JOHNSTON, IOWA (November 12, 2020) Did you know that the trolley in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood traveled five thousand miles every year? Or that Bob Ross painted each piece featured on The Joy of Painting a total of three times?

Join Iowa PBS on December 9 at 7PM for Retro Night Trivia, a free, virtual event taking place on Zoom. Test your knowledge of some of PBS's most memorable programs including The Electric CompanyThis Old HouseSesame StreetThe Red Green Show, and more.

Up to four individuals can participate on a team and prizes will be awarded to the top three scores. For more information and to register yourself or your team for free, visit iowapbs.org/events.

Iowa PBS is formerly known as Iowa Public Television. New name. Same essential mission.

As Iowa's only statewide television network, Iowa PBS's mission to educate, inform, enrich, and inspire Iowans guides its quality, non-commercial programming that tells Iowa's stories like no one else can. Four statewide, public channels offer programs of lasting value to Iowans, regardless of where they live or what they can afford: Iowa PBS .1, Iowa PBS KIDS .2, Iowa PBS WORLD .3 and Iowa PBS Create .4 on Channel 11, Des Moines; Channel 12, Iowa City; Channel 21, Fort Dodge; Channel 24, Mason City; Channel 27, Sioux City; Channel 32, Waterloo; Channel 32, Council Bluffs; Channel 36, Davenport; and Channel 36, Red Oak. More information can be found at iowapbs.org.

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