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Doonesbury

Zonker's ancestor, Amy Harris, was an acquaintance of which hero of the American Revolution?

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Paul Revere. An early feminist, Amy was unimpressed by the Revolution's silence on the question of women's rights. She sought to prove her point by seeking to work outside the home - specifically for Paul Revere as an apprentice silversmith. While she lacked any talent for silverware, Amy succeeded in making her point to her husband, who vowed to henceforth treat her as an equal.



Zonker was one of those people who never grew up. Who where his imaginary friends that he always talked to?

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His plants. His plants had names and distinct personalities.



Whose course did Honey attend while she was a student at Georgetown University?

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Henry Kissinger. Like Kissinger, the three red herrings on this list are all associated with Harvard. Schlesinger, an adviser to JFK, and Wilson, author of "Sociobiology" were professors there (as was Kissinger himself). Halberstam, a journalist who once appeared in "Doonesbury" interviewing Rick Redfern, was a graduate. It was at Georgetown, however, that Honey encountered Kissinger, heading her geopolitics course. They had both recently vacated the corridors of power - he having ended his years in the White House, she her years as translator at the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party.



Who was the first gay character to appear in 'Doonesbury'?

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Andy Lippincott. Lippincott first appeared in the strip in the 1970's. He eventually died from the AIDS virus.



Who was Sid Kibbitz?

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Boopsie's agent. Sid was Boopsie's agent. He also tried to package Ronald Reagan and Tom Cruise together in a 'buddy' movie.



Who was B.D.'s buddy during both Iraq wars?

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Ray Hightower. Ray was wounded in the first war.



Who played 'uptight end' for the Walden College football team when B.D. was the quarterback?

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Zonker Harris. Zonker's habit of smoking marijuana in the huddle did not endear him to the straightlaced B.D. Zonker later turned up as a war correspondent in Vietnam while B.D. was there.



Who is the embodiement of the tobacco industry?

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Mr. Butts. Mr. Butts, a giant walking cigarette. His friend, Mr. Jay, is a giant joint.



Who did Mike campaign for during the 1980 election?

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John Anderson. Anyone remember him?



While he was Ambassador to China, which high-level member of the Chinese Communist Party did Duke visit in prison?

Real Life People in "Doonesbury" (Finduskeepus)


Deng Xiaoping. Deng, later to oversee China's rise to its much-improved status, was purged and sent to a re-education camp during Duke's tenure; one of the old-time leaders who fell from grace in the Cultural Revolution. In the strip, his name was Romanized according to Wade-Giles as "Teng Hsiao-ping". Duke, hearing that he was in prison, paid a visit to his former diplomatic sparring partner. Jiang Qing, Mao's wife, was a perpetrator of the afore-mentioned Cultural Revolution, and was also mentioned in the strip - Honey Huan was called to testify at her trial after her own fall from grace. Mao himself died during Duke's time in China, and Zhou Enlai, the second man of China's revolution, was already dead.



Which writer guested on Mark's radio show reading from a book about his or her hedonistic journeys in the swinging subculture?

Real Life People in "Doonesbury" (Finduskeepus)


Gay Talese. Mark had numerous interesting guests back in his college radio days, including author and journalist Talese, who read from his book "Thy Neighbour's Wife", an exploration of the free love subculture. Erica Jong's book "Fear of Flying", although a landmark of the sexual revolution, is a novel rather than a nonfiction work. Xaviera Hollander, former madam, is the author of the nonfiction work "The Happy Hooker". I'm not sure if Hefner has ever written a book about his experiences, but if he has, Mark's listeners have yet to hear from him.



Which President had an evil twin named Skippy?

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George H.W. Bush. Skippy looked exactly the same as Bush - an easy concept for Trudeau to present, as they were both portrayed as being invisible (possibly, just possibly implying that Bush, during his term as Regan's VP, was a yes-man without any platform of his own). Skippy caused trouble for his brother, by, for example, supporting different Republicans in crucial primary campaigns.



Which President had a virtual copy of himself made, which then escaped to roam the airwaves?

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Ronald Reagan. Inspired by Max Headroom, Reagan's team created the virtual "Ron Headrest" to fill in for the President during his lengthy vacations. Headrest, however, proved uncontrollable, escaping into the ether and appearing in America's living rooms to mock his fellow Republicans. Headrest created further problems for his party in 1988, when he sought to run for President on the Republican ticket in his own right.



Which political figure was represented as a floating white feather?

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Dan Quayle. Possibly, just possibly, trying to imply that Quayle was a lightweight, Garry Trudeau portrayed him as a floating quail feather. This didn't annoy Quayle as much as did a series of strips about his DEA file, which got Trudeau into a certain amount of hot water. Clinton was portrayed as a waffle (possibly, just possibly to imply that he had trouble taking a firm stand on the issues of the day), Schwarzenegger, struggling with a sexual harassment scandal, as a giant groping hand, and the hot-tempered Gingrich as a bomb with a lit fuse.



Which political figure did star reporter Roland Hedley eagerly question about his beard?

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Yasser Arafat. Roland scored his first interview with Arafat in Beirut, as the PLO Chairman faced Israeli attack. Roland asked Arafat to explain how he managed to grow a beard which always looked like three-day stubble.



Which character in 'Doonesbury' won $23 million in a lottery?

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Zonker Harris. Zonker won the lottery, but it didn't change him one bit. He began working as a nanny, helping raise B.D. and Boopsie's daughter Sam.



Which character from "Seinfeld" does Zonker believe he resembles?

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Elaine Benes. You might be forgiven for seeing the resemblance to Kramer, but Zonker, noting her big hair and bad dancing, identifies with Elaine.



Which 'Doonesbury' character revealed that he was gay on the radio?

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Mark Slackmeyer. Slackmeyer, along with his life-partner Chase Talbot III, began to host a radio show on National Public Radio called 'All Things Being Equal'.



Which 'Doonesbury' character once staged a nine hour performance art piece titled 'Welcome to Artville'?

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J.J. Doonesbury. J.J. married and divorced Mike Doonesbury. She became a sculptor living in Seattle.



Which 'Doonesbury' character developed a monthly contribution program, complete with buttons to signify whether or not the person had already given?

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Alice Schwartzman. Alice, a one-time New York debutante,was homeless for many years until Congresswoman Lacey Davenport left her estate to her. She and her husband Elmont had to get used to living indoors.



When 'Bull Tales' became 'Doonesbury', in how many newspapers did it first appear?

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28. 'Doonesbury' appeared in 28 newspapers when it debuted on October 26, 1970.



What is the name of the Justice Department attorney who was romantically involved (unsuccessfully) with a priest and a gay man?

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Joanie Caucus. Joannie got married to investigative reporter Rick Redfern and is the mother of Jeff.



What is the first name of "Uncle" Duke's long-time assistant? She was a 1974 graduate of Peking University.

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Honey. Among other things, Honey Huan has been the translator for the U.S. Ambassador to China, the Dean and President of the Baby Doc College of Physicians, and the Social Director aboard Donald Trump's yacht.



What celebrity neighbor did Duke always fight with near his house in Colorado?

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John Denver. He went after Denver with a gun on more than one occasion.



The first time Mike Doonesbury met his lab partner Bernie, what did Bernie do?

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Turned himself into a werewolf.. Bernie later confided to Mike that he ate an outboard motor at the age of four. Years later he hired Mike's future wife, Kim, to work for him at Bernie's Byte Shack of Seattle.



Several characters have died in the strip. Who died of a heart attack?

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Dick. Dick died of a heart attack while birdwatching. His wife, Lacey, died about ten years later, of Alzheimers. Andy died of AIDS, Phil of old age.



Over which famous actor did Joanie once make a fool of herself?

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Clint Eastwood. In 1986, Joanie was thrilled when her boss, congresswoman Lacey Davenport, campaigned on behalf of fellow Republican Eastwood when he ran for Mayor of Carmel and she got a chance to meet him. When the moment came, however, Joanie's flirting skills deserted her and she burbled at Eastwood like a starstruck airhead.



One trademark of the strip is the use of icons to represent famous people. How was Bill Clinton shown?

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A waffle. Reagan was Max Headroom, Bush, Sr. was a point of light, Bush Junior an asterisks in a cowboy hat, Dan Quayle a feather, Newt Gingrich a bomb, and David Duke a swastika.



One of the first characters to appear in the strip was B.D. On whom was the character based?

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Brian Dowling, Yale's starting quarterback. B.D. was a star quarterback just like the inspiration for his character, Brian Dowling. B.D. became the football coach at his alma mater, Walden College.



Joanie once fell for a fellow legal student named Andy. Why didn't it work out?

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He was gay. Joanie: "Are they sure?" Andy: "Joanie, I'm sure."



J.J. once created a large mural for Donald Trump. Where was it?

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His big, obnoxious boat. She felt she was selling out, painting a mural in a billionaire's boat (in the bathroom, no less).