Quiz  /  Classic American Comic Strips Quiz

  • 1. 
    Which comic strip, which began running in the Chicago Tribune in 1919, featured a baby named Skeezix?

  • Gasoline Alley
  • Little Iodine
  • Alley Oop

  • 2. 
    What were the names of the Katzenjammer Kids, who wreaked domestic havoc in the funny pages beginning in 1897?

  • Petzi and Pelle
  • Max and Moritz
  • Hans and Fritz

  • 3. 
    What was the real title of the comic strip usually known as Maggie and Jiggs (or Jiggs and Maggie), which began running in 1913?

  • Mr. and Mrs.
  • Bringing Up Father
  • Life with Father

  • 4. 
    Winnie Winkle, which started in 1920, was one of the first strips about the adventures of a young single working girl. What was another?

  • The Heart of Juliet Jones
  • Little Lulu
  • Tillie the Toiler (1921)

  • 5. 
    Which comic, first published in 1908, was set in a rural community and featured a ramshackle old trolley that twisted and turned through the landscape?

  • Toonerville Folks
  • Barney Google
  • Happy Hooligan

  • 6. 
    In which comic strip did Popeye the Sailor first appear, 10 years after the strip’s 1919 debut?

  • Thimble Theatre
  • Our Boarding House
  • Terry and the Pirates

  • 7. 
    Which long-running strip featured a pair of physically opposite friends who met at a mental hospital?

  • Mutt and Jeff
  • Alphonse and Gaston
  • Cap Stubbs and Tippie

  • 8. 
    George Herriman’s brilliant Krazy Kat took place in which real-life location starting in 1916?

  • The Black Hills of South Dakota
  • Yosemite National Park
  • Coconino County, Arizona

  • 9. 
    Which comic strip began (1925) as a daily lesson on good manners?

  • Dumb Dora
  • Archie
  • Etta Kett

  • 10. 
    Which comic strip did newspaper syndicate King Features start in 1929 in response to the popularity of rival Chicago Tribune Syndicate’s Little Orphan Annie?

  • Nancy
  • Little Annie Rooney
  • Little Jimmy
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