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The Cartoon: "Fat Albert" Trivia Quiz

See how much you remember about "Fat Albert" and his gang of friends.

A multiple-choice quiz by ralzzz. Estimated time: 6 mins.

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ralzzz

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6 mins

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Quiz #
86,324

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Avg Score
6 / 15

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Last 3 plays: Guest 65 (8/15), Guest 24 (3/15), Guest 31 (4/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. "Fat Albert" was a cartoon about a group of kids growing up in an inner-city neighborhood located in what city? Hint

Los Angeles, CA

New York, NY

Philadelphia, PA

Chicago, IL

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Question 2 of 15

2. Bill Cosby provided the voices for many of the characters on the show including Fat Albert, Bill and Mudfoot. What other character was voiced by Mr. Cosby? Hint

Dumb Donald

Mush Mouth

Russel

Weird Harold

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Question 3 of 15

3. What television channel originally aired the "Fat Albert" cartoons? Hint

ABC

PBS

NBC

CBS

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Question 4 of 15

4. What year did the "Fat Albert" cartoons begin? Hint

1972

1970

1971

1973

5. Everyone knows that Fat Albert wore a red sweater with blue pants. All of the other characters had unique articles of clothing as well. What color was the scarf that Russel always was seen wearing? Hint

Blue

Green

Red

Yellow

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Question 6 of 15

6. Along with Bill Cosby, who was a co-creator and producer of the "Fat Albert" series? Hint

Jan Crawford

Gerald Edwards

Lou Scheimer

Eric Suter

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Question 7 of 15

7. Which characters on the show were related? Hint

Dumb Donald and Weird Harold

Mush Mouth and Bill

Fat Albert and Russel

Russel and Bill

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Question 8 of 15

8. What's the punch line to this often used joke, "You're like school in the summertime- ____." Hint

bad dream

bad joke

no class

no joke

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Question 9 of 15

9. How was the character of Fat Albert introduced to television viewers? Hint

Fat Albert had started smoking cigarettes and the gang showed him how uncool it was in order to make him stop.

Fat Albert was being beaten up by a rival gang and his friends came to his rescue.

Fat Albert was the "secret weapon" of the gang's football team.

Fat Albert was trying to talk his friends into forming a gang in order to defend themselves against other gangs.

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Question 10 of 15

10. What year did the "Fat Albert Christmas Special" originally air? Hint

1977

1975

1976

1978

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Question 11 of 15

11. Who owned the junkyard that the gang hung out in? Hint

Lester

Freddie

Willie

Tyrone

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Question 12 of 15

12. What was the title of the first "Fat Albert" episode? Hint

"Creativity"

"The Runt"

"Lying"

"The Stranger"

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Question 13 of 15

13. How many kids were in the "Fat Albert Junkyard Band"? Hint

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Question 14 of 15

14. What was the name of the television superhero that the kids looked up to? Hint

The Black Hornet

The Brown Hornet

The Green Hornet

The Blue Hornet

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Question 15 of 15

15. "Fat Albert" was made into a comic book character by which company? Hint

Gold Key Comics

Marvel Comics

DC Comics

King Features

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Most Recent Scores

Dec 19 2024 : Guest 65: 8/15
Dec 09 2024 : Guest 24: 3/15
Nov 16 2024 : Guest 31: 4/15
Nov 15 2024 : Guest 174: 6/15
Nov 07 2024 : Guest 174: 5/15
Nov 07 2024 : Guest 174: 4/15
Nov 07 2024 : Guest 75: 8/15

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Fat Albert" was a cartoon about a group of kids growing up in an inner-city neighborhood located in what city?

Answer: Philadelphia, PA

This cartoon dealt with the day to day problems that kids might encounter living in the inner-city.

2. Bill Cosby provided the voices for many of the characters on the show including Fat Albert, Bill and Mudfoot. What other character was voiced by Mr. Cosby?

Answer: Mush Mouth

Bill Cosby provided the voices for many other characters as well.

3. What television channel originally aired the "Fat Albert" cartoons?

Answer: CBS

This 30 minute cartoon aired on CBS on Saturday mornings at 11:00 am.

4. What year did the "Fat Albert" cartoons begin?

Answer: 1972

The "Fat Albert" cartoons ran from 1972-1984. The first show was on September 9, 1972.

Answer: Yellow

Russel always wore a blue jacket with the yellow scarf. Mush Mouth always wore a yellow shirt with a blue scarf.

6. Along with Bill Cosby, who was a co-creator and producer of the "Fat Albert" series?

Answer: Lou Scheimer

Lou Scheimer not only was responsible for most technical aspects of the series, he also provided the voices for Dumb Donald, Stinger and Legal Eagle. Gerald Edwards provided the voice for Wierd Harold, Eric Suter provided the voices for Russel and Bucky and Jan Crawford was the voice for Rudy.

7. Which characters on the show were related?

Answer: Russel and Bill

Russel and Bill were brothers.

8. What's the punch line to this often used joke, "You're like school in the summertime- ____."

Answer: no class

The show had several jokes that were used quite often. The best jokes used Russel to set up his friends.

9. How was the character of Fat Albert introduced to television viewers?

Answer: Fat Albert was the "secret weapon" of the gang's football team.

The Cosby Kids were challenged to a football game by a rival neighborhood, so they decided to use the unknown Fat Albert as their ringer. The night before the show, Fat Albert overhears his team members talking badly about him, so he decides to skip the game. Come game time with no Fat Albert, the Cosby Kids are getting beaten badly. Suddenly, in the nick of time, Fat Albert has a change of heart and enters the game.

The Cosby Kids end up winning the game with the help of Fat Albert.

10. What year did the "Fat Albert Christmas Special" originally air?

Answer: 1977

The gang learn the special meaning of Christmas while trying to help a homeless family. There was also a Halloween special that year.

11. Who owned the junkyard that the gang hung out in?

Answer: Tyrone

Tyrone gave the kids a lot of grief about using his junkyard items for band instruments.

12. What was the title of the first "Fat Albert" episode?

Answer: "Lying"

These are the first four "Fat Albert" episodes from 1972.

13. How many kids were in the "Fat Albert Junkyard Band"?

Answer: 8

There was Fat Albert, Rudy, Russel, Bill, Mush Mouth, Dumb Donald, Wierd Harold and Bucky.

14. What was the name of the television superhero that the kids looked up to?

Answer: The Brown Hornet

The Brown Hornet's sidekick was named Stinger.

15. "Fat Albert" was made into a comic book character by which company?

Answer: Gold Key Comics

The comic series ran from 1974 to 1979. There were 29 comics in this series.

Source: Author ralzzz

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