Saturday 28th February 2026
Difficulty: Very hard
Cartoon tropes (#1,198)
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1. When a character in a cartoon wants a very heavy object, they often produce an anvil. How much would a typical blacksmith's anvil weigh?
2. A 1933 editorial-cartoon by Will Johnstone, published in the New York World-Telegram, showed a man in such dire financial straits that he was reduced to wearing a barrel for clothing. This was a comment on...what?
3. Cartoon characters often produce plot-dependent items seemingly out of nowhere. What is the term for this imaginary storage area?
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