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💡 Sample questions
1. Which sitcom follows friends living in Manhattan?
2. Who is the protagonist of Breaking Bad?
3. What is the name of the continent in Game of Thrones?
From sitcoms and prestige dramas to reality formats and miniseries — television shapes how we tell stories. This category checks how well you remember the shows that defined each decade.
Why this category is worth playing
Refresh memories of shows you watched and discover ones you missed
Spot patterns across genres, from sitcoms to prestige drama
Tie characters, actors and creators to the eras that produced them
Sharpen recognition of quotes, scenes and recurring tropes
Find new shows worth queuing up next
What to expect in Erudite
Questions covering classic and contemporary series
Short, focused rounds that fit between episodes
Multiple difficulty curves for casual and serious viewers
Visual cues and quotes alongside the text
Steady stream of new questions added each month
Why TV trivia hits different
Television is the rare art form most of us consume hundreds of hours of every year, which means a television quiz taps into memories you didn't know you were storing. You may not recall what you ate last Tuesday, but you can probably name the coffee shop in Friends, the chemistry teacher in Breaking Bad and the exact theme tune of a show you last watched in 2009. That's because serialized stories build memory the way real relationships do — through repeated exposure to the same people, places and running jokes over months or years.
It also helps that the medium has never been bigger. The so-called era of Peak TV pushed scripted output in the United States past 500 original series in a single year, and streaming has made shows from Korea, Spain and Denmark part of the global conversation. There has simply never been more material for trivia about television, or more chances to discover a series everyone else finished years ago.
From the golden age to the streaming wars
Our television trivia questions deliberately roam across decades and formats. One round might ask about I Love Lucy, which pioneered the three-camera sitcom setup in the 1950s, and the next about a prestige drama that swept the Emmys last decade. Game shows, reality formats, British panel comedy, animated primetime — they all count as television, and they all show up. Playing across eras is the fastest way to see how the medium evolved from appointment viewing to the binge model, and to figure out which decade of TV you actually know best.
What does the Television quiz in Erudite cover?
The Television quiz in Erudite features 300+ questions about series, characters and cult moments from the small screen. Subtopics include 2000s tv shows. Questions span several difficulty levels, and the category is free to play in the Erudite app for iOS and Android — 300K+ players have already picked it.
