Porky Pig

Choose an answer from the three choices offered after each question and True or False.  Then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1. The character was designed by animator Bob Clampett and introduced in the short I Haven't Got a Hat. What is the date of the release?

• March 2, 1935
• March 6, 1937
• March 12, 1939

2. Who was the original voice of Porky Pig?

• Joe Dougherty
• Mel Blanc
• Bob Bergen

3. Porky in Wackyland is a 1938 animated cartoon. In this film Porky Pig goes hunting through a surreal Salvador Dalí-esque landscape to find the Do-Do Bird for a very large bounty. In 1994, it was voted #8 - The 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field. 

• True or False?

4. The film features Daffy convincing Porky to quit his job at Warner Bros. to find better-paying work elsewhere. In turn, Porky convinces studio head Leon Schlesinger to release him from his contract. After a highly unsuccessful foray into the real world, Porky returns happily to the studio that created him. Name the film?

• You Ought to Be in Pictures
• The Chewin' Bruin
• Porky's Baseball Broadcast

5. The mascot for the Southern U.S. grocery store chain of the same name with an appearance strikingly similar to that of Porky Pig. What is the chain?

• Frys
• Piggly Wiggly
• Porky Pig

6. It is a 1935 Warner Brothers theatrical cartoon short in the Looney Tunes series. This film is the very first cartoon directed by Tex Avery for Warner Brothers., and is the second Warners Bros. cartoon to feature the character Porky Pig. Name the movie?

7. The mailman rides up to Porky Pig's house on his bicycle (after a bumpy ride) and delivers a telegram to Porky. When Porky reads the telegram, he sees it's an offer from a big shot producer in Broadway, New York City, who wants Porky and his pet ostrich, Lulu, in his show, with the promise of $75 a day. What is the cartoon?

• Porky's Garden
• Rover's Rival
• Porky's Pet

8. Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century is a 1980 cartoon starring Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Marvin Martian. This cartoon first aired on November 20, 1980, as part of an animated TV special. What was the show?

• Walt Disney World
• Daffy Duck's Thanks-For-Giving
• The Danny Thomas Hour

9. Porky is on a camping vacation beside a lake where Daffy happens to live. What is the name of the cartoon?

10. Daffy Duck, agent to the stars, complete with business card that flashes like a theater marquis, does everything he can to convince Porky Pig of "Smeller Productions" that his preadolescent client "Sleepy LaGoon" can become a star. Name the cartoon?

Porky Pig Answers

• 1. March 2, 1935
• 2. Mel Blanc
• 3. #8
• 4. You Ought to Be in Pictures
• 5. Piggly Wiggly
• 6. Gold Diggers of '49
• 7. Porky's Pet
• 8. Daffy Duck's Thanks-For-Giving
• 9. My Favorite Duck
• 10. Yankee Doodle Daffy

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