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Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix
The latest soudbite quiz takes you on a stroll down cartoon lane. How well do you think you know some of the most famous cartoon characters of all time? Give it a whirl. And, as always, we love to know how well you made out.
Got ‘em all! I can see where the younger fans may have trouble with some but I had to make sure to get #6!
posted by JaneM on 5-24-2007 at 4:21 pm
Score: 100% (16 out of 16)
Numbers 7 and 13 I didn’t know, but took an “educated” guess and got ‘em right.
posted by Eric on 5-24-2007 at 5:01 pm
Score: 100% (16 out of 16)
a little too easy I’m afraid.
posted by Mental Lurking on 5-24-2007 at 5:47 pm
For some reason I have to exit the window and open the quiz each time I want to hear a new clip. This is really frustrating me.
posted by Dr. Cox on 5-24-2007 at 6:13 pm
I’m 21 but I still knew all the older cartoons. They’re classics after all.
posted by Colin on 5-24-2007 at 7:22 pm
Easy peasy lemon squeezy! :P
I am 17, but I know my cartoons…lol
posted by Ellen on 5-24-2007 at 7:41 pm
100%, wow, that was easy!
posted by CentreChick on 5-24-2007 at 8:58 pm
im 14 and i still got ‘em all… they are classics after all
everybody should know them… then again, everybody probably wasn’t addicted to ‘boomerang’ on cartoon network when they were 6 & 7 either…
oh well, i rly liked it
posted by ashley on 5-24-2007 at 9:37 pm
im 14 and i still got ‘em all… they are classics after all
everybody should know them… then again, everybody probably wasn’t addicted to ‘boomerang’ on cartoon network when they were 6 & 7 either…
oh well, i rly liked it. thank you
posted by ashley on 5-24-2007 at 9:38 pm
I’m 33 and found this very easy. I don’t think I watched a lot of cartoons crowing up but these are all classics…like everyone seems to be saying. Answered each one in order without having any doubt in any answer.
posted by MidwestMedic on 5-24-2007 at 10:42 pm
I got them all. And some of them weren’t even aired around here (the Netherlands).
posted by pluy on 5-25-2007 at 3:13 am
Yup, 16 out of 16. A little too simple.
posted by Dan on 5-25-2007 at 6:19 am
Too bad they only show the good cartoons (i.e. Flintstones, Jetsons & Looney Tunes) on a satellite-only channel. The only thing worth watching on Cartoon Network anymore are Family Guy and Futurama.
BTW, I got them all too ;)
posted by Sephyroth on 5-25-2007 at 6:52 am
I don’t know what’s scarier - that I got all 16, or that I could give the names of 15 out of the 16, or that of the 503 people who’ve taken this quiz so far, the average score is 97%. (I don’t know if age has anything to do with it: I’m 46, and my cartoon character knowledge only extends about as far as “Rugrats” - I wouldn’t know Jimmy Neutron if he came up and bit me on the shin.)
posted by Karl on 5-25-2007 at 7:34 am
I don’t know what’s scarier - that I got all 16, or that I could give the names of 15 out of the 16, or that of the 503 people who’ve taken this quiz so far, the average score is 97%. (I don’t know if age has anything to do with it: I’m 46, and my cartoon character knowledge only extends about as far as “Rugrats” - I wouldn’t know Jimmy Neutron if he came up and bit me on the shin.)
posted by Karl on 5-25-2007 at 7:34 am
100%…quickest quiz ever.
I’d like to see one that’s a bit harder with Bugs as a woman, Penelope Pitstop, Chilly Willy, Beaky Buzzard (”I’m bringing home a baby bumble bee…”), etc.
posted by Beth on 5-25-2007 at 7:40 am
I got all 16 as well. It was really easy.
posted by Linda on 5-25-2007 at 8:11 am
perfect score.
Isn’t it a bit of a give-away when the clip has the toon saying their own name??
posted by Sara on 5-25-2007 at 8:29 am
I’m not sure if I should be excited that I finally scored a 100% on one of these quizzes or saddened that it took a cartoon character quiz to get that perfect score.
I’m such a kid!
posted by LauraF on 5-25-2007 at 8:30 am
Sephyroth, for the most part I agree with you but The Venture Bros. on Cartoon network is one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. Of course it airs in the middle of the night so I have to watch it on DVD…
posted by Sara on 5-25-2007 at 8:32 am
Sara, I’m with you on the Venture Bros. Some of the things they show on Adult Swim are very edgy but funny in a way that cartoons rarely are anymore. Often I find myself saying, “can they say that in a cartoon? Oh, wait, it’s 2:00am.”
BTW, 100% and we’re now up to 675 with a 97% average
posted by Michael on 5-25-2007 at 8:57 am
Cartoon Characters
Score: 100% (16 out of 16)
Too easy. All mainstream stuff. Try it with clips from Loopy deLoop, the Great Gazoo, Crusader Rabbit, or Heckle & Jeckle and see how it goes. :)
posted by Mark R. Brown on 5-25-2007 at 8:58 am
100% - I obviously watched too much TV as a kid. Yay for me!
posted by geektastik on 5-25-2007 at 9:05 am
My first 100% ever on one of these MF.com quizes. These are classic cartoons, lets see how we all do with a mix of lesser known characters.
posted by LinuXtreme on 5-25-2007 at 9:26 am
Now make it a real quiz: identify the speaker doing the voice ! Of course, most of the time the answer is Mel Blanc.
posted by Phil on 5-25-2007 at 9:59 am
100 percent, baby. I have to admit, I didn’t know who “Crusher” was, but I knew all the others.
posted by Andini on 5-25-2007 at 10:24 am
got 100%. Great Memories!!!!
Takes me back to yesteryear
posted by King Of Winchester on 5-25-2007 at 3:14 pm
100%! I watch way too much TV! :D
posted by Critical Region Consulting on 5-25-2007 at 8:56 pm
Wazowski and Crusher were the toughest, except the others were so easy. Billy Crystal sounded the least like himself.
I think a quiz of all Mel Blanc secondary WB characters might be a tougher matching game… sometimes he was using the same basic voice against different characters. Heck, you could probably get Sylvester and Daffy confused with generic enough dialog.
I doubt anyone here would have recalled ‘Crusher’. Most of those others could have been named without a list to match.
Again, too easy when the average score is above what the score for missing One answer would be.
posted by bud on 5-25-2007 at 11:01 pm
Score: 100% (16 out of 16) Woohoo!
posted by mellie on 5-26-2007 at 12:32 am
Okay then! 30 of you have chimed in saying the quiz, albeit fun, was a little too easy.
Watch for a much harder cartoon quiz coming at ya same time next week!
posted by David on 5-26-2007 at 7:32 am
Score: 100% (16 out of 16)
not hard at all for a cartoon junkie!
posted by jenni on 5-26-2007 at 4:21 pm
I am proud to boast 16 out of 16 here! Mom and Dad would be so proud knowing those mornings of Cap’N Crunch and Channel 20 paid off.
posted by Scott on 5-26-2007 at 6:34 pm
Glad to know I didn’t waste time all those Saturday mornings!! 100%!!
But, awww…it was nice hearing Foghorn Leghorn and Mr. Magoo again. :-) They don’t make cartoons like these anymore. It all that anime/manga crap.
posted by Diva on 6-1-2007 at 7:38 am