Q.What does Peppermint Patty call Charlie Brown?
A.Chuck
Q.What sport does the Peanuts gang most frequently play?
A.Baseball
Q.What breed of dog is Snoopy?
A.Beagle
Q.What color is Linus’s security blanket?
A.Blue
Q. When did Charlie Brown hit his first homerun?
A. March 30, 1993
Q.When did Snoopy first walk on two legs?
A.January 5, 1956
If you scored 100% on this Peanuts Trivia quiz, congradulations! Your claim as a fan of this comic strip and animated series is in good standing. If your score looked like the D- Peppermint Patty feared most on her tests, better luck next time. Not everyone can be a Charlie Brown & Snoopy aficionado.
Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000. The strip is considered to be one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, with 17,897 strips published in all, making it “arguably the longest story ever told by one human being,” according to Professor Robert Thompson of Syracuse University. At its peak, Peanuts ran in over 2,600 newspapers, with a readership of 355 million in 75 countries, and was translated into 21 languages. On a deeper more meaningful level, Peanuts could very well have been one of the first, if not the only comic, that explored and disected the influence of socialism amongst the youth of America.
Whether you loved the famous Charles Schultz characters and animated comic strip for its view of adults and the world from a childs mind, or simply for the comedic exchanges between each notable character, thoughts of a trombone sounding teacher and a thumb sucking child who found utter security in his blue blanket, ultimately bring nostalgic memories of the innocence of youth and simpler days to all who grew up in the 50’s – 70’s era.
Peanuts is for some, the fabric of American culture. For others, it is the never ending story that found character similarities in all of us. So in ode to this history making comic strip and the legacy of cartoonist Charles Schultz, J&O offers selected novelty prints for Peanut groupies young and old world wide. Now you can create your own tribute to Snoopy, Lucy, Woodstock and the whole Peanuts gang with our 100% cotton fabric prints. Make wonderful craft items and memorbilia for a piece of animation history that’s gone but not forgotten.
Oh yeah, since we are in baseball season, here’s one more trivia question:
Q. Who is Charlie Brown’s favorite baseball player?
A. You guessed it, Joe Shlabotnik.
Time Line History
October 2, 1950
Peanuts debuts in seven newspapers
December 14, 1999
Charles Schulz officially retires
2000
50th Anniversary of Peanuts
February 12, 2000
Charles Schulz dies Saturday evening, of complications from colon cancer in Santa Rosa, CA.
He was 77 years old.
February 13, 2000
The final Sunday Peanuts newspaper strip appears
