Miscellaneous trivia quiz answers

1. Identify the speakers:

a. No dog should ever waste his time sleeping when he could be out chasing rabbits!
[Frieda] (Here’s To You, Charlie Brown, 4/18/61)
b. My dad is taller than your dad.
[Violet] (Charlie Brown and Snoopy, 11/28/63)
c. I’ll probably never get married.
[Lucy] (For the Love of Peanuts, 11/14/54)
d. HERE I GO!
[Sophie] (If Beagles Could Fly, 7/17/87)

2. One Christmas, Schroeder got a lot of Beethoven presents, including a year’s supply of Beethoven bubble gum. What other Beethoven presents did he get, and what was the one present he got that he didn’t know what to do with?
[A new toy piano, a new statue of Beethoven, a Beethoven sweatshirt, a Beethoven ball-point pen, and twelve-volume biography of Beethoven in comic-book form. He didn’t know what to do with his toy train.] (Good Grief, Charlie Brown, 12/26/54)

3. The first time Snoopy went out to Needles to visit Spike, what did he take with him? What did he leave behind in the desert? How was it recovered?
[He took his supper dish, a glass of water, and Linus’s blanket. He left Linus’s blanket behind. Spike found it and mailed it back.] (Let’s Hear It for Dinner, Snoopy, 11/17/75, 12/1/75, 12/6/75)

4. Snoopy almost beat Hank Aaron to Babe Ruth’s record. What spoiled his last chance?
[Charlie Brown got picked off second during Snoopy’s last at-bat] (Play Ball, Snoopy, 8/20/73)

5. Peppermint Patty once thought that she had graduated and didn’t need to go to school any more. Why was this? Who finally explained to her what had really happened?
[She had gone to obedience school at Snoopy’s suggestion. The principal explained the situation to her.] (Love and Kisses, Snoopy, 10/15/76, 10/18/76)

6. Give a brief summary of the episodes from which the following lines have been taken.

a. We’ll have to tell them to stop after the fourth ear.
[Lucy and Peppermint Patty were discussing taking turns getting their ears pierced] (You’ve Got To Be Kidding, Snoopy, 6/6/74)
b. I’m not gonna skate with a stupid bird!
[Lucy and Snoopy were going to skate at an ice show but Snoopy got cold feet and recommended his understudy, Woodstock] (You Can’t Win Them All, Charlie Brown, 12/17/71)
c. Go, Silver Flakes!
[Silver Flakes was Sally’s snowman-building team in the neighborhood league] (They’re Playing Your Song, Charlie Brown, 11/27/73)
d. Land ho!
[Charlie Brown was floating out to sea on his pitcher’s mound but he ended up behind a supermarket; also Peppermint Patty fell asleep at her desk] (Think About It Tomorrow, Snoopy, 5/12/76; Peanuts 2000, 9/17/99)

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