in World War II

12. The theme song for Gilligan’s Island tells how long the theme song was
supposed to be on the S.S. Minnow. How long was it supposed to last?
a. Two hours
b. Five hours
c. Three hours
d. Four hour

13. What luxuries did the song list that the castaways would have to do without?
a. Television, phone, radio,
b. Phones, lights, motor car
c. Books, television, radio,
d. Cars, movies, television

14. Whom did Gilligan vote for as Miss Castaway?
a. Mrs. Howell
b. Ginger
c. Mary Ann
d. Someone else

Answers

1.-b
2.-a
3.-c
4.-a
5.-a
6.-a
7.-b
8.-d
9.-c-The voice of Mr. Magooo
10.-a
11.-b
12.-c
13.-b
14.-b
15.-d-Not wanting to offend anyone, and because Gladys the chimp was the only
native, he voted for her.