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The Funny Pages Trivia Quiz

I'll give you a brief description of characters or situations and you'll identify the comic strip that appears in a daily newspaper near you! Who knows? Maybe you'll find your favorite here somewhere! Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by JoshCaleb12. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
JoshCaleb12

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
52,821

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

Plays
2341

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Question 1 of 15

1. A sassy racoon and his turtle sidekick take on suburbia! Hint

The Grizzwells

Kevin and Kell

Over the Hedge

Red and Rover

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Question 2 of 15

2. First grader Zoe and her little brother Hammie make sure their parents always have something to do... like clean up after them. Hint

Baby Blues

Sally Forth

Adam@Home

Shirley and Son

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Question 3 of 15

3. This great dane makes sure that his human family knows just who the 'top dog' really is. Hint

Garfield

Fred Basset

Heathcliff

Marmaduke

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Question 4 of 15

4. Wally and Alice and their co-workers give us their take on life with the 'Pointy-Haired Boss.' Hint

Stone Soup

Dilbert

Cathy

Shirley and Son

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Question 5 of 15

5. A cantankerous bus driver takes the Roughriders to school. Hint

Funky Winkerbean

Crankshaft

Luann

Gasoline Alley

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Question 6 of 15

6. A college professor's crabby mother dates Thorax, who believes himself to be an alien. Meanwhile the professor's teenage child fantasizes about being a superhero! Hint

Shirley and Son

Sally Forth

9 Chickweed Lane

Get Fuzzy

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Question 7 of 15

7. These folks often consult 'Wiley's Dictionary' which gives some rather punny definitions. Hint

They'll Do It Everytime

Ask Shagg

B. C.

Alley Oop

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Question 8 of 15

8. This duck and his friends dispense the news from a conservative viewpoint. Hint

Frazz

Mallard Filmore

Doonesbury

The Better Half

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Question 9 of 15

9. This elementary school janitor is popular with the kids, but cranky teacher Mrs. Olson can't stand him, or the kids for that matter. Hint

Frazz

Funky Winkerbean

Luann

Crankshaft

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Question 10 of 15

10. JoJo runs a 'business' out of his daycare center, while his cop daddy and nurse mommy bring home the bread. Hint

Arlo and Janis

Jump Start

Baby Blues

Herb and Jamaal

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Question 11 of 15

11. This Hispanic boy faces the trials and tribulations of being a teenager in America. Hint

Redeye

One Big Happy

Grand Avenue

Baldo

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Question 12 of 15

12. Jimbo teaches his son, Pasquale, the value of 'garbage moments.' Meanwhile, his wife leans on her 'Let Things Be' tree when she isn't roaming the open road in her biker alter-ego. Hint

9 Chickweed Lane

Rose is Rose

Li'l Abner

Family Circus

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Question 13 of 15

13. Hildegard Hamhocker is forever trying to tie the knot with this title character. Hint

Wildwood

Tumbleweeds

Redeye

Red and Rover

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Question 14 of 15

14. Toby Cameron visits the apartment manager's kitchen often, to swap gossip on the neighbors of Charterstone Condominiums in Santa Royale. Hint

Mary Worth

Brenda Starr

Apartment 3G

Blondie

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Question 15 of 15

15. The yellow bird speaks a language that can only be deciphered by the beagle. Hint

Wildwood

Pogo

Peanuts

Shoe

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. A sassy racoon and his turtle sidekick take on suburbia!

Answer: Over the Hedge

'Over the Hedge' is by Michael Fry and T. Lewis. 'Kevin and Kell' is an online comic that is not distributed to newspapers.

2. First grader Zoe and her little brother Hammie make sure their parents always have something to do... like clean up after them.

Answer: Baby Blues

Created by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott. The parents are Darryl and Wanda. Zoe just started first grade in the fall of 2001.

3. This great dane makes sure that his human family knows just who the 'top dog' really is.

Answer: Marmaduke

Marmaduke belongs to the Winslow family and is the creation of Brad Anderson, who has a great dane of his own.

4. Wally and Alice and their co-workers give us their take on life with the 'Pointy-Haired Boss.'

Answer: Dilbert

Created by Scott Adams. Workers of the world are united in their empathy with Dilbert.

5. A cantankerous bus driver takes the Roughriders to school.

Answer: Crankshaft

Created by Tom Batiuk and and Chuck Ayers.

6. A college professor's crabby mother dates Thorax, who believes himself to be an alien. Meanwhile the professor's teenage child fantasizes about being a superhero!

Answer: 9 Chickweed Lane

Created by Brooke McEldowny. Juliette Burber, Ph.D., is the professor. Her mother is known only as Gran, while Edda is the teenager that attends Catholic school.

7. These folks often consult 'Wiley's Dictionary' which gives some rather punny definitions.

Answer: B. C.

Created by Johnny Hart.

8. This duck and his friends dispense the news from a conservative viewpoint.

Answer: Mallard Filmore

Created by Bruce Tinsley.

9. This elementary school janitor is popular with the kids, but cranky teacher Mrs. Olson can't stand him, or the kids for that matter.

Answer: Frazz

This is a relatively new comic strip created by Jef Mallett. It began in the year 2001. I'm already a big fan.

10. JoJo runs a 'business' out of his daycare center, while his cop daddy and nurse mommy bring home the bread.

Answer: Jump Start

Created by Robb Armstrong. Joe and Marcy Cobb have two children, Sunny and JoJo. In Sept. 2001, JoJo turned three.

11. This Hispanic boy faces the trials and tribulations of being a teenager in America.

Answer: Baldo

Hector D. Cantu and Carlos Castellanos are the creators of this comic.

12. Jimbo teaches his son, Pasquale, the value of 'garbage moments.' Meanwhile, his wife leans on her 'Let Things Be' tree when she isn't roaming the open road in her biker alter-ego.

Answer: Rose is Rose

Pat Brady is the creator of this delightful comic strip. Pasquale has many adventures in his Dreamship and with his guardian angel.

13. Hildegard Hamhocker is forever trying to tie the knot with this title character.

Answer: Tumbleweeds

Created by Tom K. Ryan.

14. Toby Cameron visits the apartment manager's kitchen often, to swap gossip on the neighbors of Charterstone Condominiums in Santa Royale.

Answer: Mary Worth

John Saunders and Joe Giella are credited as the current creators of Mary Worth.

15. The yellow bird speaks a language that can only be deciphered by the beagle.

Answer: Peanuts

The creator, Charles Schulz, who had previously announced his retirement, died the same weekend his final Sunday comic appeared. Peanuts continues to run under the title 'Classic Peanuts,' using repeats starting in 1974.

Source: Author JoshCaleb12

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