"Saturday Night Live" Spotlight: Norm MacDonald Quiz

Answer: David Hasselhoff

Norm MacDonald served as the "Weekend Update" anchor from 1994 through 1997. As anchor, MacDonald poked fun at Michael Jackson, O.J. Simpson and Frank Stallone.

As anchor, MacDonald theorized that Germans loved David Hasselhoff. David Hasselhoff appeared on the "Weekend Update" segment on the November 19, 1994 episode of "Saturday Night Live". MacDonald coerced Hasselhoff to say that Germans loved him.

Answer: Larry King

Norm MacDonald impersonated cable talk show host Larry King during the "Larry King's News & Views" sketches between 1997 and 1999. MacDonald's Larry King character would give his random thoughts pand opinions to the camera.

On the November 8, 1997 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Norm MacDonald played the character at a fictional Larry King wedding reception. On the March 7, 1998 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Norm MacDonald performed the character in a "Larry King Live" sketch discussing the then-current Bill Clinton scandals.

Answer: Yes

On the November 16, 1996 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Bob Dole asked Norm MacDonald to quit doing his impersonation of Bob Dole. Bob Dole had just lost the 1996 presidential election. Bob Dole knew how much it meant for Norm MacDonald play Bob Dole on the show for four years. And Bob Dole felt MacDonald's pain. Bob Dole then critiqued MacDonald's impersonation.

Answer: They jumped into the polar bear cage

On the May 13, 1995 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Chris Farley, Tim Meadows, Jay Mohr, Adam Sandler and Norm MacDonald broke into the Central Park Zoo. On a dare, each cast member jumped into the polar bear cage to disastrous results. MacDonald was the last cast member to jump into the cage.

Host David Duchovny claimed that what the audience saw was not a sketch. The show's crew actually filmed the cast members at the Central Park Zoo. Duchovny sent a warning to future hosts of "Saturday Night Live" that these were the type of cast members the hosts would have to deal with all week long.

Answer: Quentin Tarantino

On the January 10, 1998 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Norm MacDonald played the titular character in a sketch titled "Quentin Tarantino: A Profile". MacDonald's Tarantino character discussed fictional screen tests for the director's 1994 film "Pulp Fiction". The character also discussed having a big head.

Answer: Burt Reynolds

"Celebrity Jeopardy" was recurring sketch on "Saturday Night Live". Alex Trebek was played by Will Ferrell. One of the regular contestants on the sketch was Norm MacDonald's Burt Reynolds character. Occasionally MacDonald's Burt Reynolds character competed as "Turd Ferguson".

Answer: Colin Quinn

The president of NBC's west coast division, Don Ohlmeyer, had MacDonald removed as the anchor of "Weekend Update" segment in December of 1997. Longtime "Saturday Night Live" writer Jim Downey was fired from the show as well. The reasoning cited was a decline in ratings and quality of the "Weekend Update" segments.

MacDonald's last "Weekend Update" segment as anchor was on the December 13, 1997 episode of "Saturday Night Live". MacDonald was replaced by Colin Quinn as the "Weekend Update" anchor on the January 10, 1998 episode of "Saturday Night Live". The March 14, 1998 episode of "Saturday Night Live" was Norm MacDonald's last as a regular cast member.

Answer: Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar was the host of the January 17, 1998 episode of "Saturday Night Live". Gellar commented on how nice the show's cast was. Several cast members showered Gellar with gifts during the monologue.

Norm MacDonald came out holding a cigarette during the monologue. MacDonald received a huge ovation. This was MacDonald's first live appearance on the show since being removed as the "Weekend Update" anchor. MacDonald gave Gellar an engraved trophy. Gellar made a donation to the "Lung Club" on MacDonald's behalf.

Answer: Who's More Grizzled?

On the February 28, 1998 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Norm MacDonald played host Jim Greer on the game show parody "Who's More Grizzled?". Robert Duvall
and Garth Brooks played contestants competing to be the roughest, toughest and grizzliest old-timer around.

Answer: The constantly broke into song and dance

On the November 16, 1996 episode of "Saturday Night Live", members of a gang called the Cobras were spending time together in their neighborhood. Norm MacDonald played the gang leader of the Cobras. Every time the gang leader said something, members of the Cobras would break out into a choreographed song and dance. The gang leader became confused and frustrated every time this happened.