Q 01/05

Filmation's 1983 cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe was based on which company's toy line?

A) Hasbro

B) Kenner

C) Mattel

D) Tonka

Answer · why

C) Mattel

Mattel had passed on the Star Wars toy licence in 1976, balking at the $750,000 price, and spent years chasing a hit of its own. He-Man reached shops ...

Q 02/05

What is the name of Prince Adam's pet tiger, who transforms into Battle Cat?

A) Cringer

B) Orko

C) Panthor

D) Snarf

Answer · why

A) Cringer

Cringer's fierce other half began as a money-saver: rather than pay for a new toy, the makers reused a tiger from their older Big Jim line. It was far...

Q 03/05

Which fortress is Skeletor's main goal, since He-Man draws his power from it?

A) Snake Mountain

B) Castle Grayskull

C) The Fright Zone

D) Crystal Castle

Answer · why

B) Castle Grayskull

Castle Grayskull is the name Prince Adam calls on each time he raises his sword to transform. Its guardian, the Sorceress, is powerful only inside its...

Q 04/05

Prince Adam's twin sister, raised by the enemy, leads a rebellion as which cartoon heroine?

A) She-Ra

B) Teela

C) Cheetara

D) Rainbow Brite

Answer · why

A) She-Ra

She-Ra is Princess Adora, snatched as a baby by Hordak and brought up to be a Force Captain in his Horde. When her brother arrives with the magic swor...

Q 05/05

In The Transformers, what wakes the robots in 1984 after four million years buried on Earth?

A) A nuclear test

B) A lightning storm

C) A volcanic eruption

D) An oil drilling crew

Answer · why

C) A volcanic eruption

A volcanic eruption shakes the buried Ark and restarts its computer, Teletraan I, which sends out a probe and rebuilds the robots in the shape of the ...

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