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What lodge did Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble belong to?

The Royal Order of Water Buffalo. The Royal Order of Water Buffalo--led, of course, by the Grand Poobah.

Which was the first animated Peanuts TV special?

"A Charlie Brown Christmas". It won both an Emmy and a Peabody--and sold tens of thousands of Dolly Madison Zingers. What would the world be without the Peanuts Gang, they are timeless classics.

Nearsighted Mr. Magoo was voiced by which actor, who went on to sitcom fame?

Jim Backus of "Gilligan's Island". At the time, he was also well known for scolding James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause. Jim Backus of course played Thurston Howell III on "Gilligan's Island."

The "Smurfs" was based on a popular comic strip from what country?

Belgium. Where the little blue people were called "Les Schtroumpfs," Flemish for whatchamacallits. This was a cult favorite in the 1980's.

Which of these popular musical acts never had a Saturday-morning cartoon show?

The Monkees. And to think some of you actually watched these shows. But the Archies, yet another TV pop group, had a hit single ("Sugar, Sugar"), despite the fact that they were never anything but a cartoon show.

Which actor provided the original voices for Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Barney Rubble and Jetson's boss Cosmo Spacely?

Mel Blanc. The late actor had voiced almost all of Warner Bros. cartoon characters since 1937. After Mel's death in the late 1980's his son took over where he left off. If you watch the old cartoons that Mel did and the cartoons that are made now, you can hear the slight difference in the voice. He truly was a legend in voices.

"Speed Racer" was a "demon on wheels," but what was the name of his car?

The Mach V. Not even a Japanese-made race car, though, can really go five times the speed of sound. This was a very popular show for a short while, it became short lived when the plots became to similar.

Which one of the following was the secret identity of He-Man?

Prince Adam of Eternia. The famous superhero ruled the 1980's. For the curious the other secret identities are: Shoe Shine Boy was Underdog, Henry was Hong Kong Phoey, and The Scarlet Pumpernickel was Daffy Duck.

Which one of these simian Saturday-morning characters was not animated?

"Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp". This unique live-action James Bond parody used real chimps with dubbed human voices. TBS tried a similar show, but it didn't last too long.

In the "Schoolhouse Rock" song "Conjunction Junction," what are the "three favorite cars" that will "get you pretty far"?

and, but and or. On the new cover album "Schoolhouse Rocks!" Rocks, it's sung by Better Than Ezra. Schoolhouse Rock was one of the most popular shows in the Saturday Morning line ups in the 1980's.