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DENNIS THE MENACE

1 TRUE Or FALSE: The Beano’s editor George Moonie came up with Dennis the Menace, who celebrates his 70th anniversary this year, after watching the villain played by Dennis Price in the 1949 film Kind Hearts And Coronets.

2 WHAT breed of dog is Dennis’s sidekick Gnasher? A) An Abyssinian Wire-Haired Tripe Hound. B) Mesopotamian Sharp-Toothed Slipper Hound. C) Neapolitan Round-Eared Snickering Hound. D) Belgian Short-Tailed Mischief Hound.

3 WHICH of the following did not appear as one of Dennis’s friends? A) Curly. B) Smiffy. C) Pie-Face. D) Toadface McGurty.

4 WHAT major change was made to Dennis’s appearance in 1993? A) He put on a spotted jumper rather than a stripy one. B) He had a short back and sides. C) His grin appeared under his nose. D) He wore trainers instead of shoes.

5 ENTIRELY coincidentally, a u.S. newspaper strip called Dennis the Menace debuted the same month as the British version. Which British Dame appeared in the 1993 film of the American strip? A) Diana Rigg. B) Maggie Smith. C) Joan Plowright. D) Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies.

6 TRUE Or FALSE: The Beano was banned by the Greater London Council in the mid-1980s because of the depiction of Dennis’s rivals as ‘softies’.