Dave Chapelle Trivia Quiz

Answer: August 24, 1973

David Khari Webber Chapelle was born on August 24, 1973. He lived in Washington, D.C. for most of his childhood. His parents are William D. Chapelle and Yvonne Reed.

Answer: True

Duke Ellington's School of the Arts is a famous performing arts high school in Washington, D.C. Chapelle majored there in Theater Arts.

Answer: New York City

Chapelle was booed off the stage and the audience thought he was terrible. But he later improved his comedy while in New York and made appearances in TV shows and movies due to his talent.

Answer: Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Chapelle played a character named Ahchoo. This movie parodied many other movies about Robin Hood. The movie "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" was released in 1993.

Answer: False

Eddie Murphy had the leading role in the movie "The Nutty Professor." Dave Chapelle played a comedian named Reggie Warrington in the movie. "The Nutty Professor" was released in 1996. The movie "The Nutty Professor" is about a man named Sherman Klump, a brilliant man who is very overweight.

He falls in love with another woman, but feels held back by his appearance. He is made fun of continuously throughout the movie for his size. He creates a formula that drastically reduces his weight, but starts taking over him and killing him.

When he finally "beats the formula," he and his girlfriend Carla fall in love.

Answer: Thurgood Jenkins

The 1998 movie "Half-Baked" was about several drug addicted friends trying to bail their other friend out of jail. In the movie, Chapelle was known as both Thurgood Jenkins and Sir Smoke-a-Lot. Tyrone Biggums is the name of a character that Chapelle plays on "Chapelle's Show." Jackson Brown and Christopher Carter are just names I made up.

Answer: Viacom

The contract was to give Chapelle $55 Million to continue his show for two more years. One reason was that "Chapelle's Show Season One Uncensored!" DVD, sold over three million copies.

Answer: False

Dave Chapelle was actually nominated for two Emmy awards for his work on "Chapelle's Show." However, he didn't win any awards for his work.

Answer: You've Got Mail

Chapelle played a character named Kevin Jackson in the 1998 film "You've Got Mail." Although his character wasn't very comedic, the film was a success. The film "You've Got Mail" was mainly about a man and a woman who meet on-line, and later in the movie fall in love.

Answer: Rick James and Prince

"Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories" are two popular sketches about times Charlie Murphy spent with Rick James, and on another occasion, with Prince. The episode with Rick James was originally aired on February 11, 2004. The episode with Prince was originally aired on February 18, 2004. Thanks for playing my quiz!