The Mad Cover Site Basic Knowledge Quiz
20 questions to help you learn some of the MAD basics
1. MAD has been around since 1952.
True
False
Maybe
All of the above
2. MAD's first publisher was this big, bearded fellow.
Sergio Aragones
William Gaines
Will Elder
George Woodbridge
3. MAD's first editor was Harvey Kurtzman.
True
False
Maybe
All of the above
4. MAD's official mascot is named:
The Yellow Kid
Moxie Cowznofski
Alfred E. Neuman
Prince Charles
5. MAD was part of the EC Comics family of titles which included Weird Science,
Tales From the Crypt, Frontline Combat and Panic.
True
False
Maybe
All of the above
6. MAD changed from a comic book to magazine with which issue number?
Issue #22
Issue #23
Issue #24
Issue #25
7. MAD's staff of contributing writers and artists is called The Usual Gang of Idiots.
True
False
Maybe
All of the above
8. This feature by Dave Berg satirized every day events of normal American life.
The Lighter Side
The Regular Side
The Brighter Side
The Darker Side
9. The picture above is an example of which "MAD's Maddest Artist's" work?
Mort Drucker
Jack Rickard
Don Martin
Jack Davis
10. Since 1964, he's been the creator of the MAD fold-in, the inside back cover gag that asks a question and gives you the surprise answer with a fold of the page.
Angelo Torres
Dick Debartolo
Duck Edwing
Al Jaffee
11. This MAD writer is known for his poem and musical lyric parodies,
"Do-It-Yourself" fill-in-the-blank articles and fictional character obituaries.
Arnie Kogen
Frank Jacobs
Tom Koch
Paul Peter Porges
12. Spy vs. Spy depicts the never-ending battle between The Black Spy and The White Spy (and occasionally The Grey Spy). This man created the feature back in 1961.
Wally Wood
Stan Hart
Antonio Prohias
John Caldwell
13. This editor presided over MAD's most successful sales circulation of issues during the 1970s.
Al Feldstein
Harvey Kurtzman
John Ficarra
Nick Meglin
14. MAD reprinted past articles in many different print forms over the years.
All but one of the titles below is an example.
MAD Special
More Trash From MAD
MAD Follies
The Best From MAD
15. MAD has produced a lot of collectible junk over the years with this one exception.
Cuff Links
Straight Jackets
Soft Drink Vending Machines
Board and Card Games
16. During the 60's, 70's and 80's, MAD published eight issues a year and had no outside advertising sponsors.
True
False
Maybe
All of the above
17. Somebody in the list below was not a MAD contributor.
Andy Griffith
Sid Caesar
Ernie Kovacs
Groucho Marx
18. Which item from the list is not a recurring feature in Mad?
Movie and TV parodies
Advertising satires
Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions
Chili Recipes
19. Which of the following is not a MAD movie spoof title?
Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid
Austin Putzers: International Schmuck of Misery
Harry Plodder and the Lamest of Sequels
One Cuckoo Flew Over the Rest
20. MAD has been published in Brazil, The United Kingdom, Sweden, South Africa and Norway, but it has never been published in Iceland, France, Taiwan or Turkey.
True
False
Maybe
All of the above
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