# "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:** 3
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/41 "2005-09-21T13:37:53Z")
Here are some hints on the unanswered questions: 1. Why couldn’t Howard sing Oklahoma? He didn’t know the words. Why not? 1. What was Henry Winkler’s profession? It had to do with his recent place of residence. 1. Why is a $20 piano no good? Explain. Why is a $2000 watch no good? 1. To whom did Bob compare his new furniture? Think fascism. 1. How do you spell pride? Sky Guy. 1. When Bob thought of life without Emily, what was his secondary profession? Who played his wife? This was an episode where both Bob and Emily fantasized about what life would be like if they’d never met. Bob’s fantasy wife was played by a 70s soap opera beauty icon. Bob Hartley and Dick Louden shared something. What was it? Think syrup. ---
**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 21, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/42 "2005-09-21T13:38:59Z")
“chews” Preview, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/43 "2005-09-21T13:39:23Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > Thirty-two chew keeps your tummy from danger, > or you don’t get to stay up and watch _The Lone Ranger_. Correct! Or, close enough. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/44 "2005-09-21T13:53:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Bob Hartley and Dick Louden shared something. What was it? a love of pancakes? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/45 "2005-09-21T14:03:46Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > a love of pancakes? You’re getting closer. Another hint: Mork and Mindy. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/46 "2005-09-21T14:08:51Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > You’re getting closer. > > Another hint: Mork and Mindy. French Toast? (tie in is the Egg that was Mork’s ship) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/47 "2005-09-21T14:34:31Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > French Toast? (tie in is the Egg that was Mork’s ship) Who lived upstairs from Mork and Mindy? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/48 "2005-09-21T14:38:55Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Who lived upstairs from Mork and Mindy? Tom Poston - but he wasn’t on the BNS He _was_ however in **Bob** wherein Bob Newhart plays a comicbook artist/writer ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/49 "2005-09-21T14:41:21Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Tom Poston - but he wasn’t on the BNS One last hint: Who played Bob’s best friend – also known as “The Peeper” – who was a Vermont native, and who loved to pour maple syrup over everything? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/50 "2005-09-21T14:50:34Z")
ok - that’s one on me - Tom Poston was in all 3 of Bob’s series ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/51 "2005-09-21T14:52:04Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Except I don’t know if “poo poo” was what he said. Yes. From memory, so probably not verbatim, but close: “I _did_ say the darnedest things. I was ahead of my time. Today I’d get applause with a word like ‘poo-poo.’” ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/52 "2005-09-21T18:04:11Z")
Wow, some toughies here!Here’s a few more: [ul] [li]W1: After Howard got laid off, what airline did he finally land a job with?[/li][li]W2: What restaurant did the boys order the “moo goo goo goo” from?[/li][li]W3: What was Bob’s response when Howard said he was going to brush his teeth after taking a bath?[/li][li]W4: At the sex therapy retreat, what question did Bob ask the naked guy behind the desk?[/li][li]W5: What did Bob tell Emily was the reason he was called “The Mooner” in college? And what did “The Peeper” put in Bob’s sock drawer?[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/53 "2005-09-21T18:07:19Z")
[li]W1: After Howard got laid off, what airline did he finally land a job with?[/li]EDS [li]W4: At the sex therapy retreat, what question did Bob ask the naked guy behind the desk?[/li]“Don’t you stick to your chair?” [li]W5: What did Bob tell Emily was the reason he was called “The Mooner” in college?[/li]Moons Mullens? I never did understand that reference. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/54 "2005-09-21T18:08:30Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > [li]W1: After Howard got laid off, what airline did he finally land a job with?[/li]EDS > > [li]W4: At the sex therapy retreat, what question did Bob ask the naked guy behind the desk?[/li]“Don’t you stick to your chair?” > > [li]W5: What did Bob tell Emily was the reason he was called “The Mooner” in college?[/li]Moons Mullens? I never did understand that reference. Moon Mullens was a comic strip from the 30’s or 40’s (either way BMT) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/55 "2005-09-21T18:10:12Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Moon Mullens was a comic strip from the 30’s or 40’s (either way BMT) Ah. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/56 "2005-09-21T18:10:15Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > [li]W1: After Howard got laid off, what airline did he finally land a job with?[/li]EDS > > [li]W4: At the sex therapy retreat, what question did Bob ask the naked guy behind the desk?[/li]“Don’t you stick to your chair?” > > [li]W5: What did Bob tell Emily was the reason he was called “The Mooner” in college?[/li]Moons Mullens? I never did understand that reference. “Moon Mullins” was a popular comic strip from the 30’s to the 60’s–Bob tried to tell Emily he was a fan of that strip (she didn’t believe him, of course). ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/57 "2005-09-21T18:11:39Z")
BTW, **tdn** , all your answers are right! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/58 "2005-09-21T18:11:50Z")
Heh heh heh. I was just thinking about this convertable I used to have. ---
**Author:** ![waits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df788c/32.png) [@waits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waits)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/59 "2005-09-21T20:06:16Z")
> [@waits](#): > > What was Bob’s mother always trying to get him to eat? > [@tdn](#): > > 1st guess: His vegetables > 2nd guess: His spinach Close enough. The answer I was thinking of was ruffage. ---
**Author:** ![deevee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@deevee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deevee)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562/60 "2005-09-21T20:09:53Z")
A $2000 watch is no good because for $2000 you can get a piano…and a watch. What did Mr. Carlin give out as Hallowee’n treats? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-newhart-show-trivia-game/322562.md?page=4)