Famous Cartoon Characters Quiz: Bugs Bunny to SpongeBob

This famous cartoon characters quiz brings together SpongeBob, Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry, Scooby-Doo, Fred Flintstone, Garfield, Popeye, Dora and Tintin. Ten questions about the stars of animation, 90 seconds, and every answer explained.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 90 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 90s

Nickelodeon
Which cartoon character lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Looney Tunes
What is Bugs Bunny's famous greeting?
Classics
Which cartoon cat spends his time chasing a mouse named Jerry?
Mysteries
What breed of dog is Scooby-Doo?
Classics
In which town do Fred and Wilma Flintstone live?
Looney Tunes
Which Looney Tunes bird is always being chased by Wile E. Coyote?
Comics
What color is Garfield the cat?
Classics
What does Popeye eat to become super strong?
Kids' TV
What is the name of Dora the Explorer's monkey friend?
Comics
In which country was the boy reporter Tintin created?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which cartoon character lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Answer: SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants lives in Bikini Bottom and works as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab. The show was created by Stephen Hillenburg, a former marine biology teacher, and premiered in 1999.
Q2: What is Bugs Bunny's famous greeting?
Answer: What's up, Doc?
Bugs Bunny usually says his line while munching a carrot, a gag inspired by Clark Gable in the 1934 film It Happened One Night. That's all, folks belongs to Porky Pig.
Q3: Which cartoon cat spends his time chasing a mouse named Jerry?
Answer: Tom
Tom and Jerry was created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera in 1940 and won seven Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Film. Sylvester chases Tweety in Looney Tunes.
Q4: What breed of dog is Scooby-Doo?
Answer: Great Dane
Scooby-Doo is a Great Dane who solves mysteries with Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma. The first series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, premiered in 1969.
Q5: In which town do Fred and Wilma Flintstone live?
Answer: Bedrock
The Flintstones lived in the Stone Age town of Bedrock. When it premiered in 1960, it was the first animated series to air in prime time on American TV.
Q6: Which Looney Tunes bird is always being chased by Wile E. Coyote?
Answer: Road Runner
The Road Runner cartoons were created by Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese in 1949. The coyote orders gadgets from the fictional Acme Corporation, but they always fail.
Q7: What color is Garfield the cat?
Answer: Orange
Garfield is an orange tabby who loves lasagna and hates Mondays. Jim Davis first published the comic strip in 1978, and it later became TV shows and films.
Q8: What does Popeye eat to become super strong?
Answer: Spinach
Popeye the Sailor first appeared in a comic strip in 1929 before moving into cartoons. Spinach sales in the United States are often said to have risen thanks to his popularity.
Q9: What is the name of Dora the Explorer's monkey friend?
Answer: Boots
Boots wears his favorite red boots and joins Dora on every adventure. Swiper is the sneaky fox, and Diego is Dora's cousin who got his own show.
Q10: In which country was the boy reporter Tintin created?
Answer: Belgium
The Belgian artist Hergé created Tintin and his dog Snowy in 1929. The Adventures of Tintin have been translated into more than 100 languages.

Famous Cartoon Characters Quiz – Stars Made of Ink and Pixels

Cartoon characters can be more famous than real movie stars. Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny and SpongeBob SquarePants are known in almost every country, and many of them have been entertaining families for generations. A good cartoon character has a simple look, a strong personality and a catchphrase or habit that sticks.

The golden age of animated shorts in the 1930s and 1940s gave us Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry. These cartoons played before films in cinemas and were later shown on TV for decades. Characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Road Runner were made by teams of animators who competed to come up with the funniest gags.

In the 1960s, TV studios like Hanna-Barbera created series such as The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo. Later, cable channels like Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network launched a new wave of characters, from SpongeBob to Dora the Explorer, who became stars of toys, games and theme parks.

Not every famous cartoon started on screen. Garfield, Popeye and Tintin all began as comic strips in newspapers and magazines before moving into animation.

This quiz mixes characters from different eras and countries, so it rewards anyone who has spent Saturday mornings in front of the TV.

Cartoons also travel well across borders. Characters with few words, like Tom and Jerry or Road Runner, need no translation at all, which helped them become hits in dozens of countries. Japanese anime and European comics have added their own stars, and children today grow up with heroes from all over the world.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz is fun for families, classrooms and grown-ups who still know every cartoon theme song.

Where SpongeBob lives and who created him
The story behind Bugs Bunny's famous line
Who created Tom and Jerry and The Flintstones
What kind of dog Scooby-Doo is
Which cartoon heroes began as comic strips
Where Tintin was created

Quick Facts About Cartoon Characters

Mickey Mouse was the first cartoon character to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in 1978.
Mel Blanc voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and many other Looney Tunes characters.
Velma's catchphrase in Scooby-Doo is Jinkies!
Snoopy, from Charles Schulz's Peanuts, has flown as a mascot for NASA safety awards.
Pikachu is the official mascot of the Pokémon franchise.
Wile E. Coyote never catches the Road Runner in the classic cartoons.