Songs that sample children's TV shows
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Songs That Sample Children's TV Shows — Daily trivia Wednesday, March 11, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Which Fun Lovin' Criminals song takes its title from a cartoon Great Dane's treat but refers to Valium?
- ABear Necessities
- BScooby Snacks
- CCartoon Heroes
- DYabba Dabba Doo
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Scooby Snacks
Scooby Snacks. Club security handed out Valium under that name, and Tarantino won a co-writing credit for the Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs lines it samples.
Q 02Which Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick hip-hop classic borrows the Inspector Gadget theme melody?
- AThe Show
- BLa Di Da Di
- CChildren's Story
- DLodi Dodi
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The Show
The track lifts the melody of the Inspector Gadget theme; De La Soul later sampled 'The Show' itself on 'Oodles of O's' from De La Soul Is Dead.
Q 03De La Soul's "The Magic Number" samples "Three Is a Magic Number" from which children's TV series?
- ASchoolhouse Rock!
- BThe Electric Company
- CCaptain Kangaroo
- DReading Rainbow
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Schoolhouse Rock!
"The Magic Number" samples Bob Dorough's "Three Is a Magic Number," which aired as part of the beloved Schoolhouse Rock! series beginning in 1973. The song was central to De La Soul's debut album 3 Feet High and Rising.
Q 04Which children's cartoon's theme song is famously mashed up with nearly every major hip-hop track?
- APeppa Pig
- BThomas the Tank Engine
- CDora the Explorer
- DPaw Patrol
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Thomas the Tank Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine. The earliest known mash-up hit YTMND in June 2005, and fans have since laid the theme under Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, DMX and more.
Q 05Lil Yachty's track "All Times" prominently samples the theme music from which Nickelodeon cartoon?
- ARugrats
- BThe Fairly OddParents
- CSpongeBob SquarePants
- DHey Arnold!
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Rugrats
Rugrats. Its theme was written by Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh, and Yachty's playful sampling has also taken in Mario Bros. and Charlie Brown.
Q 06Ice Cube says which children's TV host sued him over a sample on "A Gangsta's Fairytale"?
- ABill Nye
- BPaul Reubens
- CLeVar Burton
- DFred Rogers
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Fred Rogers
Fred Rogers. Ice Cube said in 2020 that Mister Rogers took him to court over the theme sample on the 1990 track.
Q 07The Prodigy's debut single "Charly" sampled dialogue from which kind of programme?
- AA Looney Tunes short
- BA Nickelodeon game show
- CA Saturday morning cartoon
- DA British public information film
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A British public information film
A British public information film. 'Charley Says' was six 1973 cut-out cartoons in which a boy named Tony translates the miaows of his cat, voiced by Kenny Everett.
Q 08MF DOOM's track "Hey!" from his debut album Operation: Doomsday samples the theme from which cartoon?
- AThe Flintstones
- BWacky Races
- CThe New Scooby-Doo Movies
- DJonny Quest
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The New Scooby-Doo Movies
The New Scooby-Doo Movies. DOOM lifted its intro theme, and critic Robert Christgau said the album peaks when it samples not just the theme but Scooby himself.
Q 09Smart E's turned which children's show's theme into a UK No. 2 rave hit?
- AFraggle Rock
- BThe Muppet Show
- CSesame Street
- DThe Electric Company
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Sesame Street
Sesame Street. 'Sesame's Treet' also reached No. 60 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped Billboard's Maxi-Singles Sales chart.
Q 10What was the early-1990s wave of rave tracks sampling children's TV themes collectively nicknamed?
- AKidcore
- BToytown techno
- CNursery house
- DBubblegum bass
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Toytown techno
Toytown techno. Also called kiddy rave, it spun early-'90s hardcore out of kids' TV themes from Speed Racer to The Magic Roundabout and Trumpton.
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