Q 01/05

Which grunge frontman wore the striped jumper of The Beano's Dennis the Menace on stage in the early 1990s?

A) Eddie Vedder

B) Kurt Cobain

C) Chris Cornell

D) Layne Staley

Answer · why

B) Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain got the pullover through Courtney Love, who bought it from a Nirvana fan in Northern Ireland in 1992.

Q 02/05

A second, unrelated Dennis the Menace strip debuted on the Beano character's launch day in 1951 in which country?

A) The Netherlands

B) South Africa

C) New Zealand

D) United States

Answer · why

D) United States

The United States got Hank Ketcham's newspaper strip of the same name by pure coincidence, which is why the British one is usually sold abroad as Denn...

Q 03/05

Which guitarist is pictured reading The Beano on the cover of a 1966 album by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers?

A) Eric Clapton

B) Peter Green

C) Rory Gallagher

D) Mick Taylor

Answer · why

A) Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton said he read the comic during the photo shoot because he felt like being uncooperative, and fans have called the record The Beano Album e...

Q 04/05

Which Star Wars actor was a card-carrying member of The Beano's Dennis the Menace Fan Club?

A) Harrison Ford

B) Anthony Daniels

C) Mark Hamill

D) Ewan McGregor

Answer · why

C) Mark Hamill

Mark Hamill joined a club that was signing up more than 2,000 new members a week; Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott and sprinter Linford Christie carried its b...

Q 05/05

The Beano, with over two billion copies sold, is called the best-selling comic magazine outside which country?

A) France

B) Japan

C) Belgium

D) Italy

Answer · why

B) Japan

Japan, home of the manga weeklies, is the one exception; The Beano has appeared since 1938 and reached its 4,000th issue in August 2019.