Q 01/05

SpongeBob SquarePants was created by Stephen Hillenburg, who before animation worked as what?

A) A marine science educator

B) A submarine engineer

C) A pastry chef

D) A high-school gym teacher

Answer · why

A) A marine science educator

Many of the show's ideas came from The Intertidal Zone, an educational comic about sea life he drew in the 1980s.

Q 02/05

Hillenburg's original name for SpongeBob was dropped because it was already trademarked by what kind of product?

A) A breakfast cereal

B) A mop

C) A bath toy

D) A dish soap

Answer · why

B) A mop

He kept "Sponge" in the new name so nobody would mistake the character for a "cheese man"; Tom Kenny supplied "SquarePants".

Q 03/05

Squidward Tentacles lives in a house shaped like what?

A) A sunken lighthouse

B) An upturned rowboat

C) An Easter Island moai

D) A giant conch shell

Answer · why

C) An Easter Island moai

Despite the name, he is an octopus, not a squid, and he is Bikini Bottom's most reluctant clarinet player.

Q 04/05

SpongeBob's home town sits beneath which real-life Pacific location?

A) Christmas Island

B) Bikini Atoll

C) The Mariana Trench

D) The Great Barrier Reef

Answer · why

B) Bikini Atoll

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Q 05/05

Which pirate, played by a real actor, hosts SpongeBob's special episodes alongside his parrot Potty?

A) Captain Krabs

B) Peg-Leg Pete

C) Barnacle Bill

D) Patchy

Answer · why

D) Patchy

He is president of a fictional SpongeBob fan club and is played by Tom Kenny, who also voices SpongeBob himself.