Roosters That Never Really Were Quiz

Answer: Cornelius

Kellogg's has sold corn flakes since 1906, using a variety of mascots including a woman with a shock of corn in her arms described as "The Sweetheart of the Corn." Cornelius "Corny" Rooster was introduced in 1957. The connection made was that corn flakes are a good way to start the day, after the cock crows. Early ads said "Nothing gets you crowing in the morning like Kellogg's Corn Flakes." Cornelius was created by the Chicago advertising agency Leo Burnett.

Answer: Foghorn J. Leghorn

Foghorn J. Leghorn is a Warner Brothers creation. He appeared in theatrical cartoons from 1946 to 1964. He was originally voiced by Mel Blanc. The immediate inspiration of Foghorn J. Leghorn was Senator Claghorn, a regular character on the Fred Allen radio programme of the 1940s. Foghorn often said "That's a joke, son!" because Claghorn said it first.

The rooster had cameos in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988) and in "Space Jam" (1996). He also appeared in Kentucky Fried Chicken television commercials, as well as for Oscar Mayer wieners, and GEICO insurance.

Answer: a Brazilian SUV-type vehicle

A person in a rooster costume known as "Cocky" is the mascot of the athletic teams of the University of South Carolina. The gamecock first appeared in this role in 1902 and has officially been the mascot since 1971. Local children dress up as Cocky for Hallowe'en.

Heaven Hill Distilleries of Bardstown, Kentucky, produces Fighting Cock Bourbon They have been making bourbon since 1935. The product is made of a blend of corn, barley and rye, aged six years, and sold at 103 proof in pint, fifth and liter glass bottles.

The Tottenham Hotspur Football Club was founded in 1882 and plays in Tottenham, London, in the Premier league. The club's crest features a fighting cock standing atop a football. The spurs refer to a rooster's spurs, as well as to Sir Harry Hotspur, a late-medieval English nobleman and soldier.

Answer: Mexico

Panchito Pistoles first appeared as one of "The Three Caballeros" in 1944, alongside Donald Duck and José Carioca. He is a rooster who lives in Mexico City and rides a horse named Señor Martinez. His name refers to the two six-guns which he has handy all the time; "pistola" is a Spanish word meaning gun.

His full name is Panchito Romero Miguel Junipero Francisco Quintero González III. He has since appeared in Sunday comics, comic books, theme park rides, colouring books and cartoons.

Answer: Bremen

The Grimms' version of this story has the foursome, abused by their masters, escape to become musicians in Bremen. They trick and run off a band of robbers and live happily ever after. The story has been retold in two operas (one Russian and one German), several animated movies, stage plays, a Jim Henson Muppets adaptation, a Richard Scarry children's storybook, a Japanese electronic game, and a bronze statue by Gerhard Marcks erected in Bremen, Germany, in 1953.

Answer: Rock-A-Doodle

In Rostand's play, Chantecler is a Gallic Rooster (the rooster is a traditional symbol of France) who is convinced that his crow awakens the sun in the morning and causes it to rise. Rostand is perhaps better known for his play "Cyrano de Bergerac." "Rock-A-Doodle" is a children's musical starring the voices of Glen Campbell, Christopher Plummer, Phil Harris, Charles Nelson Reilly, and Sandy Duncan. A novelisation followed the motion picture.

Answer: Alan-A-Dale

Country-Western singer Roger Miller voiced the troubadour rooster Alan-A-Dale who is the narrator of the motion picture. In many of the original Robin Hood stories, Alan-A-Dale was a wandering minstrel. Miller wrote and sang the song "Oo-De-Lally" for the film: "Robin Hood and Little John runnin' through the forest, jumpin' fences, dodgin' trees, an' tryin' to get away. Contemplatin' nothin' but escape an' fin'lly makin' it. Oo-de-lally, Oo-de-lally, Golly what a day."

Answer: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

The Sydney Roosters is one of the oldest and most successful teams in Australian professional rugby. Their home is "the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney" which is part of Greater Sydney. The club was founded in 1908. The team changed their jersey design to include a cockerel in 1967. General Sir Peter Cosgrove, the 26th Governor-General of Australia (2014 to 2019), has been an enthusiastic fan.

Answer: Ernie the Giant Chicken

As revealed in a flashback in an episode of "Family Guy" entitled "Da Boom," the animosity between Peter and Ernie the Giant Chicken goes back to an incident in which the chicken tried to give Peter an expired coupon which led to a fight between them.

The fights between Peter and Ernie are often long and cover a lot of territory, leaving massive destruction of property in their wake. Peter has left Ernie for dead in several episodes but Ernie "wakes up" and survives to fight another day. In the episode "Big Man on Hippocampus," Ernie hits Peter in the head with a shovel, a crowbar, a baseball bat, a frying pan and a golf club. Peter survives this, too.

Answer: Walt Disney

Carl Banks created Gyro Gearloose in 1952 for the Disney picture "Gladstone's Terrible Secret." The anthropomorphic rooster appeared thereafter alongside Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge and the other duck-related characters. He also appeared in a Mickey Mouse scratch-and-sniff book, with Goofy in a television special, and as a regular on "DuckTales." Gyro's inventions, while brilliant, often fail in some particular respect which creates a problem central to the story.