Classic Cartoons Trivia

Long before streaming, Saturday mornings and movie-theater shorts introduced generations to a cast of characters who never seem to age, or ever catch the Road Runner. This quiz digs into the studios and stars behind cartoons' golden decades.

Looney Tunes and the Chase That Never Ends

Warner Bros. built an entire universe around characters chasing each other in circles. Elmer Fudd never quite bags Bugs Bunny, Wile E. Coyote never catches the Road Runner, and Sylvester never gets his paws on Tweety, a formula that turned frustration into decades of laughs.

• Taz, the spinning Tasmanian Devil, became one of the studio's most licensed characters.
• Woody Woodpecker was created by animator Walter Lantz and debuted in 1940.
• These shorts originally played in movie theaters before television reruns made them a Saturday morning staple.

Hanna-Barbera and Disney's Early Stars

Beyond Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera built its own empire with Tom and Jerry's theatrical shorts, the mystery-solving Great Dane Scooby-Doo, and the prehistoric sitcom family the Flintstones, led by Fred and his neighbor Barney Rubble. Disney, meanwhile, had already launched its own icons in the 1920s and 1930s with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and a certain spinach-loving sailor named Popeye who started life in newspaper comic strips.