Saturday Morning Cartoons

About Saturday Morning Cartoons

Saturday Morning Cartoons is a free nostalgia trivia quiz with 15 multiple-choice questions with a mix of 8 easy, 6 medium, 1 hard questions. Remember when Saturday mornings meant a bowl of cereal in front of the TV? Test your recall of the weekend cartoon lineups that defined childhood. A typical run takes about 7 minutes, hints are always one tap away, and your streak ticks up the first time you finish a game on a given day.

A few sample questions

1. 1. What bumbling hunter was Bugs Bunny's most famous rival, always trying — and failing — to catch him?

   Answer: Elmer Fudd

   Elmer Fudd, the bumbling hunter who could never quite say his R's correctly, spent cartoon after cartoon chasing 'that wascally wabbit' without success. His catchphrase and Bugs's cool wit made them one of animation's greatest comedy pairs.

2. 2. Hanna-Barbera's 'The Flintstones' was set in which prehistoric era town?

   Answer: Bedrock

   Bedrock was the Stone Age suburb where Fred, Wilma, Barney, and Betty lived — complete with dinosaur appliances and foot-powered cars. The show premiered in 1960 and was the first animated series to air in prime time.

3. 3. In the Road Runner cartoons, what company supplied Wile E. Coyote with all his gadgets and explosives?

   Answer: Acme Corporation

   The Acme Corporation was the fictional mail-order company whose products — from rocket skates to giant magnets — always backfired spectacularly on poor Wile E. Coyote. 'Acme' became a pop-culture shorthand for a comically unreliable brand.

4. 4. Scooby-Doo and his mystery-solving gang first appeared on Saturday mornings in what year?

   Answer: 1969

   Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! debuted on CBS on September 13, 1969, created by Hanna-Barbera. The show was so popular it spawned dozens of spin-offs and specials over the following decades.

5. 5. What was the name of the Jetson family's robot maid on 'The Jetsons'?

   Answer: Rosie

   Rosie the Robot was the Jetson family's lovable housekeeper, voiced by Jean Vander Pyl (who also voiced Wilma Flintstone). She was depicted as a slightly older model robot with a warm personality, and she debuted in 1962.

Things you'll learn along the way

• ✓Jonny Quest was Hanna-Barbera's first action-adventure series, breaking away from the studio's typical comedy format. It followed young Jonny and his scientist father on globe-trotting missions, and its realistic style influenced many cartoons that followed.
• ✓CBS broadcast 'The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Hour' (later expanded to 90 minutes) for much of the 1970s, making Saturday mornings on CBS a staple for Looney Tunes fans. The block combined classic theatrical shorts into a packaged TV format.
• ✓Jellystone Park was a gentle spoof of the real Yellowstone National Park, and Yogi Bear spent his days outsmarting Ranger Smith to steal 'pic-a-nic baskets' from tourists. Yogi's name was itself a nod to baseball legend Yogi Berra.