Q 01/05

From which European country was the all-American comic strip Dennis the Menace drawn between 1960 and 1977?

A) Netherlands

B) Portugal

C) Switzerland

D) Luxembourg

Answer · why

C) Switzerland

Switzerland was the cartoonist's home for 17 years after he moved his family to Geneva. He kept producing the strip there until he moved back to the U...

Q 02/05

Which child actor had his red hair bleached blond to play the lead in the 1959 sitcom Dennis the Menace?

A) Jay North

B) Jerry Mathers

C) Billy Mumy

D) Johnny Crawford

Answer · why

A) Jay North

Jay North was eight when the series began, but was told to shave a year off his age whenever he spoke to the press.

Q 03/05

Which Hollywood veteran played grumpy neighbor Mr. Wilson opposite Mason Gamble in the 1993 film Dennis the Menace?

A) Jack Lemmon

B) George Burns

C) Rodney Dangerfield

D) Walter Matthau

Answer · why

D) Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau planned to keep his distance from his young co-star to stay in character. He gave up on the first day of filming, when the boy ran stra...

Q 04/05

Which British comic launched its own, unrelated Dennis the Menace on the very same day in March 1951?

A) The Dandy

B) The Beano

C) The Eagle

D) Whizzer and Chips

Answer · why

B) The Beano

The Beano put its spiky-haired Dennis on sale on 12 March 1951, the exact day the American strip debuted. The two are unrelated and trade under altere...

Q 05/05

Which restaurant chain used Dennis the Menace in its marketing for 30 years before dropping him in 2001?

A) Dairy Queen

B) Burger King

C) Baskin-Robbins

D) Wendy's

Answer · why

A) Dairy Queen

Dairy Queen let him go because it felt children could no longer relate to a character who was by then 50 years old.