Q 01/05

Who created the Mr. Men, first published in August 1971?

A) Eric Hill

B) Dick Bruna

C) Roger Hargreaves

D) Richard Scarry

Answer · why

C) Roger Hargreaves

He wrote them as a side project while working as an advertising creative director; by 1976 he had quit the day job.

Q 02/05

Which character was the very first Mr. Man, and the first book in the series?

A) Mr. Tickle

B) Mr. Happy

C) Mr. Bump

D) Mr. Greedy

Answer · why

A) Mr. Tickle

He is orange with extraordinarily long, bendy arms and a small blue hat, and spends the book tickling everyone he meets.

Q 03/05

According to the famous (and disputed) story, the first Mr. Man was inspired by the author's son asking what?

A) Why the sky is blue

B) Where dreams come from

C) Why people sneeze

D) What a tickle looks like

Answer · why

D) What a tickle looks like

The son, Adam, was eight; a biographer later admitted the anecdote 'became too good to dispute'.

Q 04/05

How many Mr. Men books were published on the launch day, 10 August 1971?

A) 1

B) 6

C) 3

D) 10

Answer · why

B) 6

Tickle, Greedy, Happy, Nosey, Sneeze and Bump all arrived together.

Q 05/05

The female counterpart series began in 1981 with which character?

A) Little Miss Sunshine

B) Little Miss Bossy

C) Little Miss Naughty

D) Little Miss Tiny

Answer · why

B) Little Miss Bossy

The author created the Little Misses to appeal to his twin daughters and produced 21 of them himself.