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Can you spell these easy names of Sixties TV characters?
Everybody knows these characters… or do they?
Spelling bees are hard. In recent years, the brilliant kids at the Scripps National Spelling Bee championships have had to spell words like erysipelas, koinonia, stichomythia and gesellschaft.
Why can't they lob them some softballs like "Gilligan"? Why can't they just spell the names of Sixties TV characters?
It might be hard for a middle-schooler, but MeTV fans should know these characters like the back of their hands.
So — can you spell their names? Easy, right? Right?
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We start in Mayberry. On The Andy Griffith Show, Sheriff Andy is raising his son…?
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Of course, he has the help of his housekeeper…?
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Stuck on Gilligan's Island, you will find a Kansas girl named…?
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'I Dream of ________'?
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'The Many Loves of _______ Gillis'?
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He was the head of the Beverly Hillbillies clan.
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On Perry Mason, the ace attorney constantly had to go against D.A.…?
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On The Dick Van Dyke Show, Rob and Laurie had a boy named…?
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'The Adventures of _______ and Harriet'?
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Nichelle Nichols played Enterprise icon…?
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She worked alongside…?
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The Rubbles raised an energetic boy named…?
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The Flintstones had a pet named…?
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Dan Blocker was a big presence on Bonanza as…?
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'_________, Where Are You!'?
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The Addams Family needed to stock up on shampoo for Cousin…?
Can you spell these easy names of Sixties TV characters?
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13/16
14/16
One wrong again.
14 out of 15.
You got 14 out of 15
You get a Bee Plus! We would give you an A, but we Aunt Bee is just the best.
Missed #2 and #6
Missed #6, because I didn't pay attention.
Missed #2, ON PURPOSE.
When will the insanity, stop!
No self respecting woman, named Beatrice, would call herself, or write "BEE" as her name.
She would call herself, and write her shortened name, as "BEA".
This is one of the reasons, I never watched the program, and do damned few of "The Andy Griffith Show" quizzes.
You get a Bee Plus! We would give you an A, but we Aunt Bee is just the best.
Missed #2 and #6
Missed #6, because I didn't pay attention.
Missed #2, ON PURPOSE.
When will the insanity, stop!
No self respecting woman, named Beatrice, would call herself, or write "BEE" as her name.
She would call herself, and write her shortened name, as "BEA".
This is one of the reasons, I never watched the program, and do damned few of "The Andy Griffith Show" quizzes.
MeTV says I got 14/15.
I got 14/16.
I got 14/16.
Francis Bavier who played Aunt Bee actually signed her real name on autographs and added Aunt Bea as well. She knew how it was supposed to be spelled but the AGS writers had it spelled Bee instead. Learned that from an AGS podcast.
13 out of 15. Not to bad.
14/15
10 out of 15.
Apparently I got 16/15! Champ!
Never noticed that names weren’t in credits after first season of Dick Van Dyke Show. Funny watched them all countless times too. Guess I was too busy waiting to see if “Rob” was going to trip over the ottoman or avoid it. 😝
13/15. Not Bad. Mixed up on Aunt Bee.
Shut up and go away!
Actually, "Hamilton Burger" was spelled "Berger" in the early novels. Erle Stanley Gardner later changed it to "Burger." New printings of older novels have changed it to the new spelling.
Burger goes so much better with a little Ham before it!
It's Aunt "Bea" not "Bee!" Her full name was Beatrice, Bea for short. MeTV got that one wrong! Also, Laura Petrie, not Laurie.
Hmm...I got 16 out of 15. Must be common-core math!
So, the Star Trek nerd misspelled 'Chekov'. Scottie, beam me to the planet of eternal shame!
I believe it was spelled "Scotty."
13/15
14/15
Seriously? "Aunt Bee"? BEE? If it's true, I never noticed it.
I have noticed that they call her "AINT" rather than "Aunt"...
Let's just go all the way with "Aint Bee"...
I have noticed that they call her "AINT" rather than "Aunt"...
Let's just go all the way with "Aint Bee"...
lol I agree with you. I marked that one wrong too!
I would have miss that one, too, if I hadn't seen the name in another quiz linked in the same email. I happened to do the other one first and noticed the spelling, because I knew this one was coming up. (I had opened all of the links in new tabs while reading the email before doing any of the quizzes.)
As for the pronunciation of "aunt" as "ain't," I live in the Northeast Tennessee hills, and that's how a lot of people here in Southern Appalachia pronounce it. I now pronounce it "ant." (No one that I know says "ahnt.") Country people often use a long "a" vowel sound on words for which most people use the short "a." (Gas is an example which comes to mind. A lot of people here say "gase" with the long "a.")
As for the pronunciation of "aunt" as "ain't," I live in the Northeast Tennessee hills, and that's how a lot of people here in Southern Appalachia pronounce it. I now pronounce it "ant." (No one that I know says "ahnt.") Country people often use a long "a" vowel sound on words for which most people use the short "a." (Gas is an example which comes to mind. A lot of people here say "gase" with the long "a.")
Speaking of spelling, Q8-Rob and LAURA...NOT LAURIE!
In the first episode Rob does call her "Laurie."
I think Rob was just being funny in using a slang nickname for Laura. Or just being lazy, or maybe he was angry with her for something and he sometimes used it in that case. I'll bet it wasn't the only time, and I remember him saying that name for her!