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10 Questions: The Electric Company Multiple Choice Quiz | Television

Hey you guys! I'm going to turn you on and bring you the power with the courtesy of this quiz on that great children's show, "The Electric Company".

A multiple-choice quiz by jessejimmy. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
jessejimmy

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
230,976

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the Bill Cosby double crossover of the "ch" sound, which word was not used? Hint

Chimpanzee

Champ

Chocolate

Child

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Question 2 of 10

2. Complete this lyric: "I'm just a clown___________". Hint

Who just left town

Who wears a frown

Who wants to drown

Who's feeling down

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Question 3 of 10

3. What kind of day did Vi want to have? Hint

Good day

Unday

Rainy day

Nothing day

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which "Sesame Street" character made an appearance on "The Electric Company"? Hint

All of these

Grover

Big Bird

Oscar

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Question 5 of 10

5. How did Randy respond to the song that was sung for her? Hint

"Ain't life beautiful"

"Isn't life beautiful"

"Ain't life grand"

"How nice"

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Question 6 of 10

6. Complete this lyric: "Unbutton your heart, unzip your lip _________". Hint

And don't ever leave me

And please come back to me

And tell me that you love me

And don't stop thinking of me

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Question 7 of 10

7. All these songs were written and performed by Tom Lehrer except which? Hint

"The Silent E Song"

"Right On"

"Snore, Sniff, Sneeze"

"The LY Song"

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Question 8 of 10

8. In the Spider-Man comic, "Spidey Up Against The Wall", where did the action take place? Hint

At a ball park

In a movie theater

In a grocery store

At the library

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Question 9 of 10

9. What question is not asked in the song "Why"? Hint

Why do we keep on asking why

Why is the sky blue

Why isn't everyday Halloween

Why don't we have eleven toes

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which member of the Short Circus was on the series during its entire run? Hint

June Angela

Stephen Gustafson

Melanie Henderson

Irene Cara

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the Bill Cosby double crossover of the "ch" sound, which word was not used?

Answer: Chocolate

Bill Cosby was a cast member of "The Electric Company" in the first season. He left the series to pursue other interests.

2. Complete this lyric: "I'm just a clown___________".

Answer: Who's feeling down

This was a song by The Short Circus, a group of kids who occasionally performed songs together. This song was in honor of the "ow" sound.

3. What kind of day did Vi want to have?

Answer: Unday

Vi (Lee Chamberlain) was a diner owner who decided she wanted to have one day to herself where she would lay in bed and not think about her worries.

4. Which "Sesame Street" character made an appearance on "The Electric Company"?

Answer: All of these

Big Bird came into decoder Fargo North's office with a note he accidentally tore up. Oscar sang a duet with J. Arthur Crank. Grover went into Vi's diner asking for directions to get home to that famous street.

5. How did Randy respond to the song that was sung for her?

Answer: "Ain't life beautiful"

Skip Hinnant was crooning about his love for a girl named Randy (June Angela), with Jim Boyd and Morgan Freeman backing him.

6. Complete this lyric: "Unbutton your heart, unzip your lip _________".

Answer: And tell me that you love me

Rita Moreno sang this blues song called "I'm So Unhappy". Another verse is "Unlock your lock, unbuckle your mind and say you're thinking of me".

7. All these songs were written and performed by Tom Lehrer except which?

Answer: "Right On"

Tom Lehrer wrote many songs for this series. "The Silent E Song" was one of the most popular. It stressed how it can changed words instantly, like man to mane, twin to twine or Sam to same.

8. In the Spider-Man comic, "Spidey Up Against The Wall", where did the action take place?

Answer: At a ball park

The Wall was a high school student whose chemistry experiment exploded and threw him into a wall. It collapsed on him and turned him into an evil wall. Spider-Man spent his day off at the ball park cheering on his favorite Mets player, Gumbo Grace Ivy (Skip Hinnant).

The Wall (Jim Boyd) snuck up on him and knocked him out, giving the other team the lead. Spider-Man intervened and stopped him but the umpire (Morgan Freeman), berated him for going out in the field when it was restricted to ball players, instead of thanking him. Our hero also got his scorecard confiscated and was threatened with a $50 fine.

9. What question is not asked in the song "Why"?

Answer: Why is the sky blue

This was another song by The Short Circus. They were asking a bunch of silly, if not, rhetorical, questions.

10. Which member of the Short Circus was on the series during its entire run?

Answer: June Angela

The original Short Circus consisted of June Angela, Irene Cara, Douglas Grant, Stephen Gustafson and Melanie Henderson. Irene Cara left the show after the first season and succeeded by Denise Nickerson. Douglas Grant and Denise Nickerson were replaced in the third season by Gregg Burge and Bayn Johnson.

In the fifth season, Gustafson, Henderson, Burge and Johnson were succeeded by Todd Graff, Rodney Lewis, Janina Mathews and Rejane Magloire.

Source: Author jessejimmy

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