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Betty Boop-Ology 101 Trivia Quiz

Though a fictional cartoon character, before Mae West, La Boop raised the bar for decades of wriggling Sex Goddesses to follow. Where did Betty Boop come from? How has she out-wriggled them all? Why is she immortal? Test your knowledge now!

A multiple-choice quiz by robertogee. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
robertogee

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
203,768

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Tough

Avg Score
9 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. When was Betty Boop born? Hint

1929

1932

1931

1930

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Question 2 of 15

2. Betty Boop's first starring role was in what film? Hint

Dizzy Dishes

Skirts Ahoy!

Barnacle Bill

Mysterious Mose

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which of the following did NOT star Betty Boop? Hint

Boop and the Beast

The Bullfighter

Peter and Wendy

Betty Boop in Holland

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Question 4 of 15

4. What was Betty Boop's loveable pet dog's name? Hint

Cokie

Pudgy

Noodles

Shoeshine

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Question 5 of 15

5. Pet-loving Betty Boop also had an ambiguous-looking cat (some fans think it resembles a dog). What was its name? Hint

Jojo

Sambo

Bimbo

Koko

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Question 6 of 15

6. Betty Boop had two baby brothers. What were their names? Hint

Bubby and Tootsie

Barnaby and Schotze

Billy and Bubby

Billy and Flabby

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Question 7 of 15

7. Who syndicates "Betty Boop"? Hint

King Features

Creators Syndicate

United Media

Time-Warner

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Question 8 of 15

8. Natural brunette Betty Boop went redhead for this starring role. What was it? Hint

Peter Pan

Wild West

Cinderella

Ready and Willing

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Question 9 of 15

9. Betty Boop needed a voice for talkies. She finally found her fame via what actress? Hint

Mae Questal

Nora Baynes

Helen Kane

Gracie Allen

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Question 10 of 15

10. Versatile actress Betty Boop (at least her voice) provided the voice for what other hugely popular cartoon star? Hint

Blondie

Little Lulu

Olive Oyl

Orphan Annie

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Question 11 of 15

11. Betty Boop was shy, soft-spoken, and needed an actress to supply her voice. Who voiced her originally? Hint

Mae Questal

Annibel Little

Margie Hines

Bonnie Poe

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Question 12 of 15

12. Much to Miss Boop's chagrin, she later learned she was a Max Fleischer take-off on which famous vaudeville star? Hint

Mae West

Fannie Brice

Ruth Etting

Helen Kane

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Question 13 of 15

13. Betty Boop has an unequaled record of starring films in Hollywood. In one decade, she starred in how many films? Hint

123

111

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Question 14 of 15

14. Miss Boop joined the signatory stars and fabled directors -- like Gloria Swanson and Cecil B. DeMille -- of what major Hollywood studio? Hint

Warner Brothers

Republic

20-Century Fox

Paramount

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Question 15 of 15

15. Miss Boop's most recent cinematic appearance, or at least that of her voice-double, was in a Woody Allen film of the late 1980s. What was it called? Hint

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Hannah and Her Sisters

Radio Days

New York Stories

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. When was Betty Boop born?

Answer: 1930

Miss Boop's first starring role was in "Dizzy Dishes", August 8, 1930, for Max Fleischer. She looks the same now as she did then.

2. Betty Boop's first starring role was in what film?

Answer: Dizzy Dishes

She was an immediate hit with Depression-era audiences eager for escapism, and reigned supreme at the box-office (among "cartoon" characters -- a term she privately resented) -- until 1939, when she stopped being drawn.

3. Which of the following did NOT star Betty Boop?

Answer: Boop and the Beast

Betty Boop starred in more than 111 films before she was forcibly retired by the stroke of a pen. Max Fleischer's (her animator).

4. What was Betty Boop's loveable pet dog's name?

Answer: Pudgy

Miss Boop originally got her break in films portraying a dog, but soon morphed into the fetching temptress we know and love today -- her earrings the only evidence of her former status as a canine character actress. That original character became "Pudgy", her dog.

5. Pet-loving Betty Boop also had an ambiguous-looking cat (some fans think it resembles a dog). What was its name?

Answer: Bimbo

Miss Boop's cat, Bimbo, first appears in "Barnacle Bill", her second starring role (not counting her previous bit parts as a dog). The cat speaks English and sings, "Says Barnacle Bill the Sailor."

6. Betty Boop had two baby brothers. What were their names?

Answer: Billy and Bubby

Miss Boop had two brothers (though, befitting a star in the Golden Age, this information was kept from the public). The first was named "Billy" and appeared only once or twice in the comics.

Then Miss Boop had a brother named "Bubby" who started appearing and seemed to be the same age.

Even Marlene Dietrich took a page from La Boop, claiming to be an only child despite irrefutable evidence to the contrary.

Here again, La Boop set publicity standards for decades to come.

7. Who syndicates "Betty Boop"?

Answer: King Features

King Features reaps millions annually from licensing and syndicating Miss Boop's image.

8. Natural brunette Betty Boop went redhead for this starring role. What was it?

Answer: Cinderella

One of Miss Boop's rare excursions into Technicolor.

9. Betty Boop needed a voice for talkies. She finally found her fame via what actress?

Answer: Mae Questal

Though not quite the first to dub Miss Boop (that honor belongs to Annabel Little), Mae Questel was in her teens when she won a Helen Kane look-alike contest and was hired by Paramount, who had Kane's contract, to appear in the RKO chain of theaters for publicity. Miss Boop demanded Questal's vocals, and the two are inextricably linked.

10. Versatile actress Betty Boop (at least her voice) provided the voice for what other hugely popular cartoon star?

Answer: Olive Oyl

Mae Questal, again, sublimated her own actor's ego for the betterment of her art in agreeing to supply vocals for these two legendary ladies of the silver screen, Miss Boop and Miss Oyl.

11. Betty Boop was shy, soft-spoken, and needed an actress to supply her voice. Who voiced her originally?

Answer: Annibel Little

Among others who provided Betty Boop's voice were Margie Hines, Kate Wright, Bonnie Poe, Mae Questel. Annabel Little was first to be chosen, and made a few cartoons before taking Betty Boop on the road in a vaudeville act. Mae Questel was in her teens when she was hired by Paramount. To this day, Miss Boop is deeply indebted.

12. Much to Miss Boop's chagrin, she later learned she was a Max Fleischer take-off on which famous vaudeville star?

Answer: Helen Kane

According to, "Mae Questel: A Reminiscence, History and Perspective"
by Andrew J. Lederer. Mae was chosen by cartoon producer Max Fleischer to be the voice of his animated Helen Kane look/sound-alike, "Betty Boop".

13. Betty Boop has an unequaled record of starring films in Hollywood. In one decade, she starred in how many films?

Answer: 111

111 Betty Boop cartoons were produced between 1930 and 1939!

14. Miss Boop joined the signatory stars and fabled directors -- like Gloria Swanson and Cecil B. DeMille -- of what major Hollywood studio?

Answer: Paramount

Gloria Swanson and Cecil B. DeMille worked together in silents, and appear together in Paramount's "Sunset Boulevard."

La Boop does not, though she would have made a memorable Norma Desmond.

15. Miss Boop's most recent cinematic appearance, or at least that of her voice-double, was in a Woody Allen film of the late 1980s. What was it called?

Answer: New York Stories

Miss Boop, characteristically silent and preferring to speak through representatives, as always, nonetheless pronounced Mae Questal's performance in "New York Stories", "Oomp-pooh-pa-doo".

Miss Questal, sadly, died at 90 in 1998.

La Boop, happily, lives on.

Source: Author robertogee

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