Courage the Cowardly Dog Trivia
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49 free Courage the Cowardly Dog trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
This Courage the Cowardly Dog trivia quiz covers the whole run of John R. Dilworth's Cartoon Network series, from the Oscar-nominated 1996 short The Chicken from Outer Space through all four seasons that aired between 1999 and 2002, plus the 2014 CGI short and the 2021 Scooby-Doo crossover. It is built for anyone who grew up with a pink dog screaming his way through the middle of Nowhere, Kansas. Expect questions on Muriel and Eustace Bagge, the farmhouse's sarcastic computer, Dr. Vindaloo, Shirley the Medium, Katz, Le Quack, King Ramses and his slab, the Great Fusilli, Freaky Fred, Dr. Zalost's tower and the finale that finally revealed what happened to Courage's parents. Roughly a third of the questions are easy for casual fans, a third need a good memory for specific episodes and voice actors, and the rest reward the completists who know air dates, awards and behind-the-scenes details. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the series, its episode list and the crossover film before publishing, and each question carries the sentence that establishes it. If you think one is wrong, use the report button and we will look again.
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Q 01In which US state is the fictional town of Nowhere, where Courage lives, located?
Kansas
Kansas. The town's name sets up the show's running joke: the Bagges' lonely farmhouse really is in the middle of Nowhere.
Q 02Who created Courage the Cowardly Dog?
John R. Dilworth
John R. Dilworth. He made the pilot at his own New York studio, Stretch Films, and stayed on to direct the series himself.
Q 03What was the title of the 1996 pilot short that became Courage the Cowardly Dog?
The Chicken from Outer Space
The Chicken from Outer Space. Its alien chicken came back for a rematch in the series, in an episode called 'The Revenge of the Chicken from Outer Space'.
Q 04The Courage pilot lost the 1996 Oscar for animated short to which Wallace & Gromit film?
A Close Shave
A Close Shave. Nick Park's short introduced Shaun the Sheep, who went on to get a series and films of his own.
Q 05Where did Muriel find the abandoned puppy she went on to name Courage?
In an alley
In an alley. Muriel decided a puppy sitting there all alone must be very brave, and the name stuck.
Q 06The Courage pilot first aired on which showcase of cartoon shorts?
What a Cartoon!
What a Cartoon! The showcase tried out new shorts as would-be pilots; Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls came out of it too, and Courage's own series followed in 1999.
Q 07Courage is usually described as which breed of dog?
Beagle
Beagle. That makes him the same breed as Snoopy, although some fans insist he is really a mutt.
Q 08Who was the regular voice of Courage in the series?
Marty Grabstein
Marty Grabstein. He gave Courage real speeches in the first season, but the dialogue was soon pared back to screams and mumbling, a deliberate choice.
Q 09Thea White, the voice of Muriel, also worked in which other profession?
Librarian
Librarian. White had left the stage for the library, and it took a chance phone call from a producer to bring her back to acting as Muriel.
Q 10What happened to Courage's parents when he was a puppy?
They were sent into outer space
They were sent into outer space by a veterinarian running a secret experiment, a past the show held back until its final episode.
Q 11What insulting name does Eustace habitually call Courage?
Stupid dog
Stupid dog. The insult runs in the family: Eustace's own mother, Ma Bagge, greets him as 'stupid boy'.
Q 12Eustace scares Courage by putting on a green face covering and shouting what phrase?
Ooga Booga
Ooga Booga. The scares come from plain jealousy: Eustace resents how much Muriel dotes on the dog.
Q 13In 'Journey to the Center of Nowhere', which angry vegetables plot revenge on Muriel for serving up their kind?
Eggplants
Eggplants. A drought has driven them to it, so Courage ends the uprising with water rather than a fight.
Q 21In the first regular episode, what does Katz do to the guests at his lonely roadside lodging?
Feeds them to giant spiders
Feeds them to giant spiders. The spiders are his pets, and the motel is simply his way of keeping them supplied with food.
Q 22A sly fox in sunglasses keeps kidnapping Muriel in an early Courage episode; what does he plan to do with her?
Cook her
Cook her. He is a chef whose prize stew lacks one ingredient, a granny, and in the end he lands in the pot himself.
Q 23Muriel's unsettling nephew Fred, star of "Freaky Fred", works in which profession?
Barber
Q 14What is the name of the Bagge family's doctor?
Dr. Vindaloo
Dr. Vindaloo. His stock diagnosis is 'there's nothing to worry about', yet he is one of the few characters who can understand what Courage is trying to tell him.
Q 15What kind of animal is Shirley the Medium?
A chihuahua
A chihuahua. Shirley tells fortunes from a ramshackle caravan and has no patience with Eustace, whom she curses more than once for his greed.
Q 16Where does Courage keep the sarcastic computer he turns to for advice?
The attic
The attic. The machine is not always on his side: in one episode a thunderstorm brings it to life and it downloads itself into Muriel's body to show how daring it can be.
Q 17Which recurring young inventor snaps 'Watch where you're going, ya fool!' at anyone in his way?
Di Lung
Di Lung. His gadgets cause as much trouble as any monster: one turns Courage into a fly, and he later builds a robot Courage to replace the real one.
Q 18Hamilton, a dog often called the prototype for Courage, appeared in the creator's earlier short for which network?
MTV
MTV. The short, Smart Talk with Raisin, gave Hamilton a home with two squabbling owners, a set-up fans see echoed in Courage, Muriel and Eustace.
Q 19Muriel Bagge, Courage's kindly owner, originally comes from which country?
Scotland
Scotland. One late episode lures her home, where a man claiming to be her Uncle Angus locks her up and sets her to making kilts.
Q 20Which ingredient does Muriel put in almost every dish she makes, to her family's dismay?
Vinegar
Vinegar. It turns out to be the secret of her prize-winning sweets as well: a jealous rival kidnaps her to get the recipe, only to hear that she puts it in everything.
Barber. Fred narrates his visit in rhyme, lingering on the word 'naughty', and his urge to clip everything in reach soon turns on Courage.
Q 24In "King Ramses' Curse", what does the pharaoh's ghost repeatedly demand?
Return the slab
Return the slab. Eustace refuses to hand the treasure back without payment, so the ghost answers with three plagues on the farmhouse.
Q 25In 'Night of the Weremole', what does Eustace mistake his transformed wife Muriel for?
Mice
Mice. So while Courage hunts down the creature that bit her in search of a cure, Eustace simply fetches his mallet.
Q 26Which villain cons his way into the farmhouse to rob the Bagges after Muriel loses her memory?
Le Quack
Le Quack. He arrives posing as an amnesia specialist, and it is Courage himself who sends for the French duck to treat Muriel.
Q 27What kind of animal is the Great Fusilli, who turns Muriel and Eustace into puppets?
An alligator
An alligator. His travelling stage show turns its stars into puppets, and in the end the theatre's magic does the same to him.
Q 28In 'The Clutching Foot', what on Eustace's body swells into a gang of mobsters?
A fungus
A fungus. It starts as an itch, swallows Eustace whole and becomes a giant foot whose toes are gangsters, with the big toe as boss.
Q 29What is the name of the giant cockroach who hosts the Bagges in "Courage in the Big Stinkin' City"?
Schwick
Schwick. The name is short for Buschwick, after the Brooklyn neighbourhood, and he forces Courage to fetch a mysterious package before Muriel's big performance.
Q 30In 'Little Muriel', what turns Muriel into a demanding three-and-a-half-year-old?
A tornado
A tornado. It sucks her up and drops her back as a toddler, leaving Courage to babysit while he works out how to reverse it.