Q 01/05

Which rock and roll pioneer sang the theme song of the 1990s animated series The Magic School Bus?

A) Chuck Berry

B) Little Richard

C) Ray Charles

D) Jerry Lee Lewis

Answer · why

B) Little Richard

Little Richard belts out "Ride on the Magic School Bus", a theme written for the show by Peter Lurye. It plays over an opening sequence in which the b...

Q 02/05

Which comedian voiced Ms. Frizzle in the 1990s series The Magic School Bus and returned for its Netflix revival?

A) Carol Burnett

B) Bette Midler

C) Goldie Hawn

D) Lily Tomlin

Answer · why

D) Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin signed on before the show went into production and came back more than two decades later. In the revival her character has earned a Ph.D. ...

Q 03/05

Ms. Frizzle's three-part motto in The Magic School Bus urges her class to take risks, slip up, and end up how?

A) Messy

B) Curious

C) Famous

D) Brave

Answer · why

A) Messy

Messy is how her motto says a good lesson ends, and her class usually obliges. A second catchphrase of hers is the cue for the bus to transform.

Q 04/05

The very first Magic School Bus book sends Ms. Frizzle's class on a supposedly boring field trip to which place?

A) The planetarium

B) The power plant

C) The waterworks

D) The weather station

Answer · why

C) The waterworks

The waterworks trip turns wild when the bus floats up into a cloud and the shrunken class rains down. They get back to school by pouring out of a fauc...

Q 05/05

Which country music legend voiced Murph, Ms. Frizzle's cousin, in a holiday special of The Magic School Bus?

A) Reba McEntire

B) Dolly Parton

C) Loretta Lynn

D) Tammy Wynette

Answer · why

B) Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton played Murph, who runs a recycling plant and warns everyone to be careful with the word "junk". The class learns what their town would lo...

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