Richard Pryor Trivia Quiz

Answer: Good Times

Richard Pryor wrote for 1970s television shows including "Sanford and Son", "The Flip Wilson Show" and a 1974 Lily Tomlin television special called "Lily". For his work on the television special, Pryor shared the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy, Variety or Music Special with Rosalyn Drexler, Ann Elder, Karyl Geld Miller, Robert Illes, Lorne Michaels, Jim Rusk, Herb Sargent, James R. Stein, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, Rod Warren and George Yanok.

"Good Times" was an American sitcom which aired in the 1970's. The writers of the show included Al Schwartz, Elroy Schwartz, Bill Freedman, John Fenton Murray and Bruce Howard but not Richard Pryor.

Answer: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

American stage and screen actor Gene Wilder starred in four films with Richard Pryor including the 1976 film "Silver Streak", the 1980 film "Stir Crazy", the 1989 film "See No Evil, Hear No Evil", and the 1991 film "Another You". Wilder also starred as Willy Wonka in the 1971 film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" without Richard Pryor.

Answer: Blazing Saddles

"Blazing Saddles" was a 1974 satirical Western comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. The film was written by Mel Brooks, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg and Al Uger. The movie starred Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Slim Pickens, Alex Karras, David Huddleston, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn and Harvey Korman.

Answer: Saturday Night Live

On December 13, 1975, Richard Pryor was a guest host on the first season of "Saturday Night Live". Richard Pryor was the first African-American to host "Saturday Night Live". This episode was the first in the history of "Saturday Night Live" to air with a seven-second delay due to the vulgar language used in Pryor's monologue and the "Word Association Interview" sketch.

Answer: Car Wash

"Car Wash" was a comedy released in 1976 by Universal Pictures. The movie was about a day in the lives of the employees of a car wash in Los Angeles, California. In the movie, Richard Pryor played an evangelist named Daddy Rich, the founder of the Church of Divine Economic Spirituality.

Answer: yes

Richard Pryor co-hosted the Academy Award ceremony twice. Pryor co-hosted the 49th Academy Awards ceremony on March 28, 1977 with Warren Beatty, Ellen Burstyn and Jane Fonda. Pryor also co-hosted the 55th Academy Awards ceremony on April 11, 1983 with Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore and Walter Matthau.

Answer: Washington

"Bustin' Loose" was a film released in 1981 starring Richard Pryor and Cicely Tyson. After violating his probation, Joe Buxton (played by Pryor), was given a task by his parole officer. Buxton was hired by parole officer's friend to repair and drive a school bus full of children from Philadelphia to Washington state.

Answer: Blue Collar

"Blue Collar" was a 1978 crime drama film directed by Paul Schrader. The movie starred Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel and Yaphet Kotto as three Detroit auto workers who rob a safe at the union's headquarters. The trio also found a ledger which contained evidence of the union's illegal actions.

The trio tried to blackmail the union, but the trio learned that the union was to powerful and corrupt to battle.

Answer: Hackensack Bulls

In the 1985 film "Brewster's Millions" Richard Pryor's character, Montgomery Brewster, was challenged to spend $30.0m in 30 days to inherit three-hundred million dollars from his recently deceased great-uncle Rupert Horn. Brewster was a pitcher for the minor league Hackensack Bulls team and hired the New York Yankees to play a a three-inning exhibition against his Hackensack team, with himself as the starting pitcher. Brewster managed to spend all thirty million dollars in thirty days and inhereted his great-uncle's fortune.

Answer: Harlem Nights

Richard Pryor played Sugar Ray in the 1989 comedy-drama film "Harlem Nights". This movie had three generations of successful comedians in its cast- Redd Foxx, Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy. Murphy and Pryor played nightclub owners in late-1930s Harlem, New York.