Early Life and Education
Question: Where was Andy Griffith born?
Answer: Mount Airy, North Carolina
Question: What was Andy Griffith's birth date?
Answer: June 1, 1926
Question: What musical instrument did Andy Griffith learn to play in high school?
Answer: Trombone
Question: Who influenced Andy Griffith's early interest in music?
Answer: Ed Mickey
Question: Where did Andy Griffith go to college?
Answer: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Question: What degree did Andy Griffith earn in college?
Answer: Bachelor of Music
Question: In what year did Andy Griffith graduate from college?
Answer: 1949
Question: What fraternity did Andy Griffith belong to at UNC?
Answer: Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Question: What play did Andy Griffith perform in at Roanoke Island?
Answer: The Lost Colony
Question: What was Andy Griffith’s major before switching to music?
Answer: Moravian preacher
Question: What high school did Andy Griffith attend?
Answer: Mount Airy High School
Question: In what year did Andy Griffith graduate from high school?
Answer: 1944
Question: Who did Andy Griffith look up to in his church?
Answer: Ed Mickey
Question: What genre of music was Andy Griffith particularly fond of during his youth?
Answer: Swing
Question: Where did Andy Griffith teach after graduating from UNC?
Answer: Goldsboro High School
Question: What was the title of Andy Griffith's first recorded monologue?
Answer: What It Was, Was Football
Question: What was the name of the episode in "The Andy Griffith Show" where Aunt Bee buys an old bed that leads her down memory lane?
Answer: The Bed Jacket
Question: What role did Andy Griffith play in "No Time for Sergeants"?
Answer: Will Stockdale
Question: Which minister taught Andy Griffith to sing and play the trombone?
Answer: Ed Mickey
Question: What was the name of Andy Griffith's first wife?
Answer: Barbara Bray Edwards
Question: How many children did Andy Griffith have?
Answer: Two
Question: In which church denomination was Andy Griffith raised?
Answer: Baptist
Question: What year did Andy Griffith's father purchase their first home?
Answer: 1929
Question: What was the full name of Andy Griffith's father?
Answer: Carl Lee Griffith
Question: Who was Andy Griffith's second wife?
Answer: Solica Cassuto
Career Highlights
Question: What was Andy Griffith’s breakout television role as a small-town sheriff?
Answer: Sheriff Andy Taylor
Question: In what year did "The Andy Griffith Show" premiere?
Answer: 1960
Question: Who played Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show"?
Answer: Don Knotts
Question: What was the name of Andy Griffith's production company?
Answer: Andy Griffith Enterprises
Question: What character did Andy Griffith portray in the 1985 film "Rustlers' Rhapsody"?
Answer: Colonel Ticonderoga
Question: What was Aunt Bee's favorite dessert to make in Mayberry?
Answer: Apple Pie
Question: What show was considered a spin-off of "The Andy Griffith Show" and starred Gomer Pyle?
Answer: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Question: Which film featured Andy Griffith as a country boy turned television host?
Answer: A Face in the Crowd
Question: What was the name of Andy Griffith's character in "The Second Time Around"?
Answer: Dan Jones
Question: Which beloved actor played the role of Opie, Sheriff Andy Taylor's son, in "The Andy Griffith Show" and later became a famous director?
Answer: Ron Howard
Question: What year did "Matlock" conclude its original run?
Answer: 1995
Question: Who starred alongside Andy Griffith in "Murder in Coweta County"?
Answer: Johnny Cash
Question: If Andy Griffith’s character Sheriff Andy Taylor had to order a special item for Mayberry from overseas, what term might he be surprised to learn about in the process?
Answer: Additional import charges
Question: In what year did Andy Griffith star in "Return to Mayberry"?
Answer: 1986
Question: What character did Andy Griffith play in the 1979 mini-series "Roots: The Next Generations"?
Answer: Commander Robert Munroe
Question: What award did Andy Griffith win for his work on "Matlock"?
Answer: People's Choice Award
Question: What was the last television role Andy Griffith played before his death?
Answer: Andrew Lanier in Dawson's Creek
Question: Who was Sheriff Andy Taylor’s son in "The Andy Griffith Show"?
Answer: Opie
Question: What is the name of the town where "The Andy Griffith Show" is set?
Answer: Mayberry
Question: In "The Andy Griffith Show," what term might Sheriff Andy Taylor humorously use if Aunt Bee were running her own shop in Mayberry, relating to how quickly she prepared her famous apple pie orders?
Answer: Seller's handling time
Question: Who played the character Gomer Pyle on "The Andy Griffith Show"?
Answer: Jim Nabors
Question: Which episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" introduced Gomer Pyle?
Answer: The Bank Job
Question: What was the name of the small-town sheriff played by Andy Griffith?
Answer: Sheriff Andy Taylor
Question: What character did Ron Howard play in "The Andy Griffith Show"?
Answer: Opie
Question: How many times did Deputy Barney Fife appear in "The Andy Griffith Show"?
Answer: Don Knotts appeared in 162 episodes
Personal Life and Relationships
Question: How many times was Andy Griffith married?
Answer: Three
Question: Who was Andy Griffith’s third wife?
Answer: Cindi Knight
Question: In what year did Andy Griffith marry Barbara Bray Edwards?
Answer: 1949
Question: What was the cause of death for Andy Griffith's son, Sam?
Answer: Alcoholism
Question: Where did Andy Griffith pass away?
Answer: Manteo, North Carolina
Question: What year did Andy Griffith die?
Answer: 2012
Question: Which character on "The Andy Griffith Show" was known for saying "Good luck"?
Answer: Barney Fife
Question: Where is Andy Griffith buried?
Answer: Roanoke Island, North Carolina
Question: Who was Andy Griffith's daughter?
Answer: Dixie Nann Griffith
Question: Which actress did Andy Griffith have an affair with during "The Andy Griffith Show"?
Answer: Aneta Corsaut
Question: How old was Andy Griffith when he passed away?
Answer: 86
Question: Which U.S. President awarded Andy Griffith the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Answer: George W. Bush
Question: In what year did Andy Griffith receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Answer: 2005
Question: What medical procedure did Andy Griffith undergo in 2000?
Answer: Quadruple heart-bypass surgery
Question: What health issue required Andy Griffith to have hip surgery in 2007?
Answer: A fall
Question: What political party did Andy Griffith support?
Answer: Democratic
Question: Which North Carolina governor did Andy Griffith endorse in 2000?
Answer: Mike Easley
Question: What condition was listed as one of Andy Griffith’s underlying health issues on his death certificate?
Answer: Hypertension
Question: What year did Andy Griffith and Solica Cassuto divorce?
Answer: 1981
Question: What was Andy Griffith's birth name?
Answer: Andy Samuel Griffith
Question: How many grandchildren did Andy Griffith have?
Answer: Three
Question: Who filed a lawsuit against a man for changing his name to Andrew Jackson Griffith?
Answer: Andy Griffith
Question: In what year did Andy Griffith marry Solica Cassuto?
Answer: 1973
Question: Which actor was a close friend of Andy Griffith and starred alongside him in "No Time for Sergeants"?
Answer: Don Knotts
Question: Who was the minister that influenced Andy Griffith in his early years?
Answer: Ed Mickey
Awards and Legacy
Question: How many Grammy Awards did Andy Griffith win?
Answer: One
Question: What album won Andy Griffith a Grammy Award?
Answer: I Love to Tell the Story: 25 Timeless Hymns
Question: In what year was Andy Griffith inducted into the Television Hall of Fame?
Answer: 1991
Question: What honor was dedicated to Andy Griffith in Mount Airy, North Carolina?
Answer: Andy Griffith Museum
Question: What year did Andy Griffith's album "I Love to Tell the Story" go platinum?
Answer: 1997
Question: Which role earned Andy Griffith a Tony Award nomination in 1956?
Answer: Will Stockdale in No Time for Sergeants
Question: What honor did Andy Griffith receive for his role in "No Time for Sergeants" on Broadway?
Answer: Theatre World Award
Question: What year was Andy Griffith awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Answer: 2005
Question: Which hall of fame inducted Andy Griffith in 1999?
Answer: Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame
Question: What year was Andy Griffith’s star added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
Answer: 2005
Question: What was the title of Andy Griffith's first recorded comedy monologue?
Answer: What It Was, Was Football
Question: What city renamed a stretch of US Highway 52 as the Andy Griffith Parkway?
Answer: Mount Airy, North Carolina
Question: What year was the Andy Griffith Museum opened?
Answer: 2009
Question: What year did "The Andy Griffith Show" end?
Answer: 1968
Question: What Grammy Award category did Andy Griffith win in 1997?
Answer: Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Question: What North Carolina town is associated with Andy Griffith's fictional town of Mayberry?
Answer: Mount Airy
Question: In what year was Andy Griffith inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame?
Answer: 2007
Question: What album features Andy Griffith singing "The Fishin' Hole"?
Answer: Songs, Themes and Laughs from the Andy Griffith Show
Question: What award was Andy Griffith nominated for but never won during "The Andy Griffith Show"?
Answer: Emmy Award
Question: Which President awarded Andy Griffith the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Answer: George W. Bush
Question: Which television series did Andy Griffith reprise his role as Sheriff Andy Taylor in a reunion movie?
Answer: Return to Mayberry
Question: What award did Andy Griffith win for his 1996 album "I Love to Tell the Story"?
Answer: Grammy Award
Question: What title did Andy Griffith receive from the Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame?
Answer: Inductee
Question: In which decade was Andy Griffith's album "Shouts the Blues and Old Timey Songs" released?
Answer: 1950s
Question: In what year did "The Andy Griffith Show" premiere, marking its place in television history?
Answer: 1960
