Try this quiz while you're having your cup of coffee (or tea)
1. What children's author and poet was also a cartoonist for Playboy and wrote folk songs in the 1960s?
2. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was an animal created by Rudyard Kipling - what type of animal?
3. Which author also published books under the name Theo LeSieg and one book under the name Rosetta Stone?
4. The name of which punctuation mark is Greek for together?
5. In the classic 1957 children's book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," what is the name of the town the Grinch steals presents and decorations from?
6. The Berenstain Bears live in what unusual type of home?
7. The Imagination Library is a free children's book gifting programme started by which famous singer?
8. Where does the Wizard of Oz live?
9. Jack, Simon, Piggy, and Roger are four boys that make up the cast in what 1954 novel?
10. In Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" which child was described as a "great big greedy nincompoop"?
Answers: 1, Shel Silverstein, 2, Mongoose 3, Dr. Seuss. 4, Hyphen 5, Whoville. 6, Treehouse 7, Dolly Parton. 8, The Emerald City. 9, Lord of the Flies. 10, Augustus Gloop
2 comments:
Nice quiz. I got 1,2, 9 & 10. Failed the rest. And I read A LOT! Must do better.
Great fun!
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