A new series. Each quiz focuses on a specific genre with the questions in date order – a kind of potted history genre by genre.
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Who wrote The Tales of Mother Goose, the first ever collection of stories specifically for children?
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Charles Perrault
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Catherine d’Aulnoy
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Which story by the Brothers Grimm is Dornröschen in the original German?
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Sleeping Beauty
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Cinderella
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In one of the first full length novels for children, Wyss’ The Swiss Family Robinson, where are the family sailing to when the storm hits?
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Australia
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America
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Finish the title of this Hans Christian Andersen tale: The Steadfast Tin —
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Soldier
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Dancer
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Tom Brown’s School Days by Thomas Hughes is the founding book of the ‘school story’ tradition. Which famous school is its setting?
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Rugby
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Harrow
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In Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland how many characters attend the Mad Tea-Party?
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4
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5
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Which classic novel begins: ‘”Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents.”’
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Little Women
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Jo’s Boys
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Which state is the setting for Twain’s Tom Sawyer?
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Missouri
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Mississippi
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Which city does Spyri’s Heidi go to to befriend and help the invalid Clara?
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Frankfurt
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Geneva
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How was Stevenson’s Treasure Island first published?
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In a children’s magazine
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As a reading primer
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What was the first of Beatrix Potter’s Tales?
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
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In Barrie’s Peter Pan why are there no Lost Girls?
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Because they’re too clever
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Because they’re not brave enough
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Where in the UK was the real life garden that inspired Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden?
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Kent
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Devon
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Who teaches Lofting’s Dr Dolittle to talk to animals?
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His Parrot
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His Dog
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In Milne’s delightful Winnie the Pooh what animal do Pooh and Piglet go hunting for and nearly catch?
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A Woozle
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A Heffalump
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What blows Travers’ Mary Poppins into our lives?
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The east wind
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The west wind
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Which Dr Seuss book ends: ‘What would you do if your mother asked you?’
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The Cat in the Hat
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The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
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In Dahl’s Matilda, what does Lavender put in Miss Trunchbull’s water?
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A newt
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A slug
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On what platform does Rowling’s Harry Potter catch the train to Hogwart’s?
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9 ¾
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11 ½
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Finish the name of the new Hunger Games book by Suzanne Collins: The — of Songbirds and Snakes
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Ballad
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Cry
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Yes
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No
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