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1

What does Jeffy keep stuck up his nose, the same object he shows off in his first SML line?

A pencil lives in Jeffy's nose, and the bloopers for his first video show that the crew used only the snapped-off end of one.

2

Which vegetable does Jeffy hate so much that a giant once cursed him into becoming one?

Green beans are Jeffy's sworn enemy, and in Jeffy and the Beanstalk! a giant turns him into a human-sized one until he eats a whole plate of them.

3

What does Jeffy wear on the outside of his jeans, claiming that this keeps it from getting dirty?

A diaper sits over Jeffy's jeans, and his habit of spanking it began as an unscripted bit by his puppeteer that made the whole cast laugh.

4

Which real politician does Jeffy debate and defeat in an SML Movie released on Election Day 2020?

Donald Trump loses to Jeffy in President Jeffy!, where Jeffy first runs for class president by promising that nobody will ever have to do homework again.

5

Which real 2017 sky event fell on Jeffy's 13th birthday and made it into his birthday video?

A solar eclipse crossed the United States on Jeffy's birthday in 2017, and in the video his family expects it to last one minute but it goes on for ten.

6

Which company's 2021 legal letter forced Jeffy's plush SML co-stars to be replaced by human puppets?

Nintendo sent SML's creator a cease-and-desist letter in February 2021, so its plush heroes gave way to look-alike puppets while Jeffy, an original character, stayed as he was.

7

Which 2017 toy craze does Jeffy's adoptive dad buy him in the hope that it will keep him quiet?

A fidget spinner silences Jeffy only while it is turning, so his dad has to keep flicking it; fans had requested the episode hundreds of times.

8

Which Netflix hit does Jeffy's class re-enact in 2021, with a year free of homework as the prize?

Squid Game reached SML about a month after the show's debut, and the one-off episode grew into a multi-part series that follows the later seasons.

9

What is written across the front of Jeffy's yellow T-shirt so that he never forgets it?

His own name is on the shirt, put there by his mother, and when a classmate scribbles a different one on it he believes that is what he is called.

10

What colour is the helmet Jeffy always wears, which SML first planned to make red?

Blue won out over the red helmet that SML first planned, and Jeffy was not seen without it until Where's Jeffy?, three months after his debut.

11

Which animal gives its name to the toy piano that Jeffy loves, first seen in Jeffy's Homework!?

A cat gives the Cat Piano its name, and the toy has been wrecked and replaced again and again, the first time when Jeffy's dad threw it out of a window.

12

Which dessert is Jeffy denied for dumping his dinner, leading him to lock his dad out of the house?

Chocolate cake is the prize in the SML short Locked Out, where Jeffy closes the blinds and foils every attempt his dad makes to get back indoors.

13

What name has Jeffy's long-suffering adoptive father used since SML switched to human puppets?

Marvin is the name the character took when the plush cast was retired, and he became Jeffy's legal father once Jeffy's birth mother had been arrested.

14

What is Jeffy's adoptive mother called in SML's human-puppet era, after her 2021 change of name?

Rose is the new name of the doting mom who gave Jeffy his toy piano and who nearly always gives in to whatever he demands.

15

What is the name of Jeffy's birth mother, who left him on a stranger's doorstep with a sticky note?

Nancy returns in Jeffy's Parents!, wanting him back only for the fortune that his late father left in trust until Jeffy turns 18.

16

Which SML cast member, the older brother of the channel's creator, voices and puppeteers Jeffy?

Lance Thirtyacre performs Jeffy, and it was he who first told his younger brother about YouTube, which led to the plush videos that began in 2007.

17

Which teacher at Y U DUMB? Elementary School has Jeffy, Junior and Cody in his class every year?

Jackie Chu follows the gang from one school year to the next, and he is performed by the same puppeteer as Jeffy, who calls the role a strain on his voice.

18

What is the name of Jeffy's clone, made by a classmate's cloning machine in a 2018 SML Movie?

Scooter was made from a spare Jeffy puppet first used for one of Jeffy's emotions, and he vanished for almost two years before returning in 2020.

19

Which horror game did SML turn into a Jeffy series that began in October 2023?

Five Nights at Freddy's became a run of SML videos in which Jeffy and a police officer guard one haunted pizzeria after another, ending with Sister Location.

20

What is the name of Jeffy's younger half-sister, who wears a pink helmet in a 2016 SML Movie?

Feebee turns up in Jeffy's Sister!, and her puppet was built by the same studio that made the Jeffy puppet.

21

What is the job of Jacques Pierre François, the rich Frenchman revealed as Jeffy's birth father?

A painter of world renown, he is reported dead in Jeffy's Parents!, leaving Jeffy his millions, but a later birthday special shows that he faked it.

22

Which stage name does Jeffy take when Tyrone turns him into a hit rapper in a 2017 SML Movie?

J-Fee looks like a play on Jay-Z, and the plan in the episode is for each spell in jail to set up a new song and another payday.

23

Which one-word question is the title of the rap single Jeffy released in 2017 with a hit video?

Why? is the debut single, and its official music video went on to become the most-viewed upload on SML's second channel.

24

Which video game's battle pass does Jeffy want so badly that he takes a job at a sandwich shop?

Fortnite drives the plot of Jeffy Gets a Job!, after his dad refuses to hand over a credit card and tells him to earn the money himself.

25

Which anime is Jeffy obsessed with when he turns up at school in costume and blasts the class bully?

Dragon Ball Z inspired the series Jeffy Ball Z, in which Jeffy calls himself Jeffyku and hunts for the seven balls that will grant him a single wish.

26

On which TV show does Jeffy pitch a smiley-faced sponge to investors and win a million-dollar deal?

Shark Tank is spoofed in Jeffy's Invention!, where the deal falls apart because the product is really a Scrub Daddy that Jeffy passed off as his own.

27

What kind of pet is Booger, which comes from an egg that Jeffy and Junior dig up in the backyard?

A dinosaur called Booger comes from the egg the boys find while hunting for bones, and Jeffy even puts on a costume to sit on it.

28

What does Jeffy's dad change and then withhold until Jeffy does his chores, in a 2018 SML Movie?

The Wi-Fi password goes from 1234 to ABCD in Jeffy's Wifi Problem!, which ranked among SML's most-watched videos by the time the old channel closed.

29

To which city does Jeffy travel for his 21st birthday in a 45-minute SML special released in 2025?

Las Vegas is where Jeffy wins millions at a casino and is then kidnapped by his own father, who is desperate to hide that he ever had a son.

30

Which January 2016 SML Movie introduced Jeffy, at first meant to be a one-off character?

Mario The Babysitter! was planned as Jeffy's only appearance, but he proved so popular that he went on to become the mascot of the whole channel.

31

At which pizza-and-arcade chain does Jeffy have his 12th birthday party in a 2016 SML Movie?

Chuck E. Cheese hosts the party in Jeffy's Birthday!, the episode that first revealed the date of his birthday and began a long run of birthday specials.

32

In which Florida city is Jeffy's creator based, where an SML store opened in a mall in 2021?

Pensacola is home to the SML crew, and the store that opened at its Cordova Mall offered puppets and shirts along with a play area for kids.

33

Chris Netherton nearly played Jeffy but stuck with which SML character, who shares Jeffy's birthday?

Brooklyn Guy kept Chris busy, and the two characters meet so often that one performer would have struggled to play both in the same scene.

34

Where does SML's creator say the main Jeffy puppet is kept whenever it is not being filmed?

In a safe is where the puppet goes, because the screen-used Jeffy has no good stunt double and the puppets sold as merchandise do not match its design.

35

Which name was Jeffy nearly given, before SML dropped it because a dragon character already used it?

Doofy was the plan, his puppeteer revealed in a Meet the Cast video, until the crew saw that viewers would mix him up with Doofy the Dragon.

36

Which 2005 Johnny Knoxville comedy features an alias that gave SML's creator the name Jeffy?

The Ringer has Knoxville's character enter the Special Olympics under the false first name Jeffy, which stuck in the mind of SML's creator.

37

Which real 2020 hurricane, which struck SML's home region, inspired the episode Hurricane Jeffy!?

Sally reached the Gulf Coast on the very day the episode came out, and in it Jeffy decides to be a hurricane himself and trashes the living room.

38

Which school grade is twelve-year-old Jeffy put in when he starts class with Junior in 2016?

Second grade is where Jeffy lands in First Day of School!, and he only passed it because Junior and Cody sneaked in to change his Fs to Bs.

39

Which cartoon dog lends his name to the fruit gummies that Jeffy is fed in his first SML appearance?

Scooby-Doo gummies are the snack, which Jeffy's reluctant host tries to feed him like a giraffe before finding a few pushed into Jeffy's ears.

40

Which sandwich chain asked SML to take down a 2018 video in which Jeffy works behind its counter?

Jimmy John's objected to the use of its name, even though the store's owner had let the crew film there, and the video returned a few months later.

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