50 free Courage the Cowardly Dog trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 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
The isolated Bagge farmhouse sits in the middle of Nowhere, Kansas, a place that seems to attract every monster and alien in the universe.
Q 02Who created Courage the Cowardly Dog?
John R. Dilworth
Dilworth made the show through his New York studio Stretch Films, which he founded in 1991.
Q 03What was the title of the 1996 pilot short that became Courage the Cowardly Dog?
The Chicken from Outer Space
The seven-minute short aired in Cartoon Network's What a Cartoon! showcase and earned an Academy Award nomination.
Q 04The pilot short was nominated for an Academy Award but lost to which Wallace & Gromit film?
A Close Shave
It was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 68th Academy Awards, an unusual distinction for a Cartoon Network pilot.
Q 05How many seasons of Courage the Cowardly Dog were produced?
Four
Each season had 13 episodes, for 52 in total, most of them split into two 11-minute segments.
Q 06In what year did Courage the Cowardly Dog premiere as a series?
1999
It debuted on November 12, 1999, and became the highest-rated premiere in Cartoon Network history at the time.
Q 07What breed of dog is Courage?
Beagle
He is a kind but easily frightened pink beagle who was abandoned as a puppy.
Q 08Who voiced Courage throughout the series?
Marty Grabstein
Grabstein reprised the role for the 2021 crossover film Straight Outta Nowhere.
Q 09Who voiced Muriel Bagge?
Thea White
White died in July 2021, and the crossover film in which she reprised the role came out two months later.
Q 10What happened to Courage's parents when he was a puppy?
They were sent into outer space
A cruel veterinarian launched them into space, a backstory finally shown in the series finale segment "Remembrance of Courage Past".
Q 11What insulting name does Eustace habitually call Courage?
Stupid dog
Eustace, jealous of the attention Muriel gives the dog, usually follows the insult by grabbing his newspaper or his mallet.
Q 12Eustace scares Courage by putting on a green face covering and shouting what phrase?
Ooga Booga
Eustace pulls out the green mask and shouts its name whenever he wants to send Courage into a panic.
Q 13Who voiced Eustace Bagge for the first 33 episodes?
Lionel Wilson
Wilson was replaced by Arthur Anderson from episode 34 onward, and Jeff Bergman took over for the 2021 crossover.
Q 21Which two composers wrote the original music for the series?
Jody Gray and Andy Ezrin
Gray also arranged famous classical pieces such as Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" for various episodes.
Q 22In the first regular episode, what does Katz do to the guests at his lonely roadside lodging?
Feeds them to giant spiders
Katz, the red cat, is a recurring villain who returns to torment Courage at a spa, a candy contest and a submarine.
Q 23In "Cajun Granny Stew", what does the Cajun fox want to do with Muriel?
Cook her
Q 14What is the name of the Bagge family's doctor?
Dr. Vindaloo
Vindaloo is usually of no help at all and tells every patient "there's nothing to worry about".
Q 15What kind of animal is Shirley the Medium?
A chihuahua
Shirley, voiced by Mary Testa, is a fortune-telling chihuahua who often curses Eustace for his stinginess.
Q 16Which single voice actor played Katz, Le Quack and the Snowman?
Paul Schoeffler
Schoeffler also voiced the family physician, making him the voice behind most of the show's recurring cast.
Q 17Who provided the voice of Courage's sarcastic computer?
Simon Prebble
Prebble, a British actor and audiobook narrator, gave the computer its dry, condescending tone.
Q 18Which recurring young inventor is voiced by Tim Chi Ly?
Di Lung
Di Lung, known for his catchphrase "Watch where you're going, you fool!", once turned Courage into a fly.
Q 19Courage grew out of an earlier Dilworth character, Hamilton, from a pilot made for which network?
MTV
The pilot was called Smart Talk with Raisin, and Hamilton evolved into the pink dog we know.
Q 20Trailers for Courage the Cowardly Dog played in US cinemas ahead of which 1999 film?
Pokémon: The First Movie
The timing put the show in front of a huge kids' audience just as it was premiering on Cartoon Network.
The orange Cajun fox later returns as one of the villains Eustace invites over to finish off Courage in "Ball of Revenge".
Q 24Muriel's unsettling nephew Fred, star of "Freaky Fred", works in which profession?
Barber
Fred narrates the episode in rhyme and describes his hair-cutting compulsion as being "naughty".
Q 25In "King Ramses' Curse", what does the pharaoh's ghost repeatedly demand?
Return the slab
The CGI ghost of King Ramses became one of the show's most memed images.
Q 26In the season one episode "Night of the Weremole", what does Eustace mistake the transformed Muriel for?
Mice
Eustace, mistaking his transformed wife for mice, goes after her with a mallet.
Q 27What kind of animal is Le Quack, the con-man who first appears in "Dr. Le Quack, Amnesia Specialist"?
A duck
The French-accented duck later hypnotizes Muriel and Eustace through the TV in "Nowhere TV".
Q 28What kind of animal is the Great Fusilli, who turns Muriel and Eustace into puppets?
An alligator
The season one finale ends with Courage putting on his own puppet show with his transformed owners.
Q 29In "The Clutching Foot", what part of Eustace becomes a gang of mobsters?
A fungus
The fungus swallows Eustace whole and turns into a quintet of old-fashioned gangsters who extort Muriel.
Q 30What is the name of the giant cockroach who hosts the Bagges in "Courage in the Big Stinkin' City"?
Schwick
Schwick, short for Buschwick, forces Courage to fetch an "evil package" while Muriel prepares to play Radio City Music Hall.