Q 01/05

Cartoon Network launched as the first 24-hour single-genre cable channel on which date?

A) 1 October 1992

B) 1 April 1990

C) 1 September 1993

D) 1 January 1995

Answer · why

A) 1 October 1992

Ted Turner had bought the Hanna-Barbera library the year before, giving the new channel thousands of hours of cartoons to fill the schedule.

Q 02/05

In 1991 Ted Turner bought the library of which animation studio, home of Scooby-Doo and The Flintstones?

A) Hanna-Barbera

B) DePatie-Freleng

C) Rankin/Bass

D) Filmation

Answer · why

A) Hanna-Barbera

Cartoon Network Studios began in 1994 as a division of Hanna-Barbera.

Q 03/05

In which US city is Cartoon Network headquartered?

A) Burbank

B) Los Angeles

C) New York

D) Atlanta

Answer · why

D) Atlanta

Its address is the Ted Turner Campus on Techwood Drive, shared with other Turner networks.

Q 04/05

Which 1994 parody talk show made from recycled 1960s superhero footage was an early Cartoon Network original?

A) Cartoon Planet

B) The Moxy Show

C) What a Cartoon!

D) Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Answer · why

D) Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Zorak was the bandleader and the lava man Moltar the director; the show moved to Adult Swim in 2001.

Q 05/05

Which 1995 anthology of shorts launched many of the network's first original series?

A) What a Cartoon!

B) Oh Yeah! Cartoons

C) Random! Cartoons

D) Cartoon Sushi

Answer · why

A) What a Cartoon!

Seth MacFarlane and Butch Hartman both worked on shorts for the showcase before creating Family Guy and The Fairly OddParents.