Q 01/05

Which nonsense song, a Muppet favourite since 1969, began life in an Italian film about Sweden?

A) Hugga Wugga

B) Rubber Duckie

C) Mahna Mahna

D) Happy Feet

Answer · why

C) Mahna Mahna

Mahna Mahna was written by Piero Umiliani for a racy 1968 pseudo-documentary; the Muppets sang it on The Ed Sullivan Show a year later and made it the...

Q 02/05

In which country was The Muppet Show actually produced?

A) America

B) England

C) Canada

D) Ireland

Answer · why

B) England

England got the show once the American networks had passed: British mogul Lew Grade offered the money and a studio near London, so Hollywood guest sta...

Q 03/05

In the 1980s cartoon Muppet Babies, which character is seen only from the neck down?

A) Granny

B) Nanny

C) Auntie

D) Mama

Answer · why

B) Nanny

Nanny is drawn from the babies' eye level, so viewers see little more than her green-striped stockings; her voice was Barbara Billingsley, the mother ...

Q 04/05

On The Muppet Show, whose rich uncle owns the theatre?

A) Gonzo

B) Scooter

C) Rowlf

D) Beauregard

Answer · why

B) Scooter

Scooter got the gofer job because his uncle J.P. Grosse owns the theatre, and he holds on to it through efficiency as much as nepotism.

Q 05/05

Which Muppet drummer is so wild that he is kept on a chain?

A) Sweetums

B) Crazy Harry

C) Animal

D) Gonzo

Answer · why

C) Animal

Animal once faced jazz great Buddy Rich in a drum battle on The Muppet Show; the playing was really big-band drummer Ronnie Verrell, for whom Rich was...