Cousin Skeeter
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40 free Cousin Skeeter trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Cousin Skeeter ran on Nickelodeon from 1998 to 2002 and left a generation humming its intro. The show dropped a loud, fearless cousin into the life of a quiet, well-behaved teenager, and let the chaos teach both of them something by the end of each episode. This quiz starts with the intro itself: the song it was built from, the people who made that song, and the voices and faces in the opening credits. From there it moves through the family, the famous guest stars, the crossover and TV movie events, and the episode plots fans still bring up. It is written for anyone who watched after school and wants to see how much stuck, and for anyone settling an argument about who sang the theme. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Although no character on Cousin Skeeter ever mentions it, Skeeter is played on screen by what?
A puppet
A puppet plays Skeeter, yet his family and classmates treat him as an ordinary kid. Critics and viewers were left wondering why he was one at all.
Q 02Which stand-up comedian and former MTV VJ provided the voice of Skeeter on Cousin Skeeter?
Bill Bellamy
Bill Bellamy first found fame on HBO's Def Comedy Jam. He went on to host MTV Jams and MTV Beach House before lending Skeeter his voice.
Q 03Which NBA superstar, a real-life cousin of Skeeter's voice actor, directed an episode of Cousin Skeeter?
Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal directed a first-season episode in 1998. He also fronted a Nickelodeon sports anthology series made by the same production company.
Q 04Which R&B girl group, known for the hit Where My Girls At, recorded the Cousin Skeeter theme song?
702
702 performed the original version as musical guests on Nickelodeon's All That. A remix of that song became the sitcom's opening theme in 1998.
Q 05Which Nickelodeon duo joined Skeeter, Bobby and Nina on a ranch vacation in a two-part Cousin Skeeter crossover?
Kenan & Kel
Kenan & Kel came from the same producers as Cousin Skeeter. In the crossover, Skeeter and Kenan rescue Kel and Nina and catch a scheming ranch owner.
Q 06Rondell Sheridan, who played Bobby's father on Cousin Skeeter, later played the dad in which Disney Channel hit?
That's So Raven
That's So Raven cast him as chef Victor Baxter. He repeated the role in Cory in the House and Raven's Home, the only actor in the main cast of all three.
Q 07Angela Means, who played Bobby's mother on Cousin Skeeter, was Felisha in which 1995 Ice Cube comedy?
Friday
Friday turned her brief role as Felisha into a lasting meme years later. Means has since become a vegan chef who opened a soul food cafe in Los Angeles.
Q 08Which actress, later seen in Think Like a Man and Shazam!, played Bobby's friend Nina on Cousin Skeeter?
Meagan Good
Meagan Good had broken out a year earlier in the film Eve's Bayou. Nina starts as Bobby's best friend and crush, and the two later begin dating.
Q 09Which chart-topping 1990s music star guest-starred on Cousin Skeeter as Brenda, a new girl both cousins fall for?
Left Eye
Left Eye, the rapper Lisa Lopes of TLC, played Brenda in the second-season episode Jezebel. The new girl at school catches the eye of both Bobby and Skeeter.
Q 10Skeeter claims to have saved the life of which pioneering rapper, who appeared as herself on Cousin Skeeter?
MC Lyte
MC Lyte was the first female rapper to release a full solo album, 1988's Lyte as a Rock. On the show she is one of the famous friends Skeeter loves to mention.
Q 11The Cousin Skeeter intro is a reworked version of which 1996 debut single by an R&B girl group?
Steelo
Steelo reached the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 and went gold. A remix of it became the opening theme of the sitcom two years later.
Q 12Which rapper and producer co-wrote, and appears on, the 1996 hit reworked as the Cousin Skeeter theme?
Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott wrote the song with Chad Elliott and George Pearson. She performs on the track as a guest and also appears in its music video.
Q 13The song behind the Cousin Skeeter theme samples Voices Inside My Head, a 1980 track by which rock band?
The Police
The Police recorded Voices Inside My Head for the album Zenyatta Mondatta. Its writer, Sting, earned a songwriting credit on the R&B hit that sampled it.
Q 21Usually easygoing Skeeter flies into a rage on Cousin Skeeter whenever anyone remarks on what about him?
His height
His height is the one sore spot. Skeeter is written as confident, charismatic and hard to anger, unless somebody points out how short he is.
Q 22In one Cousin Skeeter episode, Bobby suffers a streak of bad luck after choosing to ignore what?
A chain letter
A chain letter is what Bobby shrugs off, and the misfortune piles up from there. The second-season episode carries the punning title Unchained.
Q 23Skeeter goes to extremes over what problem before a big date in one second-season Cousin Skeeter episode?
A pimple
Q 14The slang word that titles the hit behind the Cousin Skeeter theme refers to a person's what?
Style
Style is what the slang title means. The group's lead singer admitted she did not understand the word and sent curious people to the songwriter for a definition.
Q 15Which star of the sitcom Martin voiced Nicole, who becomes Nina's best friend on Cousin Skeeter?
Tisha Campbell
Tisha Campbell voiced Nicole, who arrives as a new neighbor in the TV movie New Kids on the Planet. Skeeter spends much of that story trying to impress her.
Q 16Which actor, later Arnaz Ballard on the UPN sitcom One on One, starred as Bobby on Cousin Skeeter?
Robert Ri'chard
Robert Ri'chard had just won a Daytime Emmy for the TV film In His Father's Shoes. He went on to roles in the films Coach Carter and House of Wax.
Q 17On the sitcom Cousin Skeeter, what does Bobby's father Andre, played by Rondell Sheridan, do for a living?
Music producer
Music producer is Andre's job. In one first-season episode, Bobby is asked to give an acceptance speech on his dad's behalf.
Q 18On Cousin Skeeter, what is the profession of Bobby's mother Vanessa, whose boss is mistakenly sent a nasty e-mail?
Lawyer
Lawyer Vanessa is often as annoyed by Skeeter as her son is. She and her husband cannot wait for both boys to leave for college.
Q 19Before moving in with his cousin Bobby in New York, Skeeter of Cousin Skeeter lived in which Southern state?
Georgia
Georgia was home before the big move. A 1998 Variety review described Skeeter as a relative from Atlanta about to invade a newly relocated family.
Q 20Bobby's family on Cousin Skeeter had only just moved to New York from which state across the country?
California
California was home for Bobby, who comes from the Los Angeles area. He is nearly as new to the city as his cousin when the series begins.
A pimple is the volcano in the episode's title, The Volcano. Skeeter tries everything he can think of to get rid of it before the date arrives.
Q 24Which baby animal do Bobby, Skeeter and Nina discover in a second-season episode of Cousin Skeeter?
A piglet
A piglet turns up in the episode Two Men and a Baby Pig. Its title is one of many on the show that riff on a well-known film.
Q 25Skeeter gives which treasured possession of Bobby's mother to the Salvation Army in a Cousin Skeeter episode?
Her wedding dress
Her wedding dress is what Skeeter hands over in The Bother of the Bride. The first-season episode aired in November 1998.
Q 26At a school fundraising car wash on Cousin Skeeter, the kids wreck which prized car owned by Nina's dad?
A Cadillac
A Cadillac is the casualty. Bobby, Nina and Skeeter manage to wreck it at the very event meant to raise money for their school.
Q 27On a class outing in Cousin Skeeter, Bobby and Skeeter must steer what to safety after its driver passes out?
A bus
A bus is speeding along on the class trip when its driver blacks out. The second-season episode is fittingly called Out of Control.
Q 28At camp in the Cousin Skeeter episode Apocalypse Skeeter, the cousins oversleep and miss the start of which game?
Capture the flag
Capture the flag is under way against a rival camp by the time they wake. With their teammates captured, the pair must free them and grab the other side's flag.
Q 29In the Cousin Skeeter episode Skeeter Stays, Skeeter overhears that he is about to be sent where?
Military school
Military school is the threat. Skeeter sets about cleaning the house to impress Andre and Vanessa so they will let him stay in New York.
Q 30Skeeter disguises himself as a girl in one Cousin Skeeter episode so that he can join what?
A singing group
A singing group, popular and all-female, is his target. The second-season episode is titled The Feminine Ms. Skeet.