What is a laugh track?

Recorded laughter added to a show

Sitcoms Quiz: 10 Questions That Test What You Know

The final episode of M*A*S*H in 1983 drew more than 100 million American viewers, a record for decades, and this sitcoms quiz celebrates TV's funniest shows. Revisit I Love Lucy, Seinfeld's show about nothing, Friends and Central Perk, The Office in Britain and America, Cheers and Fawlty Towers.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

MASH
About how many viewers watched the M*A*S*H finale in 1983?
Seinfeld
Seinfeld was famously described as a show about what?
Friends
What is the name of the coffee shop in Friends?
Office
Which country made the original version of The Office?
Cheers
In which city is Cheers set?
Fawlty
How many episodes of Fawlty Towers were made?
Lucy
Which sitcom starred Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz?
Laugh track
What is a laugh track?
Brooklyn
Which sitcom is set in a New York police precinct?
Simpsons
Which animated sitcom is the longest-running US scripted primetime series?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: About how many viewers watched the M*A*S*H finale in 1983?
Answer: Over 100 million
It was a long-standing record.
Q2: Seinfeld was famously described as a show about what?
Answer: Nothing
Larry David co-created it.
Q3: What is the name of the coffee shop in Friends?
Answer: Central Perk
It inspired real pop-up cafés.
Q4: Which country made the original version of The Office?
Answer: United Kingdom
Ricky Gervais co-created it.
Q5: In which city is Cheers set?
Answer: Boston
Its spin-off Frasier moved to Seattle.
Q6: How many episodes of Fawlty Towers were made?
Answer: 12
John Cleese co-wrote it.
Q7: Which sitcom starred Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz?
Answer: I Love Lucy
It pioneered multi-camera filming.
Q8: What is a laugh track?
Answer: Recorded laughter added to a show
Charley Douglass popularized it.
Q9: Which sitcom is set in a New York police precinct?
Answer: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
It ran for eight seasons.
Q10: Which animated sitcom is the longest-running US scripted primetime series?
Answer: The Simpsons
It began in 1989.

Sitcoms Quiz – Laughs at Home

Sitcoms, or situation comedies, follow recurring characters in familiar settings like homes, offices and bars. They have been a staple of television since the 1950s, when I Love Lucy pioneered filming with multiple cameras before a live audience.

Classic sitcoms include M*A*S*H, whose 1983 finale drew over 100 million viewers, Cheers in Boston, Seinfeld, the show about nothing, and Friends, whose Central Perk café became iconic. Britain's Fawlty Towers made just 12 episodes but remains beloved.

The Office began in Britain before its American version became a hit, and shows like Brooklyn Nine-Nine kept the format fresh. The Simpsons, which began in 1989, is the longest-running scripted primetime series in the United States.

What This Quiz Teaches

TV fans and comedy lovers will enjoy these questions.

How many watched M*A*S*H
What Seinfeld was about
Where The Office began
Where Cheers is set
Which sitcom runs longest

Did You Know?

Frasier was a Cheers spin-off.
Parks and Recreation is set in Pawnee.
The Good Place explored ethics.
Schitt's Creek swept the Emmys in 2020.
Only Fools and Horses is a UK classic.