Q 01/05

DuckTales was based on comic books about Scrooge McDuck created by which artist?

A) Don Rosa

B) Floyd Gottfredson

C) Carl Barks

D) Al Taliaferro

Answer · why

C) Carl Barks

Barks introduced Scrooge in a 1947 story and said the character was partly inspired by John D. Rockefeller.

Q 02/05

How many episodes did the original DuckTales run for?

A) 65

B) 52

C) 150

D) 100

Answer · why

D) 100

Season one alone had 65, the 'magic number' needed to run five days a week for thirteen weeks.

Q 03/05

Why does Donald Duck leave Huey, Dewey and Louie with Scrooge at the start of the original series?

A) He goes to Hollywood

B) He is sent to prison

C) He is lost in the Amazon

D) He joins the US Navy

Answer · why

D) He joins the US Navy

Donald then appears only in occasional cameos, partly because Disney barred its TV studio from using its Golden Age stars.

Q 04/05

What prized possession are villains, especially Magica De Spell, forever trying to steal from Scrooge?

A) His Number One Dime

B) His top hat

C) His pince-nez glasses

D) His first shoe-shine machine

Answer · why

A) His Number One Dime

In the 2017 reboot Magica spends years imprisoned inside it, and Scrooge is said to have come to America after inventing shoe-shining machines.

Q 05/05

Which Mister Ed star voiced Scrooge McDuck in the original series and for more than 40 years overall?

A) Hal Smith

B) Chuck McCann

C) Alan Young

D) Hamilton Camp

Answer · why

C) Alan Young

He first voiced Scrooge on a 1974 record and also played him in Mickey's Christmas Carol and the Kingdom Hearts games.