Q 01/05

Which other children's series about a mouse did Dav Pilkey create?

A) Geronimo Stilton

B) The Mouse and the Motorcycle

C) If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

D) Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot

Answer · why

D) Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot

Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot stars a small mouse who is picked on at school until a giant flying robot becomes his friend. Together they take on Dr. S...

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

Beard and Hutchins are made up, yet they are credited in real books: Dav Pilkey presents the Dog Man series as the work of George Beard and Harold Hut...

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

What does Captain Underpants shout as he charges off to fight crime?

A) Tra-La-Laaa!

B) Briefs Ahoy!

C) Pants Away!

D) Holy Cotton!

Answer · why

A) Tra-La-Laaa!

'Tra-La-Laaa!' is his battle cry, and a later villain turns it against him: she builds robots programmed to attack the moment they hear it.