Are We Having Fun Yet? Trivia Quiz

Answer: William Henry Jackson Griffith

Griffith was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1944. Ed Emshwiller, science fiction illustrator, inspired Griffith to join the art world. In 1969 Griffith began his comics career and has been heralded as a leader in the underground comics movement.

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Answer: Real Pulp Comics

Zippy made his first appearance in Real Pulp Comics #1 in 1971. Real Pulp Comics was created by Roger Brand, an editor and comic creator. Brand recruited Griffith to produce "some kind of love story, but with really weird people." The result was Zippy.

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Answer: Freaks

"Freaks" (1932) was an MGM movie directed by Tod Browning and starring Schlitzie Surtees, American sideshow entertainer and actor. Schlitzie was born with microcephaly and bears a striking resemblance to Zippy. "Freaks" used circus and sideshow performers with actual deformities and was not very well received as it was deemed too shocking for audiences.

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Answer: Zerbina

Zerbina is Zippy's self-confident, "full-figured" wife. She is as unconventional as Zippy, in word and deed. According to Griffith's description of Zerbina, she is "A nineties woman, she doesn't define herself solely as a wife and mother, though constantly embracing and rejecting those roles."

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Answer: Hostess

Hostess Brands are responsible for Ding Dongs. They formerly produced Twinkies, but have since discontinued the brand.

Drake's Cakes produce a similar product to Hostess, but their product is named "Ring Dings". Due to conflicts with Hostess regarding Ding Dong's similarity in name and actual product to Drake's Ring Dings, Hostess are not allowed to use the "Ding Dong" name in places that stock Ring Dings.

Yes, "Kiss My Bundt" is a real bakery from Los Angeles, California.

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Answer: False

Zippy's town is called Dingburg, Maryland. Skeeball is available 24-hours a day and the deity of choice is the giant Muffler Man. Let us not forget the giant Dachshund head on a pole at the edge of town with whom Zippy discusses all the important things in life.

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Answer: Ralph

Mr. The Toad is a bully who hates everyone, and not always for a good reason. In some cases it is just because he enjoys hating them. He is an actual large, mean, bipedal toad in a suit.

Shelf-Life is a wheeler-dealer. According to the comic strip's creator, he is a poor man's Donald Trump and is liked by only Zippy.

Griffy is Zippy's "alter-ego". He is the logic to Zippy's more unorthodox thinking. He created and heads up the "Stupidity Patrol" who seek out "deviants", which are people who think differently to him.

Ralph is just a very nice name.

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Answer: Muu-muu and topknot

Zippy is usually depicted wearing a yellow muu-muu/clown suit with red polka dots. He also wears white puffy clown shoes and the top knot on his head is tied with a ribbon. Depending on the context of the weekly strip, he does occasionally change into other attire e.g. superhero costume, toga.

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Answer: Yes

Doggie is actually based on a giant Dachshund head on a pole. The Doggie Diner is a small fast food chain based in San Francisco and Oakland. The head is seven feet tall and made of fibreglass. Originally designed in the 1960s, it has had many different incarnations and is now based on a median strip near the San Francisco zoo and is an official San Francisco landmark.

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Answer: Non sequitur

An allegory is defined as, "A story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation."

Nonsensical, according to the dictionary, means "words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas."

Illogical is defined as "lacking sense or clear, sound reasoning."

All definitions are courtesy of the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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