The 'Dallas' TV Show Quiz

Jock Ewing is the patriarch of the Ewing family and founder of Ewing Oil.

In addition to "Dallas," Davis spent much of his career acting in Republic Pictures westerns.

Producers originally offered the part of J.R. to actor Robert Foxworth, who declined. Foxworth went on to star in the '80s series "Falcon Crest."

In the series "Dallas," J.R. stands for John Ross. As the oldest son, J.R. was named after his father.

Duffy played Bobby Ewing. When Duffy left the series, his character was killed off. When he returned the next season, his character's death was revealed to have been just a dream.

Actress Victoria Principal played Pam Ewing. She went on to create Principal Secret Skin Care and author several books.

The house used for the series was an actual Parker, Texas, residence named Duncan Acres. Today, Southfork Ranch is a popular tourist attraction and event venue.

Gray played the character Sue Ellen. In the mid-1980s Gray was briefly fired from the series when she asked for a pay raise and a chance to direct episodes like her co-stars Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy.

On April 2, 1978, the television show "Dallas" premiered. The series was an evening soap opera-style drama featuring the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family.

Writer and producer David Jacobs created the series "Dallas." The popular show spawned another prime-time soap opera.

"Dallas" originally ran as a five part miniseries. But it was so popular that it was then broadcast as a regular series. The five part miniseries is referred to as season one.

The CBS Corp. is headquartered in New York City, but "Dallas" was shot on-site in Texas.

The plane crash story line was written when the actor who played the character, Jim Davis, died of brain cancer.

Immel is credited as the composer for 324 episodes of the original series "Dallas."

David Jacobs actually created "Knots Landing" before "Dallas," but producers didn't like it and released "Dallas" first.

There were four Ewing brothers in the series: J.R., Gary, Bobby and, eventually, Ray. Ray Krebbs was a Ewing ranch hand who was later revealed to be Jock's son.

Geddes won an Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a drama series. She played Miss Ellie Ewing in the series.

Mary Crosby played Kristin Shepard, the daughter of legendary crooner Bing Crosby.

Halfway through the second season, the series was moved from a Sunday night slot to Friday night, where it stayed until the series ended.

Kristin was Sue Ellen's sister and J.R.'s secretary and sister-in-law.

"Dallas" inspired three television movies: "Dallas: The Early Years," "Dallas: J.R. Returns" and "Dallas: War of the Ewings."

"A House Divided" was directed by Irving J. Moore and written by Rena Down.

The shooting of J.R. was the third season ending cliff-hanger. Viewers had to wait until the fourth episode of season four to find out who had shot J.R. Even the cast was kept in the dark; producers had every character shoot J.R. during filming.

Ellie had the maiden name of Southworth. While Barbara Bel Geddes played Ellie Ewing throughout most of the series, actress Donna Reed played the character for 24 episodes of the 1984-85 season of the series.

CBS aired 356 episodes of the original series "Dallas." The show ran for 14 seasons.

Hagman was the only actor to appear in all 356 episodes. Kercheval remained with the series for the entire run just as Larry Hagman, but he did not appear in every episode.

The last episode of "Dallas" aired on May 3, 1991. The episode, titled "Conundrum," showed how life would have been had J.R. Ewing never been born.

The revival and continuation of the television series "Dallas" premiered on June 13, 2012. The new series featured four cast members of the original series, including Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray and Ken Kercheval.

This is true. TNT was founded by media mogul Ted Turner in 1988.

The last episode of the new "Dallas" series aired on Sept. 22, 2014. Throughout the three season run, there were 40 episodes produced.