Q 01/05

According to Linus, what does the Great Pumpkin bring for the children who believe?

A) A basket of candy

B) A carved lantern

C) A bag of toys

D) A pumpkin pie

Answer · why

C) A bag of toys

A bag of toys makes him a Halloween Santa Claus, and that was Schulz's whole joke: a small boy who has muddled one holiday's legend with the next and ...

Q 02/05

In Peanuts, Linus is almost always drawn holding what?

A) A baseball mitt

B) A security blanket

C) A toy grand piano

D) A stuffed toy rabbit

Answer · why

B) A security blanket

A security blanket: Schulz did not invent the phrase, but Linus made it famous, and dictionaries trace its figurative sense, anything a person clings ...

Q 03/05

What does Charlie Brown get at every house while the other children collect treats?

A) A quarter

B) A rock

C) A cookie

D) A penny

Answer · why

B) A rock

A rock at each of three houses: producer Lee Mendelson protested that even one was too cruel, which only made his partners triple it, and 'I got a roc...

Q 04/05

Whose Halloween party is Charlie Brown surprised to be invited to?

A) Violet

B) Lucy

C) Frieda

D) Patty

Answer · why

A) Violet

Violet's invitation thrills him, but at the party the girls only want his round head as a model, and sketch a jack-o'-lantern face on the back of it.

Q 05/05

What does a furious Sally threaten to do to Linus after her wasted night in the pumpkin patch?

A) Slug him

B) Sue him

C) Haunt him

D) Disown him

Answer · why

B) Sue him

Sue him is exactly what she shouts, 'I'll sue!', in a tirade that ends with her shaking Linus by the shirt; she had given up trick-or-treating and the...

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