Q 01/05

Which Moon mission named its command module Charlie Brown and its lunar module Snoopy?

A) Apollo 8

B) Apollo 10

C) Apollo 11

D) Apollo 13

Answer · why

B) Apollo 10

Apollo 10 was the dress rehearsal for the first landing, and its lunar module Snoopy flew to within nine miles of the Moon's surface. Schulz approved ...

Q 02/05

Which muted brass instrument supplies the 'wah-wah' voices of adults in the Peanuts TV specials?

A) Trumpet

B) French horn

C) Cornet

D) Trombone

Answer · why

D) Trombone

A muted trombone stands in for every teacher and parent, an idea from the specials' jazz composer that the team kept because it made them laugh. The P...

Q 03/05

What does Lucy hold for Charlie Brown to kick in a Peanuts running gag, only to yank it away?

A) A football

B) A soccer ball

C) A tin can

D) A beach ball

Answer · why

A) A football

A football is what Lucy whips away, a gag Schulz redrew nearly every year for decades. Violet, not Lucy, held the ball the first time it appeared.

Q 04/05

Which breed of dog is Snoopy, the very word Charlie Brown misspells to lose a national spelling bee?

A) Dachshund

B) Basset hound

C) Beagle

D) Fox terrier

Answer · why

C) Beagle

Beagle comes out as B-E-A-G-E-L when Charlie Brown reaches the national final in the 1969 film A Boy Named Charlie Brown. He had spelled several words...

Q 05/05

Which object, whose name Peanuts helped put in the dictionary, does Linus carry everywhere?

A) A security blanket

B) A stuffed toy rabbit

C) A teddy bear

D) A lucky baseball

Answer · why

A) A security blanket

A security blanket never leaves Linus's side, an idea Schulz took from watching his own first three children drag theirs around. He was proud that the...