Q 01/05

Which two animators created Tom and Jerry at MGM in 1940?

A) William Hanna and Joseph Barbera

B) Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng

C) Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks

D) Tex Avery and Bob Clampett

Answer · why

A) William Hanna and Joseph Barbera

William Hanna and Joseph Barbera were both under 30 and bored at a studio with no hit characters when they tried a cat chasing a mouse, an idea that h...

Q 02/05

Which 1940 short, where a mouse dangles glassware to blackmail a house cat, was the first Tom and Jerry cartoon?

A) Fraidy Cat

B) Puss Gets the Boot

C) The Lonesome Mouse

D) Mouse Trouble

Answer · why

B) Puss Gets the Boot

Puss Gets the Boot earned an Oscar nomination, yet its two directors went uncredited and managers told them not to put all their eggs in one basket.

Q 03/05

What was Tom the cat called in his 1940 debut, before the famous name arrived?

A) Butch

B) Felix

C) Jasper

D) Jinx

Answer · why

C) Jasper

Jasper became Tom only once MGM ordered a series, which it did after an influential figure in the Texas film trade wrote asking for more of the cat an...

Q 04/05

How were the names Tom and Jerry chosen?

A) A director named them after his sons

B) MGM's boss picked them from a cocktail menu

C) A newspaper poll of children

D) A studio contest won by an animator

Answer · why

D) A studio contest won by an animator

A studio contest won by an animator, who collected $50, settled it; the phrase had already named a hot egg-and-rum drink for about a century.

Q 05/05

Tom and Jerry's creators went on to found a TV studio behind which hit show?

A) The Pink Panther Show

B) Underdog

C) The Flintstones

D) The Bullwinkle Show

Answer · why

C) The Flintstones

The Flintstones made the pair's new studio a prime-time name; MGM had closed its cartoon unit after finding that reissued old shorts earned almost as ...