Colorful Characters

1. In 1877, this novel was a dark horse candidate for raising awareness on animal welfare, as its pensive prose calls any religion without compassion for animals shameful.

2. Sheb Wooley’s novelty song about this bizarre creature became the unofficial song for the sack-happy Minnesota Vikings defensive line of the 1970s.

3. This adolescent hornblower of nursery rhyme fame dates back to 1744.

4. When Toru Iwatani designed the eight-bit quartet of bad guys in his timeless “Pac-Man” arcade game, he named one Machibuse, but in English we call him this fifth digit.

5. After literary hero Sir Percy Blakeney escapes the guillotine, he becomes this character who thwarts state executions and leaves behind his namesake calling card - a little red flower.

6. Carlo Collodi named this oracle character La Fata dai Capelli Turchini, a whimsical woman who loathes Pinocchio’s dishonesty. When Disney got ahold of her, she was given this Anglicized name.

7. As seen in Grease, Jan and Betty Rizzo are two of the main figureheads in this gang of bad girls at Rydell High School.

8. From 1955 to 1984, Hugh Brannum played this Captain Kangaroo sidekick, whose name was meant to reflect his country apparel.

Courtesy of The Democratic Republic of Trivia