This Ladybird book quiz is slightly tougher. The challenge is to do this quiz from memory, without recourse to your bookshelves.
- What are the names of the 2 children in the Travel Adventure series, 587?
- What colour is Cinderella’s dress at the 2nd ball, according to the original 606d version?
- How many original 413 Fairy Tales share a title with a 606d tale?
- Who wrote the 497 series?
- Who illustrated the 1st, 2nd and 3rd books of Nursery Rhymes?
- What breed of dog was Mick the Disobedient Puppy?
- The original Junior Science books deal with: bulbs, wind, engines, magnets, levers, mirrors, light, flight, air, batteries, lenses and … what’s missing?
- How many books in the 536 Nature series have a title beginning ‘The’? (Don’t include ‘THE Ladybird book of …’)
Jane studies a Ladybird book
- How many books in the History series (561) have a woman’s name in the title?
What book does these extracts come from? They are all from the 1st page:
- “Fire! A cry of alarm rang through the Epworth rectory one night in the winter of 1709”
- “Their country holiday is about to begin, and Betty is telling Trigger to listen to Bob, and sniff the nice smells.”
- “She wriggled until she had one eye free, and this is what she saw.”
- “Everyone could see it and it was ‘above’ other buildings, as befits the ‘House of God'”
- “… following its opening the price of coal in Manchester was halved.”
- “Hedge-banks and ditches are russet with the browns and yellows of the dead bracken-fronds.”
- “These rotted down and more trees grew in the hot, steamy forests”.
- “They were going to look for some sweet grass to eat so that they could grow fat”.
Answers
Spoiler
- The names of the 2 children in the Travel Adventure series, 587 are Alison and John.
- Cinderella’s dress at the 2nd ball, according to the original 606d version, was blue.
- 4 of the original 413 Fairy Tales share a title with a 606d tale – Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Dick Whittington and his Cat and Jack and the Beanstalk.
- The 497 series was written by Noel Barr.
- The 1st, 2nd and 3rd books of Nursery Rhymes were illustrated by Frank Hampson.
- Mick the Disobedient Puppy was a poodle.
- The original Junior Science books deal with: bulbs, wind, engines, magnets, levers, mirrors, light, flight, air, batteries, lenses and … PULLEYS.
- 4 books in the 536 Nature series have a title beginning ‘The’ (not including ‘THE Ladybird book of …’) The Weather, The Seashore and Seashore Life, The Night Sky and The Story of our Rocks and Minerals.
- Six books in the History series (561) have a woman’s name in the title – Elizabeths I, Fry and Gaskell, Cleopatra, Joan, and Victoria. The trick answer to this question is ‘8’ – including ‘Bonnie!’
Quotes
- “Fire! A cry of alarm rang through the Epworth rectory one night in the winter of 1709” John Wesley.
- “Their country holiday is about to begin, and Betty is telling Trigger to listen to Bob, and sniff the nice smells.” In the Country with Uncle Mac.
- “She wriggled until she had one eye free, and this is what she saw.” Tiptoes the Mischievous Kitten.
- “Everyone could see it and it was ‘above’ other buildings, as befits the ‘House of God'” No, not Churches and Cathedrals but ‘What to Look for Outside a Church’.
- “… following its opening the price of coal in Manchester was halved.” The Story of our Canals.
- “Hedge-banks and ditches are russet with the browns and yellows of the dead bracken-fronds.” What to Look for in Winter.
- “These rotted down and more trees grew in the hot, steamy forests”. People at Work – The Miner
- “They were going to look for some sweet grass to eat so that they could grow fat”. The 3 Billy-Goats Gruff.
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