"Saturday Night Live" Spotlight: Darrell Hammond Quiz

Answer: Ted Koppel

Darrell Hammond played Ted Koppel seventeen times from September 30, 1995 to March 6, 2004 on "Saturday Night Live". Darrell Hammond's Ted Koppel character interviewed a wide variety of characters from Bob Dole to Michael Jackson to Saddam Hussein to Debbie Reynolds.

Answer: Larry Flynt

On the January 16, 1999 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Darrell Hammond's Bill Clinton character and Horatio Sanz's Larry Flynt character met in the Oval Office of the White House during a sketch. The two characters discussed their admiration for each other before being interrupted by Ana Gasteyer's Hillary Clinton character. Ana Gasteyer's Hillary Clinton character then gave some secret photos of her political enemies to Horatio Sanz's Larry Flynt character.

Answer: Sean Connery

Darrell Hammond's Sean Connery character was a frequent contestant on the "Celebrity Jeopardy!" sketches on "Saturday Night Live". Darrell Hammond's Sean Connery character would give Will Ferrell's Alex Trebek character a hard time.

Answer: Put it in a "lock box"

Darrell Hammond's Al Gore character rambled continuously about a "lock box" during the "First Presidential Debate" sketch on the October 7, 2000 episode of "Saturday Night Live". The "lock box" would appear to be a copy of the 1844 novel "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas. Only the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Al Gore and his wife Tipper would know the real location of the lock box.

Answer: five

In October of 2003, California had an election for the office of governor. Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was a candidate. Right before the election, Darrell Hammond played Arnold Schwarzenegger in the "Californians For Schwarzenegger" sketch on an episode of "Saturday Night Live". Darrell Hammond's Arnold Schwarzenegger character had a five point plan as Governor of California to fix the state's problems.

These problems were to fix the economy, education, crime, the environment and having the citizens of the state come together as one California.

Answer: Domino's Pizza

On the May 7, 2005 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Darrell Hammond's Donald Trump character did a commercial for Domino's Pizza in the "Domino's Pizza Promo" sketch. Darrell Hammond's Donald Trump character wore a big cheeseburger pizza costume for this commercial shoot. After the commercial, the Trump character and his wife were doing a commercial for "Women's World Magazine".

Answer: Riding a Tomahawk missile en route to Baghdad, Iraq

On the October 5th, 2002 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Darrell Hammond's Dick Cheney character rode a Tomahawk missile heading to Baghdad, Iraq. He conducted an interview with Chris Parnell's Tom Brokaw character, ate a snack and took a cellphone call from George W. Bush.

Answer: Howie Mandel

The March 11th, 2000 episode of "Saturday Night Live" contained a sketch titled "Regis Co-Host Auditions". During the sketch, recurring characters Barbara Walters, Chris Rock, Donny Osmond, Star Jones, Janeane Garofalo and Darva Conger all auditioned to be the sidekick on the morning show hosted by Darrell Hammond's Regis Philbin character.

A Howie Mandel character did not appear on this sketch.

Answer: fourteen

Darrell Hammond's first season as a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" was on the twenty-first season premiering on September 30, 1995. Darrell Hammond's last season as a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" was on the thirty-fourth season ending on May 16, 2009. Darrell Hammond was a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" for fourteen seasons.

Answer: Don Pardo

Don Pardo died on August 18, 2014. Darrell Hammond replaced Don Pardo as the announcer on "Saturday Night Live" on September 27, 2014. Don Pardo was the show's announcer for thirty-eight seasons. Darrell Hammond filled in for Don Pardo on the January 16, 1999 episode of "Saturday Night Live".