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Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness Trivia Quiz

This quiz is based upon Bill Cosby's comedy album, 'Wonderfulness', in which Cosby reminisces about his childhood.

A multiple-choice quiz by derickwjazz. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
derickwjazz

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
188,590

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
1378

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Question 1 of 15

1. Why did Bill have to go to the hospital and stay overnight? Hint

To fix a broken leg

He cracked his ribs while go-carting

He cracked his head open

To have his tonsils taken out

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Question 2 of 15

2. What were the names of the two boys in the hospital room with Bill? Hint

Smith and Wesson

Harold and Albert

Rudy and Johnson

Biff and Robert

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Question 3 of 15

3. What was the first piece of playground equipment that the grownups brought into the vacant lot to kill the kids? Hint

Swing Set

Monkey Bars

Teeter Totter

Merry Go Round

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Question 4 of 15

4. What did Bill's mother try to kill him with? Hint

Lumpy Cream of Wheat

Raw hot dogs

Undercooked eggs

Spinach

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Question 5 of 15

5. What type of wheels did Bill and his friends have to have for their go-carts? Hint

Shopping cart wheels

Bicycle wheels

Wheelchair wheels

Baby coach wheels

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Question 6 of 15

6. Where did Bill take his driving music from? Hint

The Rifleman

How The West Was Won

The Rough Riders

Stagecoach

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Question 7 of 15

7. What did the cops do to Bill and the kids at the end of the race? Hint

Called in the FBI

Gave them all speeding tickets

Called their parents

Put them in handcuffs

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Question 8 of 15

8. What scary radio show was Bill's favorite to listen to on the radio? Hint

Inner Sanctum

Suspense

The Shadow

Lights Out

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Question 9 of 15

9. How many of the 287 knobs on the Philco radio actually worked?

Answer: (A number)

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Question 10 of 15

10. What did Bill set on fire to keep the Chicken Heart away from his house? Hint

The sofa

The house

The radio

The refrigerator

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Question 11 of 15

11. Which class was Bill and all of his friends always trying to get into? Hint

Shop Class

Gym Class

Special Class

French Class

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Question 12 of 15

12. What show did Sheldon Leonard hire Bill for? Hint

I Spy

The Cosby Show

Fat Albert

Cosby

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Question 13 of 15

13. Where did Sheldon take his bride on their honeymoon? Hint

Miami

Las Vegas

Niagara Falls

Hawaii

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Question 14 of 15

14. What did everything that Bill made in shop class eventually turn into? Hint

Ashtray

Cutting board

What-not shelf

Abstract art

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Question 15 of 15

15. How did the shop teacher get a kid to confess to something? Hint

Give him the third degree

Make fun of him in class

Talk about his parents

Beat him with a 2 x 4

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Why did Bill have to go to the hospital and stay overnight?

Answer: To have his tonsils taken out

Bill was terrified of staying in the hospital by himself until they told him that after the operation he could have (are you ready for the lie?) all the ice cream he could eat!

2. What were the names of the two boys in the hospital room with Bill?

Answer: Rudy and Johnson

All three boys were in to have their tonsils removed the next day. The first one to be operated on was Johnson. When they came back to the room with him, Bill and Rudy thought that the doctors killed him.

3. What was the first piece of playground equipment that the grownups brought into the vacant lot to kill the kids?

Answer: Monkey Bars

The playground was a vacant lot with broken glass and rocks. They never lost a kid until the grownups brought in the monkey bars. They lost 124 kids on the first day.

4. What did Bill's mother try to kill him with?

Answer: Lumpy Cream of Wheat

She tried to disguise the lumps by putting raisins in the Cream of Wheat. But Bill wasn't fooled. She did the same thing to his lumpy mashed potatoes.

5. What type of wheels did Bill and his friends have to have for their go-carts?

Answer: Baby coach wheels

One night they stole 287 baby coach wheels. The odd one was because old weird Harold had a Continental.

6. Where did Bill take his driving music from?

Answer: The Rough Riders

Weird Harold took his from the "Lone Ranger" and Cryin' Charlie took his from the "Green Hornet".

7. What did the cops do to Bill and the kids at the end of the race?

Answer: Put them in handcuffs

It backfired on them though because their wrists were so skinny that the cuffs kept falling off. They ended up thigh-cuffing them all together and marched them off to jail.

8. What scary radio show was Bill's favorite to listen to on the radio?

Answer: Lights Out

Bill was dumb enough to do whatever the guy on the radio told him to do like turn the lights out while listening.

9. How many of the 287 knobs on the Philco radio actually worked?

Answer: 2

The knobs that worked were the Off/On Volume Control and the station selector. The other 285 were in case you lost one you could replace it right away, you didn't have to go to the store.

10. What did Bill set on fire to keep the Chicken Heart away from his house?

Answer: The sofa

Bill's dad came home during the show, slipped on the Jello and broke his leg, saw the sofa on fire, and told Bill to turn the radio off!

11. Which class was Bill and all of his friends always trying to get into?

Answer: Special Class

The special class was always going on field trips while the rest of the school was sitting in classes.

12. What show did Sheldon Leonard hire Bill for?

Answer: I Spy

'Sheldon Leonard played Nick the bartender in the holiday classic "It's A Wonderful Life" for the sole purpose of being able to buy Dodger baseball tickets.' From IMDb.com.

13. Where did Sheldon take his bride on their honeymoon?

Answer: Niagara Falls

This is where Sheldon decided to take a swim in near freezing water. After he dove in he told his wife to come in, the water is fine. She ended up doing a handwalk over the water and stood on the side of the lake and cussed Sheldon out.

14. What did everything that Bill made in shop class eventually turn into?

Answer: Ashtray

Bill even tried making a shoe shine box and ended up putting two grooves in it and calling it an ashtray.

15. How did the shop teacher get a kid to confess to something?

Answer: Talk about his parents

The teacher had some psychology training so he talked about a kids parents until they told on themselves. Very slick!

Source: Author derickwjazz

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