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1. Name two situations where the question ``Has it ever occurred to you that
you might be wrong?'' has appeared.
[This was the title of a book by Snoopy on theology. Linus asked the
question of a speaker at a fundamentalist summer camp.]
2. ``It doesn't matter what you believe just so you're sincere!'' What
particular doctrinal difference was under discussion here?
[Santa Claus versus the Great Pumpkin]
(Let's Face It, Charlie Brown!)
3a. What allegedly happened to the butterfly that landed on Peppermint
Patty's nose?
[It turned into an angel and flew away]
(You're Weird, Sir)
3b. What message did she have to give to the world?
[If there's a foul ball behind third base, it's the shortstop's
play] (You're Weird, Sir)
4. ``Miss Othmar isn't much for biblical admonitions.'' Such as what?
[But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when
your host comes he may say to you, ``Friend, go up higher.'' ...
For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles
himself will be exalted.
(Luke 14:10-11)]
(Don't Give Up, Charlie Brown)
5. List three pieces that Linus has had to memorize for Christmas.
[``The star that shone at Bethlehem still shines for us today!'';
A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud laments; it was Rachel
weeping for her children, and refusing all consolation because they
were no more (Matt. 2:18);
And it came to pass in those days that there went out a decree from
Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed (Luke 2:1);
and Matthew Chapter 1]
6. ``HOW LONG, O LORD?'' cried Charlie Brown. What was Lucy's response?
[``Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without men, and the
land is utterly desolate'' (Isaiah 6:11); then, after pulling away the
football: ``All your life, Charlie Brown, all your life.'']
(You've Got To Be You, Snoopy)
7a. ``Remember Lot's wife!'' said Linus. What did he mean?
[He was warning Charlie Brown that he would get covered in chalk dust
from pounding erasers]
(You've Got It Made, Snoopy)
7b. ``You sound like Job's wife.'' Who?
[Lucy] (You've Got To Be You, Snoopy)
8a. ``I've been looking all through the Old Testament, and I've found Abel,
but I can't find...'' who?
[Ken] (You've Got To Be You, Snoopy)
8b. Regarding false prophets in the Bible: ``I think you're off the
hook...I'm almost at the end, and I haven't run across your name yet.''
Whose name?
[Linus's]
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