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50 free A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
41 free A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving trivia questions with answers. This Charlie Brown Thanksgiving trivia quiz digs into the 1973 CBS special - the tenth Peanuts prime-time special and the third holiday one - from Peppermint Patty inviting herself over to the toast-and-jelly-bean feast Snoopy deals like a casino dealer, the ride to Grandma's condominium, the Emmy it won, and its journey from CBS to ABC to Apple TV+ and PBS. There are questions on the score Vince Guaraldi recorded at Wally Heider Studios, the companion piece 'The Mayflower Voyagers', and the voice cast that changed right after this special. Because the special is only 25 minutes long, the quiz also covers the characters at the table: Peppermint Patty's real name and her cousin-inspired origins, Marcie's 'sir', Franklin's 1968 debut and 2024 special, Woodstock's festival namesake, plus Charles Schulz, Bill Melendez, Lee Mendelson and the poem behind 'Over the River and Through the Wood'. About a third of the questions are easy enough for the kids' table. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia and the primary sources it cites, and each explanation adds one more thing worth knowing.
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Q 01On which network did A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving first air, on November 20, 1973?
CBS
It placed third in the Nielsen ratings that week, behind All in the Family and Sanford and Son.
Q 02A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving was which numbered prime-time Peanuts special?
The tenth
It was only the third holiday special, after the Christmas special and the Halloween special.
Q 03Why does Peppermint Patty invite herself to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving?
Her father is out of town
She soon adds Marcie and Franklin to the guest list, even though Charlie Brown can cook nothing beyond 'maybe toast'.
Q 04Which of these is NOT on the menu at the feast Charlie Brown, Linus, Snoopy and Woodstock prepare?
Cranberry sauce
The full spread is toast, popcorn, pretzel sticks, jelly beans and sundaes, served on a ping-pong table in the yard.
Q 05What piece of games equipment does Snoopy drag outside for the guests to eat on?
A ping-pong table
He then deals the plates like a casino dealer once the guests arrive.
Q 06How does Snoopy hand out the plates once the guests arrive?
Like a casino dealer
Linus first says a grace based on the First Thanksgiving; then Peppermint Patty explodes at the menu.
Q 07After Peppermint Patty rejects the meal, who reminds her that she invited herself in the first place?
Marcie
Patty then asks Marcie to apologise to Charlie Brown on her behalf - an unintentional echo of The Courtship of Miles Standish - before doing it herself.
Q 08Charlie Brown notes 'Over the River and Through the Wood' doesn't fit because his grandmother lives where?
In a condominium
Grandma has just invited all his friends to join the family dinner after he calls to explain why they are late.
Q 09How does the special end, back at the doghouse?
A turkey dinner for two
The sight of Woodstock, a bird, tucking into turkey has puzzled viewers for fifty years.
Q 10How does the special open, before any Thanksgiving business?
Lucy pulls the football away
Apart from that football gag, it was the first Peanuts special with a completely original script not drawn from the strip.
Q 11What award did A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving win in 1974?
An Emmy
Producer Lee Mendelson collected 12 Emmys and four Peabodys across more than 100 programs in his career.
Q 12Who voices Charlie Brown in the special?
Todd Barbee
Peter Robbins, the original Charlie Brown, is heard only in an archived scream; DeFaria voiced Peppermint Patty.
Q 13Who provided the voices of both Snoopy and Woodstock?
Bill Melendez
The Mexican-born animator-director had worked at Disney and Warner Bros. before Peanuts and won six Emmys.
Q 21What is Peppermint Patty's rarely used full name?
Patricia Reichardt
Schulz modelled her on his cousin Patricia Swanson; she is the only character who calls Charlie Brown 'Chuck'.
Q 22In which year did Peppermint Patty first appear in the strip?
1966
Her debut was August 22, 1966; Guaraldi wrote her a theme song the following year.
Q 23Peppermint Patty's bespectacled best friend habitually addresses her how?
'Sir'
It was her very first line in the strip in 1971; she was modelled on Elise Gallaway, roommate of Schulz's cousin Patty Swanson.
Q 14Who composed the special's music, recorded at Wally Heider Studios in 1973?
Vince Guaraldi
John Scott Trotter arranged and conducted; the complete score was finally released on the 50th anniversary in October 2023.
Q 15For the special's 50th anniversary, in which year was the full remastered soundtrack released?
2023
Before that, cues had been scattered across compilations such as Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits (1998).
Q 16From 2008 to 2019, ABC filled the hour after the special with an abridged version of which 1988 Peanuts episode?
'The Mayflower Voyagers'
It was the premiere of the eight-part miniseries This Is America, Charlie Brown, unusual for showing adults like George Washington in full view.
Q 17Which streaming service acquired exclusive rights to the special in 2020?
Apple TV+
Apple's October 2020 deal requires a free three-day window each November; Apple also lent it to PBS commercial-free in 2020 and 2021.
Q 18In which years did CBS skip its annual broadcast of the special before it moved to ABC in 2001?
1982, 1983 and 1988
ABC then aired it every year through 2019, usually several times in Thanksgiving week, and regularly won its time slot.
Q 19In which month is the special typically shown in Canada?
Early October
Canadian Thanksgiving falls on the second Monday of October; Family Channel airs it the day before and the day of.
Q 20In which year did Apple renew its streaming rights to the special, on the 75th anniversary of the first Peanuts strip?
2025
The strip debuted on October 2, 1950; the announcement came exactly 75 years later.
Q 24Franklin, introduced in July 1968, was the first what in Peanuts?
Black character
Schulz created him after a letter from schoolteacher Harriet Glickman, sent eleven days after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.
Q 25Where did Franklin first meet Charlie Brown in the strip?
At the beach
A Southern editor later complained about Franklin sitting in front of Peppermint Patty in school; Schulz ignored him.
Q 26Franklin's surname honours which Jump Start cartoonist, co-writer of the 2024 special Welcome Home, Franklin?
Robb Armstrong
The creator of Jump Start called it 'a tremendous honor' when Schulz phoned to ask permission.
Q 27Woodstock is named after what?
The 1969 music festival
He appeared unnamed from 1966 and only got the name on June 22, 1970; the festival's logo shows a bird on a guitar.
Q 28What breed of dog is Snoopy?
Beagle
His look was inspired by Spike, one of Schulz's childhood dogs, who famously ate pins and tacks and made Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Q 29In which fantasy persona does Snoopy fly a Sopwith Camel against the Red Baron?
The WWI Flying Ace
He first adopted the persona on October 10, 1965; NASA has used him as its flight-safety mascot since 1968.
Q 30'Over the River and Through the Wood' began as an 1844 Thanksgiving poem by which author?
Lydia Maria Child
Her original line was 'to grandfather's house we go', and she was a prominent abolitionist writer.