Q 01/05

The Addams Family began as single-panel cartoons in which magazine?

A) Esquire

B) Punch

C) The Saturday Evening Post

D) The New Yorker

Answer · why

D) The New Yorker

Charles Addams drew about 1,300 cartoons for the magazine between 1932 and his death in 1988; the first family gag ran in 1938.

Q 02/05

Which cartoonist created the family?

A) Edward Gorey

B) Charles Addams

C) Charles Schulz

D) Gahan Wilson

Answer · why

B) Charles Addams

He was born in Westfield, New Jersey, in 1912, and as a boy liked to wander the local Presbyterian cemetery wondering what it was like to be dead.

Q 03/05

For how long were the family members nameless in the cartoons?

A) Only for the first year

B) Until Addams's death

C) Until the 1960s

D) They were always named

Answer · why

C) Until the 1960s

The daughters got their names with a 1962 doll line; the father and son were named when the TV series debuted in 1964.

Q 04/05

Which two family members were named for a 1962 doll collection?

A) Morticia and Wednesday

B) Gomez and Morticia

C) Gomez and Pugsley

D) Fester and Lurch

Answer · why

A) Morticia and Wednesday

Gomez and Pugsley had to wait until the 1964 television series to be christened.

Q 05/05

On which network did the original black-and-white sitcom premiere in September 1964?

A) CBS

B) Syndication only

C) ABC

D) NBC

Answer · why

C) ABC

It ran only two seasons and 64 episodes, debuting the same week as The Munsters.