{"id":70,"date":"2026-09-16T03:21:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T03:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/television-quiz-questions\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T03:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T03:21:40","slug":"television-quiz-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/television-quiz-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Television Quiz: 18 Questions on Shows, Hosts and Firsts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Television is the category with the shortest shelf life, so the durable questions are about formats and firsts rather than whatever is streaming this month. These eighteen stay on the safe side of that line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easy television questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. How many contestants sit in the hot seat at once on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?<\/strong> \u2014 One<\/li>\n\n
  2. What does BBC stand for?<\/strong> \u2014 British Broadcasting Corporation<\/li>\n\n
  3. Which yellow cartoon family lives in Springfield?<\/strong> \u2014 The Simpsons<\/li>\n\n
  4. What is a television programme shown in parts called?<\/strong> \u2014 A series<\/li>\n\n
  5. Which device changes channels from a distance?<\/strong> \u2014 The remote control<\/li>\n\n
  6. What does HD stand for?<\/strong> \u2014 High definition<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Medium television questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    1. In which country did Who Wants to Be a Millionaire originate?<\/strong> \u2014 The United Kingdom<\/li>\n\n
    2. Which sitcom was set in a New York coffee shop called Central Perk?<\/strong> \u2014 Friends<\/li>\n\n
    3. What was the first colour broadcast decade in most of Europe?<\/strong> \u2014 The 1960s<\/li>\n\n
    4. Which animated series has run longest in primetime?<\/strong> \u2014 The Simpsons<\/li>\n\n
    5. What is the term for a programme’s first episode?<\/strong> \u2014 The pilot<\/li>\n\n
    6. Which award is the biggest in American television?<\/strong> \u2014 The Emmy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Hard television questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Who invented the first working television system?<\/strong> \u2014 John Logie Baird<\/li>\n\n
      2. In which year did Who Wants to Be a Millionaire first air?<\/strong> \u2014 1998<\/li>\n\n
      3. What was the first television advertisement broadcast for?<\/strong> \u2014 A Bulova watch, in 1941<\/li>\n\n
      4. Which show is credited as the first reality competition format?<\/strong> \u2014 Big Brother is the usual answer, though Expedition Robinson predates it<\/li>\n\n
      5. What does the term ‘watershed’ mean in broadcasting?<\/strong> \u2014 The time after which adult content may be shown<\/li>\n\n
      6. How many lifelines did the original Millionaire format offer?<\/strong> \u2014 Three<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        Play on the Millionaire Trivia app<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

        Notice the fourth hard question: reality TV origins are genuinely contested, so if you use it, be ready to accept either answer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Classic shows, hosts and broadcasting firsts \u2014 eighteen television questions with answers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/millionairegame.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}