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Larry the Lobster - Quiz
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  • 1. On what date did the Larry the Lobster sketch air on Saturday Night Live?
A) April 10, 1982
B) March 10, 1982
C) April 10, 1983
D) April 15, 1982
  • 2. Who performed the comedy sketch featuring Larry the Lobster?
A) Brian Doyle-Murray
B) Eddie Murphy
C) Andy Kaufman
D) Mary Gross
  • 3. How much did each phone call to vote for Larry cost?
A) $0.25
B) $1.00
C) $0.50
D) $0.75
  • 4. How many total calls did viewers make during the 30-minute episode?
A) Nearly 250,000
B) Nearly 1,000,000
C) Nearly 500,000
D) Nearly 100,000
  • 5. How many votes did Larry the Lobster receive to be saved?
A) 250,000
B) 227,452
C) 239,096
D) 210,500
  • 6. Who did Eddie Murphy share the boiled lobster with on NewsBreak?
A) The SNL producers
B) The audience members
C) Brian Doyle-Murray and Christine Ebersole
D) Andy Kaufman and Mary Gross
  • 7. Which company's employees were perplexed by the spike in phone traffic?
A) Verizon
B) AT&T
C) NBC
D) Western Union
  • 8. What later event was the Larry the Lobster sketch credited with inspiring?
A) The Batman storyline A Death in the Family
B) The cancellation of Saturday Night Live
C) The Andy Kaufman vote
D) The creation of NewsBreak
  • 9. How did the outcome of the Batman poll differ from the Larry the Lobster sketch?
A) Jason Todd was voted to live
B) Jason Todd was voted to die
C) The audience refused to vote
D) The poll was cancelled
  • 10. What did Eddie Murphy do with the phone numbers during the sketch?
A) Read both numbers very slowly
B) Refused to read the numbers at all
C) Read the cook number quickly and the save number slowly
D) Read the save number quickly and the cook number slowly
  • 11. What was the purpose of the communication system established by AT&T after the sketch?
A) To ban television interactive voting
B) To track viewer locations
C) To increase the cost of phone calls
D) To warn networks of potentially disruptive events
  • 12. Who was the subject of a similar viewer-voting sketch in the following season?
A) Brian Doyle-Murray
B) Andy Kaufman
C) Jason Todd
D) Eddie Murphy
  • 13. What was the margin by which Larry was initially saved?
A) 20,000 votes
B) 12,000 votes
C) 5,000 votes
D) 50,000 votes
  • 14. What did the letter protesting Larry's treatment call Eddie Murphy?
A) Sick
B) A criminal
C) Cruel
D) Unfunny
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