Do You Like Stephen Colbert? Trivia Quiz

Answer: May 13th, 1964

Stephen Tyrone Colbert was born in May 13th, 1964 in Washington, DC. Stephen is the youngest of eleven children. He has seven brothers and three sisters. He is three-quarters Irish and one-quarter French.

Answer: Oshawa

The City of Oshawa declared March 20th, 2007 as Stephen Colbert Day. It was no coincidence that this day was the mayor of Oshawa's birthday. The event was the result of a bet where Stephen predicted that the Saginaw Spirit would win a hockey game against the Oshawa Generals.

The Saginaw Spirit and the Oshawa Generals are part of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Stephen learned in late 2006 that the Spirit had change their mascot's name to Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle, as a tribute to him. The game on January 26th, 2007 went to the Saginaw Spirit.

Answer: Dr. Pepper

Dr. Pepper is Stephen's favourite soft drink. They also served free cake. This event in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada was publicized well over the radio and on the "The Stephen Colbert Report". Over 180 media outlets in North America covered the story. The event had many highlights including a presentation by Don Cherry (a famous hockey icon) and a Stephen Colbert - Look-A-Like contest.

The winner (Maurice Collard from Saskatoon) won a free trip for two to New York City and two tickets for a live taping of "The Colbert Report".

Answer: The Dana Carvey Show

"The Dana Carvey Show" aired on the ABC network in 1996. The time slot was perfect, right after "Home Improvement". The show had sketches that could be construed as crude. This did not sit well with the family audience that had just gathered to watch "Home Improvement".

"The Jon Stewart Show" had been cancelled in 1995. There was no "Steven Carell Show". "Strangers with Candy" did not premiere until 1999.

Answer: truthiness

The entry from www.dictionary.com gives the definition of truthiness as "the state of wishing things to be true; also, conformity to beliefs one feels or wishes to be true". The example says "Truthiness is a satirical termed coined by television comedian Stephen Colbert to describe things that a person claims to know intuitively, instinctively, or 'from the gut' without regards to evidence, logic, intellectual examination or actual fact".

He used this word on the premiere of his show. Truthiness was select as the "Word of the Year" in 2006 by Merriam-Webster.

Answer: Steve Carell

Second City involves improvisational comedy. Stephen was the understudy for Steve Carell while at Second City in Chicago. John Candy was not involved with the Chicago edition but mainly involved in the Toronto edition. Both Dan and Gilda were involved with the Chicago edition of Second City but in the 1970s.

There are a few different Second City venues. In Canada, they are in Toronto, Edmonton and London. In the US, they are in Las Vegas, Detroit, Chicago and Cleveland.

Answer: Exit 57

"Exit 57" was an abstract, experimental, sketch comedy that primarily starred Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Jodi Lenno, Mitch Rouse and Amy Sedaris. This series received nominations for best writing, performing and comedy series. Unfortunately, this show is not going to released to DVD in the new future.

Answer: 2005

"The Colbert Report" first premiered on the 17th of October 2005. It was a spin-off from the "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart". In the years since it has premiered, it has been nominated for many awards. From the Television Critics Association Awards, we have seen nominations for Individual Achievement in Comedy. From the Satellite Awards, Stephen has been nominated as Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical and Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical.

The Emmys have garnered him nominations in Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program and also Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series.

Answer: AmeriCone Dream

Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream was developed in February 2007. Stephen had given up sweets for Lent so he had to wait until Easter to test the official product. Peanut Butter Tracks was new in mid of 2007. Chunky Monkey has been around for many years. Sadly, Bovine Divinity is no longer available and is in the flavour graveyard.

Other celebrities to have ice cream flavours named after them include Jerry Garcia, Dave Matthews Band and Willie Nelson.

Answer: The Simpsons

Stephen played Colby Kraus, a life coach to Homer Simpson in the episode "He Loves to Fly and He Doh's". Homer decides that he tired of being a normal person so Marge hires a life coach for him. This particular season opening of "The Simpsons" averaged 9.7 million viewers, making it the highest rated episode of "The Simpsons" at that time. Stephen thought he was going to audition for a part but was surprised when he already had the job and the character looked exactly like him - down to the shape of his glasses.