Straight Up Trivia #10: Longest Running US TV Shows

Tenth in a series of themed trivia quizzes. Answer these questions inspired by the ten longest running scripted TV shows in the U.S., in order, as of March 2025. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-running_scripted_American_primetime_television_series
Quizzes in this series: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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The Simpsons, 36 seasons. Who shot Mr. Burns?
Maggie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 26 seasons. Richard Belzer played detective John Munch for 15 seasons on SVU, but originated and played the character for 7 seasons on what NBC series set in Baltimore?
Homicide: Life on the Street
Law & Order, 24 seasons. What "law" states that anything that can go wrong will go wrong?
Murphy's Law
Family Guy, 23 seasons. What "family" included murderers Susan Atkins, Tex Watson, and Patricia Krenwinkel?
Manson Family
NCIS, 22 seasons. NCIS was a spinoff of JAG. What does the J stand for in JAG? The A and G are for Advocate General.
Judge
Grey's Anatomy, 21 seasons. What is the term for the first section of the small intestine in human anatomy?
Duodenum
American Dad! 21 seasons. George Washington's dad, Augustine, built the first version of the mansion on what family plantation?
Mount Vernon
Gunsmoke, 20 seasons. Gunsmoke was set in what Kansas frontier town?
Dodge City
Lassie, 19 seasons. Lassie was a Rough Collie. What island did collies originate on?
Great Britain
Criminal Minds, 17 seasons. "A mind is a terrible thing to waste" was the slogan of the UNCF, which encouraged African-Americans to do what?
Go To College
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