Average Entertainment Trivia: Famous Cats | 10 Questions

Answer: Garfield

Garfield, the big orange cat with attitude, is the creation of Jim Davis. Garfield first appeared in comic strip form in June 1978. The name Garfield was taken from a christian name of Jim Davis' grandfather, James A Garfield Davis, whom it is rumored was a large man and could be cantankerous by nature.

Answer: The Cheshire Cat, "Alice in Wonderland"

The Cheshire Cat first appears in chapter 6 of the book, "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland", and belongs to the Duchess. The grinning Cheshire Cat was not an original creation of Carroll's and the phrase "to grin like a Cheshire cat" was already a popular expression in use at the time he wrote the book, especially in the regional area of Cheshire, England.

Answer: Daktari

"Daktari" was aired on the CBS channel between 1966 and 1969. The series starred Marshall Thompson as Dr Marsh Tracy and Cheryl Miller was his daughter Paula. Both had starred in the same roles in the 1965 film "Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion." The series can now be obtained on DVD.

Answer: The Dandy

Korky the Kat appeared as an unspeaking cat on the front page of "The Dandy" until 1940 when he began to speak via balloons. His first words were "Let's ask the butcher for some sausages!" In 1984 Korky was relegated to the inside of the comic and Desperate Dan took over the cover feature strip.

Answer: Snagglepuss

Also known for the catchphrase "Exit stage left, evunnnn", Snagglepuss was the creation of Hanna-Barbera and featured on the television show "The Quick Draw McGraw Show." Following his popularity on this show he went on to feature as a regular segment on the "Yogi Bear Show".

He was in thirty-two episodes all told. In his earliest incarnations the usual pink lion was often orange in colour and called Snaggletooth.

Answer: Edward Lear

Edward Lear (1812-1888), was a prolific writer of nonsense verse. "The Owl and the Pussycat" was included in the publication "Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets" in 1871. As well as an author of poetry, Edward Lear was an accomplished artist, and it is said that he was engaged to give drawing lessons to Queen Victoria when she was a child.

Answer: True

Puss In Boots enters into the "Shrek" Saga in the second film. He is introduced to King Harold, the father of Princess Fiona, by one of the Ugly Sisters, namely Doris, with the credential that he famous Ogre killer. King Harold immediately hires Puss in Boots to assassinate "Shrek." In 2011 there was a spin off film Puss In Boots which dealt with the life of this character pre-"Shrek".

Answer: Officer Dibble

The cartoon "Top Cat" ran for only thirty episodes on the ABC network channel between 27th September 1961 and 18th April 1962. The show was very popular in the United Kingdom although for this audience it changed it's name from "Top Cat" to "Boss Cat" because there was already a brand of cat food on sale in the U.K. named "Top Cat".

Despite this most children in the U.K. still referred to the cartoon as "Top Cat" and not "Boss Cat".

Answer: Siamese

The book "The Incredible Journey" was written by British authoress Sheila Burnford. The cat was not the only animal to be given a different name in the 1993 remake of the original film, both dogs had a name change too. In the original 1963 film, "Luath" is a young labrador, whilst in the remake he becomes "Shadow" an old Golden Retriever. "Bodge" the young English Bull Terrier, becomes "Chance" a young American Bulldog.

Answer: Run over by a car

Snowball's history was related in the first full length Christmas episode titled "Simpsons Roasting on an Open fire." In another episode Lisa writes a poem about this cat and his demise from being run over by a Chrysler car. The original Snowball has been replaced by various other cats, all called Snowball but distinguished from each other by their number such as Snowball II.