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Tune In to Our Classic Cartoon Quiz

Grab the remote and revisit some of your favorite childhood friends

Matt Alderton,

AARP

Published July 21, 2023

10 Questions

If you grew up in the 1960s, ’70s or ’80s, the highlight of your week was probably Saturday morning. You’d roll out of bed, grab a bowl of sugary cereal and sit cross-legged in front of the TV to spend hours with your closest friends: Bugs Bunny, Fred Flintstone and Yogi Bear, to name a few. To get reacquainted with your animated amigos, put on your favorite footed pajamas and take our classic cartoon quiz.

Tune In to Our Classic Cartoon Quiz

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  "question" : "Cartoon strongman Popeye holds what occupation?",
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    "answer" : "Cowboy",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Sailor",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Soldier",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Astronaut",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "A one-eyed sailor known for his bulging biceps, corncob pipe and spinach-fueled superstrength, Popeye debuted in 1929 as a guest star in the comic strip “Thimble Theatre.” Fans liked him so much that he subsequently became the comic’s main character. In 1933, he began starring in his own series of theatrical cartoon shorts whose theme song, “I’m Popeye the Sailor Man,” featured the memorable lyric, “I'm strong to the finich, ’cause I eats me spinach.”",
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  "question" : "True or false: Bugs Bunny was the original star of “Looney Tunes.”",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "True",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "False",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "When Warner Bros. began airing “Looney Tunes” cartoons in movie theaters in 1930, the star was a vaudevillian character known as Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid. Although animator Rudolf Ising called him an “inkspot sort of thing,” he bore a striking resemblance to Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse. Warner Bros. retired Bosko in 1933 in favor of recurring characters like Porky Pig, who arrived in 1935, and Daffy Duck, who premiered in 1937. Bugs Bunny didn’t make his grand entrance until 1940.",
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  "question" : "Which cartoon mouse was intended to be a parody of Superman?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Mickey Mouse",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Jerry Mouse",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Danger Mouse",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Mighty Mouse",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "When Mighty Mouse made his theatrical debut in 1942, his name was actually Super Mouse — a not-so-subtle reference to the most popular American superhero at that time. He even had a red and blue costume that was reminiscent of DC Comics’ Man of Steel. Super Mouse morphed into Mighty Mouse in 1944, and donned a new red and yellow costume shortly thereafter. The super-powered rodent became a TV star in 1955, when his first animated series, “Mighty Mouse Playhouse,” debuted on CBS.",
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  "question" : "Which of these cartoon catchphrases belongs to Fred Flintstone? ",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Sufferin’ succotash",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Yabba dabba doo!",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "What’s up, Doc?",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Scooby-dooby-doo",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "In the cartoon’s original script, Fred Flintstone’s iconic exclamation was written as “Yahoo!” Voice actor Alan Reed, who played Fred, reportedly asked producer Joseph Barbera if he could change it. He adlibbed “Yabba dabba do!” when he thought of his mother’s favorite catchphrase, “A little dab’ll do ya!” from a popular 1950s TV commercial for Brylcreem, a men’s hair styling product.",
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  "question" : "True or false: The same actor voiced Daffy Duck, Barney Rubble and Woody Woodpecker.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "True",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "False",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Prolific voice actor Mel Blanc — known as “The Man of a Thousand Voices” — lent his pipes to nearly 400 different animated characters during his 53-year career, including “Looney Tunes” stars Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Tweety Bird, as well as Hanna-Barbera characters like Barney Rubble from “The Flintstones” and Mr. Spacely from “The Jetsons.” He also voiced Universal Studios’ Woody Woodpecker and Toucan Sam in TV commercials for Kellogg’s Fruit Loops.",
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  "question" : "True or false: Before they were cartoon characters on TV, the Chipmunks were fictitious musicians on the radio.",
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    "answer" : "True",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "False",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "Musician Ross Bagdasarian created the Chipmunks in 1958 after making the hit song “Witch Doctor,” whose high-pitched chorus he created by recording his voice at half-speed on a tape recorder. He used the same technique to record “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late),” which he attributed to three chipmunks named for executives at his record company: Alvin Bennett, Simon Waronker and Theodore Keep. The hit song spawned the trio’s first cartoon, “The Alvin Show,” in 1961.",
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}, {
  "question" : "Yogi Bear claims to be smarter than the average what?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Man",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Camper",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Bear",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Thief",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Yogi Bear debuted in 1958 as a character in another classic cartoon, “The Huckleberry Hound Show.” He eventually became so popular that he received his own spinoff, “The Yogi Bear Show,” in 1961. Yogi spends his days evading Ranger Smith and executing clever plans to steal “pic-a-nic” baskets from unsuspecting humans at Jellystone Park.",
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  "question" : "The animated duo Rocky and Bullwinkle were what kind of animals?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Cat and mouse",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Squirrel and moose",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Fox and bear",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Bunny and duck",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "“The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show” — the name eventually given to a compilation of two previous series: “Rocky and His Friends,” which aired from 1959 until 1961, and “The Bullwinkle Show,” which aired from 1961 until 1964 — was a Cold War-inspired cartoon starring Rocket “Rocky” J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose. In both cases, the middle initial is a nod to creator Jay Ward, who conceived the good-natured friends and their famous adversaries: Pottsylvania spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale.",
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  "question" : "“The Jetsons” takes place in which historical time period?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Stone Age",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Middle Ages",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Industrial Age",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Space Age",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "George Jetson lives in Orbit City, works at Spacely Space Sprockets and has a dog named Astro — all of which scream “Space Age.” Although a specific year is never mentioned in “The Jetsons,” promotional materials released when the show debuted in 1962 state that it takes place 100 years in the future — which means it takes place in the year 2062.",
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  "question" : "What color was Huckleberry Hound, Hanna-Barbera’s slow-talking animated dog from Dixie?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Red",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Blue",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Green",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Purple",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Huckleberry Hound is a sweet, straight-talking Southerner who was on TV in the late ’50s and early ’60s. Along with his Southern drawl, bow tie and yellow straw hat, he’s best known for his blue color. Although some have said his name is an obvious reference to Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, one can’t help but point out another conspicuous observation: Hanna-Barbera’s Carolinian coonhound is the same hue as some huckleberry fruit.",
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Matt Alderton has written about everything from classic cars and climate change to farming robots and fighter jets for publications such as USA Today, The Washington Post and Forbes. Originally from Denver, which boasts 300 days of sunshine a year, he now resides in Chicago, which boasts three. You can reach him on his website, MattAlderton.com.

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