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Quiz about The Uncertain World of Calvin and Hobbes

The Uncertain World of Calvin and Hobbes Quiz

Just a few questions (some of them tricky) about my personal favorite comic strip characters. Enjoy.

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

Author
Arpeggionist

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
169,688

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2073

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What are the names of Calvin's parents? Hint

John and Jane

Nobody knows

Claude and Claudia

Julius and Cynthia

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Question 2 of 10

2. Calvin and Hobbes are the only characters in the series with first names.

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these did Calvin not have himself transmogrified into? Hint

A bat

A tiger

A large lizard

Calvin never transmogrified himself

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was responsible for the noodle incident? Hint

It was definitely Calvin

There was no noodle incident

Calvin was framed, probably by Susie

Nobody could prove it was Calvin.

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which position did Calvin play in the school baseball team? Hint

Left field

Right field

Shortstop

Catcher

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Question 6 of 10

6. Calvin and Hobbes discovered that there actually is life on Mars.

Yes

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these species of dinosaurs is not mentioned in Calvin and Hobbes? Hint

Tyranosaurus rex

They're all mentioned

Allosaurus

Velociraptor

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Question 8 of 10

8. Spaceman Spiff is the earliest of the characters in Calvin and Hobbes.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. During what time of year is Calvin sometimes able to avoid being attacked by Hobbes? Hint

Rabbit season

Late winter

Hay fever season

Duck season

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is Calvin's last name? Hint

Johnson

Williams

Smith

It is never mentioned

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What are the names of Calvin's parents?

Answer: Nobody knows

Bill Waterson never really saw the need to name Calvin's parents. Whenever they adress each other, they refer to each other as "Dear."

2. Calvin and Hobbes are the only characters in the series with first names.

Answer: False

Yes, they have first names, as does Susie Derkins, and Rosalyn (the baby sitter).

3. Which of these did Calvin not have himself transmogrified into?

Answer: A bat

The "transmogrifier" was one of Calvin's cardoard box inventions. The other two were the duplicator and the time machine. What the transmogrifier did was allow the user to take on whatever shape (and whatever size) he wanted.

4. Who was responsible for the noodle incident?

Answer: Nobody could prove it was Calvin.

The famed noodle incident was something Bill Waterson felt was best left to the imagination of the reader. In all the years that the strip ran, never is it mentioned specifically what happened. Calvin did often refer to the incident in a self incriminating way though...

5. Which position did Calvin play in the school baseball team?

Answer: Left field

Calvin played one game and then quit the team.

6. Calvin and Hobbes discovered that there actually is life on Mars.

Answer: Yes

Long before any real scientists could agree on that, a few strips of Calvin and Hobbes have the two going to Mars. They return after encountering Martian life-form, which Hobbes figured is just as scared of them as they are of it.

7. Which of these species of dinosaurs is not mentioned in Calvin and Hobbes?

Answer: Velociraptor

Not the velociraptor. Waterson didn't want to get too close to a plot too closely resembling Jurrasic Park.

8. Spaceman Spiff is the earliest of the characters in Calvin and Hobbes.

Answer: True

In the 10th Anniversary Book, Bill Waterson tells the story of Spaceman Spiff, and how he originally started out as a high school German class character named "Raumfahrer Rolf". He appeared later in English as "Spaceman Mort" before becoming one of Calvin's alter-egos.

9. During what time of year is Calvin sometimes able to avoid being attacked by Hobbes?

Answer: Hay fever season

"You think it's funny," Hobbes says, "but it's not."

10. What is Calvin's last name?

Answer: It is never mentioned

Just like his parents first names are never mentioned, Waterson figured it didn't really matter what the family name is. So Calvin's surnname is not mentioned either.

Thanks for playing the quiz, hope you enjoyed it.

Source: Author Arpeggionist

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