Which Kids' TV Show Is It? - Retro Edition Quiz

Answer: Danger Mouse

The British animated kids' TV show "Danger Mouse" originally ran for ten series between 1981 and 1992, and featured the voices of David Jason as Danger Mouse, and Terry Scott as his sidekick, Penfold. Each episode saw Danger Mouse and Penfold battling against their arch enemy Baron Silas Greenback, a wheezy-voice toad.

The show was rebooted in 2015, with Alexander Armstrong and Kevin Eldon providing the voices of Danger Mouse and Penfold respectively.

Answer: Mysterious Cities of Gold

The relatively short-lived French-Japanese animated kids' TV show "Mysterious Cities of Gold" originally ran between June 1982 and March 1983 and consisted of thirty-nine episodes. Its catchy theme tune set the scene for the cartoon, set in 1532, in which young Spanish boy Esteban joins a team who are searching for one of the Seven Cities of Gold in the hope that he might find his long-lost father.

Answer: Scooby Doo

The original Hanna-Barbera produced animated show "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" aired for two season between 1969 and 1970, but from this small acorn, a massive oak tree of a franchise was born, as numerous animated series and movies have subsequently been produced.

The franchise revolves around Scooby Doo, a talking Great Dane, solving mysteries with his four human friends, Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy.

Answer: Fraggle Rock

Created by Jim Henson, "Fraggle Rock" is a kids' puppet TV series that was originally aired between 1983 and 1987, with ninety-six episodes across five seasons. The show introduced us to the lives of, and interactions between the Fraggles (small, fluffy, generally care-free characters) and the other creatures that live in and around Fraggle Rock, namely the Doozers, Gorgs, and Silly Creatures of Outer Space.

Answer: Sesame Street

Created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett, "Sesame Street" is one of the most well-known and successful kids' TV shows of all-time. Premiering in 1969, the show, which is a mixture of live action, animation, and puppetry, and includes characters such as Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, and Aloysius Snuffleupagus, has truly stood the test of time.

Answer: Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds

An adaption of the 1844 novel "The Three Musketeers" by French author Alexandre Dumas, "Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds" is a Spanish-Japanese animated kids' TV show that originally ran between 1981 and 1982. Most of the characters are dogs, hence the title, with the main character Dogtanian wishing to become one of King Louis XIII of France's musketeers.

He makes friends with three other musketeers, Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, and falls in love with maid-in-waiting Juliette.

Answer: Rainbow

The British kids' TV series "Rainbow" was created by Pamela Lonsdale and broadcast on ITV, with its original run lasting for twenty-five years between 1972 and 1997. The show revolved around human presenter Geoffrey and his fellow house-members Bungle (a man-sized bear), Zippy (a non-descript puppet with a zip for a mouth), and George (a pink puppet hippo), with each episode focusing on a different activity or situation that arose in the Rainbow house.

Answer: Hong Kong Phooey

Produced by Hanna-Barbera and broadcast on ABC, the US animated kids' TV show "Hong Kong Phooey" originally ran between September and December 1974, and consisted of just sixteen episodes. The show follows the adventures of "mild mannered janitor" Penry, a dog who works at a police station, but who transforms himself into kung-fu crime fighter Hong Kong Phooey whenever he hears a new case coming into the station.

Answer: The Wombles

Originally airing between 1973 and 1975, "The Wombles" is a British stop-motion kids' TV series narrated by Bernard Cribbins, who also provides the voices for the Wombles, who are creatures that come out from their underground home to recycle and reuse things that humans have discarded.

Originally appearing in the 1968 book "The Wombles" by Elisabeth Beresford, the Wombles have gone on to become a very successful franchise that also includes music, flim, and lots of merchandise.

Answer: Pinky and the Brain

Produced by Steven Spielberg's production company Amblin Television in conjunction with Warner Bros. Television Animation, "Pinky and the Brain" is an American animated kids' TV series that consists of four seasons and sixty-five episodes that originally aired between 1995 and 1998.

The title characters are two genetically enhanced laboratory mice who try, but fail, to enact plans to take over the world - Pinky being happy but lacking in intelligence, and Brain being intelligent but somewhat selfish.