Stuff You Should Know's Muppet Quiz

Jim Henson's wife Jane is one of many people who claim that Muppets are simply "marionette puppets."

Tough one, huh? If you were paying attention to the podcast, you learned that Jim Henson used his mother's coat for "proto-Kermit."

Initially foam rubber was used, but Henson found that it didn't hold up over time. They now use reticulated polyfoam.

Skin is a great guess, but workers at the Henson Company call the antron fabric "Muppet fleece."

Because of the complex hand movement, the Swedish Chef was the one with the real hands.

Well, you had a 33.3 percent chance of guessing this one at least. It's named for the creator of the Muppets, Jim Henson.

Not so. The Muppet's eyes are their most important feature, if you ask a Muppeteer.

Everyone knows that younger Muppets have larger pupils than their older counterparts.

Giving the Muppet focus and character has everything to do with the placement of the features within the Magic Triangle.

Muppets can be either clothed or not, and it's not always consistent. Kermit was known to both wear clothing and go au natural.

Did this one trip you up? The un-original name of the Muppet workshop was the Muppet Workshop. It became the Creature Shop after the Disney purchase.

Grover, Kermit and many of the other most popular Muppets are hand and rod puppets.

Requiring two Muppeteers to operate and not utilizing rods, Ernie is what's known as a live-hand puppet.

The smallest of all Muppets, Oscar the Grouch's pet earthworm Slimey was only 3 inches long.

Because a real human fit into Big Bird's costume, he is known as a full-bodied Muppet.

Astro Pig? Really? How could you forget the dramatic introduction to "PIGS IN SPAAAAACE!"

Despite what many people think, "The Muppet Show" was a British TV programme that was distributed to the United States

Woof woof. The name of the piano playing Muppet pooch was Rowlf the Dog.

Beaker gets all the press, but the head of the Muppet Labs was Dr. Bunson Honeydew.

This was pretty unfair actually, but the name of the band was the Electric, not Eclectic, Mayhem.

As a tribute to The Beatles, the bass player for The Electric Mayhem was Sgt. Floyd Pepper.

The grumpy old men in the box seats constantly heckled the performers and complained about the quality of the show.

The affectionate name given to the unsung heroes of "The Muppet Show" is Whatnots.

Frank Oz later became a film director, but he got his start performing as Muppets like Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Grover, to name a few.

Behemoth and Crazy Harry were both Muppets, but it was the giant purple monster Gorgon Heap that ate other Muppets.

The music got most of the Academy's attention. Kermit's "Rainbow Connection" was nominated for Best Score and Best Original Song.

"The Muppet Movie" was far and away the most successful of the movies with a total gross of more than $65,000,000.

Who can forget all of the fun that went on "down in Fraggle Rock"?

If you listened to the podcast, you'd know that Chuck's favorite Christmas special belongs to Emmet Otter.

"The Muppet Show" itself never had any recurring guest stars, although singer John Denver appeared on the show and other Muppet specials.