Can you answer real Jeopardy! questions that are exclusively about The Andy Griffith Show?

Who is the trivia champ of Mayberry?

 
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Do you love the classic quiz show Jeopardy! as much as you love visiting Mayberry? Then this quiz is definitely for you.

Thanks to the fantastic j-archive, we've pulled a dozen real questions actually asked on the quiz show that reference the classic TV hit The Andy Griffith Show.

These questions are easy as Aunt Bee's pie, so to emerge as the champ, you can make no mistakes in this Mayberry quiz - which also includes trivia about spin-offs, as well as other movies and TV shows of The Andy Griffith Show stars. It's all or nothing to win today.

Will you get the perfect score or will Alex Trebek manage to stump even you? Good luck!

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  1. It's the first round. You select Category: Crackers for $200. The clue is: In ads Andy Griffith said, "Everything's great when it sits on" one of these buttery crackers.
  2. You select Category: Small-screen Crime Fighters for $400. The clue is: Played by Don Knotts, this small-screen cop helped keep the peace in Mayberry.
  3. You select Category: TV Sitcoms for $400. The clue is: In the '60s, this character was Camp Henderson's new recruit from Mayberry.
  4. You select Category: Small Screen Families for $400. The clue is: The Taylors of Mayberry & the Taylors of Detroit.
  5. You select Category: Raleigh for $800. The clue is: Raleigh boasts a statue of these 2 actors - with fishing poles - as they appeared on a beloved N.C.-set TV series.
  6. You select Category: 20 Years Later for $1000. The clue is: 1964: Acted on a Top-10 rated TV show; 1984: Directed "Splash."
  7. You select Category: The Tao of Steve for $1000. The clue is: The New York Post said this actor seen here "resembles a strange mix of Don Knotts, Peter Lorre & David Carradine."
  8. It's time for Double Jeopardy! You select Category: The Emmys 1967 for $800. The clue is: Nip it in the bud & name this man who won for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy.
  9. You select Category: TV Initials for $1200. The clue is: The last episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" served as the pilot for "Mayberry" this.
  10. You select Category: October 1955 for $1600. The clue is: Andy Griffith & Don Knotts opened on Broadway October 20, 1955 in this play.
  11. You select Category: Top TV Shows for $1600. The clue is: Hit spinoffs from "The Andy Griffith Show" included "Mayberry RFD" & "Gomer Pyle", with this actor as the title U.S. Marine.
  12. Consider this last question final Jeopardy. You select Category: Lawyer TV for $2000. The clue is: Andy Griffith as a Southern lawyer & favorite of Grandpa Simpson.

Can you answer real Jeopardy! questions that are exclusively about The Andy Griffith Show?

Your Result...

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42 Comments

8176Morgan 3 months ago
10/12. I missed #'s 4 & 10. Hard to know the name of a play that they did together back in 1955 unless you know a lot about the prehistory of the show which I unfortunately do not.
jodyh05 4 months ago
11/12. Andy expected more of me.
Irish 13 months ago
Got the Jeopardy questions correct, but then I'm a diehard Andy Griffith Show fan. 😊
Stray_Puppet 24 months ago
9/12 I think I did pretty good 😊
Snickers 40 months ago
I Think I did darn good 11 out of 12.
kimmer 54 months ago
11/12....I love Andy trivia!!!
LeeHarper 65 months ago
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djw1120 68 months ago
I thought this was going to be hard.
Boy was I wrong.
12 out of 12
rycki1138 70 months ago
12 out of 12
Champion! You made all of Mayberry proud!
bobb9343 72 months ago
12/12. Nothing like the Andy Griffith Show ... and MeTV!
jholton30062 72 months ago
12/12, and not a question about Aunt Bee, Otis Campbell, Floyd Lawson, Helen Crump, or Howard Sprague...
djw1120 jholton30062 68 months ago
Who cares?
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