The Ultimate Jack Benny Radio Program Trivia Quiz! Are you a huge Jack Benny fan? Do you think you know the radio show pretty well?  You've taken the other online trivia challenges, now try mine. All of the questions below have been culled out of various episodes of the Jack Benny Show from around 1950.  Some of these items were only mentioned once in a single line of dialogue, but the way I see it, if they mentioned it in the show, it's canon.  This is only the first set of trivia questions. Keep checking as I add more in the coming weeks.  First Jack Benny fan to answer all questions and email me his/her list of answers will win a copy of my book The Cincinnati Subway. Doesn't that sound great?

  1. What is Phil Harris’s wife’s name?     

2. What tenor performed on the show before Dennis Day?  

3. What does the Maxwell’s license plate read?   

4. Name as many of the members of Phil’s orchestra and what instruments they play.   

5. How did Jack find Rochester?  

6. How did Jack meet Fred Allen (more than one answer)?   

7. How much does Lucky Strike pay Jack to be funny every week?

8. What is Jack’s address (more than one answer)?   

9. Who guards Jack’s vault?     

10. What is the name of Jack’s favorite hotel to stay in New York City?     

11. What is the name of Don’s quartet?     

12. What are the names of CBS’s telephone operators?

13. Which operator did Jack date?

14. What is the name of Ronald Coleman’s butler?     

15. What do the Colemans call Rochester?         

16. What is the full name of the scout troop Jack is treasurer of?          

17. Who removed Jack’s appendix?           

18. How much was Jack’s income in 1950?          

19. Of that total, how much did he make doing laundry?          

20. Of the total, how much did he deduct for entertainment expenses?

21. What is the name of Jack’s boarder?

22. Who is Dennis Day’s agent?

23. Who pulled Dennis’s tooth?

24. What is the name of the song Jack wrote and composed in 1950?

25. What famous singer sang it for Jack on his show?

26. What newspaper does Rochester subscribe to?

27. What is the name of Rochester’s girlfriend?

28. What is the name of Rochester’s girlfriend in Harlem?

29. When the cast did their version of Road to Bali with Bob Hope, which role did Jack play?

30. What is Jack’s sister’s name?

31. Where is Jack’s agent?

32. What are three of Jack’s favorite magazines?

33. Who’s picture is on one of Jack’s $5 bills?

34. When Jack decides to trade in the Maxwell, how much does the car dealer offer for trade?

35. Where did Jack perform when he went to England?

36. When Jack went to England, he took Dennis.  How did Dennis get back to the United States?

37. Why did Phil Harris leave the show in 1952?

38. What is the name of Mary Livingstone’s maid?

39. When Jack and Mary attended an auction, he bid on an elephant-leg umbrella stand.  How much did he bid on it, and how much did he actually pay for it?

40. Mel Blanc played a clerk in a department store frequented by Jack and his cast.  At several Christmas episodes, Jack buys items from Mel and changes his mind repeatedly about the items.  What are the items from five of the Christmas shows, and what are the items he wants to exchange each for?

41. Name at least ten characters Frank Nelson played over the years.

42. What are three destinations the train announcer almost always mentions whenever Jack travels by rail?

43. How many rooms does Jack’s house have?

44. When Jack puts his house up for sale, what is his asking price?

45. Who is Jack’s health insurance provider?

46. Jack claims he used to box professionally.  What was his boxing name?           

47. Listed alphabetically, according to Rochester, what are some of his duties?

48. When did the doctor who delivered Jack die?    

49. What do the three pedals on Bagbie’s piano do?

50. Bonus to previous:  what does the electric guitar do?

Email me with your answers! 

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