A Truly Difficult "Hardy Boys" Quiz

Answer: Red with color dust jackets

"The Tower Treasure", "The House On The Cliff" and "The Secret Of The Old Mill" were released on May 16, 1927. The brown covers were introduced in 1932 and the light tan, "tweed" covers in 1951. The recognizable picture covers were introduced in 1962.

Answer: The Mickey Mouse Club

"Mystery Of The Applegate Treasure" was based on "The Tower Treasure". This series was responsible for the first of the Hardy Boys collectible items (games, rings, coloring books, etc.) In 1957 they aired a serial titled "The Mystery of Ghost Farm" which was completely original and not based on any of the books. These serials starred Tim Considine and Tommy Kirk.

Answer: Gold Key

Gold Key comics was a huge success in the 1950s and '60s, publishing comics with characters from Disney, Warner Bros. and Hannah-Barbera just to name a few.

Answer: Mystery of the Chinese Junk

This series never made it to the air but two years later an animated version lasted until 1971. 1971 also saw the end of the Gold Key "Hardy Boys" comic book.

Answer: Stamps

Some of the revisions had very minor changes such as turning a stamp collection into a hoard of treasure. Some others, though, were completely different stories altogether. Many of the changes made were to update out-of-date prose and sayings and to remove racial stereotypes which were abundunt in the early books.

Answer: More than two dozen

Although the name Franklin W. Dixon is indelibly associated with the "Hardy Boys" books, there were more than 24 people on the staff of the Stratemeyer Syndicate formed by Edward Stratemeyer.

Answer: The Famous Five

While Edward Stratemeyer was responsible for bringing us Nancy Drew, Tom Swift and the Bobbsey Twins, "The Famous Five" is from British children's author Enid Blyton. This series chronicles the adventures of four children and their dog, Timmy.

Answer: Parker Stevenson

Married to actress Kirstie Alley from 1983 to 1997, Parker Stevenson has done numerous guest shots and has even dabbled in directing on occasion. His birth name is Richard Stevenson Parker but he had to change it because there was already a Richard Parker and a Richard Stevenson registered with the Screen Actors Guild.

Answer: Phil Cohen

Joe, of course, is co-owner of the "Sleuth" while Biff owns a motor boat called the "Envoy" and Tony is the skipper of the "Napoli". The "Napoli" is owned by Tony's father.

Answer: Iola Morton

Iola is blown to smithereens by a bomb planted in the boys' car, which was intended for them. Iola was Joe's longtime girlfriend but he apparently overcame his grief because he became quite the girl chaser later in this series.