1. Watering hole
   Cement pond
2. Fishin' hole
   Swimming pool

One of the best things about the show is how they make fun of the unnecessary things that rich people have and think are important. If you were really rich you could have a real pond, instead of building a cement one on your property.

1. Critters
   Tom, Tim and Trey the Turtles
2. Sweeties
   Ralph the Raccoon

Although Elly called them critters, Granny called them “varmints.” When it came to Elly’s hippopotamus pet, Granny called it the biggest hog she'd ever seen.

1. Mr. Drysdale
   Mrs. Drysdale
2. Sam Drucker
   Miss Hathaway

This brown-noser needs to keep the Clampetts happy, otherwise they might move their money to another bank. Also, Milburn Drysdale tries to keep them from spending their newfound wealth foolishly (as it needs to stay in the bank), while trying to "civilize" them.

1. Moonshine
   Plum wine
2. Cough syrup
   Apple juice

Enough moonshine and you'll forget what ails you. Granny only used her moonshine for medicinal purposes, like for her rheumatism.

1. The fancy eatin' table
   The table with the built-in tablecloth
2. The putting green
   Granny's favorite

The Clampetts gave us a whole new way to look at a billiard table. Such juxtapositions were a large part of the show's humor. However Buddy Ebsen didn't want to be portrayed as being stupid, so he requested that Jed be portrayed as “much more savvy than he seemed."

1. He made his own rope belt.
   He has a sixth-grade education.
2. He can wrestle an alligator.
   He can eat two pots of vittles in one sitting.

Although all of these are truly amazing accomplishments, the Clampetts are most proud of Jethro's sixth-grade education. Especially Jethro, since he figures he's twice as smart as everyone else because it took him twice as long to get through the sixth grade.

1. Max Baer, Jr.
   Buddy Ebsen
2. Raymond Bailey
   Frank Cady

Buddy Ebsen was a dancer and actor. He gained fame from theater and movies such as "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's," as well as from his television series, "Barnaby Jones."

1. Pickled crow gizzard
   Boiled possum
2. Gopher gravy
   All of the above

Yep, any one of these could be dinner at the Clampetts' house. Also, Granny was one of the best road-kill cooks ever. She was usually making grits and vittles in her scenes.

1. Miss Hathaway
   Flo Shafer
2. Pearl
   Janet Trego

On the show she had a crush on Jethro, but In real life she didn't get along with the actor who played Jethro's father. Their arguments were mostly about politics, with Nancy (Miss Hathaway) and Buddy (Jed) on opposite ends of the political spectrum.

1. Poodle
   Bloodhound
2. Golden Retriever
   Pug

Duke is an old bloodhound that Jed bought when it was a puppy. In some of the early episodes, Jethro tried to teach Duke to fetch sticks, but to Jed it looked like Jethro was doing most of the retrieving.

1. Virginia "Granny" Moses
   Della "Granny" Moses
2. Bonnie "Granny" Moses
   Daisy "Granny" Moses

She didn't look as fresh as a daisy. However, her yelling and jabbering would wake up anyone in the house!

1. Donna Douglas
   Irene Ryan
2. Nancy Kulp
   Harriet E. MacGibbon

What's amazing is Donna Douglas played a 16- or 17-year-old teenager when she was actually in her thirties. Growing up, she won the titles of Miss Baton Rouge and Miss New Orleans in 1957.

1. The driver's seat
   The back seat
2. Granny's rocking chair
   The passenger seat

What really made the truck complete was Granny sitting higher than everyone else in the rocking chair. Although in many of the scenes she sat in the back seat with her vittles when they went out a'visiting.

1. Missouri
   North Dakota
2. California
   Nevada

The two towns that were mentioned were Bugtussle and Silver Dollar City, the latter of which is in the Missouri Ozarks, so most people think it's the Ozarks. However, it was never confirmed on the show.

1. He took pills.
   He drank vodka.
2. He sniffed a stack of money.
   He drank tea with milk.

Milburn Drysdale, president of Commerce Bank, sniffed a stack of money to calm himself from anxiety attacks. He forced others, especially his secretary, to appease the Clampetts by granting their unorthodox requests so that they would leave Jed's money in his bank.

1. Nothing. It was good to the last drop.
   Very weak and watery
2. It pours out as slowly as molasses.
   Waaaay too sweet

Elly May's coffee was a standing joke. You might want to take a chair and sit a spell while she served it, as the syrupy coffee poured slowly, like molasses.

1. Max Baer, Jr.
   Flo Shafer
2. Nancy Kulp
   Sharon Tate

Jethro or Max Baer, Jr. had double duty with this role. He played his twin sister, but he didn't do the voice. That was the work of Linda Henning, the daughter of the creator of the show.

1. Real
2. Fake

The show took place in the Kirkeby Mansion, which cost $2 million dollars to construct in the 1930s (that's Great Depression money). Kirkeby rented out his home to the "Beverly Hillbillies" production for $500 per day.

1. Cecil the Beetle
   Jasper the Jaguar
2. Gertrude the Duck
   All of the above

And let's not forget Herman the Turkey, Sidney the Kangaroo and many others. It was always a source of comedy to see what Elly May brought home. Plus some of these animals were very talented - like Cecil the Beetle, who could predict the weather.

1. Jackrabbit
   Anteater
2. Kangaroo
   Koala bear

Granny encounters a kangaroo and thinks she's found a giant jackrabbit, but no one will believe her. One of our favorite quotes from the episode is when Granny says, "Come back here you hairy little varmint! Get your paw-paw-pickin' paws off of my pickled paw paws!"

1. It was the most-watched program on television after being on the air for six weeks.
   The show averaged 57 million viewers at the height of its run.
2. One of the episodes ranks as the second-most-watched show of the '60s.
   They are all true.

If there's something good to note about this show, then it's true. Between the years 1962 and 1964, the show averaged 57 million viewers. "The Giant Jackrabbit" episode that aired in 1964 is the second-most-watched television episode of the entire decade.

1. Italy
   France
2. Ireland
   England

Jed Clampett inherited a castle in the English countryside. Jethro, feeling very regal, insists that everyone except Granny wear the royal raiments of Queen Elizabeth the First.

1. Ten million dollars
   Ten thousand dollars
2. Ten hundred dollars
   25 million dollars

Actually, OK Oil Company was paying Jed for the rights to drill oil on his land. But that money is what brought them to Beverly Hills and all the fun they had shaking up the town.

1. Dash Riprock
   Hunky Harry
2. Muscles Maverick
   Chin Strength

Elly May loses a suitor to Miss Jane in a case of mistaken identity in the episode "Dash Riprock, You Cad." In it, Jed describes Elly May's figure to Granny as, "She got more curves than a goat path."

1. Foggy Mountain Boys
   Rascal Flatts
2. Florida Georgia Line
   Dixie Chicks

The Foggy Mountain Boys were led by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, who were quite popular. However, "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" was the duo's lone No. 1 hit.

1. Cheryl Tate
   Cynthia Fenwick
2. Sally Field
   Julie Shena

Cynthia Fenwick is the name of the friend Elly May meets in school. In a satirical commentary on fashion, Cynthia and her mother dress like the Clampetts in one episode, because they think Elly is so trendy.

1. Westminster chimes
   The sound of a horn honking
2. "Jingle Bells"
   Ding dong

Whenever someone rings the doorbell, they have no idea where the sound is coming from, and they attempt to search for its source. Their search is always then interrupted by someone knocking on the door.

1. Critics and fans loved it.
   Critics loved it and the audience hated it.
2. Critics hated it and the fans loved it.
   Everyone hated it.

This is why we shouldn't always listen to the critics, as they absolutely panned it. The public thought it was hilarious and the fans kept the show on the air for nine years.

1. "Y'all Come Back Now"
   "The Ballad of Jed Clampett"
2. "Bubblin' Crude"
   'The Ode to Elly May"

This song provided the entire backstory for the series. It also spent weeks on the Billboard country singles charts and hit No. 1 in early 1963.

1. John Wayne
   Clint Eastwood
2. Gary Cooper
   James Stewart

In the episode "The Indians Are Coming," representatives of the Crowfoot Indians come to Beverly Hills to discuss a boundary dispute at the Clampett oil field. Granny prepares for war, not realizing it's a verbal discussion.

1. Beverly Hills Bank and Trust
   Commerce Bank
2. First California Bank
   Main and Money Bank

This bank is the focus of an episode called "The Clampetts vs. Automation," when a longtime employee of the Commerce Bank is being forcibly retired to make way for a new computer system. A chance meeting with the Clampetts helps him deal with Mr. Drysdale.

1. A full head of hair
   A full set of teeth
2. Six fingers and six toes
   Eyeglasses

Jed mentioned in one episode that Jethro was the only baby he knew born with a full set of teeth, "just like a beaver." Max Baer, Jr. claimed he only auditioned for the role of Jethro for fun and that he never expected to get the part - maybe it was his full set of choppers that did it!

1. Ford
   Oldsmobile
2. Chevrolet
   Audi

The Clampetts' truck was a 1921 Oldsmobile Model 46. On occasion a dose of moonshine went into the fuel tank, which resulted in fast acceleration and top speed.

1. The Enemys
   The Pigeon Detectives
2. Twisted Wheel
   The Twang

Jed and Granny are concerned the young 'uns aren't meeting anyone, so they decide to throw a wing ding. Miss Hathaway hires a rock band and they end up with a combo square dance and rockfest. Cory Wells of the Enemys was also with Three Dog Night.

1. A Beauty Pageant for Elly May
   Possum Day for Granny
2. Hunting Day for Jed
   All of the above

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and when Granny wants to move back home, Mr. Drysdale does what is necessary to make them happy in Beverly Hills. Granny is elected Possum Queen, and Possum Day is a success.