Q 01/05

Which Looney Tunes voice legend recorded Barney Rubble's lines from a hospital bed after a crash?

A) Daws Butler

B) Mel Blanc

C) Don Messick

D) Paul Frees

Answer · why

B) Mel Blanc

Mel Blanc lay flat in a full-body cast while his co-stars gathered round the bed to record, after a stand-in had covered a handful of episodes.

Q 02/05

Which cigarette brand sponsored early seasons of The Flintstones, with Fred and Barney in its ads?

A) Winston

B) Camel

C) Marlboro

D) Chesterfield

Answer · why

A) Winston

Winston pulled out as the audience grew younger, and Welch's grape juice and jellies took over as the main sponsor.

Q 03/05

Which 1950s sitcom about a blustering New York bus driver was a model for The Flintstones?

A) I Love Lucy

B) Father Knows Best

C) The Honeymooners

D) The Life of Riley

Answer · why

C) The Honeymooners

The Honeymooners star Jackie Gleason considered suing Hanna-Barbera, but decided he did not want to be the man who took Fred Flintstone off the air.

Q 04/05

Which horror film star both narrated How the Grinch Stole Christmas! in 1966 and voiced the Grinch?

A) Vincent Price

B) Bela Lugosi

C) Lon Chaney Jr.

D) Boris Karloff

Answer · why

D) Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff, famous as Frankenstein's monster, had his higher pitches removed by sound engineers to give the Grinch a gravelly growl.

Q 05/05

Which bubblegum hit by the cartoon band from The Archie Show topped the US charts in 1969?

A) Sugar, Sugar

B) Yummy Yummy Yummy

C) Simon Says

D) Chewy Chewy

Answer · why

A) Sugar, Sugar

Sugar, Sugar finished as Billboard's number one song of 1969, credited to a band that existed only as drawings.