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In which U.S. town did 'The Wonder Years' take place?
Newark, New Jersey
San Francisco, California
Minneapolis, Minnesota
None of the above
The show’s producers followed the network’s directive to set the place in "Anytown, USA†to make it identifiable to many viewers across the nation.
What is the name of the character who narrates us the whole story?
Kevin Arnold
Kevin was played by Fred Savage.
Kobe Arnold
Chuck Arnold
Quinn Arnold
What is the name of Kevin’s bully of a big brother?
Wade
Wayne
Wayne was played by Jason Hervey.
Dwayne
Dave
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What is the occupation of Kevin’s mother at the beginning of the series?
gardener
teacher
housewife
Kevin’s mother is named Norma.
seamstress
How will you describe Kevin’s older sister Karen?
a junkie
a panther
a hippie
Olivia D’Abo played Karen.
a liberal
Kevin’s father is a veteran of what war?
Vietnam War
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Dan Lauria played Kevin’s father Jack.
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Kevin’s neighborhood crush is Winnie Cooper. What is her original name?
Guinevere
Gwyneth
Gwendolyn
Winnie was played by Danica McKellar.
Gillian
What war was the Arnolds exposed to during the beginning of the series?
Vietnam War
The Wonder Years were set in the turbulent social times of the late 1960s at the height of the Vietnam War era.
World War I
World War II
Korean War
One of the neighborhood kids’ brother gets killed in the Vietnam War during the pilot episode. Which kid was this?
Jessica
Bonnie
Delores
Winnie
Winnie’s older brother Brian gets killed in the war.
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This Jewish kid is Kevin’s best friend growing up.
Paul Pfeiffer
Josh Saviano played Paul.
John Pfeiffer
George Pfeiffer
Peter Pfeiffer
What are the actual nostalgic years that the show considers as “the wonder years†of growing up?
1968-1973
The series ran from 1988 to 1993, though.
1958-1963
1948-1953
1988-1993
How old was Kevin Arnold when the series ended?
15
19
18
17
The older Kevin narrates that he grows up to become a writer.
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Kevin’s mother Norma eventually went back to college and became a worker in this type of company.
software company
The company’s name is Micro Electronics.
trading company
gaming company
telecommunications company
This future Friends male lead played Karen Arnold’s boyfriend whom she eventually married.
Matt LeBlanc
Matthew Perry
David Schwimmer
Schwimmer played Karen’s college sweetheart Michael.
Brad Pitt
This other future Friends guest star also appeared in The Wonder Years first.
George Ribisi
Gandalf Ribisi
Gregory Ribisi
Giovanni Ribisi
Ribisi played Jeff Billings, Kevin’s friend during his mid-teen years.
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After graduating together from junior high, Kevin got pissed at his best friend Paul because the latter was enrolling in this school without telling the former.
military school
prep school
Paul eventually quit prep school and went to McKinley High with Kevin.
boarding school
Catholic school
Kevin’s geeky best friend Paul grew up to pursue this line of work after graduating from Harvard.
mayor
judge
policeman
lawyer
Josh Saviano actually grew up and became a lawyer, but graduating from Yale instead.
Which of The Wonder Years cast members had actual siblings guest in the series?
Fred Savage
Danica McKellar
all of the above
Fred’s younger brother Ben Savage appeared in one episode as Curtis Hartsell while Danica’s sister Crystal McKellar played the recurring role of Becky Slater, Kevin’s first girlfriend before partnering up with Winnie.
none of the above
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Kevin’s female family members were showing signs of breaking from traditional gender norms, thanks largely to the rise of this movement during the 1960s and '70s.
environmentalism
Marxism
Maoism
feminism
The second wave of feminism began during the 1960s as it rode the waves of the civil rights movements.
This Saved By The Bell’s happy-go-lucky dude also made a guest appearance on The Wonder Years prior to having his own show.
Mario Lopez
Mark Paul Gosselaar
Mark Paul played Brad Gaines, the guy who thwarted Kevin’s chance of asking a girl out to the dance.
Dustin Diamond
Joshua Jackson
This humorous but not funny-looking teacher once tried to teach Kevin’s class the basics of sex education with a badly drawn female anatomy.
Miss White
Mrs. Crabapple
Coach Cutlip
Robert Picardo played the humorless Coach.
Coach Hall
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Kevin’s father Jack worked for this defense contractor company.
NORCOM
In the last seasons of the show, Jack quits NORCOM and starts managing a furniture business.
AT&T
IBM
UCLA
Another Saved By The Bell future star also had guest appearances on this series. Who was this one?
Mario Lopez
Dustin Diamond
Diamond played a character named Joey Harris who, like Paul Pfeiffer, gets left behind when it’s time to pick basketball teammates.
Mark Paul Gosselaar
Joshua Jackson
This versatile '90s actress played Wayne Arnold’s high school girlfriend.
Winona Ryder
Geena Davis
Michelle Pfeiffer
Juliette Lewis
Lewis played the character named Delores.
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Kevin develops a crush on his 7th grade English teacher. What was her name?
Miss Grey
Miss White
Actress Wendel Meldrum played Miss White.
Miss Black
Miss Peach
Before he was recognized in Sex and The City, this actor played Kevin’s sister Karen’s love interest.
John Corbett
Karen was smitten with Corbett's college-age VW-driving hippie character during the first season.
John James Preston
Aleksandr Petrovsky
Jack Berger
What is the name of Kevin’s junior high school?
John F. Kennedy Junior High
Abraham Lincoln Junior High
Martin Luther King Junior. High
Robert F. Kennedy Junior High
After graduating from RFK junior high, Kevin enrolls in McKinley High School.
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Before discovering his penchant for singing, this son of actor Alan Thicke tried acting in this show first.
Richard Thicke
Rene Thicke
Robin Thicke
Thicke’s appearance on The Wonder Years was his first acting gig ever.
Rufus Thicke
This Clueless star appeared in the show as one of Kevin Arnold’s love interests during the episode where he was about to get a driver’s license exam.
Lindsay Lohan
Winona Ryder
Rachel McAdams
Alicia Silverstone
Silverstone played the character named Jessica Thomas.
This Spy Kids and Watchmen actress appeared in a love triangle episode involving brothers Kevin and Wayne.
Jennifer Lopez
Eva Mendes
Carla Gugino
Gugino played Sandy Tyler who was first dating Wayne then secretly dated Kevin after.
Sofia Vergara
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This Home Alone actor was actually the voice of the older Kevin Arnold, the show’s narrator.
Macaulay Culkin
Joe Pesci
Daniel Stern
Although Stern was the narrator of majority of the show, the pilot episode had a different narrator who was eventually replaced by him.
John Candy
In the final episode, Winnie gets a job doing this for a resort.
waitress
singer
activist
lifeguard
In the final episode, Kevin fights with Winnie, making her lose this job.
The show being a comedy, what genre conventions did it defy at the time when it aired, making it monumental and pioneering?
it removed the laugh track
it used a narrator
it was shot with a single camera
all of the above
The show’s creators wanted to pioneer a different kind of storytelling technique for a comedy series, which explains why many networks originally turned down this show.
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The show's iconic theme song “With A Little Help From My Friends†could be heard in the opening credits being covered by this departed rocker.
Michael Jackson
Brian Wilson
David Bowie
Joe Cocker
Originally, this song was penned and performed by The Beatles.
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