Q 01/05

Which word that Colbert introduced on The Colbert Report's first episode became Merriam-Webster's 2006 word of the year?

A) Truthiness

B) Wikiality

C) Factiness

D) Truthfulness

Answer · why

A) Truthiness

Truthiness was a same-day substitution: the script's word was 'truth' until Colbert stopped a rehearsal on the day of the first taping and told his wr...

Q 02/05

Colbert won NASA's 2009 poll to name a space-station module; what did NASA name after him instead?

A) A space toilet

B) A treadmill

C) A robotic arm

D) An observation window

Answer · why

B) A treadmill

A treadmill, the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill or COLBERT, flew to the station in 2009, while the module itself was ...

Q 03/05

Which Fox News host's program did Comedy Central's one-line pitch for The Colbert Report name as its model?

A) Sean Hannity

B) Glenn Beck

C) Bill O'Reilly

D) Tucker Carlson

Answer · why

C) Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly's The O'Reilly Factor was the template: the pitch was 'our version of the O'Reilly Factor with Stephen Colbert', and the network committ...

Q 04/05

Which actor was the first guest when The Late Show with Stephen Colbert premiered in September 2015?

A) Leonardo DiCaprio

B) Matt Damon

C) Bryan Cranston

D) George Clooney

Answer · why

D) George Clooney

George Clooney shared the opening night with Jeb Bush, and Colbert thanked David Letterman and joined Mavis Staples and other musicians for 'Everyday ...

Q 05/05

The Colbert Report's 2014 finale had Colbert fly off with Santa, a unicorn Abraham Lincoln and which game-show host?

A) Pat Sajak

B) Alex Trebek

C) Bob Barker

D) Regis Philbin

Answer · why

B) Alex Trebek

Alex Trebek boarded the sleigh after Colbert accidentally killed Death and became immortal, closing nine years and 1,447 episodes on December 18, 2014...