Can you answer real Jeopardy! questions about The Waltons?

It helps to know about ventriloquists and famous farm animals, as well.

 

The Waltons originally ran on TV for nearly a decade. You can bet the show garnered millions of fans over that time. That must have included the writers of Jeopardy!

The popular game show has featured many questions about the mountain family over the decades. 

Here are some of our favorite, ranked in order of monetary value. Some of them might even stump the Tournament of Champions!

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  1. WORDS FOR THE WISE $100: Scholarly last name of "Waltons" actress Michael
  2. TELEVISION NOSTALGIA $200: Earl Hamner Jr., later creator of "The Waltons", wrote 8 scripts for this Rod Serling series
  3. TV TRIVIA $300: This TV character's name was Zeb, but most of the other Waltons called him this
  4. TV ACTORS & ROLES $300: He was playing Rev. Fordwick on "The Waltons" when he was cast as the irreverent Jack Tripper on "Three's Company"
  5. BIRD TV $500: In 1981 creator Earl Hamner uncorked this series about a winery whose symbol was a bird of prey
  6. TV ACTORS & ROLES $600: This ventriloquist was the original Grandpa Walton on the TV movie that inspired "The Waltons"
  7. TELEVISION $1000: To shed her good-girl "Waltons" image, she shed her clothes in the August 1985 Playboy
  8. ANIMALS, ANIMALS, ANIMALS $1600: The Waltons had a pet one named Myrtle; Tad Lincoln's were named Nanny & Nanko
  9. THE TV CHARACTER IN COMMON $2000: Richard Thomas & Robert Wightman
  10. THEY PLAYED WYATT EARP $2000: Long before he was Grandpa Walton, he played Earp in "Winchester '73"

Can you answer real Jeopardy! questions about The Waltons?

Your Result...

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83 Comments

pdbronco 14 months ago
Technically, all of the answers are wrong since they are not in the form of a question.
mikehunt 14 months ago
Like this and some other shows, many obvious goofs. Ex: Girls never wore mens clothes especially coveralls, girls were not given boys names, boys after Jesus and before Beatles had short haircuts and others. And, oh yes, the acting was super lousy by all except Ellen Corby and Ralph Waite.
Snickers 38 months ago
since I never watched The Waltons I'm happy with 7/10
Cowgirl 48 months ago
You got 10 out of 10
Well done! You win a hug from Grandpa.
Cowgirl 58 months ago
You got 10 out of 10
Well done! You win a hug from Grandpa.
DerekBird 59 months ago
You got 10 out of 10
Well done! You win a hug from Grandpa.
scp 59 months ago
9 out of 10. I forgot they recast one of the characters for a time.
Lacey 60 months ago
#6 - Not meaning to split hairs, but wasn't "The Waltons" inspired by Earl Hamner Jr.'s 1963 movie "Spencer's Mountain" with Henry Fonda ?
mikehunt Lacey 14 months ago
...Anybody?
Coraline 60 months ago
10/10

Although I think you could have mentioned that 'Myrtle the Goat' originally belonged to Maude Gormley
MrBill 60 months ago
8/10; not too bad a score considering that I have seldom watched this series. I missed Falcon Crest and Goats.
Cowgirl MrBill 58 months ago
The bird gave Falcon Crest away & I remembered that Tad & Willie Lincoln had pet goats otherwise I would have gotten those questions wrong too.
JERRY6 60 months ago
9 of ten an s i never watched the show
Tammy 60 months ago
You got 10 out of 10
Well done! You win a hug from Grandpa.
dwood520 60 months ago
I recently purchased the pilot, which is a Christmas story. I think Richard Thomas is the only original actor that went on to the regular series.
Tammy DickeyWoodson 60 months ago
Actually Same Grandma and kids as series
WhitneyLGH 60 months ago
10 out of 10!!! Funny to associate "Playboy" Magazine, with "The Waltons"...thanks to *Mary Ellen*! (Country Girls gone wild!!! lol)
jpdirisio13 60 months ago
Got 9 of 10 and I never, ever watched the program....never ever ever! HA!
MichaelNivens 60 months ago
Will Geer was good In Winchester 73, but he knocked It out of the park as Bear Claw In Jeremiah Johnson
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