What does George Sr. tell Michael about the banana stand?

There's always money in the banana stand

What is the stair car?

An airport stairs truck the family drives

Arrested Development Quiz: The Bluth Company and Its Schemes

Narrated by Ron Howard and canceled by Fox after three seasons, the show still gained a cult following, and this Arrested Development quiz looks at the Bluths' business schemes. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on the banana stand, the model home, light treason, Sudden Valley, GOB's illusions, Tobias, Buster's hand, the stair car and Lucille.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Creator
Who created Arrested Development?
Narrator
Who narrates the series?
Banana
What does George Sr. tell Michael about the banana stand?
Treason
Where was the Bluth Company secretly building houses?
Model
What sits alone in an unfinished housing development?
GOB
What does GOB call his magic tricks?
Tobias
What unusual condition does Tobias Fünke claim?
Buster
How does Buster lose his hand?
Stair car
What is the stair car?
Revival
Which streaming service revived the show in 2013?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who created Arrested Development?
Answer: Mitchell Hurwitz
It premiered on Fox in 2003.
Q2: Who narrates the series?
Answer: Ron Howard
Howard was also an executive producer.
Q3: What does George Sr. tell Michael about the banana stand?
Answer: There's always money in the banana stand
Michael later learns the line was literal.
Q4: Where was the Bluth Company secretly building houses?
Answer: Iraq
The scheme was called light treason.
Q5: What sits alone in an unfinished housing development?
Answer: The model home
The family ends up living there.
Q6: What does GOB call his magic tricks?
Answer: Illusions
He insists his act is serious magic, with predictably disastrous results.
Q7: What unusual condition does Tobias Fünke claim?
Answer: Being a never-nude
He wears cutoff shorts at all times.
Q8: How does Buster lose his hand?
Answer: A loose seal bites it off
The joke came from a warning about a loose seal.
Q9: What is the stair car?
Answer: An airport stairs truck the family drives
Hop-ons get warned about it.
Q10: Which streaming service revived the show in 2013?
Answer: Netflix
Seasons four and five appeared there.

Arrested Development Quiz – The Bluth Company

Arrested Development, created by Mitchell Hurwitz, premiered on Fox in 2003 and is narrated by Ron Howard. Michael Bluth, played by Jason Bateman, tries to hold his family and their real estate company together after his father George Sr. is arrested.

The Bluths' schemes include building houses in Iraq, called light treason, an unfinished development with a lonely model home and the family banana stand, where there's always money. GOB performs illusions, Tobias claims to be a never-nude and Buster loses his hand to a loose seal.

Fox canceled the show after three seasons, but it won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2004, and Netflix revived it in 2013. Running jokes like the stair car made it a cult favorite.

What This Quiz Teaches

Comedy fans will enjoy these questions on a cult sitcom.

Who made the show
What the Bluths did
Which jokes recur
Who the characters are
How it was revived

Did You Know?

Jessica Walter played matriarch Lucille Bluth.
Michael Cera played George Michael.
Many jokes were set up seasons in advance.
The chicken dance appears often.
Portia de Rossi played Lindsay.