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Have you ever wondered how TV writers come up with names for each episode of a show? Sometimes it’s as simple as calling them "Episode 1, Episode 2," etc. There are others shows that use a line from the episode as the title.

Certain series, however, are more inventive. The creators and writers will come up with rules for how each episode should be named. Of course, some shows stick closer to their own naming rules more than others.

The quiz below tests your knowledge of twelve classic TV shows that used specific naming conventions, whether it be each and every episode, episodes from a given season, or just the majority of the episodes in a series. 

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  1. This show's episode titles all started with "The case of the..."
  2. Most of this sitcom's episodes used the names of pop songs like "Baby Love" and "Help Me Rhonda"
  3. Most episode titles of this show started with "Incident..."
  4. With a few exceptions, this show named every episode "The one with/where..."
  5. The 1950s version of this show called each episode "The Big..."
  6. "The Night of the..." is how each episode of this show is named
  7. A majority of this show's episode titles had the word "angels" in them
  8. This show started each episode name with a "Log" number for its first three seasons
  9. This show used "The _____ Story" for it's episode titles
  10. This show began each episode name with "Who Killed....?" for its first two seasons
  11. "The _____ Affair" was the title of each of this show's episodes
  12. Almost every episode of this show was named "The _____ Raid"

Can you guess the TV show by how it named each episode?

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