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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 day after Schulz's death). Peanuts had its
origin in a weekly panel comic that appeared in Schulz's hometown paper,
the St. Paul Pioneer Press, from 1947 to 1950. What was the
- Li'l Folks
- Taking Back the House
2. The name was too close to the names of two other comics of the time:
Al Capp's Li'l Abner and a strip titled Little Folks.
3. Peanuts premiered on October 2, 1950, in seven newspapers:
What was NOT one of the newspapers?
- The Washington Post
- The Minneapolis Tribune
- Arizona Republic
4. It began as a daily strip. When did its first Sunday strip appear?
- January 6, 1952
- February 6, 1952
- March 6, 1952
5. To avoid confusion, the syndicate settled on the name Peanuts,
a title Schulz always disliked. In a 1987 interview, Schulz said of the
title Peanuts: "It's totally ridiculous, has no meaning, is
simply confusing, and has no dignity � and I think my humor has
6. Snoopy, whose fictional birthday has been established as October 2.
When did Snoopy make his first appearance on the strip?
- October 4, 1950
- November 25, 1950
- February 6, 1951
7. Shermy was one of the four original characters in the comic strip Peanuts.
He had the first lines in the strip. Schulz named him after a friend from
high school. Shermy eventually became an extraneous character. When did he
stopped appearing entirely?
8. Patty appeared in the first strip, along with Charlie Brown and
Shermy. She is confused with Peppermint Patty (who first appeared August
22, 1966). When did Patty make her last official appearance?
- April 11, 1976
- July 4, 1976
- September 1, 1976
9. Charlotte Braun is a long-forgotten character from Charles M.
Schulz's comic strip Peanuts, who first appeared on November 30,
1954. She was originally intended as a female counterpart of the strip's
protagonist, Charlie Brown.
10. Lucy was introduced into the strip as a wide-eyed baby who
constantly tormented her parents. Very early on, Schulz eliminated the
circles around her eyes and allowed her to mature to the age of the other
characters. She soon grew into her familiar persona of a bossy, crabby,
selfish girl. What was the date she first appears?
- March 3, 1952
- March 6, 1958
- April 1, 1960