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39 free Dog Man trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
48 free Dog Man trivia questions with answers. Dog Man started as a kindergarten doodle by George and Harold and became the best-selling comic in America. This Dog Man trivia quiz is for the kids who have read every book twice (and the grown-ups who have read them aloud): how Officer Knight and Greg became one hero, why Petey is the world's most evilest cat, where Li'l Petey and 80-HD came from, what Flippy the fish is plotting, and what happens in Unleashed, A Tale of Two Kitties, Lord of the Fleas, Fetch-22, Grime and Punishment, Mothering Heights, The Scarlet Shedder and the Big Jim books. It also covers Cat Kid Comic Club, the musical, the video game, the DreamWorks movie with Pete Davidson and Ricky Gervais, and Dav Pilkey himself, from the school hallway where he dreamed up Captain Underpants to his pen name Sue Denim. Most questions are easy enough for readers aged 7 to 12; a handful will test true Supa Buddies. Everything is kid-safe, and every answer is checked against a cited source shown under the question.
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Q 01The creator of Dog Man was born and grew up in which U.S. state?
Ohio
Dav Pilkey, Dog Man's creator, was born in Ohio in 1966, grew up there, and graduated from Kent State University in Ohio.
Q 02Dog Man is a spin-off of which other Dav Pilkey series?
Captain Underpants
Captain Underpants is the parent series: its two kid cartoonists drew Dog Man as their very first comic, and every Dog Man book is presented as their homemade work.
Q 03Which two kids 'write' the Dog Man comics inside the story?
George and Harold
George Beard and Harold Hutchins get inspiration for later books from the classic literature they are assigned in school.
Q 04Dog Man is made from a cop named Knight and a dog named what?
Greg
After an explosion, a nurse suggested sewing Greg's head onto Knight's body.
Q 05Petey is described in the books as what?
The world's most evilest cat
Petey is billed as 'the world's most evilest cat', the deliberately ungrammatical tag the books give him; he later reforms while raising his kitten clone, Li'l Petey.
Q 06In which book does Petey create his clone, Li'l Petey?
A Tale of Two Kitties
A Tale of Two Kitties (2017), the third Dog Man book, introduces Li'l Petey: Petey clones himself, rejects the kitten for being too nice, and Dog Man takes him in.
Q 07What is the name of the robot that joins Dog Man and Li'l Petey?
80-HD
80-HD is the giant robot Petey builds in Dog Man and Cat Kid; he becomes Li'l Petey's devoted companion and the trio's crime-fighting muscle.
Q 08What superhero team do Dog Man, Li'l Petey and 80-HD form?
The Supa Buddies
The Supa Buddies are the trio's superhero team, formed in Lord of the Fleas: Dog Man as the Bark Knight, Li'l Petey as Cat Kid and 80-HD as Lightning Dude.
Q 09What is the name of the Chief's pet fish who becomes super-intelligent and wants to rule the world?
Flippy
Flippy is the Chief's pet fish, who turns evil and telekinetic in Dog Man Unleashed after Petey feeds him brain-boosting pills, and returns as a bionic fish in A Tale of Two Kitties.
Q 10Which Dog Man book introduces the villains Piggy, Bub and Crunky?
Lord of the Fleas
Lord of the Fleas (2018) introduces Piggy, Crunky and Bub, figures from Petey's past who form the F.L.E.A.S. (Fuzzy Little Evil Animal Squad) and come after Li'l Petey.
Q 11In Brawl of the Wild, where does Dog Man end up after being framed?
Dog Jail
Dog Jail: framed for a crime he did not commit, Dog Man is locked up in Brawl of the Wild (2018) while his friends work to prove his innocence.
Q 12In the seventh Dog Man book, what habit does Dog Man try to break?
Chasing balls
Chasing balls: in For Whom the Ball Rolls (2019), the seventh book, Dog Man works to overcome his obsession with balls, which the villains then turn against him.
Q 13In Mothering Heights, whom does Dog Man help the Chief woo?
Nurse Lady
Nurse Lady is the Chief's love interest: Dog Man helps him court her in Mothering Heights (2021), and by The Scarlet Shedder the Chief is away on their honeymoon.
Q 21Who voices Petey in the Dog Man movie?
Pete Davidson
Pete Davidson voices Petey in the 2025 film, opposite Lil Rel Howery as the Chief and Isla Fisher as the TV reporter.
Q 22Who voices the Chief's villainous, super-intelligent pet fish in the film?
Ricky Gervais
One of Flippy's robots ends up throwing a party at Dog Man's house at the end.
Q 23How much did the Dog Man film earn worldwide?
$145.6 million
Dog Man grossed $145.6 million worldwide on a roughly $40 million budget, with about two-thirds of that coming from North American ticket sales.
Q 14How does Dog Man end up dyed red in The Scarlet Shedder?
Tomato juice after a skunk sprays him
With the Chief away, a replacement chief named Maude teams up with a corrupt judge to jail him.
Q 15What is the title of the 13th Dog Man book?
Big Jim Begins
Big Jim Begins (December 2024) is the thirteenth Dog Man book, a prequel in which Big Jim recounts his own origin story.
Q 16Which publisher releases the Dog Man books?
Scholastic
Scholastic publishes Dog Man through its Graphix graphic-novel imprint, which launched the series with the first Dog Man book in August 2016.
Q 17The spin-off Cat Kid Comic Club stars Li'l Petey and which friend?
Molly the tadpole
Molly the tadpole, the outspoken standout among the frog kids, co-stars with Li'l Petey as the Cat Kid Comic Club members learn to make their own comics.
Q 18Which Dog Man title is a pun on an Ernest Hemingway novel?
For Whom the Ball Rolls
For Whom the Ball Rolls puns on Hemingway's 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls; the other titles riff on Dickens, Golding and Dostoevsky.
Q 19Which studio made the 2025 Dog Man movie?
DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation produced Dog Man, its adaptation of Dav Pilkey's series, which Universal Pictures released in US cinemas on January 31, 2025.
Q 20Who wrote and directed the Dog Man film, and also did Dog Man's vocal effects?
Peter Hastings
Peter Hastings wrote and directed Dog Man and supplied Dog Man's barks and vocal effects himself; he previously ran Netflix's The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants.
Q 24Which animation studio actually animated the Dog Man movie?
Jellyfish Pictures
Pilkey had originally wanted stop-motion; Jellyfish had done How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming.
Q 25Where did the Dog Man film have its world premiere in January 2025?
A festival in Alpe d'Huez, France
It reached U.S. cinemas two weeks later, on January 31.
Q 26Dog Man: The Musical was first produced Off-Broadway in which year?
2019
2019: TheatreWorksUSA premiered Dog Man: The Musical Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre that summer, with music by Brad Alexander and book and lyrics by Kevin Del Aguila.
Q 27What is the name of the 2024 Dog Man video game?
Dog Man: Mission Impawsible
Dog Man: Mission Impawsible, released in 2024 for consoles and PC, is a side-scrolling platformer in which Dog Man teams with Li'l Petey and 80-HD against the F.L.E.A.S.
Q 28Dav Pilkey was diagnosed as a child with which two conditions?
ADHD and dyslexia
ADHD and dyslexia: Pilkey struggled in class as a child and has said his restless, imaginative energy went into the comics that grew into his books.
Q 29Where did young Dav Pilkey create his most famous underwear-clad superhero?
At a desk in the school hallway
At a desk in the school hallway: Pilkey's teachers often sent him out of class for disruptions, and in second grade he drew the first Captain Underpants comics there.
Q 30Under what pen name did Pilkey write The Dumb Bunnies?
Sue Denim
Say it aloud: pseudonym.