Answers to “Gates of Trivia” TV & Movies questions in Puzzle Challenge 2

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Below are the correct answers to the TV & Movies questions in Gates of Trivia. The number (1 - 5) preceding each question indicates the stage of the game the question is in.

What actor, who was a bellboy in New York's Catskill Mountains as a teenager, reprised his real-life role in the 1960 film, "The Bellboy"?

Jerry Lewis

When did David Brinkley and Chet Huntley first work together on national television?

The 1956 national political conventions

How did host John Daly alert the panelists on "What's My Line?" that a line of questioning was becoming too risqué?

He rubbed his ear

What '60s TV series' opening credits included the show's star tripping over an ottoman?

Dick Van Dyke

The '60s TV commercial slogan, "Put a tiger in your tank," referred to:

Gasoline

According to the theme song from the Western TV series, "Maverick," what lady does the title character "love the best"?

Luck

What film star's autobiography is the aptly titled "Steps in Time"?

Fred Astaire

My dog's bigger, faster, and shinier than your dog. According to the TV commercial, why?

He gets Ken-L-Ration

Which of these actors has not won an Academy Award as Best Director?

Jack Nicholson

Which of these actors was a spokesperson for Alpo dog food?

Lorne Greene

The opening credits to the classic sci-fi series "Lost in Space" featured a countdown. Which of these TV shows' opening credits featured a count UP -- to the number eight?

Laverne and Shirley

Which of these performers made their 1956 American television debut in the buff?

Lassie

Walt Disney said of him, "I love him more than any woman I've ever known." Who was he talking about?

Mickey Mouse

What actor with a 60+ year film career wrote the aptly titled memoir, "Life is Too Short"?

Mickey Rooney

What memorable comic actor's memorably named film characters included Egbert Souse (that's soo-ZAY), Eustace McGargle, Larson E. Whipsnade, and Cuthbert J. Twillie?

W.C. Fields

What actor, best-known today for one particular TV role was, ironically, nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in the film, "Murder, Inc."?

Peter Falk

What memorable comic actor's memorably named film characters included Wolf J. Flywheel, Hugo Z. Hackenbush, S. Quentin Quale, and Otis B. Driftwood?

Groucho Marx

Not counting cartoons, who was the first actor to portray Superman in films?

Kirk Alyn

What classic TV sitcom had an original working title of "Country Cousins"?

Green Acres

In the earliest days of television, a malady known as "tele-squat" plagued certain people. In today's parlance, what would we call such people?

Couch potatoes

Two films have the unenviable distinction of having been nominated for the most Academy Awards without having won any -- 11 nominations each. One is "The Turning Point." What's the other?

The Color Purple

She was the first actress to portray comic-strip heroine Tillie the Toiler in the movies, but she's better known to movie-trivia buffs as the longtime girlfriend of William Randolph Hearst. Name her.

Marion Davies

About who or what has it been said to be "a perfect symbol of the picture business: a powerful athletic body clutching a gleaming sword, with half of his head, that part which held his brains, completely sliced off"?

The Oscar

If you were a kid in 1954 watching "The Howdy Doody Show" and you followed the instructions of the theme song, what did you do "cause Howdy Doody's here"?

Give a rousing cheer

Who is the only television newsman honored with his likeness on a U.S. postage stamp?

Edward R. Murrow

Who was the first actor to portray Batman in films?

Lewis Wilson

The fondly remembered sitcom, "Happy Days," and its spinoff, "Laverne and Shirley," were both set in the same city. Which city?

Milwaukee

What tall, low-key TV host embarrassed himself and his sponsor when he introduced a commercial on "Good Morning America" this way: "And now a word from General Fools"?

David Hartman

The distinctive silhouette of what '50s TV host could be seen in the opening credits of the host's show?

Alfred Hitchcock

According to the theme song from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," what could the title character do with "a nothing day"?

Make it all seem worthwhile

The first man to portray Jiggs (from the comic strip "Bringing Up Father") in films was Joe Yule, who was the real-life father of what other actor?

Mickey Rooney

What heartwarming '70s TV series had as its original title "Spencer's Mountain"?

The Waltons

The memoir of what film actress, slyly referring to her best-known role, is titled "On the Other Hand"?

Fay Wray

Who was the last of TV's original 24 Mouseketeers to be hired?

Annette Funicello

What memorable comic actress's film roles included Lady Lou, "The Frisco Doll," Peaches O'Day, and Flower Belle Lee?

Mae West

What actress had a real-life job as a counter clerk at an ice-cream parlor before landing one of her first film roles -- as a pizzeria worker?

Julia Roberts

If you remember William Conrad, the star of the TV detective series "Cannon," you'll have no trouble with this: What appropriate instrument was predominantly featured in the show's theme music?

Tuba

What diminutive actress portrayed herself in the skybound disaster film, "Airport 1975"?

Gloria Swanson

What was the reason for the 1950s feud between Steve Allen and Ed Sullivan?

They competed for celebrity guests in town

What fictional Western character has been portrayed 66 times in full-length feature films, each time by the same actor?

Hopalong Cassidy

What unlikely singer can be heard performing "Wand'rin' Star" in the 1969 musical, "Paint Your Wagon"?

Lee Marvin

Whose Oscar-winning roles have included Eva Lovelace, Christina Drayton, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Ethel Thayer?

Katharine Hepburn

In 1964, what became the first prime-time show to be shown in two weekly installments?

Peyton Place

What TV role was once described by a newspaper columnist as wearing "perhaps the only blue business suit in the islands"?

McGarrett of "Hawaii Five-O"

The opening credits of what classic '50s TV series included these lines from the series' narrator: "Until his death a few years ago, I was executive secretary to the fabulously wealthy John Beresford Tipton"?

The Millionaire

Think of the occupation of some of the main characters and you can answer this one: What U.S. state was the setting for the sitcom, "I Dream of Jeannie?"

Florida

"Brian's Song," "The Glass House," and "The Neon Ceiling" are all examples of what innovation in TV programming that first became popular in the 1960s?

Made-for-TV movie

According to the TV commercial, which brand of cat food did cats ask for by name?

Meow Mix

What film actor, formerly a radio sportscaster, portrayed a radio announcer in his first film role -- 1937's "Love is on the Air?"

Ronald Reagan

Clint Eastwood won a Best Director Academy Award for the 12th film he directed, "Unforgiven." Name the first film Eastwood directed.

Play Misty for Me

What memorable '60s TV series' opening credits included a pair of eyes in the top part of the screen reacting to the scenes in the bottom part?

I Spy

The Man From UNCLE

The title of his autobiography, "I Remember It Well," comes from the title of a song from "Gigi," which won him a Best Director Academy Award. Name him.

Vincente Minnelli

What '60s TV comedy series had as an original working title "The Flagstones"?

The Flintstones

What was James Garner's standard fee as a private investigator on the TV series, "The Rockford Files"?

$200 per day + expenses

The May 29, 1950, debut of the TV show "Broadway Open House" holds what distinction in TV history?

The first late-night network entertainment series

What memorable TV medical drama, which debuted in 1961, had as its original working title "The Medicine Men"?

Ben Casey

Who was the moderator of the first Kennedy/Nixon presidential debate?

Howard K. Smith

"Bonanza" was one of the longest running prime-time series of all time, spanning 1959 to 1973. In what U.S. state did the Cartwright family live?

Nevada

The animated TV series, "The Simpsons," is set in the fictional city of Springfield. Which of these classic sitcoms was set in a (presumably different) city named Springfield?

Father Knows Best

Her last screen appearance wasn't in "Two-Faced Woman," as trivia books tell you, but the 1974 X-rated "Adam and Yves" -- depicted as herself, walking down a N.Y.C. street. Her participation in the film was without her consent and unpaid. Name this movie legend.

Greta Garbo

What fictional villain has been portrayed the most often in films -- over 150 times since the dawn of the movie era?

Dracula

Who played the title role in the 1950 biopic, "The Jackie Robinson Story"?

Jackie Robinson

Who has won more Academy Awards than any other individual?

Walt Disney

When Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" first came out in the 1930s, what was the best-selling dwarf doll?

Grumpy

Mel Gibson won a Best Director Academy Award for the 2nd film he directed, "Braveheart." What was the first film Gibson directed?

The Man Without a Face

What leading lady of the '30s and '40s wrote an autobiography whose title, "Ecstasy and Me," referred to the title of one of her best-known films?

Hedy Lamarr

Robert Redford won a Best Director Academy Award for the first film he directed, "Ordinary People." What was the second film Redford directed?

The Milagro Beanfield War

What lovable Disney character was originally known as Dippy Dawg?

Goofy

She's perhaps better known as the voice of Jane Jetson on the TV cartoon series, but who was the first actress to portray Blondie Bumstead in films?

Penny Singleton

What unlikely singer can be heard crooning "I Talk to the Trees" in the 1969 musical, "Paint Your Wagon"?

Clint Eastwood

What Western character has been portrayed the most often in films – at least 70 times?

Zorro

What was the brand of dog food that came in four varieties – for puppies, normal dogs, overweight dogs, and older dogs?

Cycle

Why did the Lone Ranger have silver bullets?

To remind him of the value of human life

How did the Emmy award get its name?

It was the nickname for an early TV camera tube

What '60s TV series' opening credits had a low-angle view seen from an automobile racing over the Bonneville Salt Flats?

Run for Your Life

Jack Nicholson has won two Academy Awards for acting. What was the first film he directed?

Drive, He Said

The first person to portray Clarabell the Clown on "The Howdy Doody Show" went on to bigger and better things in children's television. Name the next TV role taken by the first Clarabell.

Captain Kangaroo

Who played the title role in the 1977 biopic of Muhammad Ali, "The Greatest"?

Muhammad Ali

According to "The Ballad of Davy Crockett," the theme from the '50s Western TV series, what was Davy twice as strong as?

A bear

What unlikely singer can be heard performing "Puttin' on the Ritz" in the 1939 film, "Idiot's Delight"?

Clark Gable

Whose memorable film roles have included Dr. Frankenstein's monster (three times), Baron von Frankenstein (twice), Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, and Fu Manchu?

Boris Karloff

Who played the title role in the 1940 film, "George Washington Carver"?

George Washington Carver

Why did the '50s TV series, "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp," change settings from Ellsworth, Kansas, to Dodge City, Kansas?

Earp made the move in real life

What fictional character has been portrayed the most often in films -- over 200 times since 1900?

Sherlock Holmes

Who has received four Academy Awards as Best Director, more than anyone else?

John Ford

What is the name of the proud papa canine in Disney's "101 Dalmatians"?

Pongo

Who immediately preceded Walter Cronkite as anchor of the "CBS Evening News"?

Douglas Edwards

What unlikely singer can be heard performing "Red River Valley" while dancing with Jane Darwell in "The Grapes of Wrath"?

Henry Fonda

On the 1957-66 TV drama "Perry Mason," why didn't Perry Mason ever lose a case?

Mason's creator insisted upon it

Which of the following composer's works is NOT heard in the 1940 Disney classic film, "Fantasia"?

Mozart

What other job in television did John Daly hold concurrently with his hosting of the CBS game show, "What's My Line"?

Vice president of news at ABC

Who occupied the center square on the debut broadcast of "The Hollywood Squares" in October 1966?

Ernest Borgnine

What unlikely singer can be heard performing "O-He-O-Hi-O-Ho," while strumming a guitar in the 1948 film, "Rachel and the Stranger"?

Robert Mitchum

What real-life historical character has been portrayed the most often in films -- nearly 200 times so far?

Napoleon

What early 1950s TV series was the first to be filmed in color?

The Cisco Kid

In a somewhat strange coincidence, which of the following pairs of actors both worked for the telephone company prior to their film careers?

Dick Powell and William Powell

In what major city did divorcee Ann Romano live with her two teenage daughters in the 1975-84 sitcom, "One Day at a Time"?

Indianapolis, Indiana

What actress, who wrapped packages for a living in her teens, was America's highest paid woman in 1944?

Barbara Stanwyck

In TV's early days, newer films were rarely broadcast -- Hollywood feared the competition for viewers. That changed in 1966, when the televising of a blockbuster film scored huge ratings, setting off a network bidding war the film studios couldn't resist. The flick?

The Bridge on the River Kwai

What '60s sci-fi TV series had as its original working title, "Please Stand By"?

The Outer Limits