Peanuts: Are You a Blockhead?

Question: What was the nickname of the Peanuts comic strip’s creator, Charles Schulz?

Answer: When he was a child, Charles Schulz was given the nickname “Sparky” by his uncle.

Question: What is Charlie Brown’s sister’s name?

Answer: The little blond girl, Sally Brown, is Charlie Brown’s sister.

Question: Which of the following is not the name of one of Snoopy’s siblings?

Answer: Frank was not one of Snoopy’s several siblings, which include Spike, Marbles, Belle, Andy, and Olaf (and sometimes Molly and Rover, too).

Question: Which character is obsessed with the Great Pumpkin?

Answer: Linus believes in the mythical Great Pumpkin and waits each year for it in the pumpkin patch while the rest of the Peanuts gang goes out trick-or-treating.

Question: What kind of dog is Snoopy?

Answer: Snoopy is a beagle.

Question: When did Woodstock first appear in the comic strip?

Answer: Woodstock first appeared in 1967 but did not get the name until 1970. His name was taken from the Woodstock music festival of 1969.

Question: About which of the following holidays was there a Peanuts television special?

Answer: A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966), and Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (1975)

Question: What’s the name of the character who wears the shirt with a zigzag on it?

Answer: Charlie Brown started wearing the black and yellow zigzag shirt two months after the comic strip first appeared.

Question: Which character always carries a blanket?

Answer: Linus van Pelt always has his security blanket with him.

Question: Which character plays the piano?

Answer: Schroeder is the Beethoven-loving musical genius who plays a toy piano.

Question: In what year did the first Peanuts comic strip run?

Answer: The first Peanuts comic strip ran on October 2, 1950.