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The Simpsons originally appeared as a short on what TV show?
A) The Tracy Ullman Show
B) Matt Groening's American Family
C) Married with Children
The Tracy Ullman Show
The Tracey Ullman Show (1987-1990) blended sketch comedy with musical numbers, dance routines, and animated shorts.
What Looney Tunes character is known for his stutter?
A) Foghorn Leghorn
B) Daffy Duck
C) Porky Pig
Porky Pig
Porky's most distinctive trait is a severe stutter, for which he sometimes compensates by replacing the words he is attempting to say with something else. For example, "What's going on," might become "What's guh-guh-guh-guh ... what's happening?"
In, "Good Ol' Whatshisname," who is sentenced to 10 years in prison?
A) Plankton
B) Bubble Bass
C) Squidward
Squidward
After stealing What Zit Tooya's wallet and running a red light in front of a police officer, Squidward is arrested and imprisoned for 10 years. Patrick, it turns out, is his cellmate.
What creatures were used for slave labor by the Sea Hag?
A) Goons
B) Golems
C) Grubs
Goons
Popeye's comic strip was responsible for popularizing, although not inventing, the word, "Goon," (meaning a thug or lackey). Goons in Popeye's world were large humanoids with indistinctly drawn faces that were particularly known for being used as muscle and slave labor by the Sea Hag. One particular goon, a female named Alice, is a recurring character in the animated shorts, but she is usually a fairly nice character.
Mickey Mouse was originally created as a replacement for what other Walt Disney character?
A) Horace Horsecollar
B) Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
C) Mortimer the Misfit Monkey
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Mickey Mouse was originally created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a character Walt Disney had created, along with Ub Iwerks, for Universal Studios. When Disney requested a larger budget for his popular Oswald series, Universal quickly fired him and hired other artists and writers to work on the show--to which Universal owned all the rights. Disney learned an important lesson from this incident and made sure that, in the future, he owned the rights to all of his creations.
Who founded Springfield?
A) Hans Springfield
B) Jebediah Springfield
C) Abraham Simpson
Jebediah Springfield
Jebediah Springfield founded Springfield in 1796 while looking for, "New Sodom," with his partner Shelbyville Manhattan. Springfield & Manhattan went their separate ways & Manhattan went on to found the rival town of Shelbyville.
What kind of accent does Bugs Bunny have?
A) Brooklyn accent
B) Midwest accent
C) Bostonian accent
Brooklyn accent
Bugs is characterized by a Brooklyn accent, his portrayal as a trickster, and his catch phrase, "Eh ... What's up, doc?"
Who went to college with Flats the Flounder?
A) Squidward
B) Plankton
C) Patrick
Patrick
At some point, Patrick went to community college with Flats the Flounder, although he can't remember what he studied there.
How many nephews does Popeye have?
A) Five
B) Three
C) Four
Four
Popeye has four nephews: Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye.
Mickey made his first appearance in what short film?
A) Steamboat Willie
B) Plane Crazy
C) The Barn Dance
Plane Crazy
Mickey Mouse made his first appearance in the short film, "Plane Crazy," on May 15, 1928. In this five-minute short, Mickey is inspired to become an airplane pilot. He builds his own plane and invites Minnie Mouse to accompany him on his debut flight, during which he repeatedly tries to kiss her. Playing hard to get, Minnie resists his advances and eventually parachutes out of the plane to escape the amorous Mickey. Distracted, Mickey loses control of the plane, and a comical out-of-control flight ensues, resulting in a crash-landing of Mickey's new aircraft. Although audiences were only luke-warm to Mickey's first adventure, Walt Disney, determined to make a star out of Mickey Mouse, pressed on and soon scored a big hit on November 18, 1928, with, "Steamboat Willie," in which Mickey serves aboard a steamboat under Captain Pete.
What part of the opening credits is different almost every week?
A) The family sitting on the couch
B) Bart riding his skateboard
C) Marge checking out at the grocery store
The family sitting on the couch
Almost every episode of The Simpsons shows the Simpson family doing something different as they sit on the couch to watch TV. In some of the opening credits, Bart also writes something different on the blackboard & Lisa sometimes plays a different solo on her saxophone, but the couch segment is often the only one of the three gags to survive the editing room.
Which character does Wile E. Coyote want to eat?
A) Tweety Bird
B) Road Runner
C) Foghorn Leghorn
Road Runner
Instead of his animal instincts, Wile E. uses absurdly complex gadgets (often from ACME, a mail-order company and recurring gimmick in Looney Tunes) to catch the elusive Road Runner. But the Coyote's plans always backfire, and he is often injured in slapstick fashion.
Which character is a famous news reporter?
A) Bubble Bass
B) Perch Perkins
C) Nat Peterson
Perch Perkins
Perch makes his first appearance in, "Ripped Pants," as the announcer of the surfing competition at Goo Lagoon. He appears frequently in the show as the news reporter and announcer.
What was the name of Olive Oyl's original fiancé?
A) King Blozo
B) Harold Hamgravy
C) Johnny Doodle
Harold Hamgravy
Despite his engagement to Olive Oyl, Harold Hamgravy was often attracted to other women who were considerably wealthy. Hamgravy was depicted as a slacker who preferred getting rich quick over earning money honestly. In a later strip, Hamgravy hired a sailor named Popeye to man his ship for a treasure hunt. Intended as a minor supporting character, Popeye proved so popular that he was made a permanent member of the main cast, and as time passed, he replaced Hamgravy as the object of Olive's affections.
What color shoes does Mickey Mouse traditionally wear?
A) Yellow
B) Black
C) Red
Yellow
Mickey Mouse traditionally wears yellow shoes, red shorts, and white gloves.
What are the annual Halloween episodes known as?
A) D'oh of the Dead
B) The Day Springfield Stood Still
C) Treehouse of Horror
Treehouse of Horror
In 1990 the, "Treehouse of Horror," became an annual tradition of three separate, self-contained stories in each Halloween episode.
What younger rooster does Foghorn Leghorn often try to mentor?
A) Beaky
B) Drumstick
C) Eggbert
Eggbert
Foghorn fancies himself a mentor figure to the younger roosters, especially Eggbert (or Egghead Jr.), often tossing off bits of self-styled sagacity interjected with phrases like, "Pay attention, son," or, "Look at me when I'm talkin' to ya, boy."
In, "Employee of the Month," how many consecutive Employee of the Month Awards has SpongeBob won?
A) 26
B) 16
C) 0
26
SpongeBob has 26 consecutive awards - and wants a 27th!
Before he discovered spinach, how did Popeye get his powers?
A) Rubbing a pipe
B) Rubbing a coin
C) Rubbing a hen
Rubbing a hen
Popeye wasn't always a spinach fanatic. In early stories from the Thimble Theatre comic strip, the sailor gained his special powers by rubbing the hairs on the head of a magical Whiffle Hen named Bernice. In fact, Popeye almost dies in his inaugural adventure, only to recover from otherwise fatal gunshot wounds by rubbing Bernice's head.
In which short film did Mickey first wear his signature white gloves?
A) The Barnyard Battle
B) The Plow Boy
C) The Opry House
The Opry House
Mickey Mouse first appeared in his signature white gloves on March 28, 1929 in, "The Opry House," a musical short in which he performs a series of vaudeville acts such as snake charming and belly dancing.
Which of the following is not a Bart Simpson catch-phrase?
A) "Ay, caramba!"
B) "Ha-ha!"
C) "Eat my shorts!"
"Ha-ha!"
Bart Simpson is known for all of these catch-phrases EXCEPT, "Ha-ha," which is bully Nelson Muntz's favorite thing to say as he beats up on his schoolmates.
What Looney Tunes character did Elmer Fudd evolve from?
A) Egghead
B) Cottontail Smith
C) Bosko
Egghead
In 1937, Fred Avery introduced a new character in his cartoon short Egghead Rides Again. Egghead was initially depicted as having a bulbous nose, funny/eccentric clothing and a bald, egg-shaped head. Many cartoon historians believe that Egghead evolved into Elmer over a period of years, including animation historian Michael Barrier who asserts, "The Egghead-Elmer story is actually a little messy, my sense being that most of the people involved, whether they were making the films or publicizing them, not only had trouble telling the characters apart but had no idea why they should bother trying."
What is Squidward's house shaped like?
A) Easter Island Head
B) Clarinet
C) Lobster Trap
Easter Island Head
Squidward lives in a house resembling an Easter Island Moai. It is placed in between SpongeBob and Patrick's houses at 122 Conch Street.
What baby does Olive Oyl sometimes take care of?
A) Jack-Jack
B) Swee'Pea
C) Bamm-Bamm
Swee'Pea
In the comics, Swee'Pea is a baby left on Popeye's doorstep. Popeye adopts and raises him as his son, or, as he puts it, "Boy-kid." Initially, Swee'Pea's speech consists entirely of the sound, "Glop," but he eventually ages enough to speak normally and can even throw punches if he has to. In the cartoons, Swee'Pea is usually depicted as Olive Oyl's cousin or nephew that she has to take care of from time to time.
In what year did Mickey Mouse make his first comic strip appearance?
A) 1942
B) 1930
C) 1946
1930
Mickey Mouse made his first comic strip appearance in the New York Mirror on January 13, 1930. The first few strips -- loosely based on, "Plane Crazy," Mickey's first short film -- were drawn by Ub Iwerks and written by Walt Disney himself.