Duck, Duck or Goose Trivia Quiz

Answer: Disney Duck

Probably the best known cartoon duck, Donald Fauntleroy Duck, to give him his full name, first appeared in a short film in 1934. He is a white duck, and usually appears dressed in a sailor suit. He appeared in many films from the first half of the twentieth century right into the twenty first century.

He has also had a career on television, and been the subject of a number of children's books.

Answer: Disney Duck

Daisy first appeared in 1940. She is known as Donald's girlfriend, and appeared in eleven short films in the middle of the twentieth century. She has gone on to appear in television programmes into the twenty-first century. She is Minnie Mouse's best friend; both characters wear bows in their 'hair' and shoes on their feet, although Daisy favours high heels.

Answer: Disney Duck

Della, sometimes called Dumbella, is Donald's twin sister, and the mother of his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie. She is first mentioned in the 1938 film when Donald's nephews are sent to stay with him. However Della came to prominence in the twenty-first century television series 'Duck Tales'.

Answer: Disney Duck

Hortense is Donald's mother, and part of the clan McDuck. She was born in Scotland and is the youngest sister of Scrooge McDuck. The McDucks were created by Carl Barks, who wrote many of the comic books featuring the Disney ducks. Her only screen mention is in the twenty-first century television series 'Duck Tales'.

Answer: Disney Duck

Quackmore Duck is Hortense's husband, and father to Donald and Della. He appeared working as an accountant for Scrooge McDuck. That is how he met Hortense, as she and her sister, Matilda, were helping run Scrooge McDuck's business.

Answer: Duck

Hugh Lofting created Dab-Dab for his series of books about Dr. Dolittle. His pet duck, Dab-Dab, takes over the role of housekeeper when the doctor's sister, Sarah, leaves. Dab-Dab also appears in a fantasy film from 2020, 'Dolittle', which was inspired by the second of Hugh Lofting's books.

Answer: Duck

Edd the Duck was very well known to many children in Britain between 1988 and 1992. He appeared in the Broom Cupboard, first with Andy Crane and then with Andi Peters, doing the continuity announcements for BBC children's television (CBBC). He may have been small in size, being essentially a glove puppet, but he developed a huge personality.

He had his own fan club, and many stars came into the Broom Cupboard to meet him, giving them an opportunity to promote their music or pantomime appearances.

However Edd himself was also a pantomime star, as well as being the mascot for the 1992 British Olympic team. His career has carried on into the twenty-first century as he appeared at the thirtieth birthday celebrations for CBBC, and singing to raise money for the charity Children in Need.

Answer: Duck

Jemima Puddle-Duck was created by Beatrix Potter and appeared in an eponymous book in 1903. She wanted to find somewhere to hatch her eggs, since she wasn't allowed to keep them on the farm where she lived. Naively she accepted an invitation from a gentleman fox, who invited her to his house, and then went to gather herbs, supposedly for an omelette. Fortunately she was rescued by the farm dog, and taken home again.

Answer: Duck

Orville the Duck was a large green fluffy duckling who appeared on BBC television in the 1980s with Keith Harris, a ventriloquist, in a variety show. His sidekick and nemesis on the show, known as Cuddles the Monkey, was an orange orangutan. Keith and Orville also recorded a hit song in 1982.

As variety shows became less popular, Keith's television career declined, but he and Orville continued work elsewhere, with occasional television appearances in other shows. Following Keith's death in 2015, Orville retired, and was taken to live at the museum of the Grand Order of Water Rats.

Answer: Duck

Ping is the eponymous hero of an American children's book from 1933. It was written by Marjorie Flack and illustrated by Kurt Wiese (who is also known for illustrating Felix Salten's book, Bambi). In a 2007 poll the book was chosen as one of the best hundred books for children.

It tells the story of a duckling who lived with his large family on a boat on the Yangzte river. Ping didn't like being spanked when he was the last to return home after feeding on the riverbank during the day, so one day he hid. Luckily he came to no harm from his adventures the following day, and he found his family and the boat which was his home.

Answer: Goose

Borka is one of six goslings in a story written and illustrated by John Burningham; it was first published in 1963 and won the Kate Greenaway Medal. Mr. and Mrs. Plumpster were dismayed when Borka had no feathers, and found that there was no cure. Mrs. Plumpster knitted Borka a grey sweater, which kept the gosling warm but it was unable to fly.

The rest of the family didn't notice that Borka was left behind when they flew south for the winter. However, Borka set off on an adventure on a boat, and ended up living in Kew Gardens, in London.

In the twenty-first century, the story was made into a children's opera.

Answer: Goose

Gladstone Gander is a Walt Disney creation, but not a duck. His mother, Daphne Duck is the sister of Quackmore Duck (Donald's father), so he is Donald's cousin. His father is sometimes described as Luke Goose and other times as Gustave Gander. Gladstone is often dressed as a dandy, wearing a bow tie and spats.

He appeared in a series of comic books between 1948 and 1953. In the twenty-first century, he appeared in the animated series, 'Duck Tales'.

Answer: Goose

Gandy the Goose was created by Terrytoons in 1938, appearing in an eponymous film. In 1941 he joined the US Army, and helped with the war effort. He appeared in fifty-four films between 1938 and 1955. Gandy's career in comic books lasted until 1964.

Answer: Goose

Garfield Goose was a puppet created by Frazier Thomas for a television programme in Cincinnati. The two of them moved to Chicago and made a programme called 'Garfield Goose and Friend', starting in 1952. It was later changed to 'Garfield Goose and Friends', as other characters were introduced, and ran until 1976.

A book was produced by Frazier Thomas and Roy Brown in 1953 which gave a lot more information about Garfield's family and history.

Answer: Goose

Mother Goose is traditionally associated with both fairy tales and nursery rhymes. There is some dispute as to whether there was ever a real Mother Goose. Suggestions that a Boston woman from the seventeenth century should be considered are disputed by people who cite medieval Europeans with the name. Charles Perrault's stories, 'Contes de ma Mère l'Oye', appeared under the English title 'Histories or Tales of Past Times, Told by Mother Goose' in the eighteenth century.

Another publication from that time was 'Mother Goose's Melody, or, Sonnets for the Cradle'. Mother Goose first appeared as a character in a pantomime in the early nineteenth century, and has carried on appearing into the twenty-first century.