TV Props Quiz: Places, People and Key Facts

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The orange couch at Central Perk in Friends was found in a studio basement before becoming one of TV's most famous props, and the TV props quiz explores objects that became icons. Meet Doctor Who's TARDIS and sonic screwdriver, Walter White's hat, the Iron Throne, the Dharma Initiative's hatch and Jerry Seinfeld's cereal boxes.

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  1. Couch

    Where was the Central Perk couch reportedly found?

  2. Screwdriver

    Which gadget does the Doctor use?

  3. TARDIS

    What does TARDIS stand for?

  4. Hat

    Which character's alter ego is linked to a pork pie hat?

  5. Throne

    What was the Iron Throne said to be made from?

  6. Hatch

    Which show's mysterious hatch needed a number entered every 108 minutes?

  7. Cereal

    Which comedian's apartment featured shelves of cereal?

  8. Red phone

    Which show's Batphone was red?

  9. Shoe phone

    Which spy used a shoe phone?

  10. Jell-O

    Which Office character keeps a stapler in Jell-O due to a prank?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions
  1. Q1: Where was the Central Perk couch reportedly found?

    Answer: In the Warner Bros. studio basement

    It became a touring attraction.

  2. Q2: Which gadget does the Doctor use?

    Answer: A sonic screwdriver

    It does almost everything.

  3. Q3: What does TARDIS stand for?

    Answer: Time And Relative Dimension In Space

    Its outside is a police box.

  4. Q4: Which character's alter ego is linked to a pork pie hat?

    Answer: Walter White

    His alias was Heisenberg.

  5. Q5: What was the Iron Throne said to be made from?

    Answer: Swords of defeated enemies

    Replicas toured the world.

  6. Q6: Which show's mysterious hatch needed a number entered every 108 minutes?

    Answer: Lost

    The numbers recur throughout.

  7. Q7: Which comedian's apartment featured shelves of cereal?

    Answer: Jerry Seinfeld

    He loves cereal.

  8. Q8: Which show's Batphone was red?

    Answer: Batman (1966)

    It linked to Commissioner Gordon.

  9. Q9: Which spy used a shoe phone?

    Answer: Maxwell Smart

    Get Smart was a parody.

  10. Q10: Which Office character keeps a stapler in Jell-O due to a prank?

    Answer: Dwight Schrute

    Jim pranked him.

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Tv Props Quiz – Objects With Star Power

TV props are the objects characters use and the items that fill their sets. Some become so famous that they are displayed in museums, sold at auction or recreated by fans around the world.

Doctor Who's TARDIS, short for Time And Relative Dimension In Space, and the Doctor's sonic screwdriver are instantly recognizable. Friends' orange Central Perk couch, reportedly found in a studio basement, toured the world, and Walter White's pork pie hat symbolized his alter ego.

Other iconic props include the Iron Throne, said to be forged from swords, Lost's mysterious hatch, Seinfeld's cereal shelves, the 1966 Batphone and Get Smart's shoe phone. The Office even turned a stapler in Jell-O into a famous prank.

What This Quiz Teaches

TV fans and collectors will enjoy these questions.

  • Where the Friends couch came from
  • What TARDIS means
  • Whose hat was iconic
  • What the Iron Throne is made of
  • Which spy had a shoe phone

Did You Know?

  • KITT was a talking car.
  • The General Lee is from The Dukes of Hazzard.
  • The Cheers bar sign is famous.
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  • The Enterprise model is at the Smithsonian.

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