Goldilocks and the Ten Bears Trivia Quiz

Answer: Picnic basket

Yogi Bear was a cartoon grizzly bear created by Hanna and Barbera and first appeared in 1958. Yogi was so popular, in his necktie and green hat, that he got his own show in 1961. He and his bear cub friend, Boo Boo, roam around Jellystone Park in search of food. Often, it is at the expense of park visitors when Yogi steals their picnic basket.

They are constantly trying to sneak away from Ranger Smith.

Answer: Corporal in the Polish Army

Part of the Polish Army, during WWII, was in Iran and found an abandoned bear cub who mother had been killed. They took the cub under their wing and named him Wojtek, meaning "Happy Warrior". He quickly became a part of the unit. To get around the rules forbidding mascots and pets, he was officially drafted as a private.

He ended up seeing real action on the battlefields and was used several times to carry heavy ammunition. For these actions, he was promoted to corporal. He retired after the war and spent the rest of his life in Edinburgh Zoo.

Answer: Honey

Winnie the Pooh first appeared in a story written by A.A. Milne who based the characters on his son's stuffed animals. Pooh is described as being kind and friendly, albeit a bit innocent and naïve. He loves honey and keeps a supply of it at home. When he runs out, which happens quite frequently, he has to find or borrow some.

When not collecting honey, he likes to do "stoutness exercises" or ponder in his Thoughtful Spot.

Answer: Touchdown

Touchdown I was a black bear that was purchased in 1915 by Cornell University. Coincidence or not, that year the football team went undefeated. The fan base was hooked! Touchdown traveled with the team and routinely climbed the goal post before the games.

The original bear, over the years, was replaced by a series of ursine mascots. The live bears, by the 1970s, were then removed and students dressed as Touchdown the Bear.

Answer: The Jungle Book

Baloo was a character in Rudyard Kipling's book "The Jungle Book" written in 1894. In the story, he was a serious, older sloth bear. In 1967, when Disney created the movie based on the book, they changed him into a more laid-back, fun loving bear. He loves to lounge around, snack, float in the river, and hang out with his friends. Baloo also loves parties, jazz music, and a good dance beat.

Answer: Forest fire prevention

Smokey Bear came into existence in 1944 when the U.S. Forest Service worked with the Ad Council to create a fictional bear to help educate the public about prevention of forest fires. He was depicted with a hat and shovel, wore jeans, and stated "Only YOU Can Prevent Forest Fires!".

In 1950, a young black bear was found in New Mexico and was injured from a fire. The firefighters named him Smokey and send him to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. where he recuperated and became the living symbol of the campaign.

Answer: False

The bear who played Ben in the movie and TV show about Grizzly Adams was actually named Bozo. She was a female grizzly bear who played in the 1974 movie about Grizzly Adams, the 1977-1978 TV series around the same subject, and the 1979 movie "The Legend of Black Thunder Mountain".

She was born in Katmai National Park in Alaska in 1960 but was abandoned and rescued. She was named Bozo and was sold to a circus where she performed through her teens. Later she was trained to perform in television and movie acts and lived in Olympic, Washington.

She died in 1999 in Nebraska of heart disease.

Answer: Peru

Michael Bond wrote a series of books about Paddington Bear starting in 1958. In the story, Paddington arrives at the London rail station "from Darkest Peru" and is adopted by the Brown family. He loves to eat marmalade, he celebrates two birthdays a year, and he loves his battered, brown suitcase. Over the years, he has been made into television shows, movies, and numerous toys.

Answer: Casey Anderson

Brutus was a grizzly born in captivity in 2002. He lived his first few months in a tiny steel box in an overpopulated wildlife park. Wildlife naturalist Casey Anderson rescued him from being euthanized and helped build a park in Montana where Brutus could grow up happily.

It was soon discovered that Brutus was very good around people and could be trained to teach tourists and visitors about the lives and habitats of grizzlies. After that, Brutus began to appear on National Geographic television shows such as "WILD" and "Expedition Wild".

He also made some cameos on movies. He died in Montana in 2021 at 19 years old.

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

President Theodore Roosevelt was on a bear hunting trip in 1904 in Mississippi. Sensing he was frustrated at not finding a bear, his assistants cornered and tied up a little black bear. Roosevelt, seeing this as extremely unsportsmanlike, declined the offer. News of this was printed and drawn in newspapers.

A New York candy store owner saw the article and asked his wife to make a stuffed bear toy and call it "Teddy's Bear" in honor of the event. The toy became so popular a whole company was created around and it has become a much treasured toy of children around the world.