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Quiz about Quotes from Calvin and Hobbes
Quiz about Quotes from Calvin and Hobbes

Quotes from "Calvin and Hobbes" Quiz


Here are just a few quotes from Calvin, of the "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip by Bill Watterson. These questions are all multiple choice. If you've read the "Calvin and Hobbes" collections you should do just fine!

A multiple-choice quiz by TriviaMelee. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
TriviaMelee
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
86,906
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
14 / 25
Plays
3782
Last 3 plays: Guest 173 (6/25), Yahoo0406 (21/25), Guest 71 (19/25).
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Question 1 of 25
1. "If ignorance is bliss, this lesson would appear to be a deliberate attempt on your part to deprive me of happiness, the pursuit of which is my unalienable right according to the _______." Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. "Childhood is for ____." Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. "Sorry, my eyes were on ____." Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. "There's never enough time to do all the ____ you want." Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. "The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into ____." Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. Mom: "Sleepwalking!" Dad: "Nightmare!" Calvin: "______!" Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. "Have no fear, boys and girls! I'm _____, champion of liberty and justice!" Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. "We can't rely on _____ to provide uniform national blandness anymore!" Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. "Graphic violence in the media. Does it glamorize violence? Sure. Does it desensitize us to violence? Of course. Does it help us tolerate violence? You bet. Does it stunt our empathy for our fellow beings? Heck yes. Does it cause violence? ___." Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. "If I'm not going to be _____ for my behavior, I'd sure like to know now." Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. "I like following the news! News organizations know I won't ______ any serious discussion of complex and boring issues." Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. "Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something ____." Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. "I'd hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories _____." Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. "Life is full of _____ possibilities." Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. "There's ______ everywhere!" Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. "When birds burp, it must ____." Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. "People always assume you're some kind of ____." Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. "I pragmatically turn my whims into ____." Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. "I'm only civil because I don't know any ____." Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. "For show and tell, I brought a little toy airplane...It reminds me that as soon as I save a little more money, I'll buy a ticket and put so much distance between you chumps and me, it will ____." Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. "And so, after a 3-minute downpour, he became _____." Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. "Life is too ____." Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Madison Avenue and Hollywood, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're _____!" Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. "I thought I knew everything when I was three. Now, a lifetime of experience has left me _____." Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. "It's a magical world, Hobbes ol' buddy..._____!" Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "If ignorance is bliss, this lesson would appear to be a deliberate attempt on your part to deprive me of happiness, the pursuit of which is my unalienable right according to the _______."

Answer: Declaration of Independence

"I therefore assert my patriotic prerogative not to know this material. I'll be out on the playground."
2. "Childhood is for ____."

Answer: spoiling adulthood

Calvin said this after calling his dad at work and rubbing it in that he could stay home because it was summer time.
3. "Sorry, my eyes were on ____."

Answer: screen saver

He was always getting in trouble from Miss Wormwood.
4. "There's never enough time to do all the ____ you want."

Answer: nothing

Calvin is a strong advocate of doing nothing.
5. "The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into ____."

Answer: the present

A common theme in the "Calvin and Hobbes" strips is time, either the lack of it or the appreciation for it.
6. Mom: "Sleepwalking!" Dad: "Nightmare!" Calvin: "______!"

Answer: Homicidal psycho jungle cat

This line provided the title for one of the "Calvin and Hobbes" collections.
7. "Have no fear, boys and girls! I'm _____, champion of liberty and justice!"

Answer: Stupendous Man

Spaceman Spiff was Calvin's other alter ego.
8. "We can't rely on _____ to provide uniform national blandness anymore!"

Answer: monolithic networks

Dad: "There's always McDonald's and Walmart."
9. "Graphic violence in the media. Does it glamorize violence? Sure. Does it desensitize us to violence? Of course. Does it help us tolerate violence? You bet. Does it stunt our empathy for our fellow beings? Heck yes. Does it cause violence? ___."

Answer: Well, that's hard to prove

Bill Watterson's note: "What's to debate?"
10. "If I'm not going to be _____ for my behavior, I'd sure like to know now."

Answer: eternally rewarded

Calvin is constantly torn in two directions, being good or being bad. Being bad usually wins.
11. "I like following the news! News organizations know I won't ______ any serious discussion of complex and boring issues."

Answer: sit still for

"They give me what I want: antics, emotional confrontation, sound bites, scandal, sob stories, and popularity polls all packaged as a soap opera and a horse race!"
12. "Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something ____."

Answer: completely pointless

Back to that philosophy of doing nothing.
13. "I'd hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories _____."

Answer: with no point

This was after his Dad had told him a story about his childhood.
14. "Life is full of _____ possibilities."

Answer: precluded

Reality always seems to rear its ugly head.
15. "There's ______ everywhere!"

Answer: treasure

Calvin often played at different professions. This line was the result of his experience as an archeologist.
16. "When birds burp, it must ____."

Answer: taste like bugs

"Nobody ever pays me a penny for my thoughts."
17. "People always assume you're some kind of ____."

Answer: altruist

He said this after someone called and asked him to take down a message.
18. "I pragmatically turn my whims into ____."

Answer: principles

And what a great number of whims he has.
19. "I'm only civil because I don't know any ____."

Answer: swear words

He did try to call the library many times to get the librarians to tell him swear words, but they never did.
20. "For show and tell, I brought a little toy airplane...It reminds me that as soon as I save a little more money, I'll buy a ticket and put so much distance between you chumps and me, it will ____."

Answer: boggle your minds

"It's not an attitude, it's a fact!"
21. "And so, after a 3-minute downpour, he became _____."

Answer: ludicrously attired for the rest of the day

I love the strips about Calvin waiting for the bus. Reminds me of my childhood.
22. "Life is too ____."

Answer: inconvenient

"Why actually do stuff like work when you can just sit around and stare at the TV?"
23. "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Madison Avenue and Hollywood, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're _____!"

Answer: old and weak

"Am I scary or what?"
24. "I thought I knew everything when I was three. Now, a lifetime of experience has left me _____."

Answer: bitter and cynical

Calvin is only six...so that would be three years of experience.
25. "It's a magical world, Hobbes ol' buddy..._____!"

Answer: Let's go exploring

This was the last line of the last strip that Bill Watterson drew. It was really a great way to end it, I thought, because it's so like Calvin to want to keep going. The image of Calvin and Hobbes zipping off in their sled is just perfect, too.
Source: Author TriviaMelee

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