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4 Bloom County quizzes and 45 Bloom County trivia questions.
1.
  Remembering Bloom County    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This quiz was originally written by Ken1260. How well do you know one of the best comic strips ever: 'Bloom County'? Hope this quiz help you re-live some of the laughs you've had over the years reading this strip.
Average, 15 Qns, ertrum, Feb 03 22
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ertrum gold member
Feb 03 22
131 plays
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  "Bloom County" Reminiscence   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is my first quiz, so it had to be "Bloom County". It offers a tour of what I think are some of the more charming aspects of the comic strip, including its whimsical characters and outrageous misadventures. Enjoy.
Average, 10 Qns, jeffwm, Dec 06 06
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jeffwm
1023 plays
3.
  Bloom County    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How well do you remember the denizens of Milo's Meadow and the Bloom Boarding House?
Average, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Feb 17 13
Average
Czolgolz
256 plays
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  "Bloom County" Bonanza!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A little quiz based on the most timely of comics from the 80's
Difficult, 10 Qns, steventhomas42, Feb 11 12
Difficult
steventhomas42
780 plays

Bloom County Trivia Questions
1. Milo Bloom was one of the first regulars in the strip. Where did work as an intern?

From Quiz Bloom County

Answer: A newspaper

Milo was often shown working for the 'Bloom Picayune' (sometimes the 'Bloom Beacon'), bringing libel to new levels. Opus also worked for the paper, variously as the comics editor, the lifestyles editor, the personnels editor, a cartoonist, the ombudsman, and a photographer.

2. What is the name of the heavy metal band that Steve Dallas organizes?

From Quiz "Bloom County" Reminiscence

Answer: Deathtongue

The "tongue" portion of the name appears to refer to Bill the Cat who plays "lead tongue".

3. The dedication of "Bloom County Babylon: Five Years of Basic Naughtiness" is "To Sophie, my love, my life, my ________."

From Quiz "Bloom County" Bonanza!

Answer: dog

Sophie and Berke Breathed are featured on the back of the book.

4. Who wrote the comic strip "Bloom County"?

From Quiz Remembering Bloom County

Answer: Berkeley Breathed

Breathed first started cartooning when he was a student at the University of Texas. His cartoons appeared in the "Daily Texan", called "Academia Waltz". The first "Bloom County" strip appeared on December 8th, 1980.

5. Mike Binkley was an idealistic young man, tormented by a closet full of anxieties. What was the name of the beast who lived in his closet?

From Quiz Bloom County

Answer: The Snorklewhaker

The Giant Purple Snorklewhaker would torment Binkley with ever fearsome nightmare he could imagine. On more than one occasion, President Reagan's anxieties were accidentally routed to Binkley's closet, causing Yuri Andropov and Fidel Castro to show up.

6. Where can one find dandelion patches?

From Quiz "Bloom County" Reminiscence

Answer: Milo's Meadow

Treasure them as the characters of Bloom County do, it is a favorite pastime to stomp the mature flower, causing a cloud of fluff.

7. According to Michael J. Binkley, fictitious author of "The Great LaRouche Toad-Frog Massacre," what new vehicle belonging to his father might "be dynamited by Japanese antiprotectionist guerillas"?

From Quiz "Bloom County" Bonanza!

Answer: Chrysler LeBaron

This story was a part of the forward of "Bloom County Babylon."

8. What was the penguin's name in "Bloom County"?

From Quiz Remembering Bloom County

Answer: Opus

Michael Binkley's pet penguin, Opus, has had a varied career through the pages of "Bloom County". He has gone on a heroic mother hunt, been lost in a balloon accident, dreamed of dates with Diane Sawyer, and managed not to be eaten by walruses. He also featured prominently in the "Bloom County" spinoffs, "Outland" and "Opus".

9. The favorite 'Bloom County' character was probably Opus the Penguin. For which political party was Opus the perennial vice presidential nominee?

From Quiz Bloom County

Answer: The Meadow Party

Perhaps because his running mate was a dead cat, Opus never had much success as a politician. His approval ratings were lower than Spuds Mackenzie's--and only slightly higher than Walter Mondale's. The only lobbyist who contributed to their campaign was 'John Smith' of the cocaine industry.

10. What character does Hodge-Podge play when pretending to serve as a crew member aboard the starchair Enterpoop?

From Quiz "Bloom County" Reminiscence

Answer: Sulu

Cutter John plays Captain, Opus plays Mister Spock, and Portnoy assumes the role of Scotty.

11. Who did Milo Bloom say taught him to ask pregnant women "if you love that baby inside your stomach ... why did you eat him"?

From Quiz "Bloom County" Bonanza!

Answer: My Grandfather, the card

Ol' Grandpa was often very controversial in the early days.

12. "Bloom County" stopped being drawn in August, 1989. What was the name of the spin-off which ran Sundays only, and started a month later?

From Quiz Remembering Bloom County

Answer: Outland

"Outland" featured some of the characters from "Bloom County", including Opus and Bill the Cat, but was set in a different place. It ran for six years. Eight years later, Breathed created another spin-off comic strip, "Opus", which ran until 2008.

13. During a campaign for the presidency of the United States of America in 1984, presidential candidate Bill the Cat abandons the campaign. What happens next?

From Quiz "Bloom County" Reminiscence

Answer: Bill the Cat's friends rescue him from a cult known as the Rajneeshees

Apparently Bill the Cat either is a high-ranking member of the Rajneeshees or is their leader.

14. Ms. Bobbi Harlow, the liberated school teacher, was disgusted because she lowered her standards to the point of:

From Quiz "Bloom County" Bonanza!

Answer: going out with Steve Dallas

This pairing was volatile and didn't continue for very long.

15. Not to be confused with that "other" orange cat, what was the cat's name?

From Quiz Remembering Bloom County

Answer: Bill

Bill the Cat was everything that "Garfield" was not - scrawny, disheveled, and non-commercial (despite the best efforts of the other "Bloom County" characters). Bill's signature - and only - phrases are "Ack" and "Thppt".

16. Steve Dallas was the strip's attorney and misogynist. After losing yet another case, Steve temporarily tried which new career?

From Quiz Bloom County

Answer: Managing a heavy metal band

Steve, along with Opus, Bill, and Hodge-Podge, formed the death-metal band 'Deathtongue'. They later changed their name to 'Billy and the Boingers.' Their only concert was in Albuquerque, and ended with the band trashing their motel room.

17. What was the name of the twelve foot python that was Milo's biology project?

From Quiz "Bloom County" Bonanza!

Answer: David Stockman

Milo pointed out that the python ate rabbits that were named after various social programs.

18. Bill the Cat, the disgusting, hairball-spitting Garfield rippoff was still a fan favorite. In the last days of the strip, which celebrity had his brain transplanted into Bill's body?

From Quiz Bloom County

Answer: Donald Trump

The Donald was crushed by his boat's anchor and doctors transplanted his brain into Bill's body. Donald was forced to try to start a new life in Bloom County as a disgusting cat. "Legally, I can poop in Ed Koch's flower bed."

19. What is Steve Dallas' occupation?

From Quiz "Bloom County" Reminiscence

Answer: attorney at law

Though lawyer is his primary occupation, Steve Dallas has worked as manager of a heavy metal group, as a writer, and as a paparazzi. He also has competed for the title of Mister America and has acted in a heavy metal video.

20. What did Milo Bloom tell Senator Bedfellow was the great principle that our political system is based upon?

From Quiz "Bloom County" Bonanza!

Answer: Money Talks

Senator Bedfellow told Binkley "Watch your tongue, boy, or somebody might CUT IT OFF."

21. What type of insect was Milquetoast?

From Quiz Remembering Bloom County

Answer: Cockroach

Cockroaches have been part of "Bloom County" since its beginning. Early on there were the revolutionary leftist roaches, getting arms from Nicaragua. Milquetoast appeared later, and carried over into the spin-off cartoon "Outland".

22. Rosebud the Basselope (half basset hound, half antelope) had an interesting secret. What was it?

From Quiz Bloom County

Answer: He was actually a female

When Spuds Mackenzie wandered into town, he let slip that he was actually female, and that another Bloom County regular was also a woman. She then blacked out, leaving the cast to accuse each other (cartoon characters are not anatomically correct). Opus later discovers that Rosebud is the phantom female.

23. What event becomes known as the Great LaRouche Toad-Frog Massacree?

From Quiz "Bloom County" Reminiscence

Answer: Portnoy ravishes the North Meadow pond with a fully automatic rifle

A character of Bloom County receives credit for his recounting of this tale in the collection Bloom County Babylon.

24. When Oliver Wendell Jones hacked into the New York Times story file, he and Milo changed the headline to read "Reagan calls Women 'America's _______________________'"

From Quiz "Bloom County" Bonanza!

Answer: Little Dumplins

The headline originally read "Reagan calls women 'America's most valuable resource'."

25. What TV news anchor did Opus have a crush on?

From Quiz Remembering Bloom County

Answer: Diane Sawyer

Opus often has rather lurid daydreams which involve Diane Sawyer, herring, and foot massages.

26. Cutter John, the Star Trek loving Romeo, was a rare example of a disabled person in a comic strip. What was his disability?

From Quiz Bloom County

Answer: He used a wheelchair

Cutter John lost the use of his legs in Vietnam, though never his sense of humor. Opus felt an instant affinity for Cutter, having wings as useless as Cutter's legs. Strip creator Berkeley Breathed related how a woman in a wheelchair asked why Cutter John was in so few strips. He replied that it was difficult to format a strip around a character who was always sitting down. The woman replied "Now imagine going through life like that."

27. Portnoy is what type of animal?

From Quiz "Bloom County" Reminiscence

Answer: groundhog

At least one comic strip reveals that Portnoy lives inside of a tree. There is even a door in the tree trunk.

28. Who did Binkley almost succeed in tricking the monster into sending out of his anxiety closet?

From Quiz "Bloom County" Bonanza!

Answer: Natassja Kinski

Natassja Kinski... with cheesecake, even.

29. What charges were Senator Bedfellow convicted of?

From Quiz Remembering Bloom County

Answer: Trafficking illicit "Bloom County" merchandise

When the disgraced senator was sent to prison, he was greeted by the convicts with "Why Hello, Mr. bring-back-the-death-penalty!"

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