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

He rises from the pumpkin patch on Halloween night, Linus insists, though he has never once been seen.

Q 02/05

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

He first appeared with it in 1954, the same year he spoke his first words in the strip.

Q 03/05

Mendelson thought one rock was "too cruel"; how many rocks did the writers settle on?

A) Two

B) Seven

C) Eleven

D) Three

Answer · why

D) Three

Schulz and the director answered his objection by upping the count, and Mendelson later agreed the joke worked.

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

At the party she uses the back of his bald head as a model for drawing jack-o'-lantern faces.

Q 05/05

Sally, who keeps Linus company in the patch, was voiced by which child actress?

A) Sally Dryer

B) Ann Altieri

C) Cathy Steinberg

D) Glenn Mendelson

Answer · why

C) Cathy Steinberg

She had voiced the part in A Charlie Brown Christmas a year earlier, at the age of five.