125 Sesame Street Trivia Questions and Answers
February 21, 2025
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Sesame Street Trivia Questions and Answers
1) What is Snuffleupagus’ real first name?
Aloysius is his first name. His full name is Aloysius Snuffleupagus. Aloysius is pronounced “A-loo-ish-us.” Say that five times fast!
2) What was Cookie Monster’s name before he started eating cookies?
His name was Sid. Do you have a different name for yourself after you start eating cookies, too?
3) How tall is Big Bird?
Big Bird is eight feet, two inches tall, or 249 centimeters.
4) Big Bird has a lot of diverse talents, like ice skating, dancing, swimming, and writing poetry. He can even ride around on an object that’s more challenging to ride than a bicycle. What else can Big Bird ride on?
A unicycle!
5) What is Big Bird’s address?
123 Sesame Street
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6) How many feathers make up Big Bird’s suit?
About 4,000 feathers!
7) What is the name of Cookie Monster’s British cousin?
Biscuit Monster!
8) Sesame Street was almost called by a different name. What was the originally proposed name of the show (and the street?)
The originally discussed name for the show was 123 Avenue B.
9) True or false: The puppets on Sesame Street have nothing to do with Jim Henson’s Muppets.
False! In fact, the characters on Sesame Streets are technically also Muppets. And you’ll see them crossover into one another’s worlds all the time.
10) True or false: Kermit the Frog was originally on Sesame Street.
True! See? The characters really can crossover.
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11) When did Sesame Street first premiere?
November 10, 1969.
12) What channel did Sesame Street originally air on?
PBS
13) Starting in 2016, Sesame Street moved to which premium TV channel (and later its sister streaming service)?
HBO, then HBO’s streaming service Max.
14) When is the last year that Sesame Street will be produced with Max?
2025 will be the last year that Sesame Street episodes will be produced by Max. The shows will stay in the streaming library until 2027.
15) True or False: Because Max won’t be hosting the show anymore, Sesame Street is officially cancelled forever.
False! While it’s still a mystery as of this article’s publication, Sesame Workshop (which runs the show) is searching for new distribution plans in order to reach “as many children as possible,” according to Variety.
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16) Multiple Choice: Sesame Street was originally designed in order to see if television could do what for its viewers?
A. Teach
B. Entertain
C. Scare
D. Confuse
A, Teach! Apparently, at a 1966 dinner party hosted by Joan Ganz Cooney, a producer for a public television station in New York City, an experimental educator named Lloyd Morrisett asked the guests if they thought television could teach people anything. And Sesame Street got started from there!
17) When it celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019, how many episodes had Sesame Street produced?
More than 4,500 episodes!
18) Which superheroes appeared in Sesame Street’s first season?
Batman and Superman!
19) True or false: Big Bird and Snuffleupagus (Snuffy) are best friends.
True!
20) True or false: Originally, Snuffy could be seen only by Big Bird, and he was his imaginary friend.
True! Initially, Big Bird was the only character on the show who could see Snuffy. The joke went on for 14 years!
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21) Once, one of the Sesame Street Muppets testified before the United States Congress. Which character was it?
Elmo!
22) Why did Elmo testify before Congress?
To advocate for music education in schools, specifically, the purchase of musical instruments and furthering music research.
23) Which Muppet lives in the trash can?
Oscar the Grouch
24) Who is the creator of The Muppets and the characters on Sesame Street?
Jim Henson
25) How many episodes were part of the show’s first season?
There were just five, one-hour episodes in the first season of Sesame Street.
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26) How many fingers do most of the show’s Muppets have?
They have four fingers!
27) Who is the only Sesame Street Muppet that has five fingers? Hint: He might need it for baking his favorite food.
Cookie Monster!
28) Which Muppet dies on the show in order to teach children about death?
Mr. Hooper.
29) Which foreign country was the first to carry Sesame Street, dubbed in its own language?
Italy
30) In which year did Italy first air Sesamo Apriti, its version of Sesame Street?
1971
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31) True or false: Sesame Street has been seen in one version or another in more than 140 countries.
True! Sesame Workshop (previously the Children’s Television Workshop, or CTW) uses a flexible model to either co-produce new episodes of the show or dub the American version in more than 140 countries around the world.
32) Who was the first HIV-positive Muppet?
Kami.
33) Kami was created to originally address the AIDS epidemic in which country?
South Africa.
34) What is the full name of the Muppet vampire character?
Count Von Count.
35) What famous vampire was Count Von Count meant to imitate?
Bela Lugosi’s famous Count Dracula.
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36) Which other two Muppets did Count Von Count originally appear on the show with?
Bert and Ernie.
37) What is the name of the Count’s girlfriend who likes to count backwards?
Countess von Backwards!
38) Multiple choice: What is Count Von Count’s favorite number?
A. 77
B. 34,969
C. 4
D. 1,001
Answer: B!
39) Why did the Count say 34,969 is his favorite number?
In an interview with the BBC, Count von Count said that 34,969 is his favorite number because it’s the perfect square root of 187.
40) When Count von Count meets Bert and Ernie for the first time, he takes apart something of Ernie’s in order to count the pieces. What did the Count dismantle?
Ernie’s pyramid of blocks
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41) Bert and Ernie are best buddies. Which color is Bert?
Bert is yellow!
42) And which color is Ernie?
Ernie is orange!
43) How many eyebrows does Bert have?
One. He technically has a unibrow!
44) How many eyebrows does Ernie have?
Zero!
45) What is Ernie’s favorite toy to play with when he takes a bath?
His rubber duckie!
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46) True or false: Bert and Ernie’s friendship is meant to reflect the real-life friendship between Jim Henson and Frank Oz.
True! Jim Henson is the creator of the Muppets, and Frank Oz is the puppeteer who originally played Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover on Sesame Street.
47) True or false: Bert and Ernie appeared on the pilot episode of Sesame Street with nearly 20 other Muppets.
False! Bert and Ernie were really the only Muppets to appear on the pilot episode of Sesame Street, and it was the audience’s reception to the two puppets that made the show’s creators decide that the show should be chiefly about the Muppets.
48) Which Muppets movies have Bert and Ernie made cameo appearances in?
The Muppet Movie and The Muppets Take Manhattan
49) What is Bert’s twin brother’s name?
Bart!
50) Who was the puppeteer to originally perform Ernie?
Jim Henson himself!
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51) Finish these lyrics to Ernie’s song, “Rubber Duckie”: Rubber Duckie, you’re the one. You make bath time ____ __ ___!
“Lots of fun!”
52) In 1970, “Rubber Duckie” became a mainstream hit. What number did it reach on the Billboard Hot 100?
Number 16!
53) Big Bird famously made a big mistake with the alphabet. Instead of saying each letter, what did he do?
He said the whole alphabet as one big word!
54) What is the name of Big Bird’s teddy bear?
His teddy bear’s name is Radar.
55) In the year 2000, Big Bird was named a “Living Legend” by which national institution?
Big Bird was given this honor by the United States Library of Congress!
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56) True or false: Big Bird’s costume doesn’t have any openings for the performer to see through.
True!
57) How does a performer navigate inside of Big Bird’s costume if they can’t see through it?
There’s a small television strapped to the actor’s chest that allows the actor to navigate.
58) If the television doesn’t work for some reason, they do have to make a hole in Big Bird’s costume. What does Big Bird have to wear to disguise the hole?
A necktie!
59) Big Bird was originally designed after what other kind of creature, which Jim Henson had created for a La Choy advertising campaign?
Big Bird is modeled after a 7-foot-tall dragon!
60) How much does Big Bird’s whole costume weigh?
About 14 pounds!
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61) In the Dutch version of Sesame Street, Big Bird is replaced by what character?
A blue bird named Pino.
62) What real birds do Big Bird’s tail feathers come from?
They come from turkeys!
63) True or false: The Chinese version of Big Bird is identical to the American version.
True!
64) True or false: Puppeteer Caroll Spinney played both Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.
True!
65) If Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch had to be in the same scene together, what did Caroll Spinney do?
It depended on the scene, but often, Spinney played Big Bird from inside the suit and voiced both Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. Another puppeteer would then control the puppet of Oscar the Grouch. Or, sometimes, this arrangement was flipped.
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66) Apparently, Caroll Spinney was nearly hurt very badly while playing Big Bird. What life-threatening thing happened while Spinney was in the suit?
He caught on fire! Luckily, one of the cameramen put him out.
67) Instead of calling Mr. Hooper by his real name, what did Big Bird call him?
Mr. Looper!
68) In Nigeria, the Muppet who most closely resembles Cookie Monster doesn’t eat cookies at all. What does he eat?
He eats yams. Instead of saying “ME WANT COOKIES,” he says, “ME WANT YAM!”
69) What do Muppets Roosevelt Franklin, Harvey Kneeslapper, Professor Hastings, Don Music, and Bruno the Trashman all have in common?
They were all Muppets who were cancelled from the show.
70) Why did Don Music get cancelled?
Don Music was a frustrated composer who ended up banging his head on the piano keys at the end of his scenes. He never liked the music he made. Apparently, kids were imitating his self-harming behavior at home, and Sesame Street gave him the cut because parents complained about it.
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71) True or false: Sesame Street has won 65 Emmy Awards.
False! The show has won nearly 200 Emmy Awards!
72) Sesame Street actually became a real street in 2019. In which city did they rename a street Sesame Street?
In New York City, at the intersection of West 63rd Street and Broadway.
73) What is the name of the girl Muppet who has autism?
Julia!
74) Who are Julia’s best friends?
Elmo and Abby!
75) What is the name of the Spanish human female character who runs the Sesame Street Store?
Nina!
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76) What is Elmo’s pet dog’s name?
Tango!
77) Who is the first Korean-American Muppet on the show?
Ji-Young!
78) What instrument does Ji-Young play?
She plays the electric guitar.
79) Ji-Young debuted in a Sesame Street special. What was it called?
See Us Coming Together: A Sesame Street Special
80) How old is Abby Cadabby?
She’s 4-years-old.
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81) Who is Abby Cadabby’s mother?
The Fairy Godmother!
82) What is the name of Sesame Street’s first full-time Black female puppeteer?
Megan Piphus Peace.
83) What character does Megan Piphus Peace play?
Gabrielle, a 6-year-old Black girl puppet.
84) Who is the first Filipino American Muppet?
TJ
85) TJ debuted during the same special as which other new Muppet?
Ji-Young!
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86) TJ speaks which language, spoken in the Philippines, with his family?
Tagalog.
87) Lalo is a young Muppet who made his debut in the 53rd season. What language does he speak?
Spanish.
88) Yasmine is a young Muppet who debuted in 2023. Her family is originally from which country?
Lebanon.
89) Yasmine teaches Grover and friends how to make a special type of Lebanese flatbread called what?
They make flatbread together called “khubz”!
90) This human character was in the first episode of Sesame Street in 1969, and then came back sporadically throughout the decades. He made a more featured return in 2023, and plays the same strong, paternal, African American dad character. Who is he?
Gordon Robinson.
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91) In 2024, Gordon Robinson developed an alter-ego with a very funny name in the bedtime stories told by Oscar the Grouch to Slimey. What’s the alter-ego’s name?
Trash Gordon.
92) Elmo and Quinta Brunson starred together in an episode spoofing which currently popular sitcom?
Abbott Elementary.
93) In April 2023, which Schitt’s Creek star appeared in a web video with Oscar the Grouch?
Dan Levy!
94) Elmo, Tango, Gabrielle, and Grandma Nell come together in a segment to explore the great outdoors. What is the segment called?
Sesame Street Nature Explorers!
95) Which Academy Award winning actress who starred in Hamilton, Hairspray, and West Side Story appeared in season 54 to sing with Elmo, Abby Cadabby, and Cookie Monster?
Ariana DeBose!
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96) Which singer-songwriter played the song “That’s Why We Love Nature” with Big Bird and Snuffy in 2024?
Brandi Carlisle!
97) “That’s Why We Love Nature” was nominated for what award in 2024?
A Children’s and Family Emmy Award!
98) Multiple choice: According to Sesame Workshop, they want children to feel what emotion about celebrating differences and embracing similarities with others?
A. Silly
B. Wacky
C. Upset
D. Confident
Answer: D. Sesame Workshop said it wants children to learn to feel “confident and find joy in connecting with and learning about others, celebrating differences, and embracing similarities in their neighborhood.”
99) Actor and comedian Eugene Cordero appeared on Sesame Street in 2024 to lead a Mindfulness Moments scene with which monster?
The Two-Headed Monster!
100) Actor Kal Penn interviewed which Muppet on The Daily Show in 2023?
Grover!
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101) What is the name of Grover’s daredevil alter-ego?
Grover Knover!
102) What famous human daredevil is Grover Knover a spoof of?
Evel Knievel!
103) When does Grover Knover appear on Sesame Street for the first time?
In 1974, when Grover Knover is supposed to jump over the Grand Canyon on his motorcycle. Kermit the Frog interviews him for the Sesame Street News, but Grover doesn’t make the jump—Kermit ends up on the motorcycle instead!
104) When was the first Tickle Me Elmo doll released?
July 1996.
105) How many Tickle Me Elmo dolls were sold by the end of December 1996?
The entire stock of one million Tickle Me Elmo dolls was sold out by the end of December of that year!
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106) True or false: Two women were arrested in Chicago for fighting one another over the Tickle Me Elmo doll?
True! It was such a hot-ticket item that people would stop at nothing to get a Tickle Me Elmo.
107) Which actor, comedian, and musician helps Elmo define the word “Octagon” in the 2008 episode “The Golden Triangle of Destiny”?
Jack Black!
108) When did Julia first premiere on Sesame Street?
She first appeared in an episode titled “Meet Julia” in 2017.
109) Which Star Wars robots made a cameo on a Sesame Street episode in 1980?
C-3PO and R2-D2!
110) When Elmo pretends to be Elefante, what does he call himself?
He calls himself “Elmofante.” How silly is that?
111) Who is the first bilingual Muppet to appear on the show?
Osvaldo the Grouch, or Osvaldo, el Gruñón.
112) Where does Osvaldo the Grouch live?
Puerto Rico
113) Sesame Street did a several-episode arc that was in fact shot on location in Puerto Rico. When did the story arc “Trip to Puerto Rico” first air?
It first aired in 1979.
114) What Puerto Rican city did they film in?
The city of San German.
115) Which Muppet befriends Osvaldo, el Gruñón in Puerto Rico?
Oscar the Grouch, of course!
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116) Who is the second bilingual Muppet to appear on the show? Hint: She’s a turquoise monster Muppet.
The second bilingual Muppet is Rosita!
117) What two languages does Rosita speak?
English and Spanish.
118) Muppets creator Jim Henson attended which university? Hint: They have a statue of him on campus talking to Kermit the Frog!
The University of Maryland.
119) Why was Zoe, the three-year-old girl monster Muppet, created?
Zoe was created to balance out the predominantly male cast.
120) What kind of dance is Zoe obsessed with?
Ballet.
121) What is Zoe’s car called?
The Zoemobile!
122) What kind of pet does Zoe have?
A pet gecko named Gary.
123) Rosita originally had what attached to her arms?
Rosita originally had wings attached to her arms. Members of her family have the ability to fly.
124) True or false: Rosita can also fly.
False. Rosita cannot fly, but she can glide like a flying squirrel.
125) According to a 2019 YouGov survey, who is America’s favorite Sesame Street character?
According to the survey, Americans’ favorite character is Cookie Monster, with 16% voting for him as their favorite. How did the other Muppets shake out? The ranking follows like this:
–Elmo with 13%
–Big Bird with 11%
–Oscar the Grouch with 9%
–Grover with 5%
–Count von Count with 4%
–Mr. Snuffleupagus with 4%
–Ernie with 4%
–Bert with 3%
–Abby with 1%
–And “Other” was listed as getting 1% of the votes.
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