Q 01/05

Which cartoon dog was the official host of Cartoon Network when it signed on in October 1992?

A) Spike

B) Droopy

C) Muttley

D) Astro

Answer · why

B) Droopy

Droopy. The mournful MGM hound fronted an hour-long guide to the new channel at noon on 1 October 1992, and the first cartoon it showed was Bugs Bunny...

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

Hanna-Barbera. The $320 million deal topped up a vault that already held Tom and Jerry and the early Bugs Bunny cartoons, and a year later Turner laun...

Q 03/05

Cartoon Network launched in 1992 from the headquarters of Ted Turner's broadcasting empire in which US city?

A) Burbank

B) Los Angeles

C) New York

D) Atlanta

Answer · why

D) Atlanta

Atlanta. Turner's company was based there, but the channel's own cartoons came to be made on the other side of the country, at a studio in Burbank.

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) The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

D) Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Answer · why

D) Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Space Ghost Coast to Coast. Short of money, its makers re-edited clips of a 1966 superhero cartoon into a chat show whose host quizzed real celebritie...

Q 05/05

Which 1995 anthology of shorts launched many of Cartoon Network's first original series?

A) What a Cartoon!

B) Oh Yeah! Cartoons

C) Liquid Television

D) KaBlam!

Answer · why

A) What a Cartoon!

What a Cartoon! Its creator promised the network 48 shorts as 48 chances 'to succeed or fail', and the hits, from Johnny Bravo to Courage the Cowardly...