10 free One Liner Comedians trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
One-liner comedians like Steven Wright and Mitch Hedberg perfected the art of delivering entire comedic worlds in a single sentence. Ready to prove you actually know their best material? Let's see how sharp your comedy knowledge really is.
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Q 01Which surreal one-liner comedian from Saint Paul performed in sunglasses with long hair covering his face?
Mitch Hedberg
He had cameos in Almost Famous and Lords of Dogtown and died of an accidental overdose in 2005, aged 37.
Q 02Which deadpan comedian won an Oscar for the 1988 short 'The Appointments of Dennis Jennings'?
Steven Wright
The 30-minute film co-starred Rowan Atkinson, and Wright later picked up two Emmy nominations as a producer of Louie.
Q 03'Take my wife... please!' was the signature line of which comedian, the 'King of the One-Liners'?
Henny Youngman
He said the line began as a misunderstanding when he asked a stagehand at a radio show to take his wife to her seat.
Q 04Which comedian's act revolved around the line 'I get no respect!'?
Rodney Dangerfield
Born Jacob Cohen, he performed as Jack Roy before adopting the stage name, and his 1980 album No Respect won a Grammy.
Q 05Which deadpan comedian delivers one-liners with drawings on a 'large pad' and guitar, harmonica or glockenspiel?
Demetri Martin
In one show his comedian friends acted out his stories in fairy and dragon costumes while he strummed.
Q 06Which dark one-liner comedian and ex-Fallon writer released the album 'Shakespeare' in 2010?
Anthony Jeselnik
He went on to perform on the roasts of Charlie Sheen and Roseanne Barr in 2012.
Q 07Which falsetto-voiced comedian played the shop teacher who saws his thumb off in UHF (1989)?
Emo Philips
He and Yankovic toured the US together in 2018 and again in 2022.
Q 08Which Canadian pun-slinger won the funniest joke award at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe?
Stewart Francis
On a Children in Need edition of Mastermind his specialist subject was the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Q 09Which British punster held the Guinness record for most jokes told in an hour, 499, from 2004 to 2014?
Tim Vine
Each joke had to get a laugh to count; he later erected a billboard announcing he was 'not appearing at this year's Edinburgh Festival'.
Q 10Which early TV star, known for rapid-fire one-liners, was called 'Mr. Television'?
Milton Berle
The 'Uncle Miltie' tag came from a 1949 ad-lib telling children watching to go to bed; his show later hosted two of Elvis Presley's earliest TV appearances.