The Answers to the First Quite Niche Children’s Literature Christmas Quiz

As promised, here are the answers to the quiz I posted on December 24th. How did you do? 🙂

Round One: Boarding School Stories

1. A lot of H D’s at the S = A Lot of Hot Doctors at the Sanatorium
2. Eleven M having breakfast at F = Eleven Maynards Having Breakfast At Freudesheim
3. One L P telling stories in the A = One Little Princess Telling Stories In The Attic
4. One C S in E = One Chalet School In Exile
5. One R M playing Tennis at T = One Rebecca Mason playing tennis at Trebizon

Round Two: Mid-Twentieth Century Classics

1. One T listening to a clock striking T = One Tom listening to a clock striking Thirteen
2. Five F O solving crimes = Five Find Outers solving crimes
3. One P R left behind = One Pink Rabbit left behind
4. Two C (and one goose-boy) having adventures at W C = Two cousins (and one goose-boy) having adventures at Willoughby Chase
5. Four S and Two A not drowning like duffers = Four Swallows and Two Amazons not drowning like duffers

Round Three: Picture Books

1. One E causing havoc at the P = One Eloise causing havoc at the Plaza
2. 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.
3. One D being reunited with D = One Dave being reunited with Dogger
4. Twelve little G in T straight lines = Twelve little girls in two straight lines
5. One T having T with S = One tiger having tea with Sophie

Round Four: A bit of everything

1. One H W (and one D W) solving mysteries = One Hazel Wong (and one Daisy Wells) solving mysteries
2. Six members of the A G dancing in their N pants = Six members of the Ace Gang dancing in their nuddy pants
3. One K of the Cascade Brumbies = One King of the Cascade Brumbies
4. 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)
5. 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).