Q 01/05

Which Bugs Bunny line did Tex Avery borrow from his Texas high school's everyday slang?

A) "Eh... What's up, doc?"

B) "Ain't I a stinker?"

C) "What a maroon!"

D) "Of course, you know, this means war!"

Answer · why

A) "Eh... What's up, doc?"

"Eh... What's up, doc?" was plain teenage talk at Avery's Dallas high school in the 1920s, where "doc" meant what "dude" means now, so he thought noth...

Q 02/05

Which cartoon line is carved on the gravestone of Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny?

A) "Ain't I a stinker?"

B) "That's all, folks!"

C) "And that's the end!"

D) "You're despicable!"

Answer · why

B) "That's all, folks!"

"That's all, folks!" is on his stone at Hollywood Forever. Bugs made Blanc famous, but the farewell he took to the grave belonged to another of his vo...

Q 03/05

Which 1940 Tex Avery short is considered Bugs's official debut?

A) Tortoise Beats Hare

B) A Wild Hare

C) Hare-um Scare-um

D) Elmer's Candid Camera

Answer · why

B) A Wild Hare

A Wild Hare gave the rabbit his voice, his carrot and his catchphrase in one cartoon, yet it never names him: "Bugs Bunny" only reached the screen the...

Q 04/05

In which 1938 cartoon did a prototype of Bugs first appear?

A) Hare-um Scare-um

B) Prest-O Change-O

C) Tortoise Beats Hare

D) Porky's Hare Hunt

Answer · why

D) Porky's Hare Hunt

Porky's Hare Hunt was close to a remake of Porky's Duck Hunt from the year before: the studio swapped its crazy bird for an equally crazy rabbit and r...

Q 05/05

Bugs is famously gray, but what color was his 1938 prototype?

A) Tan

B) Brown

C) Black

D) White

Answer · why

D) White

White. The prototype was a small white rabbit, more country clown than city slicker, though he already tormented his pursuer with the wit and relish o...