"Saturday Night Live" Spotlight: Adam Sandler Quiz

Answer: Bruce Springsteen

Courteney Cox danced with Bruce Springsteen in the music video for his 1984 song "Dancing in the Dark". When Courteney Cox hosted the April 15, 1995 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Adam Sandler came on stage as his Bruce Springsteen character and danced with the host.

Answer: Alec Baldwin

On the February 13, 1993 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Alec Baldwin was the host and Paul McCartney was the musical guest. During the "Weekend Update" sketch, Adam Sandler sang a song honoring his red hooded sweatshirt. Kevin Nealon accompanied Adam Sandler from the desk. Paul and Linda McCartney sang part of the song from the crowd. Alec Baldwin didn't participate in the sketch.

Answer: Opera Man

Adam Sandler played Opera Man from 1992 through 1995. Opera Man would appear on "Weekend Update" sketches singing about various news stories. Opera Man would sing in an Italian accent and occasionally add the letters "a" or "o" to the end of the word.

Answer: Restaurant reviews

Chris Farley and Adam Sandler played the married couple Beverly and Hank Gelfand. Chris Farley's Beverly Gelfand character read restaurant reviews from "The Zagat Survey". Adam Sandler's Hank Gelfand character sat in his chair painfully annoyed by his wife's behavior.

Answer: Alec Baldwin

On the February 12, 1994 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Adam Sandler's Canteen Boy character and Alec Baldwin's Boy Scoutmaster Armstrong character took their group camping. Baldwin's character made Canteen Boy uncomfortable with his behavior that night.

The sketch was considered offensive by some people. On the December 12, 1994 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Alec Baldwin and Canteen Boy apologized during the show's monologue.

Answer: Cluckin Chicken

Adam Sandler voiced an animated chicken mascott in the "Cluckin' Chicken" fast-food restaurant commercial parody. The chicken graphically described the process on how it became so tasty and delicious.

Answer: Bono

Phil Hartman's Frank Sinatra and Adam Sandler's Bono first sang a duet of "I've Got You Under My Skin". Bono wasn't happy with the recording but Sinatra just ran him off. Later, Bono came back into the recording studio to record again. Sinatra beat up Bono as he sang "Come Fly With Me".

Answer: Lucy Brawn

Between 1993 and 1995, David Spade, Adam Sandler and Chris Farley played recurring characters who worked at the Gap. Lucy Brawn was played by Sandler, Christy Henderson was played by David Spade and Cindy Crawford was played by Farley. Their Donut Hut working rival, Tracy, was played by Rob Schneider.

The three the Gap employees spoke like valley girls and didn't take their jobs too seriously.

Answer: Easter

Adam Sandler practices Judaism thus he doesn't celebrate Easter. He never did a bit about Easter on a "Weekend Update" sketch.

Adam Sandler performed a "Cheap Halloween Costumes" bit on the "Weekend Update" sketches of the Halloween episodes of "Saturday Night Live" between 1991 and 1993. Adam Sandler performed "The Chanukah Song" to honor Hanukkah on the "Weekend Update" sketch on December 3, 1994 episode of "Saturday Night Live". Adam Sandler performed "The Thanksgiving Song" to honor Thanksgiving on the "Weekend Update" sketch on November 21, 1992 episode of "Saturday Night Live".

Answer: The Denise Show

Adam Sandler played Brian on recurring "The Denise Show" sketches between 1993 and 1994. During these talk show sketches, Adam Sandler's Brian character would be in remorse over his breakup with Shannen Doherty's Denise character. Brian would pretend to call Denise, have friends on the talk show and get chastised by his father.

Answer: Chris Farley

The January 15, 1994 episode of "Saturday Night Live" contained a sketch titled "Lunch Lady Land". In this sketch Adam Sandler performed a song about a special school lunch lady. Chris Farley dressed up as a school lunch lady and danced around to the song. Other cast members dressed up as food and joined the sketch.

Answer: Pedro

Tim Meadows' Captain Jim character character was stranded on an island for fifteen years with Adam Sandler's Pedro character. The pair constructed a raft and floated off the island back to civilized world. The pair were trying to readjust to modern civilization during sketches. In any situation, Captain Jim would make well-thought out comments while Pedro would make strange or goofy remarks. The pair applied for jobs at a local Foot Locker and talked with a father before they went on a double-date.

Answer: His grandmother

On the February 17, 1996 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Adam Sandler appeared on the "Weekend Update" sketch. Sandler honored his grandmother by singing the song "Dip Doodle". Sandler suggested methods of helping grandmothers.

Answer: Chris Farley

In 1993 and 1994, Adam Sandler and Chris Farley starred in three "The Herlihy Boy Sitting Services" infomercials. Adam Sandler played a sitter named the Herlihy Boy. Chris Farley's Mister O'Malley character would intensely plead to have the Herlihy Boy perform these sitting services.

Answer: Season 44

Adam Sandler hosted the May 4, 2019 of episode of "Saturday Night Live" during the show's 44th season. The musical guest of the episode was Shawn Mendes. Adam Sandler hosted the show 24 years after he was "fired from SNL" as a cast member. Adam Sandler did a tribute to former castmate Chris Farley during the show.