Q 01/05

SNL airs live on NBC and, since the 2021–22 season, simultaneously on which streaming service?

A) Hulu

B) Paramount+

C) Netflix

D) Peacock

Answer · why

D) Peacock

Peacock's live simulcasts came months after SNL streamed Elon Musk's May 2021 episode live on YouTube to international viewers.

Q 02/05

From which 30 Rockefeller Plaza studio has SNL been broadcast since 1975?

A) Studio 8H

B) Studio 6B

C) Studio 1A

D) Studio 3K

Answer · why

A) Studio 8H

Studio 8H was the home of Toscanini's NBC Symphony Orchestra; when NBC converted it to television in 1950, the orchestra's broadcast concerts moved to...

Q 03/05

How does a typical SNL cold open end?

A) "Good night, and have a pleasant tomorrow!"

B) "Ladies and gentlemen, your host!"

C) "That's the news, and I am outta here!"

D) "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"

Answer · why

D) "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"

"Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" was first said by Chevy Chase in 1975, right after Michael O'Donoghue's teacher dropped dead of a heart att...

Q 04/05

Which comedian hosted the very first SNL episode on October 11, 1975?

A) Richard Pryor

B) Lily Tomlin

C) George Carlin

D) Steve Martin

Answer · why

C) George Carlin

George Carlin hosted that premiere, which also booked a young Billy Crystal, but Crystal's act was cut and he didn't appear until later that season.

Q 05/05

What was SNL's original 1975 cast nicknamed?

A) The Not Ready for Prime-Time Players

B) The Rockefeller Center Irregulars

C) The Saturday Night Players

D) The Late-Night Repertory Company

Answer · why

A) The Not Ready for Prime-Time Players

The Not Ready for Prime-Time Players name poked at ABC's rival Howard Cosell variety show, whose three-person comedy troupe was billed as the Prime Ti...