Q 01/05

Which comics artist created the Smurfs?

A) Peyo

B) Hergé

C) Morris

D) Uderzo

Answer · why

A) Peyo

He was already drawing Johan and Peewit for Spirou when the little blue characters stole the show.

Q 02/05

What was the real name of the Smurfs' creator?

A) Maurice De Bevere

B) Georges Remi

C) André Franquin

D) Pierre Culliford

Answer · why

D) Pierre Culliford

He was born in Brussels to an English father and a Belgian mother.

Q 03/05

The creator's pen name came from an English cousin's mispronunciation of what?

A) Pedro

B) Pipo

C) Pierrot

D) Peewit

Answer · why

C) Pierrot

Pierrot is a diminutive of Pierre, his real first name.

Q 04/05

The Smurfs come from which country?

A) Netherlands

B) Belgium

C) France

D) Switzerland

Answer · why

B) Belgium

They are part of the same Brussels comics tradition as Tintin, Lucky Luke and Spirou.

Q 05/05

In which year did the Smurfs first appear?

A) 1970

B) 1961

C) 1965

D) 1958

Answer · why

D) 1958

Their first full appearance was on October 23 of that year, and merchandising began the following year.