Q 01/05

Who created Popeye?

A) Max Fleischer

B) Bud Sagendorf

C) Chic Young

D) E. C. Segar

Answer · why

D) E. C. Segar

Elzie Crisler Segar introduced him in Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929. Fleischer animated him; Sagendorf, Segar's assistant, later took over the s...

Q 02/05

Popeye first appeared as a minor character in which strip, then in its tenth year?

A) Thimble Theatre

B) Gasoline Alley

C) Bringing Up Father

D) Toonerville Folks

Answer · why

A) Thimble Theatre

The strip was already in its tenth year. It was later renamed Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye and eventually just Popeye.

Q 03/05

In what year did Popeye make his comic-strip debut?

A) 1929

B) 1933

C) 1936

D) 1941

Answer · why

A) 1929

The strip itself had begun on December 19, 1919, with Olive Oyl and Ham Gravy as its stars. The Fleischer cartoons followed in 1933.

Q 04/05

Who is believed to have inspired Popeye?

A) Segar's Navy uncle

B) A Chester, Illinois laborer

C) A vaudeville strongman

D) A Mississippi riverboat pilot

Answer · why

B) A Chester, Illinois laborer

Frank "Rocky" Fiegel was a one-eyed, pipe-smoking brawler who nonetheless handed out candy to local children, including young Segar.

Q 05/05

How many times was Popeye shot by the villain in his debut storyline?

A) Three

B) Seven

C) Twelve

D) Sixteen

Answer · why

D) Sixteen

He survived thanks to luck rubbed off Bernice the Whiffle Hen. Superhuman strength became permanent by the end of 1929 and was tied to spinach in 1931...