Q 01/05

In which New York neighbourhood did George Carlin grow up, calling it 'White Harlem'?

A) Washington Heights

B) Morningside Heights

C) Greenwich Village

D) Hell's Kitchen

Answer · why

B) Morningside Heights

Morningside Heights. He and his friends coined the nickname because it sounded tough; the real place was a small Irish enclave beside Columbia Univers...

Q 02/05

What role does Carlin play in Kevin Smith's 1999 religious satire Dogma?

A) A fallen angel

B) A cardinal

C) The thirteenth apostle

D) The voice of God

Answer · why

B) A cardinal

A cardinal. The comic who spent decades mocking organised religion plays Cardinal Glick, who tries to brighten the Church's image by retiring the cruc...

Q 03/05

Which entertainer did the young Carlin idolise and dream of emulating as a comedic actor?

A) Danny Kaye

B) Milton Berle

C) Sid Caesar

D) Phil Silvers

Answer · why

A) Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye. Carlin's boyhood plan had three steps: radio, then stand-up, then the movies like Kaye; he later said he dropped the last one on finding h...

Q 04/05

In which branch of the US military did Carlin serve, training as a radar technician?

A) Air Force

B) Coast Guard

C) Navy

D) Marines

Answer · why

A) Air Force

Air Force. Carlin called himself a behaviour problem who would not take arbitrary orders, yet the posting launched him: while still in uniform he land...

Q 05/05

With which radio colleague did Carlin form his first comedy team in Fort Worth in 1959?

A) Avery Schreiber

B) Dan Rowan

C) Tom Smothers

D) Jack Burns

Answer · why

D) Jack Burns

Jack Burns. The pair quit radio in June 1960 to play nightclubs as a double act and split two years later to go solo; when Carlin died, Burns called h...