Larry the Lobster - Quiz
  • 1. On what date did the Larry the Lobster sketch air on Saturday Night Live?
A) April 10, 1982
B) April 10, 1983
C) April 15, 1982
D) March 10, 1982
  • 2. Who performed the comedy sketch featuring Larry the Lobster?
A) Eddie Murphy
B) Brian Doyle-Murray
C) Andy Kaufman
D) Mary Gross
  • 3. How much did each phone call to vote for Larry cost?
A) $0.25
B) $0.75
C) $0.50
D) $1.00
  • 4. How many total calls did viewers make during the 30-minute episode?
A) Nearly 1,000,000
B) Nearly 100,000
C) Nearly 250,000
D) Nearly 500,000
  • 5. How many votes did Larry the Lobster receive to be saved?
A) 227,452
B) 239,096
C) 210,500
D) 250,000
  • 6. Who did Eddie Murphy share the boiled lobster with on NewsBreak?
A) The audience members
B) Andy Kaufman and Mary Gross
C) The SNL producers
D) Brian Doyle-Murray and Christine Ebersole
  • 7. Which company's employees were perplexed by the spike in phone traffic?
A) NBC
B) Western Union
C) AT&T
D) Verizon
  • 8. What later event was the Larry the Lobster sketch credited with inspiring?
A) The Batman storyline A Death in the Family
B) The Andy Kaufman vote
C) The creation of NewsBreak
D) The cancellation of Saturday Night Live
  • 9. How did the outcome of the Batman poll differ from the Larry the Lobster sketch?
A) The audience refused to vote
B) The poll was cancelled
C) Jason Todd was voted to live
D) Jason Todd was voted to die
  • 10. What did Eddie Murphy do with the phone numbers during the sketch?
A) Read both numbers very slowly
B) Read the cook number quickly and the save number slowly
C) Read the save number quickly and the cook number slowly
D) Refused to read the numbers at all
  • 11. What was the purpose of the communication system established by AT&T after the sketch?
A) To track viewer locations
B) To increase the cost of phone calls
C) To ban television interactive voting
D) To warn networks of potentially disruptive events
  • 12. Who was the subject of a similar viewer-voting sketch in the following season?
A) Jason Todd
B) Eddie Murphy
C) Andy Kaufman
D) Brian Doyle-Murray
  • 13. What was the margin by which Larry was initially saved?
A) 50,000 votes
B) 20,000 votes
C) 5,000 votes
D) 12,000 votes
  • 14. What did the letter protesting Larry's treatment call Eddie Murphy?
A) Unfunny
B) A criminal
C) Cruel
D) Sick
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