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  Test yourself! The Electric Company Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"The Electric Company" was one of the most informative and entertaining children's shows of the 1970s so I decided to make a quiz on it. Have fun.
Tough, 10 Qns, diamondjim68, Feb 15 07
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  "The Electric Company" Part 2    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's my follow-up to that amazing 1970s series "The Electric Company". This includes material from the DVD set "The Best of the Electric Company" Vol. 1 and 2. Hope you enjoy the quiz.
Tough, 10 Qns, diamondjim68, Apr 22 18
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Apr 22 18
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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".
Difficult, 10 Qns, jessejimmy, May 21 06
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The Electric Company Trivia Questions

1. In "Clang Clunk Clatter Clink", what does the singer do so she can't hear the noise?

From Quiz
"The Electric Company" Part 2

Answer: She puts bananas in her ears

Hattie Winston was in a skit where she heard weird noises in the middle of the night. She had recently moved to the city and had a hard time sleeping because of the noise. What she shuld've done was call the police or complain to her landlord.

2. What catchphrase was Rita Moreno famous for yelling out?

From Quiz The Electric Company

Answer: "Hey, you guys"

"Hey you guys" became the opening phrase in fifth and sixth season episodes. Rita Moreno played several characters on the series. These included the obnoxoius little girl, Pandora, and the frustrated director who couldn't get her actors to get the cue cards right. She also played Millie the Helper in first season episodes as an assistant to the milkman (Bill Cosby).

3. In the three skis who ski segment, what happens to Klazewski every day?

From Quiz "The Electric Company" Part 2

Answer: He ends up with a tree

Majewski, Klazewski and Patterewski were three men who loved to ski. Klazewski had a fetish for skiing in the middle of the slope and falling in trees. Skip Hinnant played Majewski, Jim Boyd played Patterewski and Luis Avalos played the hapless Klazewski.

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

From Quiz The Electric Company

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.

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

From Quiz The Electric Company

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.

6. In the "Love of Chair" soap, what was the boy usually doing in the beginning of each episode?

From Quiz The Electric Company

Answer: sitting

In first season episodes, Skip Hinnant played a boy who spent his days sitting in a chair and had an alleged girlfriend named Naomi(Judy Graubart).

7. In "There's A Hole In The Bottom Of The Sea", what did Paul put on top of the boat?

From Quiz "The Electric Company" Part 2

Answer: A banana

Paul was a gorilla played by Jim Boyd. In this skit, several characters were down at the beach, such as Easy Reader (Morgan Freeman) and Fargo North (Skip Hinnant). They were putting several oa words on top of a painting of a hole, such as a boat, goat, soap, a roast and a toad. Along came Paul who put a babana on and spoiled everyone's fun.

8. In "2001: A Space Oddyssey", which blend featured an old man eating steak and peas, then climbing on top and yelling out?

From Quiz The Electric Company

Answer: all

The animation "2001: A Space Oddyssey" would show an eruption and a blended word would come out.

9. Complete this lyric; "When I was very small and scared of something near, my mother always told me to _______ ."

From Quiz "The Electric Company" Part 2

Answer: whistle

Skip Hinnant was wandering around a graveyard when he was approached by Dracula (Morgan Freeman). He took his mother's advice and whistled, but ran off.

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

From Quiz The Electric Company

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.

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

From Quiz The Electric Company

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".

12. What was the first Spider-Man comic episode?

From Quiz The Electric Company

Answer: Spidey Meets The Spoiler

Spider-Man joined the series in the fourth season and was played by Danny Seagren. In this first episode, The Spoiler (Skip Hinnant) spoiled someone's lunch by making a rubber glove sandwich. He also put a No Dogs Allowed sign on a hydrant, spoiling a canine's walk. He tossed a cake, spoiled it and went up to a woman eating ice cream and crushed it. He then had a showdown with Spider-Man, but our hero stopped him, though not before pushing him into a wall and causing it to collapse.

13. When the Spellbinder shrunk Letterman in "Small Talk", how did Letterman retaliate when he went back to his normal size?

From Quiz "The Electric Company" Part 2

Answer: He bent his wand

"The Adventures of Letterman" was an animation about the evil Spellbinder who waves a wand to change words around and cause trouble while Letterman comes to the rescue. In this episode, Letterman packed up his trunk for a vacation. The Spellbinder changed the word trunk to shrunk. Letterman shrunk to the size of a pea before changing the word to hunk and getting back to normal.

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

From Quiz The Electric Company

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.

15. Where does Dracula like to take a bath?

From Quiz The Electric Company

Answer: In a casket

Morgan Freeman played Dracula in several episodes. In this skit, he was signing about the benefits of bathing in caskets.

16. In "Broken Down Bronco Bruce", why does Bruce run into lakes?

From Quiz "The Electric Company" Part 2

Answer: He doesn't have any brakes

In this skit, Skip Hinnant is the luckless owner of a run down horse named Bruce. He sings a song about his disdain for the unfortunate mammal.

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

From Quiz The Electric Company

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.

18. What did greedy Greg grab?

From Quiz The Electric Company

Answer: green grapes

jim Boyd played Lord Gregory (Greg). He was having dinner with his companions in a posh restauraunt when he was offered some grapes. Instead of taking a handful, he grabbed the entire bunch and wolfed them all down. His companions were disgusted and walked out while an oblivious and gluttonous Greg continued to hog the grapes.

19. What song are these lyrics from? "You come home tired when the day is done, and if you want to feel rotten, you want to feel blue."

From Quiz "The Electric Company" Part 2

Answer: You Oughtta TryTwo

Jim Boyd was playing a dual role as indentical twins who came down with the flu. They were singing about if life is bad enough for one person, it would be worse for two.

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

From Quiz The Electric Company

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.

21. In "Spidey Meets The Prankster", why was the principal pulling pranks on his students?

From Quiz "The Electric Company" Part 2

Answer: The students were always pulling pranks on him

Jim Boyd played Mr. Prescott, principal of P.S. 8 and A Half. He played several practical jokes on the students, such as stuffing jumping giraffes in their books, substituting chocolate pie with mud and gluing phones on the receiver. This was in revenge for previous pranks played on him. He decided don't get mad, get even.

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

From Quiz The Electric Company

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.

23. Which cast member was an off-camera voice in the first season?

From Quiz The Electric Company

Answer: Jim Boyd

Jim Boyd played the voice of Loralei, the chicken in the first season. He also called in as Crank to make "crank calls". He was not seen until the second season, however. Luis Avalos joined the cast in the second season to replace Bill Cosby, who left the show. Hattie Winston signed on in the third season and succeeded Lee Chamberlain.

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