Q 01/05

Which Bob rose to master sergeant in the US Air Force before hosting The Joy of Painting on PBS?

A) Bob Vila

B) Bob Ross

C) Bob Keeshan

D) Bob Eubanks

Answer · why

B) Bob Ross

Bob Ross had held military posts that required him to act tough and mean, so he decided never to raise his voice again once he left. His calm lessons ...

Q 02/05

Which Bob was wounded by gunmen at home in 1976 yet played a free concert in Jamaica two days later?

A) Bob Mould

B) Bob Sinclar

C) Bob Marley

D) Bob Wills

Answer · why

C) Bob Marley

Bob Marley, his wife Rita and his manager were all hit in the attack before the Smile Jamaica show. His later hits collection Legend became the best-s...

Q 03/05

Which Bob hosted The Price Is Right for 35 years and beat up Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore?

A) Bob Barker

B) Bob Eubanks

C) Bob Costas

D) Bob Goen

Answer · why

A) Bob Barker

Bob Barker played himself in the 1996 golf comedy and won the fistfight. Away from the cameras he was an animal rights advocate who backed groups such...

Q 04/05

Which Bob, born Robert Zimmerman in Minnesota, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016?

A) Bob Weir

B) Bob Gaudio

C) Bob Wills

D) Bob Dylan

Answer · why

D) Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan was honoured for creating new poetic expressions within the American song tradition. Eight years earlier he had received a special citation ...

Q 05/05

In A Christmas Carol, which member of clerk Bob Cratchit's family walks with a crutch?

A) Martha

B) Tiny Tim

C) Belinda

D) Mrs Cratchit

Answer · why

B) Tiny Tim

Tiny Tim is ailing because the family cannot afford proper treatment on the salary Scrooge pays his clerk. Dickens never says what the illness is.