Q 01/05

Which future movie star played Stud Boy on MTV's Remote Control while he was still an NYU student?

A) Ben Stiller

B) Rob Schneider

C) Adam Sandler

D) Chris Rock

Answer · why

C) Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler also appeared as the Trivia Delinquent, and a writer recalled the studio audience going nuts the moment he walked on stage.

Q 02/05

MTV's Remote Control was taped on a Manhattan set dressed to look like which part of the host's childhood home?

A) An attic

B) A garage

C) A treehouse

D) A basement

Answer · why

D) A basement

A basement, complete with washer, dryer and water heater, fit the premise that a TV-obsessed kid had built his own studio under his parents' house.

Q 03/05

The giant Pez dispenser on the set of MTV's Remote Control was modelled on which Newlywed Game host?

A) Bob Eubanks

B) Wink Martindale

C) Chuck Woolery

D) Richard Dawson

Answer · why

A) Bob Eubanks

Bob Eubanks gave permission for his likeness after Wink Martindale turned the producers down, and tiebreaker questions were pulled from the dispenser.

Q 04/05

Remote Control co-creator Joe Davola had a menacing character, nicknamed Crazy, named after him on which NBC sitcom?

A) Mad About You

B) Seinfeld

C) Frasier

D) Friends

Answer · why

B) Seinfeld

Seinfeld borrowed the real producer's name for "Crazy" Joe Davola; the real one went on to develop In Living Color as a Fox executive.

Q 05/05

One Remote Control channel made contestants decide whether a celebrity was dead, alive or of which nationality?

A) Australian

B) British

C) Canadian

D) Swedish

Answer · why

C) Canadian

Canadian was the twist added by a head writer who came from Canada himself; naming Bonanza's Lorne Greene as both dead and Canadian scored double.