Q 01/05

Which creature did Isadore Klein first sketch as a costumed hero before his boss turned the idea into Mighty Mouse?

A) A fly

B) A frog

C) A duck

D) A squirrel

Answer · why

A) A fly

A fly was Klein's pick for a comic-book spoof in 1942. Studio head Paul Terry liked the idea but wanted a mouse, and the new hero reached theaters tha...

Q 02/05

Which tech company licensed the Mighty Mouse name from the cartoon's owners for a computer mouse it launched in 2005?

A) Microsoft

B) Logitech

C) Apple

D) Intel

Answer · why

C) Apple

Apple put the name on its first multi-button mouse. It gave the name up in 2009 after a trademark dispute with a firm that makes mice and keyboards fo...

Q 03/05

Which comedian lip-synced a single line of the Mighty Mouse theme song on the 1975 premiere of Saturday Night Live?

A) Steve Martin

B) Chevy Chase

C) John Belushi

D) Andy Kaufman

Answer · why

D) Andy Kaufman

Andy Kaufman stood still while the record played, coming alive only for the hero's big line. The routine was recreated in the 1999 biopic Man on the M...

Q 04/05

Which robot hero created by Osamu Tezuka has an original Japanese name inspired by Mighty Mouse?

A) Gigantor

B) Astro Boy

C) Doraemon

D) Mazinger Z

Answer · why

B) Astro Boy

Astro Boy is known in Japan as Mighty Atom, a name Tezuka said the cartoon mouse inspired. He also copied the hero's flying pose: one arm stretched ah...

Q 05/05

Which mustache-twirling cat in a top hat is Mighty Mouse's arch-enemy, having begun as a human villain in the 1930s?

A) Snidely Whiplash

B) Dick Dastardly

C) Oil Can Harry

D) Dishonest John

Answer · why

C) Oil Can Harry

Oil Can Harry first menaced a human heroine, Fanny Zilch, in seven Terrytoons melodrama spoofs from 1933 to 1937. He came back as a cat in 1947 to tor...