This month marks the 59th anniversary of the Peanuts strip. The first decade featured three characters who were eventually dropped. They’re included in this quiz, as are 12 others who became the main Peanuts. How many can you recall in two minutes? [Hint: Rerun and the Little Red Haired Girl are not part of the main 15.]
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So wait…there was a Patty AND a Peppermint Patty? Did Charles Schultz have a daughter named Patricia or something?
posted by Chelsea on 10-16-2009 at 11:53 am
I managed to get all except the dropped ones. Almost forgot Woodstock!
posted by Johnny Cat on 10-16-2009 at 12:23 pm
I don’t think your quiz is working correctly… I had at least a dozen names, and it only accepted the first two.
posted by Mama9cats on 10-16-2009 at 12:31 pm
@Mama9cats: It could be your spelling was off. For instance, it’s Marcie, not Marcy. Try again, using different permutations of each name.
posted by loripop on 10-16-2009 at 12:55 pm
Marna9cats,
I had the same problem. I eventually just gave up I got so annoyed. Even when I tried spelling them differently they didn’t work. The the answers were the same as mine. Boo!
posted by Tiffany on 10-16-2009 at 1:39 pm
How is it that Rerun van Pelt(Lucy and Linus’ little brother) didn’t appear on this list? Shermy hasn’t appeared in the strip since 1969 while Rerun appears every once in a while.
posted by hifidigitalboy on 10-16-2009 at 5:42 pm
Got 10/15. Not bad.
posted by Nerak on 10-16-2009 at 5:42 pm
13/15… and one of the ones I missed was Schroeder!
The other one was Patty – who I think was the girl with the brown hair with a ribbon in it that was on “A Charlie Brown Christmas”. (I referred to it when trying to think of the characters!)
posted by Steve from San Diego on 10-16-2009 at 6:11 pm
Got ‘em all in 1:01! I rock!
posted by Michael on 10-17-2009 at 5:49 am
I had to keep retyping names because it would not accept them beginning with lowercase letters. That shift key is such a pain when you are in a hurry. I also had problems due to spelling. I could not figure out how to spell Schroeder correctly.
Missed Marcie Franklin and the dropped ones. Could see Marcie and Franklin, but their names escaped me.
posted by haselwoman on 10-17-2009 at 12:02 pm
missed Schroeder, Frieda and the dropped ones…
@haselwoman- I never type caps when doing a quiz and have never had a problem. Must have been messed up there for a bit
posted by ann on 10-17-2009 at 4:53 pm
Isn’t Frieda the name of the red-haired girl?
posted by Adam on 10-17-2009 at 10:05 pm
Yeah, 100%! Shermy and Frieda taxed my brain a bit.
posted by Leisa on 10-19-2009 at 5:36 pm