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1. On the December 6, 1981 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Eddie Murphy debuted his first recurring character on the "Weekend Update" segment. What was the name of this recurring film critic character?
2. On the February 21, 1981 episode of "Saturday Night Live", a parody of a children's television show starring Eddie Murphy first appeared. What was the name of this recurring segment?
3. On the October 3, 1981 episode of "Saturday Night Live", a short film titled "Prose and Cons" appeared. This short film introduced a poet played by Eddie Murphy. What was the name of the poet?
4. On the October 10, 1981 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Eddie Murphy played a character from "The Little Rascals" short films. This character was promoting an album of his songs. Who was this character?
5. On the October 3, 1981 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Eddie Murphy played an aerobic exercise instructor in a sketch. What was the name of this sketch?
6. On the October 17, 1981 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Eddie Murphy first performed a new recurring character. This character first promoted books featuring sleezy get-rich-quick schemes. Next the character launched a series of romance novels. What was the name of this character?
7. On the January 30, 1982 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo played a couple of old men telling ridiculous stories in a bar. What were the names of these two gentlemen?
8. On the October 17, 1981 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Joe Piscopo played Tom Snyder in a sketch titled "The Uncle Tom Show". In this sketch, Tom Snyder interviewed which children's character played by Eddie Murphy?
9. On the May 22, 1982 episode of "Saturday Night Live", characters played by Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo recorded a their version of the 1982 song "Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. What singers did Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo play in this sketch?
10. On the December 11, 1982 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Eddie Murphy debuted a new flamboyant hairstylist character. This hairstylist worked at a salon called the Chateau de Toupee. Who was this new character?
11. On the March 12, 1983 and March 19, 1983 episodes of "Saturday Night Live", Eddie Murphy's recurring character Buckwheat was assassinated by a character named John David Stutts. Who played assassin John David Stutts in these sketches?
12. On the May 7, 1983 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Eddie Murphy played a show-biz agent named Richie in a sketch. During the sketch, Richie was planning "Miss Black Teenage America Contest". Richie heard a musical audition from a man named Alan. What singer did Alan impersonate?
13. On the November 5, 1983 episode of "Saturday Night Live", a sketch called "Celebrity Hot Tub Party" was featured. What singer, played by Eddie Murphy, was the host of the "Celebrity Hot Tub Party"?
14. On the February 11, 1984 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Eddie Murphy played a character named Clarence Walker on a sketch called "Rock & Roll & Then Some". During this sketch, Clarence Walker claimed to be the fifth member of which musical group?.
15. On the December 15, 1984 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Eddie Murphy played a character named Professor Shabazz K. Morton in a sketch titled "Black History Minute". During this sketch, Professor Shabazz K. Morton discussed which of George Washington Carver's inventions?
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