"Saturday Night Live" Spotlight: Will Ferrell Quiz

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1. On the April 8, 2000 episode of "Saturday Night Live", a sketch was performed based on the recording of the 1976 Blue �yster Cult song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper". Will Ferrell played a musician named Gene Frenkle in this sketch. What instrument did Gene Frenkle play?

Answer: cowbell

Will Ferrell's character Gene Frenkle played cowbell during the recording of the Blue �yster Cult song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" as encouraged by Christopher Walken's character, music producer "The Bruce Dickinson". The Gene Frenkle character appeared on the May 14, 2005 episode of "Saturday Night Live" to play the cowbell with the episode's musical guest, the Queens of the Stone Age.

2. Will Ferrell impersonated Alex Trebek in the recurring "Celebrity Jeopardy" sketch. In most of these sketches, the Alex Trebek character feuded with which celebrity played by Darrell Hammond?

Answer: Sean Connery

Darrell Hammond played Sean Connery for twelve of the fourteen "Celebrity Jeopardy" sketches between December 1996 and May 2009. Ferrell's Trebek character was serious while Hammond's Connery was a spirited yet difficult contestant. Connery would often misread the categories or make jokes about Trebek or Trebek's mother.

3. During the opening of the March 2, 2002 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Will Ferrell's character President George W. Bush discussed his "Axis of Evil". During this speech, who was not included in this "Axis of Evil"?

Answer: Dr. Evil

George W Bush's "Axis of Evil" included Iran, Iraq, Enron, the economy, Tom Daschle, Dick Cheney and Evil Knievel. Bush left out Dr. Evil from the "Austin Powers" movie trilogy because Bush found Dr. Evil to be funny.

4. On a "Saturday Night Live" commercial parody, Will Ferrell played an animal trainer named Dale Sturtevant. What was the name of the animal training video that Sturtevant was selling?

Answer: Dissing Your Dog

Dale Sturtevant, played by Will Ferrell, was selling a dog training video for passive aggressive dog owners. The video was named "Dissing Your Dog: How to Train Your Puppy with Mockery and Verbal Humiliation". The commercial parody showed clips of the video where Sturtevant used sarcasm and ridicule to train his dog. This commercial parody first aired on the December 1st, 2001 episode of "Saturday Night Live".

5. From 1995 through 1999, Will Ferell played a character named Craig Buchanan on "Saturday Night Live". Craig and his friend Arianna were two students at the fictional East Lake High School who were always trying to join which school squad?

Answer: The Spartan cheerleading squad

Craig and Arianna were students at East Lake High School who tried out unsuccessfully for the school's Spartan Spirit cheerleading squad several times. Craig and Arianna would appear in their stolen Spartan cheerleading outfits to cheer at unusual school functions such as chess tournaments, ping-pong tournaments, math club competitions and swim meets. Craig and Arianna usually ended the sketch by performing their "Perfect Cheer" routine.

The first "Spartan Cheerleaders" sketch appeared on "Saturday Night Live" on November 11, 1995.

6. One of Will Ferrell's impersonations on "Saturday Night Live" was of the "Inside the Actors Studio" host James Lipton. During the "Inside the Actors Studio" sketches, Ferrell's character interviewed celebrities who were usually characters played by the week's guest host. Which celebrity was not impersonated in this sketch?

Answer: Neil Diamond

Will Ferrell impersonated Neil Diamond on several episodes of "Saturday Night Live" but the Neil Diamond impersonation never appeared on an "Inside the Actors Studio" sketch.

Drew Barrymore was impersonated on a "Inside the Actors Studio" sketch by Kate Hudson on the Oct 14, 2000 episode of "Saturday Night Live".

Charles Nelson Reilly was impersonated on a "Inside the Actors Studio" sketch by Alec Baldwin on the April 7, 2001 episode of "Saturday Night Live".

Dustin Diamond was impersonated on a "Inside the Actors Studio" sketch by Tobey Maguire April 15, 2000 episode of "Saturday Night Live".

7. Will Ferrell played the title character, United States Attorney General Janet Reno, in the recurring "Janet Reno's Dance Party" sketches from 1997 through 2001. On the November 22, 1997 episode of of "Saturday Night Live", the Janet Reno character challenged which public figure to a boxing match?

Answer: Rudy Giuliani

On the November 22, 1997 episode of "Saturday Night Live", New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was the host. Giuliani appeared on the recurring sketch "Janet Reno's Dance Party" where Will Ferrell's character, Janet Reno, challenged Giuliani to a boxing match.

After reluctantly accepting the challenge, Giuliani lost the boxing match to Reno and was forced to say "Janet Reno is the boss of me!" repeatedly.

8. From 1996 through 1998, Will Ferrell played a recurring character named Hank on "Saturday Night Live". Hank and some of his friends would gather at a public place while drinking scotch, smoking cigars and reminiscing about which mutual acquaintance?

Answer: Bill Brasky

Will Ferrell's character Hank and several friends would sit at a public place and tell tall tales about their mutual acquaintance Bill Brasky and Brasky's superhuman feats. These discussions occurred in various places such as bars, funerals and Little League baseball games. The first Brasky sketch aired on the January 20, 1996 episode of "Saturday Night Live".

9. On the November 4th, 2000 episode of "Saturday Night Live", Will Ferrell played a famous crooner promoting the music CD "The Coconut Bangers Ball: It's A Rap". What crooner did Will Ferrell play?

Answer: Robert Goulet

In this sketch Robert Goulet, played by Will Ferrell, was promoting a music CD called "The Coconut Bangers Ball: It's A Rap". Goulet crooned contemporary rap songs such as "Thong Song" by Sisqo, "Who Let The Dogs Out" by Baha Men and "Big Poppa" by Notorious B.I.G.

10. Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer played recurring characters, the married couple Marty and Bobbi Mohan-Culp. The Culps were music teachers at the fictional Altadena Middle School and also performed at various events. On the November 15th, 1997 episode of "Saturday Night Live", the Culps played at their daughter's college career day. What actress played their daughter?

Answer: Clare Danes

On the November 15th, 1997 of of "Saturday Night Live", the Culps performed at a College Career Day. Their daughter, played by the episode's host Clare Danes, was attending that college and was embarrassed when her parents performed.

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This is quiz about Will Ferrell and some of his sketches on the television show "Saturday Night Live" from 1995 through 2002.

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