The Great Abba Summer Quiz by Lynne Benton

 Since we’re now half-way through July, I realise that most schoolchildren in England will break up in a couple of weeks, so there may be some occasion, especially if it should be raining, when a Quiz about children’s books could come in handy!

Here it is:

All you have to do is find the name of the main character, the letters of which have been reshuffled into alphabetical order (though I give their initials to help) and connect it with the writer of the book in which they appear.  As an example I give you this:

1)      Aehoprrrtty  (HP)    A) J K Rowling

I suspect most people will find this one quite easy: it is, of course, Harry Potter, by J K Rowling. 

Others may be rather more challenging!  And don’t forget, the name of the writer won’t be directly opposite the name of the character, so you’ll have to do a bit of searching.  (Mostly I’ve chosen the main character in their most popular book, but not always – however, the names are likely to be familiar to you, even if you haven’t read the book in which they appear.)

Sounds complicated?  It isn’t really.  Just a bit of a challenge!  May I suggest that you check out the authors first, then think of their most famous characters and see if you can find them by their initials, and then check if all the letters in the alphabetised version of their name match.

 (And of course there’s no law against looking up the writers online to find out about their books…)

Anyway, here is the list

1    Aeehilnnrsy                          (AS)               A) Philippa Pearce

2  Acdddeeijklmmpuu            (JP)                   B) Frances Hodgson Burnett

3  Glmnoot                                (TL)               C) CS Lewis

4  Ceeelnpsuvy                          (LP)               D) Noel Streatfeild

      5  Aefilooprsstv                        (PF)                 E) JM Barrie

      6 Achjmor                                (JM)                F) Susan Coolidge

      7  Abiillmnorww                      (WB)              G) AA Milne  

      8  Abbbggliinos                        (BB)                H) LM Montgomery

      9  Aackrrty                                (KC)               I) Roald Dahl

     10  Aabceekrrty                         (TB)                J) Richmal Crompton

     11  Aelmnnorxy                         (ML)              K) Beatrix Potter

     12  Aefilmorstw                          (AF)              L) Jacqueline Wilson

     13  Accejknoprsy                        (PJ)               M) Dodie Smith

     14  Abcceehilkrtu                       (CB)              N) JRR Tolkein

     15  Aimnoppprsy                        (MP)              O) Rick Riordan

     16  Admort                                  (MT)             P) Louisa May Alcott

     17 Acdeeeillllruv                       (CdV)            Q) Eoin Colfer

     18  Addegilnnrwy                       (WD)            R) Lewis Carroll

     19 Acddeeiillll                            (AL)              S) Kenneth Grahame

     20  Bcehhiinooprrrst                 (CR)                T) PL Travers

 

Good luck!  Answers next month, and have a good holiday, everyone!

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