Q 01/05

In which US state was Jim Henson born?

A) Alabama

B) Mississippi

C) Georgia

D) Louisiana

Answer · why

B) Mississippi

Mississippi. Leland, the Delta town where he went to school, bills itself as the birthplace of Kermit the Frog, though Henson built the first Kermit y...

Q 02/05

Where did Henson study, meeting his future wife in a puppetry class as a freshman?

A) Georgetown University

B) The University of Virginia

C) The University of Maryland

D) New York University

Answer · why

C) The University of Maryland

The University of Maryland. A life-size bronze Henson now sits beside Kermit on a granite bench outside its student union, dedicated on what would hav...

Q 03/05

What subject was Henson's university degree in?

A) Fine art history

B) Drama and speech

C) Radio broadcasting

D) Home economics

Answer · why

D) Home economics

Home economics. He needed six years to finish the degree, switching to part-time study because he was already performing his puppets on television, of...

Q 04/05

What was the name of the short puppet show Henson and Jane Nebel made for WRC-TV from 1955 to 1961?

A) Sam and Friends

B) Kukla, Fran and Ollie

C) The Junior Morning Show

D) Muppet Time

Answer · why

A) Sam and Friends

Sam and Friends. Its puppets often lip-synced to comedy records, and in the 1961 finale one of them blew up the set because it wouldn't be needed any ...

Q 05/05

The first Kermit was made from what?

A) Carved balsa wood and scraps of green felt

B) A green sock and two buttons

C) A ping-pong ball and his mother's old coat

D) A rubber bath toy and wire

Answer · why

C) A ping-pong ball and his mother's old coat

A ping-pong ball and his mother's old coat. The ball was halved for the eyes, the discarded coat became the body, and that first Kermit is now in the ...