# "The Bob Newhart Show" Trivia Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562 "2005-09-20T17:03:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/1 "2005-09-20T17:03:27Z")
1. Why couldn’t Howard sing Oklahoma? 2. What was Henry Winkler’s profession? 3. What did Jerry eat every morning (as a kid)? 4. Why is a $20 piano no good? Explain. 5. To whom did Bob compare his new furniture? 6. According to Bob’s old professor, what is psychology? 7. How do you spell pride? 8. What did Howard do when he was upset? 9. When Emily was sick, what hurt? 10. When Bob thought of life without Emily, what was his secondary profession? Who played his wife? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/2 "2005-09-20T17:05:21Z")
1. What was Howard’s brother’s name? And what did he do for a living? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/3 "2005-09-20T17:11:14Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > 1. What was Howard’s brother’s name? And what did he do for a living? gee, i guess i wasn’t paying as much attention to the BNS as I thought now for #10, (i know this isn’t right but) Counrty Inn Owner-Writer/Joanna Loudon ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/4 "2005-09-20T17:16:29Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > 1. What was Howard’s brother’s name? And what did he do for a living? Gordon Borden, the Mormon doorman. (You forgot to ask his religion). ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/5 "2005-09-20T17:18:06Z")
> [@plnnr](#): > > Gordon Borden, the Mormon doorman. > > (You forgot to ask his religion). GET OUT!!! that can’t be right??? ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/6 "2005-09-20T17:36:57Z")
The Moderator guesses that **tdn** meant this to be a separate thread, so I’ve split it off from the [Mary Tyler Moore Trivia Show Trivia Game.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=335733) The Moderators are OK with this, as long as we don’t go too far overboard. At the point that we have ten or twelve trivia games rolling at the same time, we’ll merge 'em all into one giant trivia game thread. Until then, a couple of show-specific trivia games are fine. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/7 "2005-09-20T17:40:19Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > GET OUT!!! that can’t be right??? It’s not. > [@tdn](#): > > 1. What was Howard’s brother’s name? And what did he do for a living? Gordon Borden was a game warden. Now, does anybody know where he lived? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/8 "2005-09-20T18:01:30Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > The Moderator guesses that **tdn** meant this to be a separate thread, so I’ve split it off from the [Mary Tyler Moore Trivia Show Trivia Game.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=335733) Oops, sorry. And thanks. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/9 "2005-09-20T18:03:34Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > now for #10, (i know this isn’t right but) Counrty Inn Owner-Writer/Joanna Loudon Incorrect. I’m talking about within the BNS itself. 1. What was Bob’s reaction to Emily’s tears? ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/10 "2005-09-20T18:11:22Z")
1. What did Jerry eat every morning (as a kid)? Gruel, in the orphanage. 2. What did Howard do when he was upset? He ironed his clothes. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/11 "2005-09-20T18:12:34Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > 1. What did Jerry eat every morning (as a kid)? Gruel, in the orphanage. > > 2. What did Howard do when he was upset? He ironed his clothes. Correct and correct. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/12 "2005-09-20T18:13:53Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > It’s not. > > Gordon Borden was a game warden. > > Now, does anybody know where he lived? You’re right, his other brother (Norman?) was the Mormon doorman. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/13 "2005-09-20T18:18:45Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Correct and correct. All right!!! I got two out of ten!! That means… I suck at this game! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/14 "2005-09-20T18:18:53Z")
> [@plnnr](#): > > You’re right, his other brother (Norman?) was the Mormon doorman. Except that Emily made that one up. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/15 "2005-09-20T18:21:23Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > Now, does anybody know where he lived? Oregon? (Or Jordan?) 1. According to Jerry, what was “The boring part”? 2. What was Bob’s primary criticism of Emily’s tennis game? 3. How smart was Bob? 4. What’s Chicken on a Stick? 5. What’s Teflon? 6. What was “Fires of the Mind” changed to? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/16 "2005-09-20T18:51:17Z")
Warden Gordon Borden from Jordan. > [@tdn](#): > > 1. How smart was Bob? I don’t remember the number, but he was “almost gifted”. RA1: Bob had to go out on a building ledge and talk one of his patients out of jumping. What was he wearing at the time? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/17 "2005-09-20T18:53:31Z")
EASY1 What did the ‘boys’ order from the chinese take out place? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/18 "2005-09-20T18:54:50Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Incorrect. I’m talking about within the BNS itself. i _knew_ it was wrong but it was a kind of tie in to the Newhart Series Finale… ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/19 "2005-09-20T18:55:56Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > 1. When Emily was sick, what hurt? Her hair. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/20 "2005-09-20T18:57:10Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > EASY1 What did the ‘boys’ order from the chinese take out place? About 50 containers of moo goo gai pan. That’s because they couldn’t cook a frozen turkey, even if they turned the oven up to 2000 degrees. T20. Bob Hartley and Dick Louden shared something. What was it? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562.md?page=2)