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Quiz about The Comic Strips Bringing Up Father

The Comic Strips: "Bringing Up Father" Quiz

This is one of the longest continually running strips in the world. It was last published in May of 2000. I checked in different articles and many say it is the longest. I hope you enjoy the sixth quiz in my series of strips, I have read.

A multiple-choice quiz by foxgap. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
foxgap

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
84,250

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
338

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the father in this comic strip? Hint

Arthur

Jiggs

Barney Google

Andy Capp

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Question 2 of 10

2. What nationality was the father when the comic strip was first created? Hint

Irish

American

British

German

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the wife in this comic strip? Hint

Maggie

Mary

Alice

Sally

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Question 4 of 10

4. What did the father do for a living before he became wealthy? Hint

Mason

Carpenter

Truck driver

Steel worker

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the mother employed as? Hint

Nurse

Nanny

Washlady

Housekeeper

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Question 6 of 10

6. How did they become rich? Hint

Playing poker

Invested wisely

They won the Irish sweepstakes

It was an inheritance

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Question 7 of 10

7. What did the father usually have in his hand? Hint

A paper

A fishing pole

A magazine

A cigar

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Question 8 of 10

8. When his wife got mad at him, which was often, what did she do? Hint

Threw a rolling pin at his head

Quit talking to him

Slapped him

Went home to her mother

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was the father's best friend? Hint

Andy Capp

Dinty Moore

Rufus McCarthy

Joe O'brian

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Question 10 of 10

10. What did Mr. Moore do for a living? Hint

He ran a tavern

He was unemployed

Bus driver

Mechanic

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the father in this comic strip?

Answer: Jiggs

"Bringing Up Father" was created by George McManus and first appeared in 1913.

2. What nationality was the father when the comic strip was first created?

Answer: Irish

He and his wife were poor immigrants who became rich.

3. Who was the wife in this comic strip?

Answer: Maggie

Maggie was a social climber, while Jiggs wanted to hang out with his old friends. He was uncomfortable with his new prestige.

4. What did the father do for a living before he became wealthy?

Answer: Mason

Yes, Jiggs was a builder.

5. What was the mother employed as?

Answer: Washlady

She was an ordinary washlady, working for others.

6. How did they become rich?

Answer: They won the Irish sweepstakes

Once they had hit the jackpot, Maggie started up with her snooty attitude.

7. What did the father usually have in his hand?

Answer: A cigar

Jiggs liked his cigars. Remember this strip started long before political correctness came about.

8. When his wife got mad at him, which was often, what did she do?

Answer: Threw a rolling pin at his head

He learned to dodge very quickly. For those who might not know what a rolling pin is, it's what is used to roll out bread dough and such.

9. Who was the father's best friend?

Answer: Dinty Moore

Dinty was one of the people that Maggie was trying to keep Jiggs away from.

10. What did Mr. Moore do for a living?

Answer: He ran a tavern

When I was researching this comic strip to give proper credit to the creator, I ran into an interesting bit of knowledge. George McManus favored a restuarant owned by a Mr. James Moore. Mr. Moore got the idea to change his restaurant's name to "Dinty Moore's" and made a fortune off of the "Bringing Up Father" character's name. Later the name was applied ot a line of canned food. Any of you ever hear of "Dinty Moore's Beef Stew", I sure have eaten a lot of it.

Source: Author foxgap

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