The circular file trivia quiz answers

1. Who calculated his earned-run average and obtained “a figure much too embarrassing to mention”?
[Charlie Brown] (You’re Something Special, Snoopy, 10/15/66)

2. Snoopy once began a novel with the word “The.” Linus wasn’t sure about this; what beginning did he prefer?
[“It”] (You’ve Got To Be You, Snoopy, 5/23/71)

3. Who hates writing thank-you notes for toys he’s already broken?
[Linus] (You’re a Brave Man, Charlie Brown, 12/26/62)

4. To whom did Charlie Brown write a “great letter” that “never got mailed” and that began, “Evening is coming on. I wish it were snowing huge white flakes, and you and I were walking along holding hands and…”
[The little red-haired girl] (You’ve Got To Be You, Snoopy, 12/9/70)

5. Who started writing an essay entitled “If I Had a Pony” by writing, “If I had a pony, I’d saddle up and ride so far from this school it would make your head swim” and then thought better of it?
[Sally] (You’ve Got To Be You, Snoopy, 9/29/70)

6. What failed novel did Snoopy try beginning with the sentence, “It was a dark and stormy marriage” and in which the hero said, “I know what I’ll do, I’ll buy her a beagle!”?
[Gone With the Wind III] (Could You Be More Pacific? 6/21/88)

7. What conclusion did Snoopy draw after discarding “A Thanksgiving Story” that began, ‘ “You turkey!” she cried. “Who’s a turkey?” “You, you turkey!” ’?
[“Thanksgiving stories are hard to write.”] (Could You Be More Pacific? 11/23/88)

8. To whom did Snoopy begin a letter “Dear Ugly” in order to invite him to compete in an ugly-dog contest?
[His brother Olaf] (Being a Dog is a Full-Time Job, 1/18/89)

9. Whose crushing logic induced Charlie Brown to abandon a letter that he had begun, “Dear Pen Pal, Did you get my last letter?”?
[Sally’s] (It’s a Big World, Charlie Brown, 11/18/97)

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