Q 01/05

Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants, was born in which US state?

A) Michigan

B) Pennsylvania

C) Indiana

D) Ohio

Answer · why

D) Ohio

He was born in Cleveland in 1966 and grew up in North Ridgeville, Ohio; the books are set in Piqua, Ohio too.

Q 02/05

George and Harold, the two fourth graders who create Captain Underpants, have which surnames?

A) Baxter and Higgins

B) Brown and Hopkins

C) Bell and Hardy

D) Beard and Hutchins

Answer · why

D) Beard and Hutchins

George Beard and Harold Hutchins run a comic company called Treehouse Comix, Inc.

Q 03/05

In which real Ohio town do George and Harold live?

A) Dayton

B) Akron

C) Toledo

D) Piqua

Answer · why

D) Piqua

The aliens Zorx, Klax and Jennifer try to invade it disguised as lunch ladies.

Q 04/05

George and Harold's school, Jerome Horwitz Elementary, is named after which real person?

A) A former US president

B) The author's grandfather

C) Curly of the Three Stooges

D) An Ohio astronaut

Answer · why

C) Curly of the Three Stooges

Jerome Horwitz was Curly's real name. The joke fits a series full of silly names.

Q 05/05

Who is turned into Captain Underpants?

A) The school janitor

B) The principal, Mr. Krupp

C) The gym teacher, Mr. Meaner

D) The librarian

Answer · why

B) The principal, Mr. Krupp

Benjamin 'Benny' Krupp is cruel and bossy, so the boys hypnotise him and things get out of hand.