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59 free Martin (TV Show) trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
56 free Martin (TV Show) trivia questions with answers. Martin ran for five seasons on Fox from 1992 to 1997 and has barely left syndication since. These Martin trivia questions cover the whole show: Martin Payne's move from WZUP to Word on the Street, Gina and Pam at the PR firm, Cole cleaning jets, the eternal mystery of Tommy's job, and every character Martin Lawrence played himself, from Sheneneh and Mama Payne to Jerome, Dragonfly Jones, Otis, King Beef and little Roscoe. You will also find the episodes people still quote: the lottery ticket split 300 ways, Thomas Hearns in the ring, Snoop crashing the engagement party, Biggie's background-singer search, the brass headboard, the Bahamas wedding and the move to Los Angeles. Cast history is here too: the Tisha Campbell lawsuit, Garrett Morris's SNL past, Tracy Morgan's debut as Hustle Man, the BET+ reunion and the Emmys tribute. Roughly a third of the questions are for casual viewers, a third for people who have seen every episode twice, and the rest for the friend who can do the Bruh-Man four-finger salute without looking. Every answer is checked against a cited source shown under the question.
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Q 01On which network did Martin air from 1992 to 1997?
Fox
Fox aired all five seasons of Martin, from the August 27, 1992 premiere to the May 1, 1997 series finale.
Q 02What is the first name of Mama Payne, Martin's mother, whom Lawrence also plays?
Edna
Edna 'Mama' Payne is Martin's overbearing mother, one of several characters Lawrence plays in drag; she dotes on Martin and constantly belittles Gina.
Q 03What is the name of the talk show Martin ends up hosting in later seasons?
Word on the Street
Word on the Street was the local television talk show Martin hosted in the show's later seasons, once his radio career ended.
Q 04Who plays Martin's girlfriend and later wife, Gina Waters?
Tisha Campbell
She had already starred opposite Lawrence in House Party (1990) and later played Jay Kyle on My Wife and Kids.
Q 05Who plays Pam James, Gina's sharp-tongued best friend?
Tichina Arnold
Tichina Arnold went on to play Rochelle on Everybody Hates Chris and Tina Butler on The Neighborhood.
Q 06Which actor plays Cole Brown?
Carl Anthony Payne II
Before Cole he was Theo Huxtable's friend Cockroach on The Cosby Show.
Q 07Which actor plays Tommy Strawn?
Thomas Mikal Ford
Ford died in 2016 aged 52 from a ruptured aneurysm; the 2022 reunion special was dedicated to him.
Q 08What is the running joke about Tommy?
Nobody knows what job he has
He always alludes to being employed but never says where, prompting the immortal 'Tommy, you ain't got no job!'
Q 09What does Cole do for a living?
Cleans jets at the airport
He is proud of it, and he still lives with his mother Maddie for most of the run.
Q 10Who owns and founded radio station WZUP?
Stan Winters
He is played by Garrett Morris, the first Black cast member of Saturday Night Live, and is written as a walking 1970s wardrobe.
Q 11Which former Saturday Night Live original cast member plays WZUP's owner?
Garrett Morris
Garrett Morris, an original 1975 Saturday Night Live cast member, plays the station owner; after Morris was shot in a 1994 robbery attempt, his character was written out for a stretch.
Q 12On Martin, what business does Sheneneh Jenkins, played by Martin Lawrence in drag, run?
A hair salon
A hair salon: Sheneneh's Sho' Nuff Hair Salon, where she and her girls hold court between her running feuds with Pam and Gina.
Q 13Where does Sheneneh live in relation to Martin's apartment?
Across the hallway
Q 21What is the name of the bar that serves as the gang's regular hangout?
Nipsey's Lounge
Nipsey's Lounge is the neighbourhood bar where Martin, Tommy and Cole hold court; bartender Nipsey is played by Sean Lampkin.
Q 22How many episodes of Martin were produced?
132
Martin produced 132 episodes over five seasons: 27 in each of the first four seasons and 24 in the last.
Q 23What was the title of the pilot episode, aired August 27, 1992?
Beauty and the Beast
'Beauty and the Beast' was the series premiere: Gina hears Martin playing the on-air womaniser for his radio listeners and calls him on it.
Sheneneh lives across the hallway from Martin's apartment, so most of her scenes begin as ambushes launched from her own doorway.
Q 14Bruh-Man says he lives on which floor, while holding up four fingers?
The fifth
Bruh-Man, played by Reginald Ballard, always says he is 'from the fifth flo'' while holding up four fingers, then lets himself in through Martin's window.
Q 15Which comedian plays Hustle Man, the street peddler who can get you anything?
Tracy Morgan
Tracy Morgan plays Hustle Man, the street peddler who can get you anything; Morgan held the recurring role from 1994 to 1996 before joining Saturday Night Live.
Q 16What is Hustle Man's trademark greeting?
'What's happenin', chief?'
'What's happenin', chief?' is how Hustle Man greets Martin before every pitch for some questionable product or service.
Q 17Which Lawrence character is a self-styled martial arts expert who gets beaten up in nearly every appearance?
Dragonfly Jones
Dragonfly Jones runs a storefront dojo and bills himself a martial arts master, yet every demonstration ends with him flat on the mat.
Q 18Jerome, another Lawrence creation, is described as what?
A faded Detroit pimp
Jerome is a faded Detroit pimp, an aging player in loud suits and gold chains who spends most of his screen time trying to woo Pam.
Q 19What job does Ol' Otis hold?
Security guard
Ol' Otis is a crotchety old security guard, forever in uniform and forever abrasive, one of Lawrence's most frequently recurring alter egos.
Q 20Elroy Preston is billed as the forgotten 'Godfather' of what?
Black surf music
Elroy Preston bills himself the forgotten 'Godfather of Black surf music', a washed-up guitarist who breaks into song at the slightest provocation.
Q 24Which real boxer gets trash-talked by Martin, then surprises him in the ring, in 'Guard Your Grill'?
Thomas Hearns
The 'Hitman' was a celebrity judge at a charity bout Martin had just won.
Q 25In 'Blow, Baby, Blow', which rapper asks Martin to help find a new background vocalist?
The Notorious B.I.G.
The Notorious B.I.G. plays himself in 'Blow, Baby, Blow', one of the show's many rap guest spots; Biggie died in March 1997, weeks before the series finale aired.
Q 26In 'Headin' for Trouble', Gina gets her head stuck in what?
A brass bed headboard
Gina's head gets wedged between the bars of a brass bed headboard; the gang's attempts to free her make up one of the show's most famous set pieces.
Q 27Which real-life event explains Gina's absence for much of the final season?
Tisha Campbell's lawsuit against Lawrence
She settled and returned for the last two episodes on condition that she share no scenes with him; the two have since reconciled.
Q 28In Martin's series finale, 'California, Here We Come', Martin and Gina move to which city for his talk show?
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, for a national deal on Martin's talk show and a promotion for Gina; Cole tries to propose to Shanise on the way out.
Q 29Which comedian plays talk-show rival Varnell Hill?
Tommy Davidson
Nearly 30 years later the character got his own spin-off, The Varnell Hill Show.
Q 30On which streaming service did the 2022 reunion special Martin: The Reunion premiere?
BET+
Martin: The Reunion premiered on BET+ on June 16, 2022, reuniting Lawrence, Campbell, Arnold and Payne 25 years after the series finale.