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Personal stories about the five Dingbat calendar artists stretch back more than a century and are entwined with the Golden Age of pharmaceutical R&D in Canada, which started in 1899 under the leadership of visionary entrepreneur Charles E. Frosst. Here are some Dingbat trivia questions for your entertainment: answers can be found on BestStory.ca. Happy sleuthing!

Which Montreal-based businessman had a great-grandfather who fought with Gen. George Washington in the American War of Independence?

Where and when did Dudley Ward’s Dingbat characters first appear?

Which businessman and which artist formed the original ‘odd couple’ of pharmaceutical marketing in Canada?

Which Dingbat illustrator was an expert in drawing Second World War weaponry and went on to illustrate the autobiography of America’s most decorated WW II soldier?

How many illustrators have there been in the history of the Dingbat calendar between 1915 and 1993?

What catastrophic event in history coincided with the creation of the first Dingbat calendar?

Which Dingbat artist volunteered to fight for Canada in two world wars?

Which retired Canadian prime minister ended up living near the former house of the business executive who first commissioned the Dingbat calendars?

Who was the well-known Canadian architect who illustrated the Dingbat calendars?

What was the first analgesic painkiller manufactured in Canada?

What well-known downtown Montreal building was put up on the site where the first laboratory of Charles E. Frosst and Co. was located?

In what country was the first Dingbat illustrator born?

Which Dingbat illustrator had a son who was a famous motorcycle stunt rider performing in circuses around the world?

Why were Dingbat calendars discontinued after 1993?

In addition to Dingbats, what whimsical character was Dudley Ward famous for painting?

What well-known Canadian businessman did the daughter of Charles E. Frosst marry in 1927?

In what country was fourth Dingbat illustrator Alex McLaren born?

Which Dingbat illustrator was an anti-vaxxer?

Which Dingbat illustrator has numerous paintings on exhibit in the Canadian War Museum?

Which two Dingbat artists studied under Maurice Cullen, who has been called the ‘Father of Canadian Impressionism’?

Why was Charles E. Frosst’s father imprisoned for six months in a Confederate prison during the American Civil War in 1862?

What is the connection between the oldest gravestone in Maine and Charles E. Frosst?

Which Dingbat illustrator created the most memorable fundraising posters for the Canadian military during WW II?

Which Dingbat illustrator looked like the leading man in a James Bond movie?

Which Dingbat artist was as elusive and enigmatic in death as he had been in life?

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