Q 01/05

Which cat-and-mouse duo did Hanna and Barbera create at MGM before founding their studio?

A) Tom and Jerry

B) Sylvester and Tweety

C) Pixie and Dixie

D) Itchy and Scratchy

Answer · why

A) Tom and Jerry

Seven of their Tom and Jerry shorts won Oscars, though the statuettes went to producer Fred Quimby.

Q 02/05

In what year was the Hanna-Barbera studio founded?

A) 1969

B) 1957

C) 1961

D) 1965

Answer · why

B) 1957

It opened one year after MGM closed its animation studio, in rented offices on the old Charlie Chaplin lot.

Q 03/05

How was it decided that Hanna's name would come first in the studio's name?

A) Alphabetical order

B) A drawing contest

C) A coin toss

D) Seniority at MGM

Answer · why

C) A coin toss

Columbia boss Harry Cohn took an 18% stake in the new H-B Enterprises and supplied working capital.

Q 04/05

What was Hanna-Barbera's first animated television series, premiering in 1957?

A) The Quick Draw McGraw Show

B) The Yogi Bear Show

C) The Huckleberry Hound Show

D) The Ruff and Reddy Show

Answer · why

D) The Ruff and Reddy Show

Its five-minute episodes had to be made for $3,000 each, against $35,000 for a Tom and Jerry short.

Q 05/05

Which Hanna-Barbera series was the first cartoon to win an Emmy?

A) The Ruff and Reddy Show

B) The Huckleberry Hound Show

C) The Yogi Bear Show

D) The Flintstones

Answer · why

B) The Huckleberry Hound Show

Kellogg's sponsored it; its Yogi Bear segment proved so popular that Yogi got his own show in 1961.