The Boy Who Knew No Age Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mr. Hyunh

Mr. Hyunh is one of the tenants at the boarding-house Arnold's grandparents own. In "Arnold's Christmas," Mr. Hyunh tells Arnold how he and his then-baby daughter, Mai, came to be separated: they were living in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. As the war ended and refugees were being evacuated, the helicopter could only take one more person, so Mr. Hyunh gave Mai to be taken away to safety. Fast-forward to the present, and over 20 years later, Mr. Hyunh knows his daughter lives in the same city as he, but has never been able to find her. Arnold convinces the one person who can help -- the archivist at the city records office -- to help locate Mai.

At the boarding-house on Christmas Day, there aren't any presents for Mr. Hyunh -- until the doorbell rings, and in comes a lovely young woman, who immediately recognizes her long-lost father.

Answer: Mr. Marty Green

Marty Green is the friendly owner of Green Meats, a butcher shop he's owned for decades. In "Mr. Green Runs," Councilman Gladhand, a self-important, do-nothing politician, ignores Green's report of a large pothole after a car falls in. The butcher tells a crowd the accident wouldn't have happened if Gladhand had acted. Tired of all talk and no action, Green agrees to run against Gladhand for city council. Arnold acts as campaign manager "because I care about the neighborhood as much as you do." On debate night, with some encouragement from Arnold, Mr. Green tells the crowd he'd listen to all people and address problems, because one has to care about a neighborhood and its people. Gladhand fumbles over his own meaningless answers, eventually loses the election -- and falls into the same pothole he never had fixed.

Answer: Jolly Olly Man

In "Career Day," the school pairs students with adults for a day. Arnold is partnered with Willie, the man who drives the ice-cream truck. But the guy is miserable, doesn't like dealing with kids, and is in danger of being fired unless he sells his entire stock of ice cream. To make matters worse, Willie's boss is his father, who treats his son with scorn and contempt. Arnold offers a deal: He'll help the Jolly Olly Man sell out (and thus keep his job) in return for a passing grade. Willie agrees, and Arnold shows him how to improve: Remember to smile, value every customer, and treat them with kindness and respect instead of being rude. With practice, and Arnold's encouragement, the Jolly Olly Man indeed sells all his inventory. Having learned self-respect, Willie realizes he's not the failure his father has always treated him as, and he also sees that when he's kind to his customers, he's a happier person too.

Answer: Jack Wittenberg

In the past, Arnold taught Jack how to be a better coach, including telling him to encourage his players, not berate and criticize them. But in "Best Man," when Coach Wittenberg and his ex-wife decide to remarry, he reverts to his winning-obsessed ways, and remarks to Arnold that two things are of utmost importance to him: Tish and winning. Arnold: "But Tish is most important, right?" Jack: "No! Winning is the most important thing. Tish is a close second." He doesn't know she overheard him, and decides to test his competitiveness by challenging him to various mini-contests.

She wins most of them, and they agree to one last game to decide once and for all who is "number one." Later, Arnold gets the coach to admit that if he had to choose between winning and Tish, he'd choose the latter.

But Jack has to prove to her that she's more important to him than winning. To do that, Arnold says, let her win. Jack takes Arnold's advice, throws the game, and for the first time, tells Tish that "you're number one."

Answer: Grandpa Phil

Arnold dearly loves his kooky grandparents, and they help one another in many ways, but in "Grandpa's Birthday," Phil isn't his usual happy self. Grandma Gertie explains that Grandpa is 81 today -- the "family curse." Nobody in his family has lived past eighty-one. Taking Grandpa for a checkup doesn't help, even though the doctor has never seen anyone in such good health at that age. Arnold figures the best way to take Phil's mind off the curse (real or not) is to show his grandpa the best, most fun day possible.

They have a grand time, but Grandpa still insists his time has come. He lies in bed, prepared to die, and the clock strikes midnight -- and is still alive, as Arnold informs him. As Phil rattles off relatives' birth/death years, Arnold points out they all lived to 91, not 81. Realizing he still has ten more years before he has to worry about the curse, Grandpa takes to heart what Arnold tried to show him earlier -- that regardless of age, life is for living and enjoying, not for worrying about his age or how much time he has left.

Answer: Oskar Kokoshka

An immigrant from Eastern Europe (one episode implies it's the Czech Republic), Oskar has a thick accent, a loving wife, and a lack of self-confidence. He tries to take the easy way out of problems. In "Oskar Can't Read?", Arnold comes to suspect the man is illiterate, and finally asks him: "Mr. Kokoshka, you can't read, can you?" He confirms he never learned how, and Arnold offers to help.

But Oskar doesn't take his lessons seriously -- until he realizes the boarding-house tenants don't think he's capable, prompting him to wonder if maybe they're right.

He asks Arnold to reteach him, promising to study hard this time. Arnold agrees, and a few days later, at the library, Oskar reads "Pet the Kitty" to the children's storytime group. As a final test, Arnold drops off Oskar in an unfamiliar part of town, with a map and directions to the boarding house.

After nightfall, he finds himself still lost, having gone the wrong way. Seeing a stray cat reminds him of the library book he read. He realizes if he could read that, he can read the street signs, and becomes convinced he can succeed.

He makes it back home a while later, and the others congratulate him. A proud Oskar thanks Arnold for having believed in him.

Answer: Sammy Redmond

Sammy Redmond, a very successful entrepreneur, appears in "Rich Guy," and first meets Arnold and Grandpa Phil at an ice-hockey game. When a wayward puck comes flying in Sammy's direction, Arnold catches it just in time, and Sammy thanks him for saving his life.

A grateful Sammy invites him and Phil to his huge mansion. The man enjoys getting to know Arnold, and says he's "like the son I've always wanted." But one day while in the mansion, Arnold runs into a young man named Alan -- who IS Sammy's son.

When Arnold inquires, Sammy replies that he loves his son but doesn't understand the boy. Having since seen Alan's remarkable photography, Arnold has an idea, and invites them to a baseball game. Alan seems bored at the event and gets up to go for a walk, but the next day, Arnold finds some photos Alan took during the game and shows them to Sammy.

He asks who took these terrific shots. "Alan did," Arnold says. Sammy and Alan realize that despite their different interests, they're still father and son, and for the first time, Sammy sees the importance of getting to know his son and having a meaningful relationship with him.

Answer: Mitzi

"Grandpa's Sister" introduces Arnold's great-aunt Mitzi, Phil's twin sister. When she appears at the boarding house one day and announces she intends to stay, Phil decides to make her visit miserable so she'll leave. Hearing his grandpa and great-aunt argue and insult each other, Arnold wonders what could have happened. Grandma Gertie points him to a dusty old album in the parlor.

He sees pictures of Phil and Mitzi as children, as well as a Scottie dog. Arnold confronts the siblings with a photo of them and the dog, and they tell him what happened so long ago.

As kids, Phil and Mitzi got along, and had a pet Scottish Terrier. One day the dog escaped through a hole under fence, and when the kids found him, he'd been hit by a milk-delivery truck, and had to be put to sleep.

After telling the story, the siblings resume fighting, blaming one another for the dog's death. Arnold steps in and says it was just an accident: "It wasn't anyone's fault. And it sounds like you were both really, really hurt when you lost [the dog]." Phil and Mitzi realize Arnold is correct, and they admit they allowed that hurt to drive them apart -- for 70 years.

The brother and sister apologize to each other for their behavior, and are reconciled at long last.

Answer: Mr. Simmons

At an assembly, the school principal announces Mr. Simmons has been given the citywide "Teacher of the Year" award -- and The Knowledge Channel wants to film Simmons' class for a documentary, "A Day in the Life of a Classroom." But he decides he and his class need to look perfect, so he writes a script for everyone to memorize. On the day of the filming, Mr. Simmons grows frustrated as his students keep goofing up their lines and can't stick with the script.

In the hallway, Arnold confronts the upset Simmons, who says he just wanted everything to be perfect. "Just be yourself," Arnold suggests, to which the teacher replies, "But that's not good enough." Arnold reassures Mr. Simmons that of course it's good enough -- he won Teacher of the Year -- and that the class likes Simmons because he loves teaching and makes learning fun. That's all the documentary wants to show, Arnold says, not a "perfect" teacher. Mr. Simmons takes this to heart, and he returns to the class, apologizes, and says he'll just teach like he does every other day, and that the film will show him and the class just the way they are.

Answer: Dino Spumoni

In "Dino Checks Out," Arnold gets many surprises. First, he sees a news report that Dino Spumoni, a singer and friend of his, is dead, having drowned in the ocean. Second, a few days later, Arnold learns Dino chose him to receive all future royalties from sales of Dino's records. Third, and most shocking of all, Arnold finds Dino alive and well the next day, hiding out near the boarding house.

After he takes Dino inside and gives him an unrented room, the singer explains it all: feeling no longer popular or successful, he faked the drowning, hoping his "death" would boost his record sales.

He now plans to live out the rest of his years quietly and incognito. But the plan works too well when an impersonator becomes a huge hit with Dino's old songs. Dino isn't really dead, Arnold confides to Grandpa; he did it because he thinks nobody cares about him or his music anymore. Seeing that the old-time, big-band jazz singer envies his impersonator's success, Arnold confronts him: "Was your life really that bad that you're willing to just give it all up?" Dino sees the boy is right, goes to a performance and knocks out the lookalike, and apologizes to all for his stunt.

He credits Arnold for helping him see that it was a mistake to nearly throw away his whole life and career just because he was feeling down. The crowd welcomes back the real Dino.