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60 free The Muppets trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
51 free The Muppet trivia questions with answers. Muppets trivia rewards people who paid attention to the credits. These 60 questions cover the whole operation: the coat and the table tennis ball that became Kermit, the British producer who financed a show American networks turned down, the rule about guest stars, and the year a frog got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The quiz spans The Muppet Show, The Muppet Movie, Sesame Street and Jim Henson's own films, plus the performers who took over the characters after 1990. Some questions are gentle enough for a family game night; a handful will only fall to someone who knows which 1974 variety special quietly introduced Miss Piggy. Every answer was checked against a primary reference before publication, so the dates, audience figures and performer credits here are accurate rather than remembered. Play it solo or read it aloud to a room that will start doing the voices within five minutes.
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Q 01Which company produced The Muppet Show alongside Henson Associates?
ITC Entertainment
The programmes were made at ATV's Elstree Studios in Borehamwood. American networks had turned the idea down flat.
Q 02In which country was The Muppet Show actually produced?
England
American networks had passed on the idea. It was made at ATV's Elstree Studios in Borehamwood.
Q 03Which British producer agreed to co-produce the show when US networks would not?
Lew Grade
His company ITC put up the money and the studio space. The show then sold back into the United States in syndication.
Q 04How many episodes of The Muppet Show were made?
120
They ran across five seasons. The first went out in Britain in September 1976.
Q 05Which character acts as the show's host and long-suffering stage manager?
Kermit the Frog
He is performed by the show's creator. Within the story he is the one who has to keep the theatre running.
Q 06What kind of building is the setting of The Muppet Show?
An old vaudeville house
It has, in the show's own words, seen better days. Two hecklers watch every performance from a box.
Q 07Which pair of grumpy old men heckle every performance from the balcony?
Statler and Waldorf
They are named after two New York hotels. They get the last comment of every night.
Q 08In which recurring sketch does Miss Piggy appear as First Mate?
Pigs in Space
It parodies science fiction serials, complete with a booming announcer. The rest of the crew are also pigs.
Q 09What does the show's cleaver-wielding cook actually speak?
Mock Swedish gibberish
It is mock Swedish, performed by two puppeteers at once. Only 'bork bork bork' is reliably intelligible.
Q 10What is the name of the house band on The Muppet Show?
Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem
Animal is their drummer, and the piano player wears a gold tooth. The band still tours in Muppet productions today.
Q 11What rule did the show follow about its celebrity guests?
None ever appeared twice
That is a remarkable constraint across 120 episodes. The guest list runs from Elton John to Rudolf Nureyev.
Q 12By its third season in 1978, what was the show's weekly worldwide audience?
235 million
That made it one of the most watched programmes on the planet. In Britain alone it was drawing around 14 million on Sunday evenings.
Q 13Which honour did The Muppet Show receive in 1978, alongside its Emmy win?
A Peabody Award
It had already taken the top variety prize at Montreux in 1977. Rita Moreno won a performance Emmy for her appearance.
Q 21Who took over performing Kermit after Jim Henson's death?
Steve Whitmire
He held the role until his dismissal in 2016. Matt Vogel took over the following year.
Q 22In which year did Kermit get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
2002
It was awarded in the television category. He is one of very few fictional characters to receive one.
Q 23Who designed Miss Piggy?
Bonnie Erickson
Frank Oz then shaped the character and performed her for 26 years. The design came first, the personality afterwards.
Q 24What is Miss Piggy's trademark move when she is insulted?
Q 14Which guest star won a Primetime Emmy in 1977 for appearing on the show?
Rita Moreno
The award was for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. Her episode ends with her being throttled by a saxophone-playing monster.
Q 15According to Jim Henson, the word 'Muppet' was a blend of which two words?
Marionette and puppet
He also admitted at times that he simply liked the sound of it. The characters are worked by hand rather than by strings.
Q 16What was the name of Jim Henson's first television programme, made in 1955?
Sam and Friends
It was a five-minute show on a Washington station. It ran for six years and introduced a green character who was not yet a frog.
Q 17The first version of Kermit was built out of what?
A coat and a table tennis ball
The coat belonged to Henson's mother, and the ball was cut in half for the eyes. He was turquoise rather than green.
Q 18In which year did Kermit's status as a frog get established, in a television special?
1969
He had spent fourteen years as an indeterminate creature. The special was Hey, Cinderella!.
Q 19Which song did Kermit record for Sesame Street in 1970?
Bein' Green
It became a standard, covered by Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles. His other hit reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Q 20How high did 'Rainbow Connection' reach on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979?
Number 25
A banjo-playing frog in a swamp made the American top thirty. The song was nominated for an Academy Award.
A karate chop
It comes with a shouted 'hi-yah!'. Kermit is usually on the receiving end.
Q 25On which 1974 television special did Miss Piggy first appear?
Herb Alpert and the TJB
That was two years before the show that made her famous. She was a minor background character at the time.
Q 26Who took over performing Miss Piggy from Frank Oz in 2002?
Eric Jacobson
He took over from Frank Oz in 2002. He also performs Fozzie Bear and Animal.
Q 27In which year was The Muppet Movie released?
1979
It was directed by James Frawley and shot as a road comedy. Its theme song was nominated for an Academy Award.
Q 28Where does Kermit live at the start of The Muppet Movie?
A Florida swamp
He is playing a banjo on a log when a talent agent floats past. The shot required a puppeteer inside a submerged canister.
Q 29Who wrote 'Rainbow Connection' for the film?
Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher
The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards. Paul Williams later wrote the songs for The Muppet Christmas Carol too.
Q 30What does the villain Doc Hopper want Kermit to advertise?
A frog legs restaurant chain
The joke is as dark as anything in family cinema. He pursues the frog across the country to get a signature.