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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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