October 4, 2007 -- Snoopy Trivia

On this date in history, October 4, Charlie Brown's pet beagle Snoopy made his first appearance.


TRIVIA QUESTION:

In what year did Snoopy first appear in the Peanuts comic strip?

TRIVIA ANSWER:

October 4, 1950, two days after the strip premiered.

Snoopy Makes His First Appearance in Peanuts

He was identified by name on November 10. Schulz was originally going to call him "Sniffy" until he discovered that name was used in a different comic strip.

Snoopy began his life in the strip as a fairly ordinary dog, but eventually evolved into perhaps the strip's most dynamic character - and among the most recognizable comic characters in the world.

Many of Peanuts' memorable moments come in Snoopy's daydream as a writer: his eternal opener on the typewriter "It was a dark and stormy night..." is taken from Edward George Bulwer-Lytton's 1830 novel Paul Clifford.

Possibly his most famous alter-ego is as the World War I Flying Ace, often seen battling his arch-enemy, the Red Baron. For this, he would climb to the top of his doghouse, don goggles and a scarf, and thus fly his Sopwith Camel (the type of plane flown by Arthur "Roy" Brown, who was credited with shooting down the Red Baron in World War I, and whose surname matches that of Snoopy's owner).

The Red Baron, like other adult figures in Peanuts, was never drawn in a strip; his presence was indicated through the bullet holes that would riddle the doghouse in a dogfight, and Snoopy's angry outbursts in response: "Curse you, Red Baron!" (usually accompanied by fist-shaking and a salute while his "Sopwith Camel" doghouse plummets to earth trailing smoke).

>>>>>>>> NET CHECK IN's <<<<<<<<

Congratulations to all who got the answer to tonight's Trivia Question and a hearty thank you to everyone for playing along. Here is the list of stations that checked in to tonight's net along with their answers:

* WB6A - Pat - 1957
* AC6AJ - Lee - 1939
* WB6ATV - Ron - 1954
* KE6CZH - Robert - 1960
* KG6DBL - Bill - 1953
* W6DTS - Ted -
* K6FCC - Khalil - 1950
* KF6GKR - Terry - 1960
* N6HY - Ernie -
* KB6IS - Madeline - 1949
* KD6JEV - John - 1959
* N6KAS - Andy - 1954
* KG6KTC - Leon - 1958
* NY6L - Jay - 1950
* K6LMN - Roger -
* KE6MSS - Thomas - 1949
* N6NGU - Lee - 1937
* KD6NIW - Oliver -
* W6NVY - Gary - 1942
* KG6NWJ - Barry -
* KD6OBM - Jason - 1947
* KF6PIH - Scott - 1955
* K6QVZ - Joe -
* KG6RDA - Sidney - 1963
* KG6TRR - Bob -
* AD6UP - Louie - 1945
* WA6USL - Murray -
* KF6YBM - Henry - 1952
* KF6ZQM - Harry - Checked in by KG6RDA
* N6ZZK - Theo - 1950
* N2GOD - John Anthony - 1950
* KI6ESQ - Scott - 1952
* K6OTH - Elmer - 1946

73's de N6CIZ