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"Bloom County" Reminiscence Trivia Quiz

This is my first quiz, so it had to be "Bloom County". It offers a tour of what I think are some of the more charming aspects of the comic strip, including its whimsical characters and outrageous misadventures. Enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by jeffwm. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
jeffwm

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
244,117

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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1019

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Top 10% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the heavy metal band that Steve Dallas organizes? Hint

Deathtongue

Sludgeflunky

Billy and the Bloomers

The Scum Monkeys

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where can one find dandelion patches? Hint

Steve's Garden

Rosebud's Greenhouse

Portnoy's Paddock

Milo's Meadow

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Question 3 of 10

3. What character does Hodge-Podge play when pretending to serve as a crew member aboard the starchair Enterpoop? Hint

Scotty

Spock

Sulu

Kirk

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Question 4 of 10

4. During a campaign for the presidency of the United States of America in 1984, presidential candidate Bill the Cat abandons the campaign. What happens next? Hint

Bill the Cat's friends rescue him from a cult known as the Rajneeshees

Rosebud replaces Bill the Cat in the campaign and wins the election

Bill the Cat fakes his death and relocates to Switzerland

F.B.I. agents arrest Bill the Cat and charge him with counterfeiting campaign funds

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is NOT true about Lola Granola? Hint

She sues Steve Dallas

She is an artist

She accepts Opus' marriage proposal

She is a vegetarian

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is Steve Dallas' occupation? Hint

attorney at law

accountant

software engineer

professor

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Question 7 of 10

7. What event becomes known as the Great LaRouche Toad-Frog Massacree? Hint

Hodge-Podge decides to subsist entirely on a diet of toad and frog legs

The United States Department of Wildlife accidentally sends a load of toads and frogs to Bill the Cat

A territorial dispute results in a battle between toad and frog populations

Portnoy ravishes the North Meadow pond with a fully automatic rifle

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Question 8 of 10

8. Portnoy is what type of animal? Hint

beaver

groundhog

ferret

hedgehog

9. During the Billy and the Boingers world tour of 1987, the members of Billy and the Boingers lodge in a motel in New Mexico where Bill the Cat hosts a party. At the party, what reason does Opus offer to explain his wearing a toga fashioned from wallpaper? Hint

He is under the influence of fermented herrings

His friends glued the wallpaper to him while he was unconscious

He is trying to impress his girlfriend, Lola Granola

Bill the Cat flushed the sheets down the toilet back around 1:30 am

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Question 10 of 10

10. When a frantic Steve Dallas leaps up and down on the shut lid of a toilet in which Opus is hiding, Opus phones the police. He informs them that "the TY-D-Bowl is irritating his buttocks." What undertaking resulted in this misadventure? Hint

Opus was attempting to retrieve Steve Dallas' fraternity ring from the plumbing

Steve Dallas was assisting Opus in an effort to lose weight

Opus was assisting Steve Dallas in an effort to quit smoking cigarettes cold turkey

Steve Dallas was attempting to convince Opus that Santa Claus exists

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the heavy metal band that Steve Dallas organizes?

Answer: Deathtongue

The "tongue" portion of the name appears to refer to Bill the Cat who plays "lead tongue".

2. Where can one find dandelion patches?

Answer: Milo's Meadow

Treasure them as the characters of Bloom County do, it is a favorite pastime to stomp the mature flower, causing a cloud of fluff.

3. What character does Hodge-Podge play when pretending to serve as a crew member aboard the starchair Enterpoop?

Answer: Sulu

Cutter John plays Captain, Opus plays Mister Spock, and Portnoy assumes the role of Scotty.

4. During a campaign for the presidency of the United States of America in 1984, presidential candidate Bill the Cat abandons the campaign. What happens next?

Answer: Bill the Cat's friends rescue him from a cult known as the Rajneeshees

Apparently Bill the Cat either is a high-ranking member of the Rajneeshees or is their leader.

5. What is NOT true about Lola Granola?

Answer: She sues Steve Dallas

During their engagement, Opus makes the mistake of denigrating one of Lola Granola's sculptures.

6. What is Steve Dallas' occupation?

Answer: attorney at law

Though lawyer is his primary occupation, Steve Dallas has worked as manager of a heavy metal group, as a writer, and as a paparazzi. He also has competed for the title of Mister America and has acted in a heavy metal video.

7. What event becomes known as the Great LaRouche Toad-Frog Massacree?

Answer: Portnoy ravishes the North Meadow pond with a fully automatic rifle

A character of Bloom County receives credit for his recounting of this tale in the collection Bloom County Babylon.

8. Portnoy is what type of animal?

Answer: groundhog

At least one comic strip reveals that Portnoy lives inside of a tree. There is even a door in the tree trunk.

Answer: Bill the Cat flushed the sheets down the toilet back around 1:30 am

This party ends with Steve Dallas getting arrested.

Answer: Opus was assisting Steve Dallas in an effort to quit smoking cigarettes cold turkey

Their friends watch from a distant hilltop.

Source: Author jeffwm

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