📺 Cartoons Trivia Questions & Answers
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28 Cartoons trivia questions
Q1. What colour is the title character in the animated show 'Bluey'?
Answer: Blue
💡 Bluey is an Australian animated series that became a global phenomenon after launching in 2018.
Q2. Which animated show features characters called Bart, Lisa, and Maggie?
Answer: The Simpsons
💡 The Simpsons first aired in 1989 and is the longest-running American animated series.
Q3. Which animated show is set in the town of Quahog, Rhode Island?
Answer: Family Guy
💡 Family Guy was cancelled by Fox in 2002 due to low ratings, but strong DVD sales and Cartoon Network reruns led to it being renewed in 2005 — a rare resurrection in TV history.
Q4. South Park was created by which comedy duo, who still write and direct most episodes today?
Answer: Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Q5. Stan, Kyle, and Cartman are three of South Park's four leads — who's the parka-muffled fourth?
Answer: Kenny
Q6. Legendary voice actor Mel Blanc earned which nickname for voicing dozens of Looney Tunes characters?
Answer: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Q7. Mel Blanc made his debut voicing which carrot-crunching rabbit in 1940's 'A Wild Hare'?
Answer: Bugs Bunny
Q8. Avatar: The Last Airbender's world is divided into how many elemental nations?
Answer: 4
Q9. In DuckTales, which wealthy uncle takes in Huey, Dewey, and Louie while Donald Duck is away?
Answer: Scrooge McDuck
Q10. Fred Flintstone's voice actor improvised which famous catchphrase — the script only said 'Yahoo!'?
Answer: Yabba Dabba Doo
💡 Alan Reed voiced Fred for the entire original 1960-66 run and made the line up on the spot.
Q11. Before creating SpongeBob, its creator taught which real science at a marine institute?
Answer: Marine biology
💡 Stephen Hillenburg wrote and illustrated a tide-pool education comic before creating SpongeBob SquarePants.
Q12. What breed of dog is the mystery-solving cartoon canine Scooby-Doo?
Answer: Great Dane
💡 Designer Iwao Takamoto deliberately gave Scooby all the flaws of a champion Great Dane.
Q13. What is the name of Homer Simpson's boss at the nuclear power plant?
Answer: Mr. Burns
💡 Mr. Burns's full name is Charles Montgomery Plantagenet Schicklgruber Burns. He was inspired by multiple real figures including Rupert Murdoch and David Rockefeller.
Q14. Which show features the fictional Krusty Krab fast food restaurant?
Answer: SpongeBob SquarePants
💡 SpongeBob SquarePants has aired since 1999 and is one of Nickelodeon's most successful shows.
Q15. In what year did the crudely-animated, foul-mouthed cartoon South Park first premiere?
Answer: 1997
Q16. Which animation duo created the classic cat-and-mouse rivalry Tom and Jerry in 1940?
Answer: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Q17. After MGM closed its cartoon studio in 1957, Tom & Jerry's creators founded which animation studio?
Answer: Hanna-Barbera
Q18. In what year did the beloved holiday special 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' first air on TV?
Answer: 1965
Q19. In Avatar: The Last Airbender, controlling an element with your mind is a skill called what?
Answer: Bending
Q20. How many seasons did the original Avatar: The Last Airbender run for on Nickelodeon?
Answer: 3
Q21. Which streaming service most recently revived Futurama with 20 new episodes?
Answer: Hulu
Q22. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles began in 1984 as a black-and-white comic by which two artists?
Answer: Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird
Q23. Which clean-cut, ascot-wearing Scooby-Doo character has Frank Welker voiced since 1969?
Answer: Fred Jones
💡 Welker later took over as the voice of Scooby-Doo himself starting in 2002.
Q24. This Disney show's theme song claims summer vacation lasts how many days, per its 26-episode order?
Answer: 104
💡 Phineas and Ferb's creators got "104 days of summer vacation" from 26 episodes with two shorts each — not real math on summer's length.
Q25. Which sci-fi cartoon's co-creator voiced both title characters for six seasons before a 2023 firing?
Answer: Rick and Morty
💡 Justin Roiland was recast starting in Season 7, with new actors taking over both Rick and Morty.
Q26. Network censors made Craig McCracken rename his cartoon away from which punchier original title?
Answer: The Whoopass Girls
💡 The girls' original power source, a "can of Whoopass," was renamed Chemical X for the same reason.
Q27. Which jazz pianist composed 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' soundtrack, including 'Linus and Lucy'?
Answer: Vince Guaraldi
Q28. In what year did Eastman and Laird publish the very first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic?
Answer: 1984
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