I Bet Ya Didn't Know
#715"When the first Curious George book was published for British children in 1942, King George VI was ruler of Britain. That posed quite a problem! Could a monkey and a king share the same name? To avoid insulting His Majesty, the decision was made to change Curious George's name to Zozo until after King George's had completed his reign. American children knew the monkey as Curious George, while British schoolchildren called him Zozo. "