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50 free Archie Comics trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Archie Andrews has been choosing between Betty and Veronica since Pep Comics #22 in 1941, which makes his love triangle older than the Pentagon. Along the way the publisher went from patriotic superheroes to Sonic the Hedgehog, put a cartoon band at the top of Billboard's year-end chart, turned Riverdale into a zombie apocalypse and a CW teen drama, and killed the grown-up Archie saving a gay senator. These 50 questions cover all of it: MLJ Magazines and the Shield, Bob Montana and the real Betty, Jughead's real name and his 'S' sweatshirt, Betsy the jalopy, Pop Tate's Chocklit Shoppe, Mr. Weatherbee, Moose, Reggie, Kevin Keller, Sabrina's aunts and Salem, Josie and the Pussycats, Ron Dante and Don Kirshner, Afterlife with Archie, the Mark Waid relaunch and the Riverdale cast. Every answer is cited to a page we checked. Play it solo or print it for a comics night.
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Q 01In which comic did Archie Andrews first appear in 1941?
Pep Comics #22
Betty Cooper and Jughead Jones debuted in the same story by writer Vic Bloom and artist Bob Montana.
Q 02Archie's creators hoped to appeal to fans of which film series?
Andy Hardy
Publisher John Goldwater wanted a comic about a relatable, normal teenager like the Mickey Rooney character.
Q 03What was Archie Comics called when it began publishing in 1939?
M.L.J. Magazines
The initials came from founders Maurice Coyne, Louis Silberkleit and John L. Goldwater.
Q 04Which early MLJ hero was the first US patriotic comic book character?
The Shield
He debuted in Pep Comics in January 1940, 13 months before Captain America.
Q 05In which New York village is Archie Comics headquartered?
Pelham
It moved there from Mamaroneck in 2015, needing more office space and less warehouse as comics went digital.
Q 06Which video game character did Archie Comics publish a long-running comic about from 1992 to 2016?
Sonic the Hedgehog
By 2008 it had become the longest-running comic series based on a video game.
Q 07Which satirist's 'Goodman Goes Playboy' parody led Archie to threaten a lawsuit in 1961?
Harvey Kurtzman
Publisher Jim Warren paid $1,000 and ran an apology; the story's copyright eventually lapsed and it was reprinted in 2004.
Q 08Which Australian pop duo did Archie Comics sue over their name in 2005?
The Veronicas
The case ended in a settlement involving co-promotion with Sire Records.
Q 09Who was Archie Comics' first openly gay character, debuting in 2010?
Kevin Keller
His debut issue sold out, prompting the company's first-ever second printing of a comic.
Q 10A copy of Archie Comics #1 (1942) sold at auction in 2011 for how much?
$167,300
It set a record at the time for a non-superhero comic book.
Q 11What was the company's first horror title, launched in 2013?
Afterlife with Archie
Written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, it drops a zombie apocalypse on Riverdale and carried a Teen+ rating.
Q 12In which decade is Chilling Adventures of Sabrina set?
1960s
The 2014 horror series placed a 16-year-old Sabrina in Greendale, the town next to Riverdale.
Q 13Who did the adult Archie die saving in Life with Archie #36?
Senator Kevin Keller
He was shot in the abdomen; the final issue is set a year later, when Riverdale High is renamed for him.
Q 21Who plays Archie on the CW's Riverdale?
KJ Apa
Agastya Nanda played him in Netflix's Bollywood-style film The Archies.
Q 22What does Archie call his beloved jalopy?
Betsy
For decades it was drawn as a 1916 Ford Model T built from junkyard parts; it was finally destroyed in 1983.
Q 23What are the names of Archie's parents?
Fred and Mary
The family is of Scottish descent, and Archie has been drawn in a kilt playing bagpipes badly.
Q 24What is Jughead's real first name?
Q 14Which writer and artist team relaunched Archie with a new #1 in July 2015?
Mark Waid and Fiona Staples
IGN named it the Best New Comic Series of 2015; the title later reverted to its historic numbering with #699.
Q 15Which network picked up the live-action series Riverdale in January 2016?
The CW
Fox had held a script deal in 2014, but the show went to the CW with Warner Bros and Berlanti Productions producing.
Q 16Who became Archie Comics' chief creative officer in March 2014?
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
In 2003 the company had sent a cease-and-desist over his play depicting Archie coming out; eleven years later he was running the creative side.
Q 17Which hero led the first wave of the Dark Circle Comics imprint in 2015?
The Black Hood
Its mature-readers debut introduced Gregory Hettinger, a Philadelphia police officer hooked on painkillers after a shooting.
Q 18Which filmmaking duo signed on in 2025 to bring Archie to the big screen?
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
The Spider-Verse and Lego Movie team are producing through their first-look deal at Universal.
Q 19How many pages a week did letterer Bill Yoshida average over 40 years at Archie?
75
That works out to roughly 156,000 pages of lettering.
Q 20What is Archie's signature look?
Red hair and freckles
He is the rhythm guitarist and one of three singers in The Archies.
Forsythe
He is Forsythe Pendleton Jones III; early strips hid the name as a running gag.
Q 25What is the name of Jughead's white sheepdog?
Hot Dog
His younger sister is Forsythia, better known as Jellybean.
Q 26Who plays Jughead on Riverdale?
Cole Sprouse
Mihir Ahuja took the role in the 2023 Netflix film The Archies.
Q 27What kind of hat is Jughead's crown-like 'beanie'?
A whoopee cap
It is a warped, trimmed fedora; his 'S' sweatshirt is the other half of the look.
Q 28Betty Cooper was named for a real woman who briefly dated which Archie co-creator?
Bob Montana
Betty Tokar Jankovich, a Czech immigrant, dated him in 1939 when she was 18.
Q 29What is the name of Betty's cat?
Caramel
She also babysits, rescues wounded animals and is a skilled mechanic who fixes Archie's car.
Q 30Who plays Betty on Riverdale?
Lili Reinhart
Khushi Kapoor played her in The Archies.