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1 What floor do Bert and Ernie live on in 123 Sesame Street?
Answer: sub-basement

They have a sub-basement apartment in the 123 Sesame Street building. You can see their criss-cross windows at ground level.
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street" - Bert and Ernie
2 Almost all the Muppets are very sweet, and most can be described as "cute". However, there is only one way to complete a certain classic phrase: "lovable, furry, old ________".
Answer: Grover

All the others may be lovable (or not--up to you), but this was one of Grover's tag-lines. Elmo did not even join the show until much later. I have not seen Herry in a long time, except in old clips. According to Wikipedia, he appeared as late as 2003.
    Your options: [ Cookie Monster ] [ Grover ] [ Elmo ] [ Herry ]
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street"--40 Years and Counting
3 What is the letter we love, according to Bert?
Answer: W

Bert is President of the National Association of W Lovers. "It's not any trouble, you know it's a double-u when you hear w-w-w-w!"
  From Quiz: Bert Rocks
4 Elmo has a goldfish for a pet. What is her name?
Answer: Dorothy

Elmo's goldfish is named Dorothy and she lives with him in "Elmo's World" on "Sesame Street".
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street"
5 Which muppet on "Sesame Street" was originally designed with a fruit bat in mind?
Answer: Rosita

Rosita is the good-natured turquoise muppet who speaks both English and her native Spanish. Her full name is Rosita, La Monstrua de las Cuevas (the Monster of the Caves). If you look at her closely, you can see that she has wings!
    Your options: [ Natasha ] [ Bruno ] [ Ingrid ] [ Rosita ]
  From Quiz: More Sunny Days on "Sesame Street"
6 What year did "Sesame Street" first appear on the air?
Answer: 1969

The first episode of "Sesame Street" aired on November 10, 1969, making it one of the longest-running tv shows in history!
  From Quiz: Sunny Days on "Sesame Street"
7 What are Bert and Ernie's sleeping arrangements?
Answer: same bedroom, two beds

Bert and Ernie share the same bedroom, but each have their own beds with their first initials carved into the headboards. They have a night stand between them, often with a lamp on it.

There are skits out there where Ernie is in his own room, but the backstory there is it's so messy that he sleeps in Bert's room.
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street" - Bert and Ernie
8 When they are not actually in them, how can you tell which bed belongs to Ernie, and which to his roommate Bert?
Answer: Ernie's is marked with 'E' and Bert's with 'B'.

Ernie and Bert were like the "Odd Couple" of Sesame Street. Ernie liked active games, childlike fun, telling jokes and teasing Bert. Bert preferred board games, pigeon taming and collecting things.
    Your options: [ Ernie's has horizontal stripes and Bert's has vertical stripes (like their shirts). ] [ Ernie's is marked with 'E' and Bert's with 'B'. ] [ Ernie's is red and Bert's is blue. ] [ Ernie's has a baseball cap hanging from it, and Bert's has toy pigeons. ]
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street"--40 Years and Counting
9 What does Bert like to eat for breakfast (and probably all other meals)?
Answer: Oatmeal

It's the perfect way to start the day, according to Bert, who even likes to paint pictures of oatmeal.
  From Quiz: Bert Rocks
10 Big Bird has a teddy bear. What is his name?
Answer: Radar

Radar is the name of Big Bird's teddy bear. Snuffy is his friend.
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street"
11 What is the name of the tiny insect family that lives in Ernie's window box?
Answer: twiddlebugs

The Twiddlebug family live in Ernie's flower box, and make all of their belongings out of tiny everyday objects that they find.
  From Quiz: More Sunny Days on "Sesame Street"
12 In 1974, Maria, (played by Sonia Manzano) joined the cast of "Sesame Street." Which street resident did she wind up marrying?
Answer: Luis

Maria and Luis (Sonia Manzano and Emilio Delgado), are not married in real life, as many people think.
    Your options: [ Luis ] [ David ] [ Gordon ] [ Alan ]
  From Quiz: Sunny Days on "Sesame Street"
13 What is Bert's favorite type of bird?
Answer: pigeon

Bert loves pigeons and has a few of them as pets. His favorite one is Bernice, which he often talks about and is often seen in skits.
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street" - Bert and Ernie
14 Every neighborhood has a certain amount of noise and bustle--and someone who complains when he or she finds the noise level too high. Who was the resident grouch on Sesame Street?
Answer: Oscar

Oscar lived in what looked like an ordinary-sized trash can, but must have been a passage to an enormous underground lair. Besides his enormous collection of trash, Oscar had a pet worm, and even a pet elephant!
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street"--40 Years and Counting
15 What did Bert do to the sandbox, after Ernie tricked him?
Answer: Ate it

"I one the sandbox," begins Ernie. After prompting from Ernie, Bert continues with, "I two the sandbox." They continue counting this way, until eventually, Bert is obliged to say, "I eight the sandbox." "How'd it taste?" giggles Ernie.
  From Quiz: Bert Rocks
16 This one might be a little tough: What is the name of the muppet trash man who carries Oscar's can around when Oscar needs to go somewhere?
Answer: Bruno

Bruno, the silent trash man, is played by Caroll Spinney, who also plays Oscar. Caroll invented Bruno as a way to make Oscar mobile.
  From Quiz: More Sunny Days on "Sesame Street"
17 In the animated short "The Alligator King", how many sons does the Alligator King have?
Answer: seven

"Said the Alligator King to his seven sons, 'I'm feeling mighy down. Whichever one of you can cheer me up will get to wear my crown'." This was always one of my favorite spots on "Sesame Street."
  From Quiz: Sunny Days on "Sesame Street"
18 What is Bert's favorite breakfast food?
Answer: oatmeal

Plain oatmeal is his all time favorite. In fact it's the only thing he loves as much or more than pigeons.
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street" - Bert and Ernie
19 What is Bert's favourite television program?
Answer: Pigeons in the News

Bert is always missing Pigeons in the News because of Ernie's misadventures. He does love bottle caps and paper clips as well, but there are no TV shows about them that we know of.
  From Quiz: Bert Rocks
20 What is the name of the elephant that lives with Oscar in his trash can?
Answer: Fluffy

Slimy lives with Oscar too, but he is a worm. Fluffy often wears a tutu and likes to dance.
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street"
21 What was the name of the first person to own the store on "Sesame Street"?
Answer: Mr. Hooper

Harold Hooper (played by Will Lee), owned Hooper's Store. Big Bird could never get his name quite right, and all of the wrong answers above are some of Big Birds attempts. Will Lee died in 1982, but the store is still known as Hooper's as a tribute to him.
  From Quiz: More Sunny Days on "Sesame Street"
22 Who hosts "Monsterpiece Theater"?
Answer: Cookie Monster

Cookie Monster hosts "Monsterpiece Theater", in the guise of Alistair Cookie.
  From Quiz: Sunny Days on "Sesame Street"
23 When Ernie and Bert are having the same snack or meal and the portions are not even, how does Ernie try to solve it?
Answer: eats the excessive amount

There are two famous skits showing this:

The time they are to have a lunch of, specifically, "cheese, sausage, anchovy, and pepperoni pizza" and a glass of grape juice, but Ernie clearly had more of each than Bert, so he solved it by eating and drinking his portion until he had less, then he started eating and drinking Bert's portion until Bert walked away disgusted.

The other time was similar. Ernie and Bert were to have an afternoon snack of cherries, of which Ernie had each portion on either end of a balance scale. But rather than move the excess cherries over to the other side, he kept eating the cherries until they were down to just one each, at this point Bert screamed and fainted, so Ernie just assumed he wasn't hungry and ate the last two.
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street" - Bert and Ernie
24 (This was a running joke for a number of years.) Who was the harried storekeeper, whose name Big Bird could never seem to remember?
Answer: Mr. Hooper

Poor Mr. Hooper. Big Bird honestly tried to be polite, but could never get his name right. More often than not, he called the bald, glasses-wearing gentleman "Mr. Looper", but there was some variation.

In 1976, the Mr. Hooper character received his GED (episode #871), and when the lady reading the names got to him, she said, "Mr. Harold Cooper".
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street"--40 Years and Counting
25 Zoe, Telly and several other characters share the same last name. What is the common name of Zoe and Telly?
Answer: Monster

Zoe and Telly both have the last name of Monster.
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street"
26 Finish this lyric to the "Sesame Street" theme song: "Sunny Day, Sweeping the clouds away, on my way to where ______ _____ _____ _____".
Answer: the air is sweet

"Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?"
  From Quiz: More Sunny Days on "Sesame Street"
27 What part of Bert's body does Ernie often remove?
Answer: Nose

Ernie often takes Bert's nose off for obscure reasons. In one sketch, he makes a sculpture of Bert, but runs out of clay for the nose, so borrows Bert's real nose to complete his work of art.
  From Quiz: Bert Rocks
28 Which human cast member owned Barkley?
Answer: Linda

Linda, the deaf cast member, owned Barkley. Linda Bove played Linda from 1971-2003.
    Your options: [ Linda ] [ Miles ] [ Alan ] [ Bob ]
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street"
29 Who was the host for the segment "News Flash"?
Answer: Kermit

Kermit the Frog hosted "News Flash". He was always on the scene of a famous nursery rhyme as it was "about to happen". Unfortunately for poor Kermit, things just never went quite like they should!
  From Quiz: More Sunny Days on "Sesame Street"
30 How many relatives did Bert either speak of or have over at the apartment?
Answer: 3

The three relatives Bert often spoke of or we saw were as follows:
His twin brother Bart, who had a very opposite personality to Bert, as shown when he came to visit Bert and Ernie in one skit.
His nephew Brad (presumably Bart's son) who was over at the house and Bert was about to give a bath to when Ernie chastised him for not having any bath toys, then proceeded to put too many toys in the bathtub.
His Aunt Matilda, whom has never been seen, but Bert is often speaking of for various things, like what to get for her birthday or when Ernie opened a present that was hers thinking it was for him.
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street" - Bert and Ernie
31 The last time I watched "Sesame Street" (with a young relative), Maria and Luis had started a new, up-to-date business, the Mail-It Shop. What small business had they previously run together?
Answer: The Fix-It Shop

Whenever any small appliances broke on Sesame Street, the owners brought them to Luis and Maria for a tune-up. Occasionally they would have to set aside work on an item that Bob or Gordon might need, in order to solve one of Big Bird's many problems.

The Children's Television Workshop (CTW) was the non-profit group founded to produce Sesame Street; more recently, its name has changed to Sesame Workshop.
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street"--40 Years and Counting
32 What kind of pet does Zoe have?
Answer: a pet rock

Zoe has a pet rock named Rocko.
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street"
33 What is the name of Oscar the Grouch's pet worm?
Answer: Slimey

Slimey is Oscar's orange and yellow striped pet worm. He is mostly famous for doing his "worm tricks", such as diving from a trash can into a thimble of water.
  From Quiz: More Sunny Days on "Sesame Street"
34 What is the name of Bert's pet pigeon?
Answer: Bernice

In addition to bottle caps and paper clips, one of Bert's favorite things is his pet pigeon, Bernice. He even taught her to play checkers!
  From Quiz: Sunny Days on "Sesame Street"
35 Where does Big Bird make his home?
Answer: In a nest. A BIG nest!

There is a little room or maybe an alleyway, where Big Bird has what I would call a very big nest. However, since he is about 9 feet tall, it holds him pretty snugly. He has a swinging wooden street door for privacy, but apparently keeps it unlocked.
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street"--40 Years and Counting
36 Doin' the (coo!coo!) pigeon. Doin' the (coo!coo!) pigeon. Dancin' a little smidgen of the kind of ____________ that sweeps me away.
Answer: ballet

Bert's favourite dance, inspired by his favourite animal.
  From Quiz: Bert Rocks
37 Who is Luis married to?
Answer: Maria

Luis and Maria were married on Sesame Street. Gabi is their daughter.
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street"
38 Does anyone remember that cute little short titled "The Ladybug Picnic"? If you do, how many ladybugs came to this picnic?
Answer: 12

"They talked about the high cost of furniture and rugs and fire insurance for ladybugs, ladybugs 12, at the ladybug picnic." This had such a catchy little tune!
  From Quiz: More Sunny Days on "Sesame Street"
39 The resident magician on "Sesame Street" is the Amazing Mumford. Do you remember his trademark magic words?
Answer: A-la Peanut Butter Sandwiches

Unfortunately, poor Mumford's magic words don't always work quite the way he wants them to!
  From Quiz: Sunny Days on "Sesame Street"
40 Besides any Muppet or human, what is considered Ernie's best friend?
Answer: Rubber Duckie

Rubber Duckie is Ernie's very favorite bath toy, either in or out of the bathtub. Without him, his baths are just not the same.
  From Quiz: "Sesame Street" - Bert and Ernie
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