100+ Fun Sesame Street Trivia Questions & Answers

Question: What color is Elmo’s fur?

Answer: Red

Question: Which Muppet lives in a garbage can?

Answer: Oscar the Grouch

Question: What is the name of Big Bird’s teddy bear?

Answer: Radar

Question: Who are Bert and Ernie named after?

Answer: Characters from "It’s a Wonderful Life"

Question: What character is known for their love of cookies?

Answer: Cookie Monster

Question: What is Count von Count’s favorite activity?

Answer: Counting

Question: What color is Grover?

Answer: Blue

Question: Which Sesame Street character played Mr Hooper, the owner of Hooper's Store?

Answer: Will Lee

Question: What language does Rosita speak?

Answer: English and Spanish

Question: Who is Big Bird’s best friend?

Answer: Snuffy

Question: What is the name of Oscar the Grouch’s pet worm?

Answer: Slimey

Question: What is Abby Cadabby’s magical object?

Answer: A wand

Question: What is Telly Monster’s favorite shape?

Answer: Triangle

Question: Who runs the Fix-It Shop?

Answer: Maria and Luis

Question: What pet does Bert have?

Answer: A pigeon named Bernice

Question: Who is the fairy school teacher?

Answer: Mrs. Sparklenose

Question: What kind of animal is Mr. Snuffleupagus?

Answer: A woolly mammoth

Question: What does Super Grover wear on his head?

Answer: A knight’s helmet

Question: Who performs the voice of Elmo?

Answer: Kevin Clash until 2012, then Ryan Dillon

Question: Who is the shopkeeper at Hooper’s Store?

Answer: Alan

Question: Which character is always carrying around a rubber ducky?

Answer: Ernie

Question: Who is Cookie Monster’s best friend?

Answer: Gonger

Question: What is Zoe’s favorite toy?

Answer: A doll named Mimi

Question: Who is Elmo’s best friend?

Answer: Zoe

Question: What is the color of Oscar the Grouch?

Answer: Green

Question: What is the color of Abby Cadabby’s hair?

Answer: Pink

Question: What year was Sesame Street first broadcasted?

Answer: 1969

Question: Who created Sesame Street?

Answer: Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett

Question: Who is the puppeteer behind Big Bird?

Answer: Caroll Spinney until 2018, then Matt Vogel

Question: What was the original purpose of Sesame Street?

Answer: To help children prepare for school

Question: In what city is Sesame Street set?

Answer: Based on urban areas in New York City

Question: Who was the first human character to appear on Sesame Street?

Answer: Gordon

Question: Who played the character of Gordon?

Answer: Matt Robinson, then Hal Miller, then Roscoe Orman

Question: Who is the head writer of Sesame Street?

Answer: Ken Scarborough (as of 2021)

Question: Who is Big Bird’s nest maid?

Answer: Granny Bird

Question: Who are the inhabitants of Sesame Street?

Answer: A mix of humans, Muppets, and animals

Question: What’s the name of first episode of Sesame Street?

Answer: "Gordon Introduces Sally to Sesame Street"

Question: Who is the longest-serving human character on Sesame Street?

Answer: Susan

Question: What is the species of Big Bird?

Answer: Canary-like bird

Question: What does Grover work as besides being a superhero?

Answer: A waiter

Question: What is Bert’s pet’s name?

Answer: Bernice

Question: Who are the two female Muppets who share a room?

Answer: Prairie Dawn and Zoe

Question: What is the name of Ernie’s bath toy?

Answer: Rubber Duckie

Question: What is Ernie’s most famous song?

Answer: "Rubber Duckie"

Question: Who is the author of ‘The Monster at the End of This Book’?

Answer: Grover

Question: What is the name of Oscar’s elephant?

Answer: Fluffy

Question: What is the nationality of Oscar the Grouch?

Answer: Grouch (nationality not specified)

Question: Who is the owner of Hooper’s Store after Mr. Hooper?

Answer: David, then Mr. Handford, then Alan

Question: Who is Big Bird’s cousin?

Answer: Abelardo

Question: What does Ernie often lose in various sketches?

Answer: His Rubber Duckie

Question: Who created the muppets?

Answer: Jim Henson

Question: What's Big Bird's teddy bear's name?

Answer: Radar

Question: Who is the fairy school teacher?

Answer: Mrs. Sparklenose

Question: What is Telly Monster’s favorite shape?

Answer: Triangle

Question: What is the name of Elmo’s goldfish?

Answer: Dorothy

Question: Who teaches children about diversity on Sesame Street?

Answer: Multiple characters, including Rosita and Abby Cadabby

Question: What is the name of Big Bird’s teddy bear?

Answer: Radar

Question: What is the original purpose of Sesame Street?

Answer: To help children prepare for school, especially from low-income families

Question: What color is Elmo’s fur?

Answer: Red

Question: What instrument does Hoots the Owl play?

Answer: Saxophone

Question: Who runs the Fix-It Shop?

Answer: Maria and Luis

Question: What kind of animal is Mr. Snuffleupagus?

Answer: Woolly mammoth

Question: What does Super Grover wear on his head?

Answer: Knight’s helmet

Question: Who is Cookie Monster’s best friend?

Answer: Gonger

Question: What is Zoe’s favorite toy?

Answer: Mimi, a doll

Question: Who is Elmo’s best friend?

Answer: Zoe

Question: What is Abby Cadabby’s magical object?

Answer: Wand

Question: What is the name of Bert and Ernie’s pigeon?

Answer: Bernice

Question: What language does Rosita speak?

Answer: English and Spanish

Question: What is the species of Big Bird?

Answer: Canary-like bird

Question: What color is Grover?

Answer: Blue

Question: What color is Oscar the Grouch?

Answer: Green

Question: What does The Count love to count?

Answer: Everything

Question: What lesson did Mr Hooper's death teach?

Answer: The difficulties of losing loved ones

Question: What instrument does Hoots the Owl play?

Answer: Saxophone

Question: What is the color of Cookie Monster?

Answer: Blue

Question: Who are the Martians, also known as?

Answer: The Yip Yips

Question: Who is the dance teacher on Sesame Street?

Answer: Zoe

Question: Who is known for his love of trash?

Answer: Oscar the Grouch

Question: What color is Telly Monster?

Answer: Purple

Question: Who operates the Sesame Street News Flash?

Answer: Kermit the Frog

Question: What color is Bert’s skin?

Answer: Yellow

Question: What is Rosita’s full name?

Answer: Rosita, La Monstrua de las Cuevas

Question: What is Elmo’s favorite food?

Answer: Pizza

Question: What instrument does Bert love to play?

Answer: The oboe

Question: What does The Count love to count?

Answer: Everything

Question: Who provides the voice of Oscar the Grouch?

Answer: Caroll Spinney until 2015, then Eric Jacobson

Question: What color is Big Bird?

Answer: Yellow

Question: Who are the Two-Headed Monster’s puppeteers?

Answer: Originally Jerry Nelson and Richard Hunt, now David Rudman and Joey Mazzarino

Question: What is the name of the music teacher on Sesame Street?

Answer: Hoots the Owl

Question: Who lives in the castle on Sesame Street?

Answer: The Count

Question: Which Sesame Street character has a lamb named Ovejita?

Answer: Murray

Question: What is the name of the game show hosted by Guy Smiley?

Answer: Beat The Time

Question: Who is Cookie Monster’s mom?

Answer: Muncha Lisa

Question: Who is Snuffy’s little sister?

Answer: Alice

Question: What is the name of the theater in Sesame Street?

Answer: The Furry Arms Hotel

Question: What is the name of the alien who visits Sesame Street?

Answer: Zork

Question: What is the color of Zoe’s skin?

Answer: Orange

Question: Who is the Muppet vampire who loves counting?

Answer: Count von Count

Question: What is the name of Big Bird’s camp counselor?

Answer: Mickey

Question: What's Elmo's offshoot TV series entitled?

Answer: Elmo's World

Question: The South African version featured a HIV-positive muppet in what year?

Answer: 2002

Question: Who was the Muppet songwriter who was always failing to finish a classic song lyric on Muppet NewsFlash?

Answer: Don Music