General Knowledge Quiz

[341o2]

OK, here are clues to a number of fictional dogs, can you identify them?

1 His eventual master was one of America's superheroes, and when out crime solving, he wore a similar mask as the superhero was afraid that the dog might otherwise reveal his (the superhero's) true identity
2. His mistress helped to raise the morale of the Forces during the last world war, of whom it was said the title of comic strip was appropriate
3. A loyal and intelligent dog whose master was a shepherd and lived in Selkirk on the Scottish borders
4 He appeared briefly in a Disney film starring two dogs, later had his own series
5. His den was an old oil drum on a New Zealand farm
6. Based in Norway, of a Viking family, he wears the same helmet as do all the family
7. His master fell into a vat of magic potion, thus giving him strength and lives in a village which the Romans have been unable to defeat
8. He is a rather useless guard dog in a Western series, the principal character can shoot faster than his own shadow and he (the cowboy) is usually in pursuit of the Dalton brothers.

 

[Gloster]

Well, although I know who the owners of 2 and 7 (I think ), as none of them are Milou (Snowy) I am flummoxed.

 

[MotCO]

Was 4 Lassie?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Assuming the owner of the fictional dog referenced in question #7 is 'Asterix the Gaul', the dog's name would then be 'Dogmatix' (or something like that).

 

[Calthrop]

Might I venture a bit of "revision" a propos # 7, re @Mcr Warrior's above? -- the master is not Asterix; but his gigantic "sidekick" Obelix. The latter is most soppily and extravagantly devoted to his little dog, who is Dogmatix in the English translation; Idefix in the original French.

(I have a bit of an idea concerning a couple of others; but don't know the actual names of the canines concerned.)

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Might I venture a bit of "revision"a propos # 7, re @Mcr Warrior's above? -- the master is not Asterix; but his gigantic "sidekick" Obelix. The latter is most soppily and extravagantly devoted to his little dog, who is Dogmatix in the English translation; Idefix in the original French.

I'm obliged, sir! Every day's a school day on here!

 

[341o2]

4 is not Lassie, principally two dogs, a girl and a boy while 7 Dogmatix or Idefix is correct. The creator of Asterix, Goscinny, also collaborated with the author of no 8
Of no 6, the dog stayed at home, while the principle character sailed away to do what Vikings were supposed to do
No 3 principally appeared in one of this country's most successful comics, more noted for humour rather than stories with a moral undertone. Sent up by Viz as "The faithful Border Bin Liner"

 

[Calthrop]

No 3 principally appeared in one of this country's most successful comics, more noted for humour rather than stories with a moral undertone. Sent up by Viz as "The faithful Border Bin Liner"

No. 3 is thus, totally neither of two possibilities which were vaguely floating around in my mind.

 

[Gloster]

I would guess that 6’s name probably starts with an H. Could it be Hagrid or something similar (or am I getting muddled with another source that I don’t read?)

 

[xotGD]

One of them must be Rin Tin Tin.

 

[peri]

No. 3 could be Black Bob much improved as Black Bag the faithful border bin liner.

 

[Calthrop]

I would guess that 6’s name probably starts with an H. Could it be Hagrid or something similar (or am I getting muddled with another source that I don’t read?)

@Gloster's post here, has tipped me off: a "work of imaginative literature" which I knew from long ago, but had forgotten about. #2 rather likewise -- recognised from OP's description. In both cases, the name of the dog was not in my mind: have looked both up, so am disqualified. This all helps a lot, I know ...

 

[Gloster]

@Gloster's post here, has tipped me off: a "work of imaginative literature" which I knew from long ago, but had forgotten about. #2 rather likewise -- recognised from OP's description. In both cases, the name of the dog was not in my mind: have looked both up, so am disqualified. This all helps a lot, I know ...

Maybe we are thinking of different works. The one I am thinking of for 6 could be said (at a push) to be imaginative at times, but it is definitely not literature.

 

[Calthrop]

Maybe we are thinking of different works. The one I am thinking of for 6 could be said (at a push) to be imaginative at times, but it is definitely not literature.

I very much think we are thinking of the same thing -- hoping this not giving the show away too much: the proper name which you cite, is "something similar", not exactly on target (and it isn't that of the dog). My description was tongue-in-cheek: the "saga" concerned is literature, like the Bash Street Kids and Beryl the Peril are...

 

[341o2]

No. 3 could be Black Bob much improved as Black Bag the faithful border bin liner.

You are right "Black Bob, the Dandy Wonder Dog"

One of them must be Rin Tin Tin.

One is indeed a parody of the aforesaid dog

 

[341o2]

Maybe we are thinking of different works. The one I am thinking of for 6 could be said (at a push) to be imaginative at times, but it is definitely not literature.

Think newspaper cartoon or comic book rather than a novel apart from no 4 which involves cartoon films

 

[peri]

No. 8 - The cowboy and title will be Lucky Luke but I can't think of the name of the dog.

No. 5 - I'm trying to remember a Murray Ball strip "Footrot Flats", but again can't think up dog's name.

 

[Gloster]

I was thinking that 6 is the dog in the Sun’s Hagar the Horrible cartoon, but I can’t remember the name. I haven’t picked up a copy of that ‘paper’ for years (I don’t pay money to enrich Rupert Murdoch and I won’t help his advertising figures when they give it away.)

 

[341o2]

You are both right, and with xotGD have the answers to three.

No 5 is a bit of a trick question, as the dog in question was given a name as a puppy, but this has never been revealed, and he is simply known as "the Dog" owned by Wal Footrot created by Murray Ball. Life on a New Zealand farm

No 6 is Snert of Hagar the Horrible, the strip was created by Dik Brown, a US citizen, the Sun is one of many newspapers worldwide which has published it

No 8 is Rantanplan in French, or Rin Tin Can in English, a parody of Rin Tin Tin in the Lucky Luke series.

1, the American superhero, who is head of the family firm, as a boy, he saw his parents murdered, so now he fights crime as an alias
2, the girl who kept losing her clothes or being caught in a state of undress
4, Disney animated film about dogs, not 101 Dalmatians, remaining

 

[Calthrop]

4, Disney animated film about dogs, not 101 Dalmatians, remaining

(My bolding) -- with that "eliminating clause": I'm 99.5% sure that I know what the film is; but last saw it decades ago, and recall nothing about any lesser canine characters in it... am contributing almost nothing positive to this puzzle, I know...

 

[MotCO]

102 Damaltians?

 

[341o2]

Not 102 Dalmatians, it was released in 2000 as a live action sequel to the 1996 remake of 101 Dalmatians

The following song has nothing to do with the film, can you fill in the missing words for a clue?

I love the free, fresh wind in my hair
Life without care, oh I'm so broke, it's old
I hate California, it's crowded and damp
That's why.........

Now think of a rhyming name, an affectionate one for a naughty dog

 

[SuspectUsual]

Not 102 Dalmatians, it was released in 2000 as a live action sequel to the 1996 remake of 101 Dalmatians

The following song has nothing to do with the film, can you fill in the missing words for a clue?

I love the free, fresh wind in my hair
Life without care, oh I'm so broke, it's old
I hate California, it's crowded and damp
That's why.........

Now think of a rhyming name, an affectionate one for a naughty dog

.....the lady is a tramp?

 

[xotGD]

Digby, the biggest dog in the world.

 

[341o2]

Not Digby

Lady and the Tramp is right. So his son is?

so outstanding, one dog named after a card, the other a Germanic breed with a Germanic name

Edit - just realised no 1 is also a German breed

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The character in No. 2 is Jane, the star of a comic strip created and drawn by Norman Pett for the Daily Worker newspaper from 1932 to 1959. The heroine had a habit of frequently (and most often inadvertently) losing her clothes. Her intimate confidant was a pet dachshund named Fritz.

(I knew what this was, but I couldn't remember the names, so I've had to check!)

 

[341o2]

Jane appeared in the Daily Mirror, as no one has attempted no 1, the full list is

1. Ace the Bat Hound, Bruce Wayne/Batman
2. Fritz, Jane
3. Black Bob, the Dandy Wonder Dog,
4. Scamp, son of Tramp, Lady and the Tramp
5 "The Dog" Footrot Flats
6 Snert, Hagar the Horrible
7 Idefix (Dogmatix) Obelix, Asterix
8. Rantanplan (Rin Tin Can) Lucky Luke

Now who to decide takes the floor as just about everyone has identified one of the dogs
I nominate Peri for getting two, nos 3 & 5, as well as half a point for Lucky Luke

 

[peri]

Open Floor, please.

 

[MotCO]

Can I step in with this?

I have split the alphabet into three groups. What criteria determines in which group each letter is placed?

1. A, D, E, G, L, M, T, X, Z
2. B, C, F, H, I, K, N, O, P, R, S, U, V, W, Y
3. J,Q

 

[krus_aragon]

Can I step in with this?

I have split the alphabet into three groups. What criteria determines in which group each letter is placed?

1. A, D, E, G, L, M, T, X, Z
2. B, C, F, H, I, K, N, O, P, R, S, U, V, W, Y
3. J,Q

Hm...

I'm drawing a blank on geometric shape, sounds, scientific units/prefixes, greek equivalents, or numerical sequences from 1-26.