Q 01/05

How old is Calvin throughout the entire run of the strip?

A) Six

B) Seven

C) Eight

D) Nine

Answer · why

A) Six

Calvin never ages: the seasons and holidays cycle every year, but he and his classmates return to the same first-grade classroom each fall.

Q 02/05

Which historical figures gave Calvin and Hobbes their names?

A) Two Roman emperors

B) A theologian and a philosopher

C) Two Renaissance painters

D) A composer and a poet

Answer · why

B) A theologian and a philosopher

Watterson called it a tip of the hat to his college's academic roots: a 16th-century believer in predestination and a 17th-century thinker with a dim ...

Q 03/05

On what date did the first Calvin and Hobbes strip appear in newspapers?

A) March 10, 1987

B) January 6, 1986

C) September 2, 1986

D) November 18, 1985

Answer · why

D) November 18, 1985

The strip's ten-year run was so tidy that its debut and finale anniversaries fall in the same weeks each year, and the 2005 Complete collection was re...

Q 04/05

How many newspapers carried the very first Calvin and Hobbes strip?

A) 35

B) 75

C) 150

D) 400

Answer · why

A) 35

Within a year it was in roughly 250 papers, and at its peak it ran in more than 2,000 newspapers worldwide.

Q 05/05

Which syndicate distributed Calvin and Hobbes for its entire run?

A) King Features

B) Universal Press

C) United Feature

D) Creators

Answer · why

B) Universal Press

The same Kansas City company syndicated Doonesbury, The Far Side and Cathy, and it merged with Uclick in 2009 to form what became Universal Uclick.

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