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Guess The Beano Era Quiz

To celebrate the 85th birthday of the Beano, we've come up with a special Beano eras quiz! Answer some questions about the Beano and its history and see how you do!

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Beano Quiz Team • Updated August 19th 2024

How much Beano history do you know? Can you identify all these different eras in the Beano's past? Let's find out! And if you liked that, check out more comic stuff right here! What about these 20 blamtastic Dennis facts? Or how about this quiz to tell you if you're Pie Face or Pete the Potato! We've even got this quiz to find out how well you know Beanotown and its residents!

1/10 Beano with Marcus Rashford
Beano | DC Thompson

What era was the comic founded in?

2/10 Gnasher on laser background

In which era was Gnasher introduced?

3/10 Dennis and a printing press

When did Bananaman make his first appearence?

4/10 Dennis, Minnie and Gnasher on splat background

In what era did Dennis and Minnie first appear in a strip together?

5/10 Dennis doing sports on grass background

In which era was Dennis put in a tracksuit for a joke?

6/10 Goofy ostrich

In the 1930s, who was the first cover star of the Beano?

7/10 Walter
Dennis and Gnasher | BBC

In the 2010s who ripped off Walter's image?

8/10 WW2 firewatcher spotting bananaman

In which era was the comic only published once a fortnight?

9/10 Dennis and Gnasher
Beano | DC Thompson

In which era did sales reach 2 million a week?

10/10 Stack of Beanos and arrow

How many copies of the original 1930s first issue exist today?

Nooo! Decidedly un-blamtastic! You didn't get any Beano history questions right, but don't despair! You can always try again!

Nooo! Decidedly un-blamtastic! You didn't get any Beano history questions right, but don't despair! You can always try again!

Hmm, not bad but we know you're more of a Beano fan than that! Have another go and see how well you do!

Hmm, not bad but we know you're more of a Beano fan than that! Have another go and see how well you do!

Yay! You know loads about Beano history! But can you get 100% next time? We believe in you!

Yay! You know loads about Beano history! But can you get 100% next time? We believe in you!

Wow! You got 100%, a blamtastic score to be sure! You're obviously some sort of super genius Beano expert, because you got 100%!

Wow! You got 100%, a blamtastic score to be sure! You're obviously some sort of super genius Beano expert, because you got 100%!

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