TV Theme Songs Quiz With Answers: Test Your Knowledge

Delia Derbyshire turned Ron Grainer's Doctor Who theme into pioneering electronic music in 1963, and this TV theme songs quiz with answers explores intros everyone can hum. Learn who recorded the Friends theme, the story behind The Simpsons' theme by Danny Elfman, the Game of Thrones title music and the Cheers theme about a place where everybody knows your name.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Derbyshire
Who realized the electronic Doctor Who theme in 1963?
Rembrandts
Which band recorded the Friends theme?
Elfman
Who composed The Simpsons theme?
Djawadi
Who composed the Game of Thrones theme?
Cheers
What does the Cheers theme say everybody knows?
Fresh Prince
Who performed The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme?
Twin Peaks
Who composed the Twin Peaks theme?
X-Files
Which show's theme uses a haunting whistled melody?
Mission
Which TV series' theme by Lalo Schifrin is in 5/4 time?
Succession
Who composed the Succession theme?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who realized the electronic Doctor Who theme in 1963?
Answer: Delia Derbyshire
Ron Grainer composed it.
Q2: Which band recorded the Friends theme?
Answer: The Rembrandts
It became a hit single.
Q3: Who composed The Simpsons theme?
Answer: Danny Elfman
He wrote it in two days.
Q4: Who composed the Game of Thrones theme?
Answer: Ramin Djawadi
He also scored Westworld.
Q5: What does the Cheers theme say everybody knows?
Answer: Your name
Gary Portnoy co-wrote it.
Q6: Who performed The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme?
Answer: Will Smith
It tells the show's backstory.
Q7: Who composed the Twin Peaks theme?
Answer: Angelo Badalamenti
It is dreamy and eerie.
Q8: Which show's theme uses a haunting whistled melody?
Answer: The X-Files
Mark Snow composed it.
Q9: Which TV series' theme by Lalo Schifrin is in 5/4 time?
Answer: Mission: Impossible
The films reused it.
Q10: Who composed the Succession theme?
Answer: Nicholas Britell
It won an Emmy.

Tv Theme Songs Quiz – Tunes That Open Shows

TV theme songs introduce shows and can become as famous as the series themselves. A good theme sets the mood in seconds and is instantly recognizable, whether it is a catchy pop song or an orchestral fanfare.

Doctor Who's 1963 theme, composed by Ron Grainer and realized electronically by Delia Derbyshire, was groundbreaking. The Rembrandts' Friends theme became a hit, Danny Elfman wrote The Simpsons theme and Will Smith rapped the story of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Instrumental themes are just as memorable, from Lalo Schifrin's Mission: Impossible in 5/4 time and Mark Snow's The X-Files to Angelo Badalamenti's Twin Peaks, Ramin Djawadi's Game of Thrones and Nicholas Britell's Succession.

What This Quiz Teaches

TV fans and music lovers will enjoy these questions.

Who made Doctor Who's theme electronic
Who recorded the Friends theme
Who composed The Simpsons theme
Which theme is in 5/4
Who scored Game of Thrones

Did You Know?

The Sopranos used Woke Up This Morning.
Stranger Things' theme uses synths.
The Office theme is a cheerful piano tune.
Hawaii Five-O's theme is famous.
Some themes are skipped by streaming viewers.