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Quiz about Quotes from Calvin and Hobbes

Quotes from "Calvin and Hobbes" Quiz

Here are just a few quotes from Calvin, of the "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip by Bill Watterson. These questions are all multiple choice. If you've read the "Calvin and Hobbes" collections you should do just fine!

A multiple-choice quiz by TriviaMelee. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
TriviaMelee

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
86,906

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
14 / 25

Plays
3792

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 25

1. "If ignorance is bliss, this lesson would appear to be a deliberate attempt on your part to deprive me of happiness, the pursuit of which is my unalienable right according to the _______." Hint

Declaration of Independence

Constitution

Bill of Rights

President

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Question 2 of 25

2. "Childhood is for ____." Hint

avoiding Miss Wormwood

having fun

spoiling adulthood

playing in the snow

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Question 3 of 25

3. "Sorry, my eyes were on ____." Hint

the odd-shaped mole growing on the back of Freddy's neck

Susie

screen saver

the monster in the corner

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Question 4 of 25

4. "There's never enough time to do all the ____ you want." Hint

pranks

things

nothing

lazing

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Question 5 of 25

5. "The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into ____." Hint

the past

the present

a nightmare

a joke

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Question 6 of 25

6. Mom: "Sleepwalking!" Dad: "Nightmare!" Calvin: "______!" Hint

Monsters under my bed

Homicidal psycho jungle cat

Scary tentacled Voltars

Glass of water

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Question 7 of 25

7. "Have no fear, boys and girls! I'm _____, champion of liberty and justice!" Hint

Spaceman Spiff

Stupendous Man

Calvin, Boy Genius

Boy Wonder

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Question 8 of 25

8. "We can't rely on _____ to provide uniform national blandness anymore!" Hint

social nihilism

monolithic networks

normal people

parents

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Question 9 of 25

9. "Graphic violence in the media. Does it glamorize violence? Sure. Does it desensitize us to violence? Of course. Does it help us tolerate violence? You bet. Does it stunt our empathy for our fellow beings? Heck yes. Does it cause violence? ___." Hint

You betcha

Nah

Well, that's hard to prove

Only in a 6-year-old's dream world

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Question 10 of 25

10. "If I'm not going to be _____ for my behavior, I'd sure like to know now." Hint

eternally rewarded

punished

sent to Hades

getting presents

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Question 11 of 25

11. "I like following the news! News organizations know I won't ______ any serious discussion of complex and boring issues." Hint

sit still for

care about

pay attention to

understand

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Question 12 of 25

12. "Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something ____." Hint

worthwhile

with your friends

fun

completely pointless

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Question 13 of 25

13. "I'd hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories _____." Hint

with girls in them

with no creativity

with no point

without guns and explosions

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Question 14 of 25

14. "Life is full of _____ possibilities." Hint

unlimited

unattainable

unimaginable

precluded

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Question 15 of 25

15. "There's ______ everywhere!" Hint

snow goons

wierd stuff

aliens

treasure

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Question 16 of 25

16. "When birds burp, it must ____." Hint

sound weird

get lost on the wind

taste like bugs

be awful for their babies

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Question 17 of 25

17. "People always assume you're some kind of ____." Hint

idiot

cynic

altruist

criminal

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Question 18 of 25

18. "I pragmatically turn my whims into ____." Hint

actions

principles

deeds

fantasies

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Question 19 of 25

19. "I'm only civil because I don't know any ____." Hint

tigers to teach me differently

better

swear words

mean faces

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Question 20 of 25

20. "For show and tell, I brought a little toy airplane...It reminds me that as soon as I save a little more money, I'll buy a ticket and put so much distance between you chumps and me, it will ____." Hint

make you wish you had never been born

Trick question! He never said anything like this.

surprise you greatly

boggle your minds

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Question 21 of 25

21. "And so, after a 3-minute downpour, he became _____." Hint

sure that this was not going to be a good day

drenched

ludicrously attired for the rest of the day

Calvin, Boy of the Sea

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Question 22 of 25

22. "Life is too ____." Hint

short

stupid

long

inconvenient

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Question 23 of 25

23. "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Madison Avenue and Hollywood, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're _____!" Hint

least expecting it

focused on your job

about to retire

old and weak

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Question 24 of 25

24. "I thought I knew everything when I was three. Now, a lifetime of experience has left me _____." Hint

bitter and cynical

sad and regretful

wiser and pensive

glad and hopeful

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Question 25 of 25

25. "It's a magical world, Hobbes ol' buddy..._____!" Hint

Let's go back inside

Let's wreck it

Let's go exploring

Let's take it over

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "If ignorance is bliss, this lesson would appear to be a deliberate attempt on your part to deprive me of happiness, the pursuit of which is my unalienable right according to the _______."

Answer: Declaration of Independence

"I therefore assert my patriotic prerogative not to know this material. I'll be out on the playground."

2. "Childhood is for ____."

Answer: spoiling adulthood

Calvin said this after calling his dad at work and rubbing it in that he could stay home because it was summer time.

3. "Sorry, my eyes were on ____."

Answer: screen saver

He was always getting in trouble from Miss Wormwood.

4. "There's never enough time to do all the ____ you want."

Answer: nothing

Calvin is a strong advocate of doing nothing.

5. "The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into ____."

Answer: the present

A common theme in the "Calvin and Hobbes" strips is time, either the lack of it or the appreciation for it.

6. Mom: "Sleepwalking!" Dad: "Nightmare!" Calvin: "______!"

Answer: Homicidal psycho jungle cat

This line provided the title for one of the "Calvin and Hobbes" collections.

7. "Have no fear, boys and girls! I'm _____, champion of liberty and justice!"

Answer: Stupendous Man

Spaceman Spiff was Calvin's other alter ego.

8. "We can't rely on _____ to provide uniform national blandness anymore!"

Answer: monolithic networks

Dad: "There's always McDonald's and Walmart."

Answer: Well, that's hard to prove

Bill Watterson's note: "What's to debate?"

10. "If I'm not going to be _____ for my behavior, I'd sure like to know now."

Answer: eternally rewarded

Calvin is constantly torn in two directions, being good or being bad. Being bad usually wins.

11. "I like following the news! News organizations know I won't ______ any serious discussion of complex and boring issues."

Answer: sit still for

"They give me what I want: antics, emotional confrontation, sound bites, scandal, sob stories, and popularity polls all packaged as a soap opera and a horse race!"

12. "Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something ____."

Answer: completely pointless

Back to that philosophy of doing nothing.

13. "I'd hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories _____."

Answer: with no point

This was after his Dad had told him a story about his childhood.

14. "Life is full of _____ possibilities."

Answer: precluded

Reality always seems to rear its ugly head.

15. "There's ______ everywhere!"

Answer: treasure

Calvin often played at different professions. This line was the result of his experience as an archeologist.

16. "When birds burp, it must ____."

Answer: taste like bugs

"Nobody ever pays me a penny for my thoughts."

17. "People always assume you're some kind of ____."

Answer: altruist

He said this after someone called and asked him to take down a message.

18. "I pragmatically turn my whims into ____."

Answer: principles

And what a great number of whims he has.

19. "I'm only civil because I don't know any ____."

Answer: swear words

He did try to call the library many times to get the librarians to tell him swear words, but they never did.

Answer: boggle your minds

"It's not an attitude, it's a fact!"

21. "And so, after a 3-minute downpour, he became _____."

Answer: ludicrously attired for the rest of the day

I love the strips about Calvin waiting for the bus. Reminds me of my childhood.

22. "Life is too ____."

Answer: inconvenient

"Why actually do stuff like work when you can just sit around and stare at the TV?"

Answer: old and weak

"Am I scary or what?"

24. "I thought I knew everything when I was three. Now, a lifetime of experience has left me _____."

Answer: bitter and cynical

Calvin is only six...so that would be three years of experience.

25. "It's a magical world, Hobbes ol' buddy..._____!"

Answer: Let's go exploring

This was the last line of the last strip that Bill Watterson drew. It was really a great way to end it, I thought, because it's so like Calvin to want to keep going. The image of Calvin and Hobbes zipping off in their sled is just perfect, too.

Source: Author TriviaMelee

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