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"Taxi" - Reverend Jim Trivia Quiz

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

Author
brooklynmike

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
169,450

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1613

Last 3 plays: Guest 71 (2/10), mberry923 (4/10), Guest 174 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is Reverend Jim's real last name? Hint

Ignatowski

Caldwell

Lewis

Gordon

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is Reverend Jim's nickname? Hint

"Jimmy"

"Iggy"

"Jimbo"

"Artie"

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Question 3 of 10

3. What University did Jim go to? Hint

Yale

Oxford

Princeton

Harvard

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Question 4 of 10

4. What borough is Jim's apartment in? Hint

Brooklyn

The Bronx

Manhattan

Queens

5. In the episode "Reverend Jim: A Space Odyssey", Jim goes for his hack license and the other cabbies go with him for support. While taking the written test Jim is baffled by a question. He calls across the room to the cabbies the question. Which is? Hint

"What does a red light mean?"

"What does a stop sign mean?"

"What does a yield sign mean?"

"What does a yellow light mean?"

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the episode "Jim Gets A Pet", Jim wins alot of money at the track, betting on the horses. With that money he buys a racehorse to be his pet. What does he call him? Hint

Dave

Willy

Billy

Gary

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the episode "Tony's Sister and Jim", Tony's sister comes to New York and starts dating Jim. What is Tony's sister's name? Hint

Monica

Kelly

Bernadette

Joann

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Question 8 of 10

8. In the episode "Zen And The Art Of Cab Driving", Jim overhears some passengers in his cab talking about a self-help technique, Jim uses this technque to become a better cab driver. What is the technique called? Hint

"I am o.k., you're not"

"The road less traveled"

"Dare to succeed"

"Dynamic perfectionism"

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the episode "Jim The Psychic", Jim often has psychic dreams that come true. He warns Alex that he had a dream that Alex will die Thursday at 7:00p.m., There will be a knock on his door and the end. That Thursday there is a knock on Alex's door at 7:00p.m. Who is behind the door? Hint

a Girl Scout

a Boy Scout

a nun

a Father

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the episode "Jim's Inheritance", Jim gets a phone call at the garage that his rich father has died. How much is Jim's inheritance? Hint

$3.5 million

$5.5 million

$10.5 million

Nothing

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is Reverend Jim's real last name?

Answer: Caldwell

Jim's real last name on "Taxi" was Caldwell but after "dropping out" he became The Reverend Jim Ignatowski. The nickname "Iggy" was given to him by Louie on "Taxi" from his last name Ignatowski.

2. What is Reverend Jim's nickname?

Answer: "Iggy"

On the first season of "Taxi", Christopher Lloyd made a guest appearance as the Reverend who marries Latka to an American girl, so Latka can stay in America. The character of Reverend Jim was so well received that Christopher Lloyd was asked to join the cast of "Taxi". His nickname came from his last name, Ignatowski.

3. What University did Jim go to?

Answer: Harvard

Both Christopher Lloyd and Danny DeVito, from "Taxi", were in Jack Nicholson's movies "Going South" and "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest".

4. What borough is Jim's apartment in?

Answer: Brooklyn

Jim's apartment was in an abandoned apartment building.

Answer: "What does a yellow light mean?"

Bobby, one of the cabbies answered "slow down". Jim thinks he means ask the question slower, so he says it slower. Jim Burrows, Director of this episode, remembers "that it was only supposed to be asked once, but when I saw the audience laughing their heads off, I just kept it going."

6. In the episode "Jim Gets A Pet", Jim wins alot of money at the track, betting on the horses. With that money he buys a racehorse to be his pet. What does he call him?

Answer: Gary

The horse that Jim buys is called On Dasher. Jim changes his name to Gary because he feels that "On Dasher was his slave name."

7. In the episode "Tony's Sister and Jim", Tony's sister comes to New York and starts dating Jim. What is Tony's sister's name?

Answer: Monica

"Tony's Sister and Jim" won an Emmy for Michael Leeson in 1981 for outstanding writing in a comedy series.

Answer: "Dynamic perfectionism"

The title of this Episode, is based on a popular philosophical novel, "Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance."

Answer: a Girl Scout

In this show Alex talks about being the self-determining master of his own destiny, and yet he does exactly what Jim's dream predicts.

10. In the episode "Jim's Inheritance", Jim gets a phone call at the garage that his rich father has died. How much is Jim's inheritance?

Answer: $3.5 million

At the end of this episode, Jim also gets a trunk of things from his father. In the trunk Jim finds an audio casette from his father to him. Jim plays it and hears Stevie Wonder's song "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life."

Source: Author brooklynmike

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