Bob Ross quiz

More questions about Bob Ross

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1. 1 Easy

   Which state inspired Bob Ross's snowy mountain paintings?

   Answer: Alaska

   Why: While serving in Alaska, Ross sold landscape paintings on gold-prospecting pans to tourists.

2. 2 Medium

   What color paint did Bob Ross use to sign the landscapes he finished on The Joy of Painting?

   Answer: Red

   Why: Red was his signature colour on The Joy of Painting. Canvases he signed around 1970, before the show, carry a black Ross instead.

3. 3 Hard

   What did Bob Ross typically hide behind his palette while filming?

   Answer: A partially missing finger

   Why: He lost the tip of his left index finger in a woodworking accident with his father, but could still comfortably hold his palette.

4. 4 Easy

   What phrase did Bob Ross say while beating excess thinner from his brush?

   Answer: Beat the devil out of it

   Why: Ross washed the brush in odorless thinner, scrubbed it on a bucket screen, shook it, then beat out the excess.

5. 5 Medium

   Which relative occasionally hosted guest painting episodes on Bob Ross's television show?

   Answer: His son Steve

   Why: Steve inherited his father's gentle speaking style and demonstrated wet-on-wet landscapes across more than a dozen episodes.

6. 6 Hard

   Which couple co-founded Bob Ross Inc. to manage the artist's global business empire?

   Answer: The Kowalskis

   Why: Annette discovered Bob while taking a painting workshop in Florida to cope with grief, eventually turning him into a household name.