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Can you spot which stories come straight out of the tabloids and which belong to your favorite Saturday morning cartoon? Click here to take our newest quiz from all-star intern Jason Plautz, and be sure to report your scores below when you’re done!
My score was 80%. Cute quiz!
posted by Sara on 7-23-2007 at 6:52 am
80% here, too. I don’t know the Scooby-Doo plots, but I know the weird news stories!
posted by Miss Cellania on 7-23-2007 at 7:17 am
50%
gene simmons was on scooby-doo? i had no idea.
posted by jenni on 7-23-2007 at 7:31 am
80% here.
I didn’t think Scooby was up on snow boarding.
posted by khm on 7-23-2007 at 8:09 am
90%
Brought back memories of sitting on my babysitter’s living room floor. And some memories that will never be discussed with children.
posted by Dusty on 7-23-2007 at 8:56 am
90%
Brought back memories of sitting on my babysitter’s living room floor. And some college memories (or lack thereof) that will never be discussed with children.
posted by Dusty on 7-23-2007 at 8:56 am
80% as well.
The fake haunting at the castle got me, it just seemed so Scooby-ish!
posted by natlynn on 7-23-2007 at 9:59 am
I scored 90%! I missed #8. Keep in mind I’m a single parent of a 13 year old girl. I have watched many a cartoon with my daughter.
posted by John Brown on 7-23-2007 at 10:07 am
I got 8 out of 10. I missed 5 and 7.
posted by Howie Modell on 7-23-2007 at 11:48 am
The fact that you also picked from the shows that were produced in the last decade killed me. I would have got a perfect score if it wasn’t for your meddling. Or something like that.
posted by hifidigitalboy on 7-23-2007 at 12:17 pm
zoinks! 90%, thanks to my daughter. She’s my handy excuse for becoming addicted to the new scooby doo episodes.
posted by DW on 7-23-2007 at 1:49 pm
Great quiz!
But, as for “worthless Confederate money”, check the prices that Confederate notes fetch on ebay these days. A crook might find it very worthwhile to bump off three or four unwanted relatives to get a trunkful of Confederate bills.
posted by David Norris on 7-23-2007 at 2:02 pm
I didn’t know they were still making Scooby Doo episodes, so the snowboarding one got me. And the fake haunting…and a few others. I only made a 50%!
posted by Beth on 7-23-2007 at 3:06 pm
80%. I think I would have had 100% if the questions were from the “original” Scooby Doo episodes.
posted by John Dough on 7-23-2007 at 4:49 pm
80% here. The show is so formulaic that I’m ashamed for not getting 100%. In both cases BTW I guessed news story when it was Scooby. If there had been a question involving the Harlem Globtrotters I would have done better.
posted by Daniel K on 7-23-2007 at 5:25 pm