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Bill Cosby - Why is There Air? Quiz

Continuing the Bill Cosby comedy album theme, we listen now to "Why Is There Air." Cos once again visits his days in school and his relationships with women and cars.

A multiple-choice quiz by derickwjazz. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
derickwjazz

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
189,241

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
662

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. What was the only good thing about kindergarten? Hint

It teaches you how to say goodbye to your parents without crying

They would give you a snack before lunchtime

They let you take a nap in the middle of the day

It got out at noon instead of 3:00 like the big kids

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Question 2 of 15

2. What did the teacher give them for a snack? Hint

A Hershey bar

A graham cracker

A Baby Ruth

A cookie

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Question 3 of 15

3. When Bill graduated to the first grade he got his own desk. How did he remember which desk was his? Hint

He carved his initials in his desk

His desk only had three legs

He sat in front of Cryin' Charlie

If he sat at his desk he could see the clock and the playground at the same time

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Question 4 of 15

4. What grade of paper did they give you in kindergarten to learn to write on? Hint

Grade Triple A

Grade Triple Z

Grade 0

Grade F

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which class did Cosby look forward to in eighth grade? Hint

Shop Class

Personal Hygiene

Gym Class

Study Hall

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Question 6 of 15

6. According to Cosby, Novocaine doesn't kill pain, it ___________ it. Hint

Postpones

Disguises

Intensifies

Fools

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Question 7 of 15

7. What did Cosby finally take to kill the pain from getting his tooth pulled? Hint

Morphine

Midol

Aspirin

More Novocaine

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Question 8 of 15

8. What will they not let you into Heaven for? Hint

Drifting backward into the bay

Having a head-on collision with a hill

Dying while driving on Lombard Street

Catching your car on fire while burning out a clutch

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Question 9 of 15

9. After they caught 13,000,000 drivers at the top of the hill with the stop sign, what did everyone agree to do? Hint

Put on the emergency brake and turn it into a used car lot

Beat the guy with his own stop sign

Everyone roll back into the car behind them for a push

Never drive a car with a stick shift again

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Question 10 of 15

10. How many kids is Cosby planning on having? Hint

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Question 11 of 15

11. Why did Bill enter the service after he graduated high school? Hint

To avoid the draft

College scared the pants off of him

It was easier than becoming a priest

The dropouts already had all the jobs

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Question 12 of 15

12. According to Cosby, why is there air? Hint

To blow up volleyballs and basketballs

To hold the clouds in the sky

To breathe, dummy!

To make bubbles in your milk

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Question 13 of 15

13. How much did Cosby's 1942 Dodge cost him when he came out of the Navy? Hint

2 weeks of painting a house

$100.00

$75.00

$10.00

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Question 14 of 15

14. What blew in front of Cosby's car to make him think he hit a cow? Hint

A cow

A piece of paper

A leaf

A bird

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Question 15 of 15

15. What did Cosby hit while driving home? Hint

A cow

A tree

A house

A hitchhiker

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the only good thing about kindergarten?

Answer: It teaches you how to say goodbye to your parents without crying

The next day he was very cool about it. "Goodbye Mother, take care of yourself, won't you dear? I should be home, oh 12:30, quarter to one. It might be later, I might stop off and have a little milk with the boys."

2. What did the teacher give them for a snack?

Answer: A graham cracker

To wash the graham cracker down she gave them warm, curdled milk that had been sitting on the radiator for about 80 years.

3. When Bill graduated to the first grade he got his own desk. How did he remember which desk was his?

Answer: He sat in front of Cryin' Charlie

He didn't know what he would do if Cryin' Charlie wasn't there. Cosby figured if Charlie was absent he'd go to his house and sit in front of him there.

4. What grade of paper did they give you in kindergarten to learn to write on?

Answer: Grade Triple Z

Grade Triple Z paper with big hunks of wood still in it that you had to write around. The lines were about eight feet apart. They don't want you to miss getting in between those lines.

5. Which class did Cosby look forward to in eighth grade?

Answer: Personal Hygiene

Cosby didn't want anyone telling him about it for fear they'd spoil it for him.

6. According to Cosby, Novocaine doesn't kill pain, it ___________ it.

Answer: Postpones

Novocaine just postpones the pain and gives it time to build a bunch of little pain buddies over to the side there.

7. What did Cosby finally take to kill the pain from getting his tooth pulled?

Answer: Midol

He got the Midol from his landlord's wife. After she ran out, Cosby promptly went to the drug store and told everyone there that he was buying Midol and it was for him!

8. What will they not let you into Heaven for?

Answer: Drifting backward into the bay

After finding a stop sign at the top of a hill in San Fransisco, Cosby knew that by the time he moved his foot from the brake to the clutch he would have drifted into the bay.

9. After they caught 13,000,000 drivers at the top of the hill with the stop sign, what did everyone agree to do?

Answer: Put on the emergency brake and turn it into a used car lot

Cosby figured the city didn't put the stop sign there, some nut went down to the Army/Navy store, bought a sign, got a spyglass and watched all the cars he caught.

10. How many kids is Cosby planning on having?

Answer: 30

Bill wanted 30 kids and knew his wife couldn't do a thing about it, because she's Catholic and if she refused him he'd take her right to the Pope.

11. Why did Bill enter the service after he graduated high school?

Answer: The dropouts already had all the jobs

Interestingly, Bill Cosby was a dropout himself after being told he would have to repeat the tenth grade. During his stint in the Navy he earned his GED through correspondence courses.

12. According to Cosby, why is there air?

Answer: To blow up volleyballs and basketballs

"Shoot, any physical education major knows this!"

13. How much did Cosby's 1942 Dodge cost him when he came out of the Navy?

Answer: $75.00

It had one snow tire on the right, rear axle with 75 sandbags for traction, Captain America written on the side and it wouldn't go over 50 mph without telling you to cut it out.

14. What blew in front of Cosby's car to make him think he hit a cow?

Answer: A leaf

Bill had fallen asleep while driving home from his girlfriends house after 12 hours of making out.

15. What did Cosby hit while driving home?

Answer: A tree

As soon as he hit the tree he knew he was in trouble because, in his glove compartment were ten old moving violation tickets and those are like savings bonds, the longer you keep them, the greater they mature.

Source: Author derickwjazz

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