Answer: Bill Watterson
William 'Bill' Boyd Watterson II was born in Washington D.C. in 1958 and his family relocated to Ohio when he was a young child. The first 'Calvin and Hobbes' comic strip about six-year-old Calvin, accompanied by his stuffed toy tiger, Hobbes, and his rich imagination, first appeared in newspapers in 1985 and ran for ten years. It was hugely popular and widely syndicated around the world, and there are also several 'Calvin and Hobbes' books.
In 1995, after much thought, Bill Watterson made the decision to retire and to discontinue the strip, which appeared for the final time on 31st December that year. He is an intensely private man and chooses to keep a very low public profile, rarely giving interviews. He also decided that, with very few exceptions, he would not authorise any merchandising based on the strip, because he felt it would compromise his work.
Chic Young created the 'Blondie' comic strip, which was continued after his death in 1973 by his son, Dean Young. Jim Davis brought us the strip about the lasagne-loving feline, 'Garfield', and Hank Ketcham (1920-2001) was the creator of 'Dennis the Menace'.
From Quiz: Calvin and Hobbes, the Story of a Friendship
Answer: Tuesday
After complaining about the swim lessons, Calvin asked why he can't learn about something useful, like driving. His mother's response was "How about piano lessons? You start Tuesday."
From Quiz: A Boy and His Tiger
Answer: Crisco
Hobbes made Calvin look like Astro Boy. This happened in "Something Under the Bed is Drooling".
From Quiz: Calvin & Hobbes
Answer: 3
Tracer Bullet: Private Detective
Stupendous Man: Superhero/Crime Fighter
Spaceman Spiff: Galactic Explorer
From Quiz: The Obscure "Calvin & Hobbes"
Answer: Dad
In the first book, "Calvin and Hobbes", Calvin's dad was reading Calvin an odd version of "Little Red Riding Hood" when Calvin kept interrupting his dad to replace the word 'wolf' with 'tiger'. Eventually his dad got annoyed and decided to end the story early.
From Quiz: "Calvin and Hobbes" Quotes - Who Said It?
Answer: Polls
Calvin loves tormenting his father with these, due to the fact that Calvin thinks his father does a poor performance of not satisfying Calvin's desires, such as giving Calvin allowances.
From Quiz: Lives of Two Best Buddies
Answer: Nobody knows
Bill Waterson never really saw the need to name Calvin's parents. Whenever they adress each other, they refer to each other as "Dear."
From Quiz: The Uncertain World of Calvin and Hobbes
Answer: Calvin capturing Hobbes with a rope.
Calvin caught Hobbes with a rigged tuna fish sandwich.
From Quiz: Calvin and Hobbes
Answer: Bill Watterson
Look on the bottom of any "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip.
From Quiz: Calvin and Hobbes
Answer: "The Revenge Of The Baby-Sat" and "Scientific Progress Goes "Boink"
Look on the bottom of the front cover, it's written in red.
From Quiz: Calvin and Hobbes
Answer: Hobbes
His "secret detractor" sends him insults in code. Calvin is both scared and excited by the intrigue. When he finds out Hobbes sent them all, he's angry until Hobbes has the idea of pulling the same prank on Susie, and all is forgiven.
From Quiz: Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat
Answer: Bill Watterson
Bill Amend-"Foxtrot", Charles Shultz-"Peanuts", Jim Davis- "Garfield".
From Quiz: "Calvin and Hobbes" 10th Anniversary
Answer: Declaration of Independence
"I therefore assert my patriotic prerogative not to know this material. I'll be out on the playground."
From Quiz: Quotes from "Calvin and Hobbes"
Answer: 6
"Calvin & Hobbes" was created by Bill Watterson and distributed by Universal Press Syndicate. Calvin is a young boy with a big imagination.
From Quiz: The Comic Strips "Calvin & Hobbes"
Answer: Onion
He ruined the play because he was stuck in his costume in the bathroom. But he remembered his lines.
From Quiz: "Calvin And Hobbes" The Ultimate Quiz
Answer: Pulp n Stuff
From Quiz: Calvin and Hobbes
Answer: Susie
Calvin and classmate Susie Derkins appear to have a love/hate relationship; Hobbes just thinks she is cute and tries to 'dress to impress' when she is around. Interestingly, Susie is the only character in Calvin's world that has both a first name and a surname. We are never told Calvin's surname, and his parents are only ever referred to as 'Mom' and 'Dad' throughout the strip.
Susie is the complete opposite of Calvin in the classroom, being very diligent about her schoolwork, whereas Calvin is known to pay little or no attention. The two are often paired together for class projects, with Susie doing almost all the work and Calvin pestering her for the answers. Like Calvin with Hobbes, she also has a favourite stuffed toy. In her case this is Mr Bun, the rabbit, who, with various other dolls and stuffed animals, seems to spend a lot of time partaking of imaginary 'tea parties' set up by Susie.
In the winter, Calvin can frequently be seen lying in wait for Susie to pelt her with snowballs, which he goes to great lengths to do. Sometimes these find their mark and at other times they are skilfully deflected and the tables turned on Calvin, showing that Susie can stand up for herself very well.
From Quiz: Calvin and Hobbes, the Story of a Friendship
Answer: Subtraction
"Well, I couldn't figure out the answer to this subtraction problem, so I wrote Atlanta, Georgia."
From Quiz: A Boy and His Tiger
Answer: Kicking Dust
Calvin says that the pitch was way above his head and then he starts insulting Hobbes. They start to kick dust at each other and say that.
From Quiz: Calvin & Hobbes
Answer: Pernicious Poem Zone
Calvinball is perhaps the perfect game for kids.
From Quiz: The Obscure "Calvin & Hobbes"
Answer: Hobbes
This quote came from "Something Under the Bed is Drooling". Hobbes walks up to Calvin to see what he's doing and Calvin tells him that he's "being cool". Hobbes wants to be cool too, so he shows up with a sombrero, but Calvin doesn't think that sombreros are particularly cool.
From Quiz: "Calvin and Hobbes" Quotes - Who Said It?
Answer: Weapons
Calvin is NOT an ordinary kid, because he has a thought that's somewhat adultlike, yet he never uses those kind of thoughts at school because that is not his best interest.
From Quiz: Lives of Two Best Buddies
Answer: Booger balls
This is on one of the first few pages of "Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons". Two person baseball must be rough, especially with 25 bases to run. Geesh!
From Quiz: Calvin and Hobbes
Answer: The Amazon
They were running away when they went to Mars and the Yukon. They also travelled back in time to the age of dinosaurs, although they were actually trying to get to the future.
From Quiz: Calvin and Hobbes
Answer: John Calvin
Watterson named the character, Calvin, after John Calvin, an important figure in the Protestant Reformation. Watterson has stated this in interviews and in the prologue to one of the "Calvin and Hobbes" books.
From Quiz: Calvin and Hobbes
Answer: Biting people
Mom: "It's certainly been a while since we've been here, hasn't it?"
Dad: "At the museum's request, yes."
From Quiz: Calvin and Hobbes
Answer: Fights crime
She dresses in a cape, leotard, boots, and "fights crime as a super heroine". As he's so antagonistic towards his parents, it's nice to see him fabricating a cool story about one of them. In a joke for the adults, his Dad reads the note from school and says, "Wow, show me that outfit sometime."
From Quiz: Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat
Answer: Garfield
"Peanuts"-By Charles Schultz, "Pogo"-By Walt Kelly, "Krazy Kat"-By George Herriman, "Garfield"-By Jim Davis. It can be found on page 17 in the "Influences" section in the first paragraph.
From Quiz: "Calvin and Hobbes" 10th Anniversary
Answer: a sixteenth-century theologian
John Calvin was born in 1509 and died in 1564. He is mostly known for his belief in predestination.
From Quiz: "Calvin and Hobbes" Cast of Characters
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.
From Quiz: Quotes from "Calvin and Hobbes"
Answer: Underwear, Red
It was when he used 'Stupendous Man' to try and pass a quiz.
From Quiz: "Calvin And Hobbes" The Ultimate Quiz
Answer: 7:30 and 8:30
He went into the future to see if the other two had the school assignment done.
From Quiz: Calvin and Hobbes
Answer: Rosalyn
Rosalyn is a recurring character in the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, serving as Calvin's babysitter. She is known for being strict and often frustrated with Calvin's misbehavior, but also has a kind side and occasionally shows concern for him. Despite her challenges with Calvin, Rosalyn is a fan favorite character among readers of the comic strip.
From Quiz: Calvin and Hobbes
Answer: to keep his thoughts in reality
From Quiz: Calvin And Hobbes
Answer: Calvinball
The whole point of 'Calvinball', which Calvin plays with Hobbes, is that it is not bound by rules. Every game has to be different, which certainly makes for an element of surprise from start to finish, even between the contestants. It can be played on any surface and in any situation, and can utilise props such as a croquet mallet, baseball bat etc. Masks are often worn and the alphanumeric scoring system follows no logical sequence. Each game usually comes to a natural end when both players are too exhausted to continue.
The game seems to have originated from Calvin not being fond of organised sports at school, so he decided to invent his own 'sport' with Hobbes as a participant, whether willing or unwilling being another mysterious factor in the game, although they both look happy enough when playing.
From Quiz: Calvin and Hobbes, the Story of a Friendship
Answer: A new bike horn
Calvin actually contemplated running off with it before the party started.
From Quiz: A Boy and His Tiger
Answer: E
After Calvin says that they live in a big, purple country, Hobbes says that they live near the letter E in the word states.
From Quiz: Calvin & Hobbes
Answer: The Screwtape Letters
Wormwood is the apprentice devil to his uncle, senior demon Screwtape. The book consists of correspondence between the two about tempting humans.
From Quiz: The Obscure "Calvin & Hobbes"
Answer: Hobbes
This one comes from "Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons". Calvin finds, one day, that Earth's gravity is a bit stronger than usual so he takes advantage of the opportunity by getting Stupendous Man to drop a giant snowball on Susie from a tree. When Calvin gets home, his mom threatens to take away his costume and Hobbes suggests Stupendous Man might have another job soon. Calvin doesn't quite agree with him on this one.
From Quiz: "Calvin and Hobbes" Quotes - Who Said It?
