Q 01/05

Which former teacher created Barney & Friends with her own toddler son in mind?

A) Sheryl Leach

B) Larry Rifkin

C) Sandy Duncan

D) Lee Bernstein

Answer · why

A) Sheryl Leach

Sheryl Leach. Stuck in a traffic jam, she was brooding on how few videos could hold her two-year-old's attention, and decided to make one herself.

Q 02/05

On Barney & Friends, what does Barney come to life from at the start of an episode?

A) A storybook

B) A plush doll

C) A painting

D) A music box

Answer · why

B) A plush doll

A plush doll. That idea came first: his creator wanted a toddler's cuddly toy that could come to life and play, before she had settled on what kind of...

Q 03/05

What kind of dinosaur is Barney?

A) Stegosaurus

B) Triceratops

C) Tyrannosaurus rex

D) Brachiosaurus

Answer · why

C) Tyrannosaurus rex

Tyrannosaurus rex. The most feared of dinosaurs was remade as a six-foot giggler with no fangs, just what one 1992 reviewer called game-show host teet...

Q 04/05

Barney's closing song "I Love You" borrows the tune of which folk song?

A) Yankee Doodle

B) Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

C) Row, Row, Row Your Boat

D) This Old Man

Answer · why

D) This Old Man

This Old Man. An Indiana mother set new words to the old tune in 1982 for a book of 'piggyback songs', was paid with a copy of the book, and years lat...

Q 05/05

Barney's own theme, "Barney is a Dinosaur", is set to which tune?

A) Oh! Susanna

B) Yankee Doodle

C) This Old Man

D) Camptown Races

Answer · why

B) Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle. The traditional tune was free for anyone to borrow; it was the new words set to the show's other borrowed tune, the closing song, that ...