Q 01/05

Which Sesame Street character, owner of a pet worm named Slimey, had orange fur in his earliest episodes?

A) Cookie Monster

B) Oscar the Grouch

C) Count von Count

D) Mr. Snuffleupagus

Answer · why

B) Oscar the Grouch

Oscar the Grouch turned green after the first season and stayed that way. Puppeteer Caroll Spinney found the voice in a New York taxi driver who drove...

Q 02/05

Which cartoon dad works as a nuclear power plant safety inspector in a section called Sector 7-G?

A) Hank Hill

B) Fred Flintstone

C) George Jetson

D) Homer Simpson

Answer · why

D) Homer Simpson

Homer Simpson was named after creator Matt Groening's own father, though Groening said the only thing the two had in common was a love of donuts.

Q 03/05

Which Friends character is a masseuse whose twin sister Ursula began on the sitcom Mad About You?

A) Rachel Green

B) Monica Geller

C) Phoebe Buffay

D) Carol Willick

Answer · why

C) Phoebe Buffay

Phoebe Buffay and waitress Ursula were both played by Lisa Kudrow, who won a Primetime Emmy for the part.

Q 04/05

Which Star Trek science officer was born to a father named Sarek and a human mother, Amanda Grayson?

A) Spock

B) Scotty

C) Sulu

D) Chekov

Answer · why

A) Spock

Spock introduced the Vulcan nerve pinch when he had to knock out an evil double of Captain Kirk in the episode The Enemy Within.

Q 05/05

Which character in The Office runs a beet farm and a bed and breakfast with his cousin Mose?

A) Michael Scott

B) Andy Bernard

C) Stanley Hudson

D) Dwight Schrute

Answer · why

D) Dwight Schrute

Dwight Schrute shares the farmhouse with Mose, who was played by Michael Schur, one of the sitcom's own writers and producers.