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"Popeye" The Sailor Man Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge about the sailor man:

A multiple-choice quiz by Goober5. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
Goober5

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
217,155

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
7564

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is Popeye's favorite food? Hint

Spinach

Pizza

Lettuce

Hominy

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the comic strip and movie, what was the name of Popeye's arch enemy? Hint

Birdman

Boudiccia

Bluto

Batman

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Question 3 of 10

3. This woman was Popeye's girlfriend. Hint

Linseed Oil

Olive Oil

Motor Oil

Olive Oyl

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name of Popeye's father? Hint

Poopdeck Pappy

Mister Mom

Da Da

Father Christmas

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Question 5 of 10

5. He is Popeye's adopted son. Sometimes he's portrayed as Olive's child. What is his name? Hint

Swee' Pea

Sugar Pea

Sweet Tea

Sweety Pie

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the name of Popeye's mooching friend? Hint

Wimpy

Scrappy

Slappy

Skuzzlebut

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Question 7 of 10

7. What food does Popeye's mooching friend love most of all? Hint

Ice Cream

Tacos

Hamburgers

Calamari

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Question 8 of 10

8. Popeye has many allies. This one gets part of his name from an important vehicle used in WWII. What is his name? Hint

Eugene the Submarine

Eugene the Tank

Eugene the Jeep

Eugene the Halftrack

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Question 9 of 10

9. Like any hero, Popeye also has many enemies. One group of enemies he encountered on an island where he found his long-lost father. What were these creatures known as? Hint

Trolls

Elves

Goons

Orcs

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the animated cartoons, Popeye has encountered Bluto as many famous fictional characters. Can you name two of them? Hint

Romeo and Hamlet

Ebenezer Scrooge and The Seahawk

Sinbad the Sailor and Abu Hassin

Batman and Superman

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is Popeye's favorite food?

Answer: Spinach

In all versions of "Popeye", spinach was occasionally mentioned as the source of Popeye's great strength. In the animated versions, spinach would supercharge Popeye like a car on nitrous-oxide and endow him with superhuman strength, speed, agility and occasionally the ability to change his form.

In the comic strip, Popeye's strength was a constant and sometimes explained by a steady diet of the leafy food.

2. In the comic strip and movie, what was the name of Popeye's arch enemy?

Answer: Bluto

In the comic strip and the movie "Popeye", Popeye's enemy is named Bluto. In the animated version he is named Brutus. I read that this change was made by the animators because it was feared that audiences would be put off by an odd name like Bluto.

3. This woman was Popeye's girlfriend.

Answer: Olive Oyl

Olive Oyl was a member of a family called the Oyls, the original main characters in cartoonist E.C. Segar's newspaper strip "Thimble Theatre." Olive's relatives included her brother Castor and her father Cole. After years of the Oyl's adventures, Segar introduced "Popeye The Sailor". He became popular so quickly that the name of the strip was changed.

4. What is the name of Popeye's father?

Answer: Poopdeck Pappy

Poopdeck Pappy was not what you would call an ideal father. He disappeared when Popeye was born, and has been quoted as saying "I don't like relatives."

5. He is Popeye's adopted son. Sometimes he's portrayed as Olive's child. What is his name?

Answer: Swee' Pea

In the comic strips, Swee' Pea can talk even though he is an infant. In the film he has the gift of precognition. In the animated cartoons, Swee' Pea often makes Popeye subject himself to mortal danger to protect the little guy. Adventures in babysitting indeed...

6. What is the name of Popeye's mooching friend?

Answer: Wimpy

Wimpy is played beautifully by Paul Dooley in the 1980 film.

7. What food does Popeye's mooching friend love most of all?

Answer: Hamburgers

Wimpy's most famous line is "I'd gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger, today."

8. Popeye has many allies. This one gets part of his name from an important vehicle used in WWII. What is his name?

Answer: Eugene the Jeep

Eugene has the ability to walk through solid objects. You might think that he isn't from around here...and you'd be right!

9. Like any hero, Popeye also has many enemies. One group of enemies he encountered on an island where he found his long-lost father. What were these creatures known as?

Answer: Goons

These critters are not the kind you want to meet in a dark alley...or on a desert island.

10. In the animated cartoons, Popeye has encountered Bluto as many famous fictional characters. Can you name two of them?

Answer: Sinbad the Sailor and Abu Hassin

Bluto portrayed Sinbad the Sailor and Abu Hassin ("Popeye Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves" episode) in two eleven-minute cartoons done by Fleischer Studios.

Bluto (or Brutus as he is usually known in the animation) actually did disguise himself as Superman in one cartoon to woo Olive away from Popeye. In that cartoon Olive was smitten by Superman while reading his comic book adventures; however, Bluto did not portray Superman.

Source: Author Goober5

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