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