'Twilight Zone' Quiz

Serling was a World War II veteran who returned to America with physical, mental and emotional wounds. He used writing as an outlet for his problems and wound up creating "The Twilight Zone."

For its first run, the show debuted in 1959. It ran until 1964.

Bemis' glasses breaking were a cruel twist of fate.

Meredith was also well-known for playing The Penguin in the "Batman" TV series.

In a twist ending, viewers discover that an alien race is using the book to assist them in eating humans.

Serling was the primary creative force behind the show's stimulating stories -- he wrote 92 of the 156 episodes.

Although it had a base of rabid fans, the show never did better than average with ratings, meaning the creators were constantly fighting to keep the show alive.

Next stop, the Twilight Zone.

For four of its five seasons, the show was about a half hour in length.

Despite the increased episode length, ratings did not increase. Serling later said the series worked best in a half-hour version

Bradbury wrote multiple scripts, but only one was developed into a show. Serling famously said that he thought Bradbury's work was better for books than for the TV screen.

"The Twilight Zone" was also known for featuring relatively unknown actors who later went on to great fame.

Welles, of course, is known for his groundbreaking work on projects such as "War of the Worlds" and "Citizen Kane."

Welles wanted too much money to do the job, so it fell on Serling to perform the narrative tasks.

Shatner appeared in two episodes, most famously in a story about a man who slowly loses his mind during an airline flight.

The episode is one of the most respected — and parodied — in "Twilight Zone" history.

Redford played a policeman who is eventually revealed as a benevolent angel of death.

Norma dreams that the Earth is falling toward the sun — but when she wakes up, viewers discover the opposite is actually true.

He thought that soliciting the public would be a way for new writers to break into the industry. After being inundated with thousands of poor stories, Serling gave up and went back to tried and true Hollywood ways.

At the end of the episode, Fitzgerald catches a glimpse of himself in a mirror — and notices the glow surrounding his face.

For reasons that he never fully explained, only Serling was allowed to use the word "God."

A young Ron Howard makes a brief appearance in the episode.

"Twilight Zone: The Movie" was released in 1983. It started Dan Aykroyd, John Lithgow and Albert Brooks, among others.

The show was so popular that it made repeated comebacks, once in 1985 and again in 2002.

Unlike the original, in which Serling often appeared in the show, the narrator of the newer series was never on camera.

The "Game of Thrones" author also wrote for ABC's "Max Headroom."

The new theme incorporated elements from the original series' theme.

Forest Whitaker, who appeared in films such as "Platoon" and "The Butler," was the narrator for the second reboot.

Serling fought for creative control of the show and wound up as executive producer on each of the five seasons.