The Adventures of 'Mr Nutz' Trivia Quiz

Answer: Squirrel

Since he appeared in only two games in total, Mr. Nutz didn't take off quite as well as other anthropomorphised creatures like Sonic the Hedgehog and Yoshi the Dinosaur. Fortunately, for anyone with a squirrel fetish, Conker the Squirrel came into existence in 1997.

Answer: Porcupine

The porcupines had spiny shells and so weren't entirely accurate representations of the real thing. Mr. Nutz could remove the shells with either a nut or his signature tail whip, and then use either of these attacks or a head bounce to finish the defenceless creature off.

Answer: Grant him temporary invincibility

The potion was extremely rare, but useful given how bird-infested the Adventure Park was. Mean Streets had a similar powerup symbolised by a question mark that enabled Mr. Nutz to fly whilst also being invincible.

Answer: Witch

The witch could be beaten with around 15 bounces to the head. She'd attack in a fixed sequence by flying across the screen, throwing pumpkin-headed men at Mr. Nutz and throwing large numbers of skulls multi-directionally.

Answer: Kitchen Sink

Mr. Nutz found the golden cup at the top of the Foul Kitchen. Drinking it shrunk him enough that he could explore the sink and find a way out to... the Volcano Underpass that just so happened to be beneath the house. Hmm.

Answer: Clouds

The Clouds were a welcome break from the difficult Volcano Underpass, although still had their dangers in the form of cloud men, wasps, birds and flying bombers. The music was peppy and optimistic, befitting the level's visual theme of being the light at the end of the tunnel.

Answer: Eyes

Ograum Papas was the boss at the end of the Clouds stage. He was a giant who stood in front of the cloud-based platform Mr. Nutz stood on. He attacked primarily with hand swipes and by spewing out improbably large numbers of eyes that Mr. Nutz had to avoid being hit by. Mr. Nutz could defeat him by bouncing on his head five times - when the opportunity came.

Answer: False

Most of the enemies in Mean Streets had already been met prior to that stage, with the exception of the two mice-type enemies. Whilst the apples, porcupines and hornets - and tons of them, horrible pests they were - appeared in both the Woody Land and Mean Streets, the fairies, spiders, dandelion men and man-eating plants appeared only in the Woody Land.

Answer: Snowballs

The flying birds would drop snowballs when in close proximity to Mr. Nutz. These could be avoided by moving close and baiting them to drop their ball, or by bouncing on them by (typically) bouncing from another enemy's head. All other incorrect answers featured in these levels too, just not in the hands of cute flying birds.

Answer: Yeti

The whole reason Mr. Nutz took his journey was to beat the yeti Mr. Blizzard and save the world from being plunged into an Ice Age. He attacked with jumps, snowflakes and a blizzard breath. I'm not sure how he got home, if he did; it was physically impossible to return the way he came. Maybe he just died in the frozen wastelands as a forgotten hero.