Lost in the Andes! Trivia Quiz

Answer: He dropped one of what he thought were rocks and it cracked open.

Donald didn't drop the egg on purpose. He was charged by a superior of his to polish the precious gemstones in the room and Donald initially thought the eggs were themselves some kind of stone. After the discovery of the square eggs, financial and scientific interest on them rose considerably.

Answer: Because the nephews made an omelet using the square eggs.

The nephews did use the square eggs for the omelet because there were no normal eggs found in the ship's kitchen. Each and every of the other members of the expedition refused to go further as a result of the sickness, with the exception of Donald, who didn't consider the nephews trustworthy enough to accomplish the goal of the expedition and went to supervise and look after them.

Answer: Vicuno hunter

The old man knew about the eggs from his father, who had come in possession of some of them. One day, decades ago, the father saw an American explorer emerging from a nearby mist, behind of which lay a hidden valley. But before the father managed to help him, the explorer died. He was Professor Rhutt Betlah from Birmingham, Alabama.

Answer: Plain Awful

The name was given by the Professor from Birmingham, who was the first visitor from the outside world and the only one before Donald and the nephews. The professor also gave the inhabitants of Plain Awful their southern accent.

Answer: "Dixie" and "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny"

The local's singing was interrupted by Donald soon. Donald noticed that the local was of cubic shape with square head and nose. He soon told all his folks of the Ducks' arrival and they rejoiced, for they had to see outsiders for decades.

Answer: Eggs

The inhabitants of Plain Awful didn't know there were other edibles apart from eggs. Although the Professor from Birmingham had told them of chicken, who lay the eggs, they couldn't locate them.

Answer: They blew round bubbles.

The only law in Plain Awful was that no round objects are allowed to be exhibited. By breaking it, the nephews were threatened with capital punishment and had to do something next to impossible to save their heads.

Answer: They hid little square chicken under their shirts and the chickens blew the bubbles.

Of course, they didn't tell the locals. The explanation came from the nephews, when Donald asked them how did they manage it. The incident helped to get the Ducks to the good graces of the inhabitants.

Answer: Both chickens were male and couldn't lay eggs.

Donald remarked that he had never felt a greater embarrassment in his life. Subsequently, the Ducks went to a fast food to grab a bite to eat, but Donald became enraged upon the mention of egg and chicken by the man who ran the place. At the last panel, a police car can be seen moving to the direction of the establishment, after an urgent call.

Answer: Carl Barks

Of course, it's Carl Barks, the renowned Duckman who created almost the whole Duck universe and whose stories were the ones that made the Ducks so popular and so enduring through the years.
The story was written by Barks in 1949 and published in ""Four Color Comics"# 223. In an interview in 1982, Carl Barks stated that this story was his best, at least technically. The story is regarded as a masterpiece and a representative of the Good Artist's work.