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    Daily Show, The

    Who was the senior correspondent who covered the 2004 World Series victory of the Boston Red Sox?"The Daily Show" (bighumm9)

      Rob Corrdry. Rob Corddry is also from Boston.

    Who was the original host of "The Daily Show"?"The Daily Show" (bighumm9)

      Craig Kilborn. Craig Kilborn left "The Daily Show" to host "The Late Show" on CBS.

    Who was the first host of "The Daily Show"?The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (billybob87)

      Craig Kilborn. Craig Kilborn went on to have his own late night talk show.

    Which two correspondents got married?The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (billybob87)

      Steve Carrell and Nancy Walls. After season 4, Nancy Walls pretty much stopped doing pieces for the show. Correspondents Samantha Bee and Jason Jones were also married.

    Which Democrat presidential 2004 candidate announced his or her candidacy on the show?The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (billybob87)

      John Edwards. While on the show months before, Edwards promised to announce his candidacy on the show in response to a joke from Jon. Much to Jon's surprise, Edwards really did come back to do just that! Jon: "You may have to do that again, on some other show, because...uh, I don't think it counts here." That was followed by Stephen Colbert's analysis of the announcement as a "campaign killer". =)

    Which correspondent's segment is entitled "Back in Black"?The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (billybob87)

      lewis black. Lewis Black is also a standup comedian.

    Which correspondent's segment is "Produce Pete"?The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (billybob87)

      Steve Carrell. Usually starts off innocently enough with a recipe, then descends into chaos. =)

    Which correspondent has the segment "Global Earthwatch"?The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (billybob87)

      Samantha Bee. About the environment and natural disasters.

    Which correspondent has the segment "Digital Watch"?The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (billybob87)

      Ed Helms. About progress and technology.

    Where is the Daily Show studio located?The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (billybob87)

      New York, NY. It lends that certain indie cred to the show...=) Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Rob Corddry, and Steve Carrell all live in Manhattan.

    When did "The Daily Show" first air?The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (billybob87)

      September 1996. The Daily Show is like a half hour version of "Weekend Update". It hails itself as a "fake news show"-- but for a fake news show, gets a lot of influential politicans on it!

    What year did John Stewart take over as the host of "The Daily Show"? "The Daily Show" (bighumm9)

      1999. "The Daily Show" won 2 Emmys in 2003. The first award was Best Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program. The second was Best Variety, Music or Comedy Series.

    What was the ongoing headline used for the 2004 election?The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (billybob87)

      Indecision 2004. There was a hilarious segment with Colbert in which Colbert predicted Bush the winner by a landslide, as if it were the day of elections. Funny. Go to comedycentral.com-- all of the show's funniest clips are there. Thanks for taking the quiz!

    What was one of Jon's former jobs before hosting this show?The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (billybob87)

      standup comedian. One of his most famous routines was "Unleavened".

    What is the name of the book that "The Daily Show" cast released in 2004? "The Daily Show" (bighumm9)

      "America (The Book)". "America (The Book)" is also available on audio CD narrarated by the cast of "The Daily Show". It is a comedic take on the history of democracy and the American government.

    What is "The Daily Show's" title name for their updates on the War in Iraq?"The Daily Show" (bighumm9)

      "Messopotamia". "The Daily Show" attempts to make the most serious situations funny and informative. From the 21st century US war in Iraq to the fall of Enron, "The Daily show" is there to mock it.

    What headline does "The Daily Show" use to cover the war with Iraq?The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (billybob87)

      Mess o Potamia. It was used all through the war, and afterward, during the reconstruction.

    What did the first host give Jon Stewart upon leaving the job?The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (billybob87)

      a phone book. Craig Kilborn put the phone book on Jon's chair to make fun of the fact that Jon is only 5'9", and might need it to make him appear taller.

    This former senior correspondent used to host a weekly feature about food and cooking. What is his name?"The Daily Show" (bighumm9)

      Steve Carell. Steve Carrell's role in "Anchor Man" was hilarious. He played the mentally challenged weather man.

    One of the weekly features of "The Daily Show" is "Back in Black". Who is the sharp-tongued comedian who hosts this segment? "The Daily Show" (bighumm9)

      Lewis Black. Lewis Black is a great political and topical comedian. He has a fantastic DVD that features 90 minutes of his stand-up.

    Many men and women in politics are guests on "the Daily Show". What politician was not a guest on the show durring the 2004 Presidential campaign? "The Daily Show" (bighumm9)

      George W. Bush. John Stewart tried to get the President on "The Daily Show" and promised he would be nice. He made this known on many occasions during the 2004 campaign.

    Jon often makes references to his quitting smoking. When did he do that?The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (billybob87)

      2000. The comedy routine introduced him to drugs, drinking and smoking. He quit all those bad habits.

    In 2003, "The Daily Show" covered a certain event live. What event?The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (billybob87)

      the California recall. The show took a rather wry look at the recall, feeling that it was a sure go for Schwarzenegger. And it was.

    "Daily Show" senior correspondent Steven Colbert has a weekly bit that centers on religion. What is it called? "The Daily Show" (bighumm9)

      "This Week In God". Steven Colbert is also the voice in the hilarious "SNL" cartoon "The Ambiguously Gay Duo" and is a featured actor in Comedy Central's "Strangers with Candy".

Frequently Asked Questions about Daily Show, The

    • Do any officials check the legitimacy of game shows? I've always wondered if Jeopardy can give the Daily Doubles to players of their choice or if they had to submit the info prior to the show. ( goto )


    • Is Le Figaro a daily,weekly or Sunday newspaper? ( goto )


    • Who owns these newspapers: The Sun, The Observer, The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Mirror, The Daily Mail and The Daily Star? ( goto )


    • How much Coca-Cola is consumed daily worldwide? ( goto )


    • Which daily newspaper has the world's largest circulation? ( goto )


    • What is the most sold item on a daily basis in the world? ( goto )


    • Which animal and which plant have the greatest average daily intake of water and what is that daily intake in each case? ( goto )


    • This question relates to Superman...What is the phone number for the Daily Planet? ( goto )


    • How much saliva does the average person produce daily? ( goto )


    • A daily newspaper and a Sousa march carry the same title, what is it? ( goto )


    • How much is the recommended 8 glasses of water daily approximately in mils? ( goto )


    • What historical landmark has marching ducks in its lobby daily? ( goto )


    • Is it true that the tempetaure of sun is reducing on daily basis and has reduced nearly 30% since 1950? ( goto )


    • The equivalent of how many US dollars does the average EU cow earn daily in subsidies and what proportion of the world's people are thought to have daily earnings more than that? ( goto )


    • After quitting his job on the Daily Planet, where did Clark Kent work? ( goto )


    • Why does the Bronx Zoo get blood daily from a local slaughter house? ( goto )


    • What was the name of the newspaper where Clark Kent worked before it was called 'The Daily Planet?' ( goto )


    • How much circulating spinal fluid flows through the brain and spinal column daily? ( goto )


    • Which famous author wrote daily in his diary,"Help! I'm not really dead"? ( goto )


    • Whose first five months in the U.S. attracted a daily average of 222 news stories, printed or aired in 1999 and 2000? ( goto )


    • Which long-running cartoon strip first appeared in the British newspaper The Daily Mirror on the 5th of August 1957? ( goto )


    • A new disney project is due to open soon.Where is it , when will it open and how much will a daily ticket be? ( goto )


    • Was there ever a show called 'That 80's Show'? ( goto )


    • I'm trying to remember a comic strip character in the Sunday edition of the New York Daily News in the 1950s named either Flopsy or Mopsy, but was not a rabbit. She was a girl or woman. The Daily News at that time had a complete section devoted to comics. Can anyone help? ( goto )


    • What type of daily or near-daily "high impact" exercise that places strain on the body, especially on the knee-joints, was originally described by athletes in training as "roadwork" and derives from a verb for what Dr. Johnson in his dictionary still called "moving heavily and dully"? ( goto )


    • Twice daily, a panel of five men gets together in a small office in London to determine an important international statistic...what statistic is it? ( goto )


    • What Knicks star, listed as 6-foot-2, caused the New York Daily News to note, "If he were really 6-2, he'd be starting for the Tampa Bay Bucs"? ( goto )


    • What animal feeds exclusively on only one kind of food and browses on only six of the 500 species, picking through 20 pounds of this food daily to find 1.3 pounds to eat? ( goto )


    • What was the first TV show to show nudity? ( goto )


    • What was the first television show to show nudity? ( goto )


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