Q 01/05

In which city was he born?

A) Eugene, Oregon

B) Portland, Oregon

C) Seattle, Washington

D) Olympia, Washington

Answer · why

B) Portland, Oregon

Several Springfield characters are named after Portland streets.

Q 02/05

Which college in Olympia, Washington did he attend from 1972?

A) Western Washington

B) Evergreen State

C) Lewis & Clark

D) Reed

Answer · why

B) Evergreen State

He called it a hippie college with no grades that drew every weirdo in the Northwest, and left without a degree.

Q 03/05

Which campus newspaper did he edit as a student?

A) The Olympian

B) The Geoduck Gazette

C) The Daily Evergreen

D) The Cooper Point Journal

Answer · why

D) The Cooper Point Journal

He wrote articles and drew cartoons for it as well.

Q 04/05

Which fellow cartoonist, met at college, has he called 'probably his biggest inspiration'?

A) Gary Panter

B) Lynda Barry

C) Roz Chast

D) Alison Bechdel

Answer · why

B) Lynda Barry

They bonded after he learned she had received a reply to a fan letter to Joseph Heller.

Q 05/05

Life in Hell was loosely inspired by a chapter in a book by which philosopher?

A) Jean-Paul Sartre

B) Albert Camus

C) Walter Kaufmann

D) Bertrand Russell

Answer · why

C) Walter Kaufmann

The chapter was 'How to Go to Hell' in Critique of Religion and Philosophy.