Can you name the occupations of these characters?

Character	Profession	Show
Mike Brady		The Brady Bunch
Al Bundy		Married...with Children
Ralph Kramden		The Honeymooners
Joey Tribbiani		Friends
Philip Banks		Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Cliff Huxtable		The Cosby Show
Andy Taylor		The Andy Griffith Show
Carla Espinosa Turk		Scrubs
Cliff Claven		Cheers
Seymour Skinner		The Simpsons
Paul Buchman		Mad About You
Dan Fielding		Night Court
Ari Gold		Entourage
Tony Micelli		Who's the Boss

Character	Profession	Show
Thomas Magnum		Magnum, P.I.
Michael Hogan		The Hogan Family
Jerry Helper		The Dick Van Dyke Show
Issac		The Love Boat
Murphy Brown		Murphy Brown
Schneider		One Day at a Time
Alan Harper		Two and a Half Men
Venus Flytrap		WKRP in Cincinnati
Edie Britt		Desperate Housewives
Leo McGarry		West Wing
Alice		Alice
Carrie Bradshaw		Sex and the City
Jennifer Melfi		Sopranos
Latka Gravas		Taxi
Dwight Shrute	Taxi

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TV Professions Quiz

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Published: March 12th, 2009
Category: Television
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Tags: Show Quizzes, profession, occupation, character

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	enough:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 04:24 GMT	28 points
	Assitant to the Regional Manager

	motrain24:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 04:30 GMT	14 points
	had to type in about 5 diff synonyms before i got the Murphy Brown one

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	zalagreensbury:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 04:47 GMT	4 points
	Good quiz.

	pete:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 04:53 GMT	21 points
	you would think that P.I. would work for Magnum from Magnum, P.I.

	dbcint:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 05:14 GMT	3 points
	I knew Alan Harper was a "back doctor", but couldn't remember the right word for it. Discounted pediatician, proctologist and obstetritian (and have probably misspelled all of those anyway)

	Learned_Hand:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 05:19 GMT	16 points
	Philip banks should be judge and lawyer, since he was both at different times in the show

	diamondsight:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 05:45 GMT	7 points
	damn it schneider!

	jessek:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 06:13 GMT	13 points
	if you can't figure out magnum p.i...

	marpocky:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 06:36 GMT	9 points
	Is repairman not good enough for handyman? I know I tried that.

	cherylamanda:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 06:47 GMT	4 points
	I tried private investigator, which didn't work, so then sleuth, which also failed. Private eye finally got me detective.

	hornplayer:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 07:10 GMT	14 points
	Fun quiz - I managed to get all for the shows that I watch/ed. I even guessed some I don't. I would suggest that "private investigator" be allowed for Magnum, though :)

	loose_cannon:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 08:04 GMT	7 points
	Tank you vewy much.

	GeminiNL:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 08:27 GMT	10 points
	I knew only 6 answers. Got 9 more just by guessing random profesions.

	lil_lemur:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 08:34 GMT	8 points
	barman should definitely be allowed for bartender. nice quiz otherwise

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	Nathan Jones:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 10:13 GMT	16 points
	"Film maker" and "documentary film maker" should be accepted for Paul Buchman. And how about "maintenance man" for Schneider?

	cocky:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 11:04 GMT	14 points
	I tried janitor for Schneider but it didn't work. It took "super", which is what he always called himself. If I lived in an apartment with teenage daughters and someone like him kept walking in without knocking, I'd call the cops.

	shmick:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 12:04 GMT	7 points
	school principal should be accepted for skinner

	ChipTaco:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 12:18 GMT	16 points
	Agree that film maker should be taken for Paul Buchman and not taking private investigator for Magnum is really pretty silly.

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	gopaladins:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 13:10 GMT	8 points
	the right column is always always always harder for me. i don't get it.

	phils93:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 13:22 GMT	4 points
	No "letter carrier" or "postal worker" for Cheers?

	davidr:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 13:35 GMT	0 points
	@WestWingerjd: It accepts `doctor' for that answer, which I guessed without even reading any of the clues.

	davidr:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 13:37 GMT	4 points
	@gopaladins: If the questions aren't in some sort of obvious order, it's probably the order in which the setter thought of them. So the easiest ones come first and the last few are, `Errr, who else can I put in to make a nice round number?'

	davidr:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 13:38 GMT	7 points
	@Zalx: He's invariable referred to on the show as `Principal Skinner'. Sure, it's an American term but you can't watch the Simpsons and not hear those two words together.

	Hejman:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 13:40 GMT	5 points
	I hate to be repetitive but "detective" really doesn't make sense for Magnum P.I. A detective is typically someone who works for a law enforcement agency, not someone who works for hire as Magnum P.I. did.

	greekmike:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 13:48 GMT	9 points
	Anchor or News Anchor might be good alternatives to add for Murphy Brown.

	grant:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 14:22 GMT	5 points
	i knew al bundy was a salesman. i just couldn't remember what he sold.. great quiz, though!

	kat_5889:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 15:33 GMT	5 points
	If 'doctor' is accepted for obstetrician, why isn't is accepted for a 'psychiatrist'?

	Jesus:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 15:37 GMT	1 point
	how is Private Investigator not good for Magnum, P.I.? or Radio Personality for the Disc Jockey one?

	Joe_Ball:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 16:12 GMT	4 points
	I tried 'radio host', 'radio star' and 'radio anchor' and still didn't get DJ, which wasn't great. Also, obstetricians and psychiatrists are both equally doctors, MDs. If putting 'doctor' in generally gets you one, it should get you both, because it implies that you no longer need to try medical specialties when stuff comes up from 'doctor'.

	Deborah Conrad:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 16:18 GMT	2 points
	I'm pretty sure that Paul Buchman was a documentary film maker and/or editor. Can't remember that he directed anything.....

	AKAPseudonym:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 19:53 GMT	2 points
	I'm really surprised at some of the results. I mean the Sopranos was on the air very recently and was really popular. You people need to stop studying geography so much and watch some TV.

	debbiedoesnothin:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 20:38 GMT	2 points
	I'm embarrassed that I got all but one. The one I missed is the only show I've never seen - Desperate Housewives.

	debbiedoesnothin:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 20:39 GMT	2 points
	@ David H - A private eye is also known as a private detective. Sherlock Holmes was a detective and he wasn't a cop.

	debbiedoesnothin:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 20:41 GMT	4 points
	@ Deborah Conrad - Paul also directed his films. I agree film maker should also be accepted as an answer though.

	debbiedoesnothin:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 20:43 GMT	5 points
	@ westwinger - Cosby Show was the #1 show of its time and it's been popular in reruns ever since, so it's known by older people and young people alike, as opposed to The Simpsons, which an older person like me might not be as familiar with.

	Tank:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 20:50 GMT	8 points
	I typed in actor, hoping that they all would fill in, but to no avail. :(

	pullannn:	Mar 12th, 2009 at 21:16 GMT	2 points
	Couldn't Tony Micelli be "Baseball Player" as well?