Another "Flintstones Final Exam"

[W.J. Griffin]

1. Which of these was NOT the title of Fred Flintstone's place of employment?:
a. Rockhead Gravel and Quarry Co.
b.Rockhead & Slate Gravel And Quarry, Co.
c. The Pitt Company
d. All of the above.

2. True or False: Barney's place of employment was never defined.

3.After the birth of Pebbles, what brand of fruit juice was hawked
by the sponsor?

4.Name at least one character actor on "Flintstones" that was also featured on "The Andy Griffith Show".

5. And speaking of "The Andy Griffith Show" name at least one other thing this show has in common with "The Flintstones."

6. Match the "Flintstones" character with the actor who did his/her voice:

I. Don Messick a. The Great Gazoo

II. Howard Morris b. Mr. Slate

III. Harvey Korman c. Arnold the Paperboy

IV. John Stephenson d. Pearl Slaghoople

V. Verna Felton e. Jethro Hatrock

7.In "Dino Goes Hollyrock" (14 September 1962) what do the producers of "Sassie" want to do to Dino to make him fit to go out with Sassie?

8. Besides Mel Blanc, who else has done the voice of Barney Rubble during "The Flintstones" original run, and why?

9. Name at least two actors who have done Barney's voice since the death of Mel Blanc.

10. True or False: Henry Corden does Fred's singing voice during the series' original run because Alan Reed was tone-deaf.

11. In "Fred Flintstone-Before And After" (7 April 1961), what organization does he join to help him lose weight? (Bonus Point: what was said organization's rallying cry?)

12. In "Foxy Grandma" (8 February 1963) Fred hires what notorious bank robber as a nanny for the baby? (Bonus point: Who gets rid of said nanny when she arrives unexpectantly?)

13. Our boy Fred does something in "Shinrock-A-Go-Go" (3 December 1965) that becomes a national craze. What is it, and how does he do it? (Keep it CLEAN, folks!)

14. Which "Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm" character says "Wowsie-wowsie-woo-woo...miserable day, isn't it?"

15. True or False: The Shmoo was an original Hanna-Barbera creation.

16.What was Super-Stone's rallying cry?

17. Name the two episodes in which Wilma and Betty appeared as swimsuit-clad beauty contestants. (Note: If you don't know the title of the episode, a brief description of what happens will suffice!)

18. The first episode of "The Flintstones" was "the Flintstone Flyer". Was this the first episode made? If not, what was?

19.Frank Nelson was the voice of the sarcastic salesman in "The Engagement Ring" (25 November 1960) and "The Hot Piano" (3 February 1961). Name two or three other sitcoms where the actor was featured. (Hint: One of these shows was a long-running radio series before it came to tv, about a stingy---oh, I've said too much!!)

20. Perry Gunnite, the p.i. hired to spy on Wilma in "Love Letters On The Rocks" (17 February 1961) was based on what then-popular p.i. show?

And finally....

21. What famous Marvel Comics character had his own show along with Fred and Barney in 1979?

Good luck, all!!

[W.J. Griffin]

1. c

2. True.

3. Welch's Grape Juice.

4.Hal Smith (Otis on Andy Griffith); Howard McNear (Floyd the Barber on Andy Griffith)

5.Both shows have second-bananas named "Barney" (as does "All In The Family" and '' The Simpsons")

6. I.-c
II.-e
III.-a
IV.-b
V.-d

7. They wanted to cap Dino's teeth and "bob" his tail! (ouch!!)

8. Daws Butler did Barney's voice during the first five episodes of the 1961-62 season while Mel Blanc was recuperating from a near-fatal car wreck. (when Mel WAS able to do voices again, he did them from his bed---he was in a full-body cast---with the rest of the cast and crew around him.) (For those of you who don't realize it, Daws Butler did Fred and Barney's voices in the lost "Flagstones" test reel in1959!)

9. Frank Welker and Billy West (also, I think, Corey Burton, but I can't be sure of this...)

10. True. Alan Reed appearantly couldn't hold a note, so Henry Corden did all of Fred's singing (that's right...the much-maligned Mr. Corden is in reality the "Golden Smog"!)

11. Over-Eater's Anonymous, and their rallying cry was "GOINK-GOINK-GOINK!"

12.Grandma Dynamite. Mrs. Slaghoople, Wilma's mother!!

13.He statrts not one, not two, but THREE dance crazes all in the space of one week: the "Flintstone Frantic", created when Barney drops a bowling ball on Fred's foot; the "Flintstone Flop" created when a nervous Fred sits on a pin just before his debut on the "Shinrock" show, and the "Flintstone Frenzy", created when Barney pushes poor Fred over the edge!! ("Yabba-dabba-yi-eyi-yi-yi!!" is the "song" that accompanies the "Flintstone Frantic, in reality Poor Fred yelping in pain..)

14.Baa-aad-Luck Schleprock, the local jinx. (based somewhat loosely on Joe Btsfpk from Al Capp's "Li'l Abner" comic strip.)

15.False. The shmoo (or "schmoo", depending on who's writing it) also was an Al Capp creation, first appearing in "Li'l Abner" in 1948 before recieving his own comic-book series in 1954. Prior to his being immersed into the "Flintstones" mythos, he had his own show, one of a long line of "Scooby-Doo" clones...

16.Bey-nee-hee-ha-haaaa!

17."The Beauty Contest" (1 December 1961), in which Fred and Barney are judges in the "Miss Water Buffalo" contest; and "Here's Snow In Your Eyes" (19 October 1962), in which Wilma and Betty follow the boys up to a ski-lodge in disguises and are mistaken for beauty-contestants, and have to pose for photographs in the ice in skimpy bikinis!!

18.While "The Flintstone Flyer" (30 September 1960) was indeed shown first, it was the second episode made. The series' pilot was "The Swimming Pool"(14 October 1960), which was actually the THIRD episode aired.

19.Frank Nelson was featured most prominently on "The Jack Benny Show", where he possibly originated the wise-guy salesman character (Mel Blanc was also featured on this show.) He was also featured on "I Love Lucy" during the 1956-57 season as the Ricardo's Conneticut Next-door nieghbor Frank Ramsey.

20. "Peter Gunn", a jazz-inspired pi show popular during the late 1950s.

21. "The Thing", from the "Fantastic Four" series.

So...did you get any of these answers right?

[Steve Carras]

Here's some more..
Who was the voice of Foxy Grandma?

June Foray