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Quiz about Ultimate Classic Comics Strips I

Ultimate Classic Comics Strips : I Quiz

Like jazz, the comic strip is an american artform. Unfortunately, with the shrinkage of the funny pages in todays newspapers, the comics are nothing like the great golden age of the comic strips of the early 1900's all the way up to the 50's.

A multiple-choice quiz by sultan. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
sultan

Time
7 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
67,358

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

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Question 1 of 25

1. What was the first date that Popeye appeared in Elzie Segar's Thimble Theatre? Hint

January 1,1930

January 17,1929

October 4, 1923

November 2, 1915

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Question 2 of 25

2. Which comic strip did Frederick Opper not create? Hint

Happy Hooligan

Alphonse and Gaston

Maud

Boob McNutt

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Question 3 of 25

3. What was the name of Pogo's turtle friend in Walt Kelly's classic, Pogo? Hint

Beauregard Bugleboy

Touche Turtle

Albert

Churchy La Femme

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Question 4 of 25

4. What was the last name of Linus and his big sister Lucy in Charles Schultz's classic, Peanuts? Hint

Borgia

Van Huessen

Van Pelt

Othmar

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Question 5 of 25

5. What comic strip did Milton Caniff create just prior to making his classic, Terry and the Pirates? Hint

Ozark Ike

Tim Tyler's Luck

Dickie Dare

Kerry Drake

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Question 6 of 25

6. Who was the creator of Dick Tracy?

Answer: ((first and last name, please))

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Question 7 of 25

7. What strip did Ham Fisher create? Hint

Joe Palooka

Smokey Stover

Mutt and Jeff

Big Ben Bolt

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Question 8 of 25

8. Who created the classic strip the Gumps? Hint

Gus Edson

Fred Harmen

Carl Ed

Sydney Smith

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Question 9 of 25

9. What catch-phrase was not created in Billy DeBeck's Barney Google? Hint

the heebie-jeebies

pitch a lil' woo?

taitched in the head

osky-wow-wow

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Question 10 of 25

10. What is considered the first successful daily comic strip? Hint

A. Piker Clerk

Mutt and Jeff

The Katzenjammer Kids

Old Doc Yak

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Question 11 of 25

11. How did Lil' Abner's creator Al Capp lose his Leg? Hint

polio

Falling off a street car

ran over by a horse

World War I

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Question 12 of 25

12. Who was the tall one, Mutt or Jeff?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 13 of 25

13. Here is an easy one. Who created Krazy Kat? Hint

Tad Dorgan

George Herriman

Gene Ahern

Thomas Nast

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Question 14 of 25

14. Who created Winnie Winkle the Breadwinner? Hint

Jimmy Murphy

V.T Hamlin

Martin Branner

Charles Voight

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Question 15 of 25

15. What was the name of Nancy's aunt in Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy? Hint

Sluggo

Dixie Dugan

Polly Perkins

Fritzi Ritz

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Question 16 of 25

16. In what year did Al Capp's Lil' Abner appear in newspapers? Hint

1927

1919

1931

1934

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Question 17 of 25

17. Who was the first cartoonist to draw the comic strip Tarzan? Hint

Burne Hogarth

Hal Foster

Chic Young

Al Williamson

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Question 18 of 25

18. In Dick Tracy, who is the name of B.O. Plenty's hideous wife? Hint

Moon Maiden

Gravel Gertie

Angel Top

Prudence Pimpleton

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Question 19 of 25

19. What was the name of the cartoon character who drew Fearless Fosdick, Lil' Abner's 'ideel', in AL Capp's Lil' Abner? Hint

Lester Gooch

Eliot Caplin

Chester Choog

Link Lysol

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Question 20 of 25

20. In what year did Frank King's Gasoline Alley start? Hint

1919

1924

1914

1912

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Question 21 of 25

21. Who created Polly and her Pals?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 22 of 25

22. What was Mort Walker's father's favorite comic strip? Hint

Moon Mullins

Skippy

Lil' Abner

Little Iodine

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Question 23 of 25

23. After Rudolph Dirks left the Hearst papers, taking the characters but not the title, who took over the Katzenjammer Kids strip? Hint

Harold Knerr

Zab Bobely

John Musial

George McManus

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Question 24 of 25

24. What was the character's name in Pogo that looked and acted coincidently like Senator Joseph McCarthy? Hint

Hooper D. Mcarthey

Seminole McCarthy

Wiley Catt

Simple J. Malarkey

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Question 25 of 25

25. Who created Little Orphan Annie? Hint

Harold White

Harold Gray

Lank Leornard

Darrel McClure

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the first date that Popeye appeared in Elzie Segar's Thimble Theatre?

Answer: January 17,1929

In replying to Castor Oil's question if in fact he was a sailor, Popeye's first utterance in history was, 'Ja think I'm a cowboy?'

2. Which comic strip did Frederick Opper not create?

Answer: Boob McNutt

Boob McNutt was created by another great cartoonist, Rube Goldberg, famous for those Rube Goldberg contraptions.

3. What was the name of Pogo's turtle friend in Walt Kelly's classic, Pogo?

Answer: Churchy La Femme

Churchy La Femme was a strange, not-so-bright turtle who wore a pirate hat. He liked to pal around with Howland Owl a lot.

4. What was the last name of Linus and his big sister Lucy in Charles Schultz's classic, Peanuts?

Answer: Van Pelt

Linus and Lucy also have a little brother named Rerun. A dead ringer for his older brother Linus, Rerun was often seen on the baby seat of his mother's bicycle.

5. What comic strip did Milton Caniff create just prior to making his classic, Terry and the Pirates?

Answer: Dickie Dare

Dickie Dare, a forerunner of Terry Lee, was an imaginative little kid who dreamed up adventures about the books he was reading.

6. Who was the creator of Dick Tracy?

Answer: Chester Gould

Although not the greatest artist, Chester Gould's story's and bizarre villians made Dick Tracy a classic.

7. What strip did Ham Fisher create?

Answer: Joe Palooka

Joe Palooka was a favorite strip for readers for years. Many famous cartoonists ghosted the strip for the playboy Fisher, most notably Al Capp, who fueded with the tragic Ham Fisher ever after.

8. Who created the classic strip the Gumps?

Answer: Sydney Smith

Smith, right after signing the first million-dollar contract for a cartoonist, died in a tragic car accident the following morning.

9. What catch-phrase was not created in Billy DeBeck's Barney Google?

Answer: pitch a lil' woo?

In the mid-thirties, Barney Google met up with a hillbilly named Snuffy Smith. Snuffy and his family took over the strip, especially after DeBeck's death in 1942, when his assistant Fred Lasswell took over the strip.

10. What is considered the first successful daily comic strip?

Answer: Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher's Mutt and Jeff started in the San Francisco Chronicle's sportspage on November 15, 1907. It was the first daily strip to run six days a week.

11. How did Lil' Abner's creator Al Capp lose his Leg?

Answer: Falling off a street car

Wanting to save the nickel instead of using it for the street car fare, young Albert Caplin decided to jump onto the moving street car, with tragic results.

12. Who was the tall one, Mutt or Jeff?

Answer: Mutt

Mutt was tall, with a big nose and a black-comb mustache. Jeff was a short bald little man with a rather large brush-like mustache. They both always wore white gloves on every occasion, even bed.

13. Here is an easy one. Who created Krazy Kat?

Answer: George Herriman

Krazy Kat is considered by many to be the greatest comic strip of all time. Krazy Kat enthusiasts included William Randolph Hearst and President Woodrow Wilson.

14. Who created Winnie Winkle the Breadwinner?

Answer: Martin Branner

Winnie Winkle was probably the most popular of the single working woman strip of the 1920's. Branner always liked to keep his heroine drawn in the latest fashions of the day.

15. What was the name of Nancy's aunt in Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy?

Answer: Fritzi Ritz

Nancy has been looked down upon by many comic strip enthusiasts but she was the original fuss-budget, before the famous Lucy.

16. In what year did Al Capp's Lil' Abner appear in newspapers?

Answer: 1934

A momentous year for comic strips. Also on the funny pages for the first time that year was Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates, Lee Falk's Mandrake the Magician and Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon!

17. Who was the first cartoonist to draw the comic strip Tarzan?

Answer: Hal Foster

Hal Foster left Tarzan in 1937 to create Prince Valiant, relinquishing the strip to Burne Hogarthe.

18. In Dick Tracy, who is the name of B.O. Plenty's hideous wife?

Answer: Gravel Gertie

This unsightly duo gave birth to a pretty little girl, Sparkle Plenty.

19. What was the name of the cartoon character who drew Fearless Fosdick, Lil' Abner's 'ideel', in AL Capp's Lil' Abner?

Answer: Lester Gooch

Lester Gooch was as demented as his creation, Fearless Fosdick.

20. In what year did Frank King's Gasoline Alley start?

Answer: 1919

The first comic strip to age the characters, this means Uncle Walt must be at LEAST 100 years old now.

21. Who created Polly and her Pals?

Answer: Cliff Sterrett

Polly and her Pals is a classic. Very underated, the backgrounds of this strip are very surreal, like Krazy Kat in the city.

22. What was Mort Walker's father's favorite comic strip?

Answer: Moon Mullins

Walker's dad laughed so hard at Moon's Uncle Willie Mort knew then that he wanted to become a cartoonist.

23. After Rudolph Dirks left the Hearst papers, taking the characters but not the title, who took over the Katzenjammer Kids strip?

Answer: Harold Knerr

For years Hans and Fritz tortured the captain in two different strips, Dirk's Captain and the Kids and Knerr drawing the Katzenjammer Kids for the Hearst papers. Many believe the Knerr strips to be the superior.

24. What was the character's name in Pogo that looked and acted coincidently like Senator Joseph McCarthy?

Answer: Simple J. Malarkey

Malarkey, a evil-looking dog, resembled the red-hating senator so much that many papers threatened to drop the strip. Kelly, who knew a good gag when he found one, solved this problem by simply putting a fish-bag over Malarkey's head.

25. Who created Little Orphan Annie?

Answer: Harold Gray

Little Orphan Annie was one of the all-time favorite strips by the public. A unique strip in the artwork and written in a folksy manner. Harold Gray's personal philosophy.

Source: Author sultan

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