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Historical Periods in TV Shows

Test your knowledge of historical periods depicted in popular TV shows.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which TV show do the characters travel back in time to the 1960s?

  1. The Umbrella Academy
  2. Stranger Things
  3. Outlander
  4. The Crown
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which TV show is set during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II?

  1. The Crown
  2. Bridgerton
  3. Downton Abbey
  4. Victoria
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which TV show do the characters live in a dystopian society where the government controls every aspect of their lives?

  1. Black Mirror
  2. The Handmaid's Tale
  3. 1984
  4. Brave New World
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which TV show is set during the American Civil War?

  1. North & South
  2. Gone with the Wind
  3. The Birth of a Nation
  4. Lincoln
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which TV show do the characters travel back in time to the Jurassic period?

  1. Jurassic Park
  2. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
  3. Jurassic World
  4. Primeval
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which TV show is set during the French Revolution?

  1. The Scarlet Pimpernel
  2. Les Misérables
  3. The Count of Monte Cristo
  4. The Three Musketeers
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which TV show do the characters live in a post-apocalyptic world where zombies have taken over?

  1. The Walking Dead
  2. Fear the Walking Dead
  3. The Last of Us
  4. Z Nation
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which TV show is set during the American Revolution?

  1. Turn: Washington's Spies
  2. The Patriot
  3. 1776
  4. John Adams
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which TV show do the characters travel back in time to the Middle Ages?

  1. Merlin
  2. Camelot
  3. The White Queen
  4. The Tudors
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which TV show is set during the reign of Henry VIII?

  1. The Tudors
  2. Wolf Hall
  3. The Spanish Princess
  4. The White Queen
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which TV show do the characters travel back in time to the 1950s?

  1. Happy Days
  2. Laverne & Shirley
  3. The Wonder Years
  4. That '70s Show
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which TV show is set during the American Civil Rights Movement?

  1. Selma
  2. 12 Years a Slave
  3. The Help
  4. The Butler
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which TV show do the characters travel back in time to the 1980s?

  1. Stranger Things
  2. The Goldbergs
  3. The Americans
  4. GLOW
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which TV show is set during the reign of Louis XIV?

  1. Versailles
  2. The Musketeers
  3. The Three Musketeers
  4. The Man in the Iron Mask
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which TV show do the characters travel back in time to the 1970s?

  1. That '70s Show
  2. Happy Days
  3. Laverne & Shirley
  4. The Wonder Years
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