Rabbits that Never Really Were Quiz

Answer: Beatrix

In the Beatrix Potter series of Peter Rabbit stories, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail were Peter's sisters.

Answer: All of these.

James Stewart was nominated for an Oscar as Best Actor for his role as Elwood P. Dowd in this film; Harvey, likely due to his non-appearance on screen, was not nominated for anything.

Answer: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

In the 1975 Monty Python film, Tim the Enchanter (played by John Cleese) says, of the rabbit, that it has a "vicious streak a mile wide!" The film "Watership Down" (1978) was based on a novel by Richard Adams. Roger Rabbit appears in the 1988 film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," based on a novel by Gary K. Wolf. There are no killer bunnies in Lewis Carroll's Alice stories.

Answer: Aesop

Aesop wrote his fables in Greek in the mid-6th Century BCE. Aeschylus wrote tragedies in Greek between 525 and 456 BCE. Sophocles wrote his plays in Greek in the 5th Century BCE. Aristophanes wrote comedies in the 5th and 4th Centuries BCE.

Answer: Rabbit

Unlike those Milne characters who have human-sounding names, Rabbit is called simply "Rabbit." Thumper appears in the Disney movie "Bambi." Bugs Bunny's nephew is named Clyde. Kessie is a bluebird who appears in the Disney productions based on Winnie the Pooh but not in the original books.

Answer: The March Hare

Lewis Dodgson (a combination of Lewis Carroll and Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) appears in Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park as a minor character. The Snark is an imaginary beast in Carroll's poem "The Hunting of the Snark." The dodo is a bird which appears in the early chapters of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

Answer: Jefferson Airplane

The lyrics to "White Rabbit" were drawn from Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." The Airplane hit was on the sound track of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and "Platoon" and on the television series "The Sopranos."

Answer: Crusader Rabbit

The show first aired on KNBH in Los Angeles. Crusader's partner was Ragland T. "Rags" Tiger. Their enemy was frequently Dudley Nightshade. The series was revived in 1957-9. The Bugs Bunny Show first aired in 1960. The Get-Along Gang (which included in its cast Rocco Rabbit who was always falling asleep) aired from 1984 to 1986. Rocky and Bullwinkle (which involved a moose and a squirrel) first aired from 1959 to 1964.

Answer: Joel Chandler Harris

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1852). Samuel Clemens wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Harper Lee wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1960).

Answer: All of these

The Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins song also has the rabbit bringing "coloured eggs" and "chocolate bunnies."

Answer: Bunnicula

The first in the series, "Bunnicula", appeared in 1979. Woundwort is a rather unsavoury character in Richard Adams' novel "Watership Down." Count Alucard is the vampire in the 1943 black-and-white movie "Son of Dracula." Frank the Bunny is the giant evil rabbit in the Richard Kelly's weird comedy film "Donnie Darko" (2001).

Answer: Bugs Bunny

There are over 2000 stars on the Walk of Fame, including such non-human characters as Mickey Mouse, Kermit the Frog and Winnie the Pooh.

Answer: To become real

"The Velveteen Rabbit" was Margery Williams' first and most popular book. In 1985, the story was made into a video narrated by Meryl Streep.

Answer: How to escape a forest fire

Thumper appears at several points in the movie "Bambi" and again in the film "Bambi II." Despite his resolution not to become "twitterpated," he falls in love with a young doe and they raise a family.

Answer: "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?"

Gary Wolf's novel "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" was remarkably unlike the resulting movie. There never was a novel entitled "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" Wolf wrote "Who P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit?" using the same characters but neither as a prequel nor as a sequel to either his original novel or the film.