1a. What is the most common fate of the kites that Charlie Brown flies?
[They end up in a kite-eating tree]
1b. List some other ways his kites have met their demise.
[Down a sewer (2/28/67),
burned (5/13/56),
exploded (3/13/60),
impaled on Violet’s toy tree (9/18/59)
or Lucy’s arm (9/17/59),
mangled by Charlie Brown (9/19/59)]
2a. What famous scenario involving Charlie Brown and a football repeats year
after year?
[He tries to kick it but Lucy pulls it away]
2b. Once, the scenario did not end in the standard way. What happened
instead?
[Lucy held the ball but Charlie Brown kicked her hand
(8/2/79)]
3a. What does Marcie call Charlie Brown?
[Charles (sometimes Chuck)]
3b. Sally once told Charlie Brown to “Kiss her (Marcie), you blockhead!”
In what context?
[Marcie told him she liked him
(8/17/82,
3/26/83)]
4a. What is Charlie Brown’s father’s occupation?
[Barber]
4b. Charlie Brown once pondered the rising cost of living and imagined a sign
outside his father’s
shop that exhibited an exorbitant price for his
father’s services. What was the price?
[Ten dollars (7/4/59)]
5a. In the film, A Boy Named Charlie Brown,
what word does Charlie Brown misspell?
[Beagle (“beagel”]
5b. In the strip, Charlie Brown also once entered a spelling bee. What word
did he misspell?
[Maze (“Mays”
2/9/66)]
6a. What usually happens when Charlie Brown is hit by a line drive on the
pitcher’s mound?
[His shirt, shoes, and socks are knocked off
(6/16/74)]
6b. What ailment did Charlie Brown once get that forced him to stop pitching
for a while?
[Little Leaguer’s Elbow
(3/6/64)]