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(CNN) -- If you're like most Americans, you watch upward of 28 hours of television a week. If you spent that much time doing nearly anything else, you might become an expert at it.

But how well do you know your most time-consuming subject? Make sure JavaScript is turned on and you can test yourself by taking this quiz, covering 50 years of television and the Emmys.

1)The once-languishing drama series "Hill Street Blues" got a ratings boost and a reprieve on its home network, NBC, thanks to the record number of Emmys it won in its premiere season. What year was that?
1979
1980
1981
1982

2) In 1985, an estimated 1.5 billion people watched the "Live Aid" concert on TV. Whom did that concert seek to benefit?
AIDS victims
Famine victims in Africa
Victims of child abuse
Farmers losing their land to corporations

3) Comedian Bill Cosby has won Emmy awards for his role in which of the following television shows?
"I Spy"
"The Cosby Show"
"The Cosby Mysteries"
All of the above

4) Who has won the most Emmys for a female performer?
Doris Day
Mary Tyler Moore
Love Me Tender
Joan Crawford

5) What comedy series has the most total nominations of any series, comedic or dramatic?
"M*A*S*H"
"Cheers"
"The Andy Griffith Show"
"Newhart"

6) Which prime-time program has actually won the most Emmys?
"M*A*S*H"
"The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
"All in the Family"
"Hill Street Blues"

7) Many consider the eight-night broadcast of "Roots" to be the move that popularized the miniseries as a TV format. In what year was that first "Roots" broadcast?
1975
1977
1979
1981

8) Comedienne Lily Tomlin had won multiple Emmy awards for her work as a comedy writer, including an award for "The Paul Simon Special" in 1977. She also won a Tony for best actress in what Broadway production?
"Appearing Nightly"
"The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe"
"Shadows and Fog"
"All of Me"

9) In 1980, many Hollywood actors boycotted the Emmy awards ceremony, including Bob Newhart, Michael Landon, and Lee Remick, all of whom had been scheduled to emcee the show. Why did they boycott?
To pressure the television networks to settle a Screen Actors Guild strike
To protest the implementation of a new award, the "Super Emmy"
To protest the separation of news and entertainment Emmys
To show support for the hostages remaining in Lebanon

10) What did the Federal Communications Commission approve in 1953?
Permission for the first network telecasts
Permission for retailers to sell television sets to consumers. They had previously been available only to government officials
A color TV format. Unlike a previously proposed format, it was compatible with existing black-and-white receivers
Incorporating UHF channels (14 through 83) onto the same television tuners as VHF channels


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