As promised, here are the answers to the quiz I posted on December 24th. How did you do? 🙂
Round One: Boarding School Stories
- A lot of H D’s at the S = A Lot of Hot Doctors at the Sanatorium
- Eleven M having breakfast at F = Eleven Maynards Having Breakfast At Freudesheim
- One L P telling stories in the A = One Little Princess Telling Stories In The Attic
- One C S in E = One Chalet School In Exile
- One R M playing Tennis at T = One Rebecca Mason playing tennis at Trebizon
Round Two: Mid-Twentieth Century Classics
- One T listening to a clock striking T = One Tom listening to a clock striking Thirteen
- Five F O solving crimes = Five Find Outers solving crimes
- One P R left behind = One Pink Rabbit left behind
- Two C (and one goose-boy) having adventures at W C = Two cousins (and one goose-boy) having adventures at Willoughby Chase
- Four S and Two A not drowning like duffers = Four Swallows and Two Amazons not drowning like duffers
Round Three: Picture Books
- One E causing havoc at the P = One Eloise causing havoc at the Plaza
- One M-M-M living in the nice white cottage with the thatched roof = One Milly-Molly-Mandy living in the nice white cottage with the thatched roof.
- One D being reunited with D = One Dave being reunited with Dogger
- Twelve little G in T straight lines = Twelve little girls in two straight lines
- One T having T with S = One tiger having tea with Sophie
Round Four: A bit of everything
- One H W (and one D W) solving mysteries = One Hazel Wong (and one Daisy Wells) solving mysteries
- Six members of the A G dancing in their N pants = Six members of the Ace Gang dancing in their nuddy pants
- One K of the Cascade Brumbies = One King of the Cascade Brumbies
- Nine M of the F of the R = Nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring. (I did debate with myself whether this is a children’s book or not and turns out I very much think it is. However! I’m conscious that there’s debate on this topic so I’ll give you a bonus point for creative responses)
- One H K P the M, one Q S the G, one K E the J, one Q L the V – (or the four P siblings). = One High King Peter the Magnificent, one Queen Susan the Gentle, one King Edmund the Just, one Queen Lucy the Valiant – (or the four Pevensie siblings).
Well, these answers were in the main are lot less obscure than my little brain allowed for — there were at least half a dozen I should have twigged, and I even groaned over the Chalet School in Exile which I should’ve got from your Twitter handle. Well played there, Chalet Fan!
🙂 hee. The Chalet School In Exile question did make me laugh, I have to admit!
Didn’t get any of the boarding school ones, not even the Little Princess 😦
I recognised 1, 2, 3, and 5 from Round Two, and really should have got the 4th question too, having been a fan of Joan Aiken for 50 years.
Round Three was fun 🙂
Not sure whether LotR is a children’s book or not, but I read it aged around 9 or 10.
Yay QL the V!
🙂 !