Q 01/05
A) 1986
B) 1989
C) 1987
D) 1988
Answer · why
It arrived a year after The Black Cauldron flopped, and its modest success helped keep Disney animation alive.
Q 02/05
A) Benedict
B) Basil
C) Bartholomew
D) Barnaby
Answer · why
Author Eve Titus named him after Basil Rathbone, the actor best remembered for playing Sherlock Holmes.
Q 03/05
A) Peter Cushing
B) Vincent Price
C) Boris Karloff
D) Christopher Lee
Answer · why
Price said that if anybody but Disney had asked him to audition, he would have been offended.
Q 04/05
A) Stuart Little
B) The Mouse and His Child
C) Redwall
D) Basil of Baker Street
Answer · why
Eve Titus wrote five Basil books between 1958 and 1982, illustrated by Paul Galdone.
Q 05/05
A) Basil Sydney
B) Basil Radford
C) Basil Dearden
D) Basil Rathbone
Answer · why
Rathbone's own voice, from a 1966 recording, is used for Sherlock Holmes in the film, 19 years after his death.
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