Sugar Spice and Everything Nice

A cartoons and comics quiz by Harish Krishna V

• This character was inspired from a headline that appeared in American newspapers about Sir Don Bradman getting out for naught against the New York West Indians.

• Which very popular cartoon character?

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• This entire Dexter’s Laboratory episode (season 2, episode 27) parodies the Star Trek franchise.

• Identify whom each of the below three characters represent?

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• Which popular logo was created using letter(s) borrowed from this font typeface called Cloister Black?

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• This Justice Friends Character, also known as the Viking God of Ragnarock n' roll is a parody mostly of Thor.

• His name is a portmanteau of the name of the enormous hall located in Asgard (ruled over by the god Odin) and the rock band this musician was a part of.

• What’s his name?

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What, built using scrap by vigilantes, was inspired by these?

• Grumman F-14 Tomcat Saab 35 Draken

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• This popular character is actually Latina i.e. citizen of the United States but ethnic origins in Latin America or the Iberian peninsula.

• The character was developed to be pan-Latina to represent the diversity of Latino cultures.

• The character typically goes adventuring with a friend/pet who gets his name from the only ‘garment’ he is wearing.

• Identify this character whose last name is Marquez.

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• By understanding the germ theory of disease hundreds of years before anyone else, he was able to infect the prince of his kingdom with a deadly virus. When the sultan came to ask him to cure the prince, he killed both him and his son and went on to raze the city to the ground and kill all of its inhabitants.

• Subsequently, he declared himself something that meant the "Demon's Head“ in Arabic.

• Identify this grandfather of Bruce Wayne’s son who was voted as the 7th greatest villain of all time in IGN’s list.

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• Abbott and Castello, the critically acclaimed comedy duo of the 40’s and 50’s found themselves inspiring several cartoon characters.

• Below are the Looney Tunes characters Babbit and Castello, who were based on the duo.

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a) The first Babbit and Castello cartoon, A Tale of Two Kitties marked the first appearance of which popular cartoon character ?

b) Hanna Barbera also created a series called The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show. Who voiced Bud Abbott in this show?

• Identify this pop group of the 70s which was put together after a talent search that had around 500 finalists.

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Identify these two characters, inspired by a duo from a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes.

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• The Archieverse of Sonic the Hedgehog has many villains from a regime similar to the Nazi regime of Germany. The regime is named after the species of the creatures who mostly form its ruling class.

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• Identify the creature endemic to Australia and Southeast Asia.

• Initially Hanna-Barbera had a violin plucked with the tuning pegs being raised.

• This was modified slightly to a violin played pizzicato while sliding up the fingerboard.

• What was all this to simulate?• https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=JyPpoKNwgVs

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• This is a character called Miss Pell. She is the only female member of the Justice friends.

• She can fly and use energy in the forms of pink bolts of electricity. Which Marvel superhero is she parodying?

• Her being the only female member is a reference to the SuperFriends having only one female member. Which superhero (or is it superheroine)?

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• People affected with this rare disorder called the William’s Syndrome are known for their apparent lack of social inhibition.

• Their speech is marked by high prosody, unusual terms and high emotional intensity.

• They also usually have high empathy and the level of friendliness makes them inappropriate for the social setting.

• Which cartoon character is widely theorized to be a victim of the William’s Syndrome?

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• This character’s name is an offshoot of the name of the part of the brain that controls the motor activities such as attention, language and emotion.

• She is the logical thinker in most situations and is the one who tells the mayor what he should do since he lacks said motor skills.

• Identify this Powerpuff Girls character.

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• When Akira Toriyama was holidaying in Hawai, he found the name inscribed under the statue rather interesting.

• The statue was of this king of Hawai who passed a law to protect human rights of non-combatants in times of battle.

• Akira Toriyama decided to use the king’s name in something he was working on.

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• He told his idea to his wife who too liked the name.

• She went on to choreograph the move and together with the name, this has become one of the most popular aspects of this franchise.

• What, which supposedly means ‘Turtle Devastation Wave’ in Japanese?

• Now a manager, this footballer became the longest serving captain of Manchester United.

• He was voted as the greatest ever Manchester United player from a poll of ex Manchester United Players as part of a book, 19, released to celebrate their 19th league title win.

• Due to his stellar performances on the pitch, fans likened him to this comic character and it soon became his nickname.

• Identify the footballer and the nickname.

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• Shazam

• This is a mysterious animal with magical powers and features quite regularly in Popeye comics and in the TV show.

• It was a 4th dimensional being which due to some transmutation across the dimensional barrier with the African Hooey Hound landed up looking something like a dog.

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• A lot of scholars suggest that soldiers of World War II were so impressed with a certain new land vehicle, that they informally named it after this creature as it (the vehicle) like the creature, was "small, able to move between dimensions and could solve seemingly impossible problems.“

• Identify the name of the creature.

• What does the message read?

Source : Injustice gods among Us #28

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• This is Master Chao, one of the most important masters in the Sacred Onyx Council.

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• The species he belongs to is not uncommon in South and Southeast Asia.

• They are found in India too and are feature in many local legends.

• A subspecies was used by Tanaji Malusare, a military leader under Shivaji during his siege of the Sinhagad fort.

• The south Indian percussion instrument, the Khanjira is made from the belly of a dead animal of this subspecies.

• Identify this species.

Which character is named after the Renaissance sculptor, famous for these?

St MarkStatue of the Prophet Habakkuk

Judith and Holofernes

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What are these?22

• These two pokemon named Elgyem and Beheeyem. Their names are a reference to the two most common kinds of extra-terrestrials , usually abbreviated as LGM and BEM respectively.

• What do LGM and BEM stand for? 23

• This is Lennie Small, a central character in Of Mice and Men ( novella by Nobel prize winning author John Steinbeck ).

• He is a mentally disabled, but physically strong man who travels with his best friend George Milton and is his constant companion. He dreams of being able to tend to rabbits.

• Which Looney Tunes character is inspired by him?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F_xUScDt_I

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What’s happening here?

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• This is Clifford the Big Red Dog.• Written in the early 1960s by Norman

Bridwell, this character and the later tv series helped a certain publication establish itself.

• Clifford is the official mascot of the publication house and sometimes appears in the logo of the company.

• Identify the company.• https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=nWwIyKOCrd8

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• 1:06 to 1:48• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfLcrTkKf

Fo• Identify the word.

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• This is from a 1942 cartoon called The Ducktators.

• This goose and duck represent Mussolini and Hitler.

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Whom does the duck on the right represent?

• Identify this fictional country supposedly located in the Banat region.

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• This is the flag of the country.

• The three major political parties of Finland are often criticized for having little differences in ideology.

• What are the three parties are the National Coalition Party (party colour: blue), the Centre Party (green), the Social Democratic Party (red) sarcastically referred to as by the media because of this?

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• This gylph was not just a family shield that served as a family seal for the House of El, but also an ancient Kryptonian symbol that meant "hope.“

• Contrary to popular belief, it was what the symbol looked liked that inspired the name and not the other way round.

• Which symbol?

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• This popular character was voiced by legendary radio host Casey Kasem for over 30 years.

• Sometime in the 1970s, when Kasem turned vegetarian, he insisted that the character he voiced also follow suit.

• Hanna-Barbera promised him that the character would and the character has remained vegetarian ever since.

• Which character?

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• This is a part of a 1970s ad by the U.S. Department of Labor featuring Batgirl, Batman and Robin.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e1wo8f8mT4

• What law is it advocating?• Among the tennis grand slams, the US Open

was the first to embrace this ideology (as early as 1973) while Wimbledon accepted this principle only in 2008.

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• Which popular superhero is inspired by mythological serpents like Ichchadhari Nag, Vishmanushya, Kaaljayi, Takshak and Vasuki and his stories an amalgamation of several local legends involving the snake?

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• This (next slide) is from a Dexter’s Laboratory episode called Monstory.

• It depicts Dexter and Dee Dee as Japanese monsters called Kaiju.

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• Dee Dee is this kaiju called Kumonga.• Which kaiju is Dexter?

• Both these Bugs Bunny cartoons are references to the same overture. The first one added some relevant lyrics as well.

• Identify this work by Gioachino Rossini.• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWRZut6

klgE• https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=vZfaVoebk-A

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• Hint: