Even Die-Hard SNL Fans Only Get 60% on This Quiz

Aliee Chan

Live from your laptop — it’s TIME TO TAKE A QUIZZZZ!!! Sorry, we had to. Saturday Night Live, the amazing, legendary late-night sketch comedy show on NBC has so much history and was the catalyst for the careers of so many of our favorite performers to date. The characters, the musical acts, the scandals… Gosh, where to start? We all know the basics: the epic Ashlee Simpson lip-sync snafu, quote our favorite sketches and characters, and look forward to Weekend Update every single Saturday. But beyond that? Who’s to say?

Okay now, no Googling to cheat your way through this! This SNL quiz is meant to test your bounds in the show’s extensive history. This trivia is only known and shared by the most extreme fans, so don’t feel bad if you don’t get it. But, do you imagine Studio 8H to be its own kind of utopia, not unlike Disney World? Cool. Us, too. Let’s get going!

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We'll take it easy on you for the first question. Hosting Saturday Night Live is a coveted gig, but who got the honor of being the first person to ever host SNL?

Ready? Scroll down to answer

Chevy Chase
Paul Simon
George Carlin
Lily Tomlin
Richard Pryor
Rob Reiner

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Even Die-Hard SNL Fans Only Get 60% on This Quiz

We'll take it easy on you for the first question. Hosting Saturday Night Live is a coveted gig, but who got the honor of being the first person to ever host SNL?

Hosting SNL is such a big deal, it's normal for hosts to get competitive about how many times they've been asked back. Who's hosted Saturday Night Live the most out of anyone?

It wasn't always called Saturday Night Live. What was the name of the show when it originally aired?

There was a time before Saturday Night Live and Lorne Michaels had to get the original cast members on board. He pitched the show to Laraine Newman by describing it as what?

Out of its original cast members, who was the first person to officially be signed as a cast member on Saturday Night Live?

Sometimes Saturday Night Live casts people who can't legally drink at the time. Really! Most of these people were cast as teenagers, but which young cast member was actually cast at 20-year-old?

We've all come to know Lorne Michaels as the show's fearless leader and executive producer, but rumor has it that he left the show at one point in time. When did that happen exactly?

It's not just cast members who have recurring characters. Sometimes the hosts do something so amazing they wind up bringing it back over and over again. Which frequent host has a recurring original character that's NOT an impression of another person?

Becoming a cast member is hard enough, but staying on the show can be a unique test in itself. Which cast member has had the longest tenure on the job?

None of these people have appeared on television as a Saturday Night Live cast member, but who actually quit shortly after being hired?

Saturday Night Live is also well known for its musical guests. They typically get to play two songs on the show, but which musical act clocked in the most musical numbers performed? Hint: They performed four times.

Some weird stuff goes down at the legendary Studio 8H. Which one of these SNL "facts" is actually fiction?

Last question - how would you rate this quiz?

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We'll take it easy on you for the first question. Hosting Saturday Night Live is a coveted gig, but who got the honor of being the first person to ever host SNL?

Hosting SNL is such a big deal, it's normal for hosts to get competitive about how many times they've been asked back. Who's hosted Saturday Night Live the most out of anyone?

It wasn't always called Saturday Night Live. What was the name of the show when it originally aired?

There was a time before Saturday Night Live and Lorne Michaels had to get the original cast members on board. He pitched the show to Laraine Newman by describing it as what?

Out of its original cast members, who was the first person to officially be signed as a cast member on Saturday Night Live?

Sometimes Saturday Night Live casts people who can't legally drink at the time. Really! Most of these people were cast as teenagers, but which young cast member was actually cast at 20-year-old?

We've all come to know Lorne Michaels as the show's fearless leader and executive producer, but rumor has it that he left the show at one point in time. When did that happen exactly?

It's not just cast members who have recurring characters. Sometimes the hosts do something so amazing they wind up bringing it back over and over again. Which frequent host has a recurring original character that's NOT an impression of another person?

Becoming a cast member is hard enough, but staying on the show can be a unique test in itself. Which cast member has had the longest tenure on the job?

None of these people have appeared on television as a Saturday Night Live cast member, but who actually quit shortly after being hired?

Saturday Night Live is also well known for its musical guests. They typically get to play two songs on the show, but which musical act clocked in the most musical numbers performed? Hint: They performed four times.

Some weird stuff goes down at the legendary Studio 8H. Which one of these SNL "facts" is actually fiction?

Last question - how would you rate this quiz?

What did you get? Let us know in the comments!

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