Special Sub-Topic: 'Phantom Tollbooth' Authored by: LotsofHomework Sub-topic of: Juster, Norton

How do you get out of DOLDRUMS?

by thinking. Lethargarian's schedule: 'At 8 o' clock we get up, and then we spend from 8 to 9 daydreaming. From 9 to 9:30 we take our early midmorning nap.From 9:30 to 10:30 we dawdle and deyle. From 10:30 to 11:30 we take our late early morning nap.From 11:30 to 12:00 we bide our time and then eat lunch...' Need I say any more? DOLDRUMS is a boring place to be...

What's Tock, the watchdog's brother's name?

Tick. Tock goes tick-tick-tick and is named Tock and Tick goes tock-tock-tock and is named tick.

What are the names of the princesses?

Rhyme and Reason & Reason and Rhyme. Um... not much to say but they're the ones Milo and his friends save.

What was Milo's excuse for getting into Dictionopolis?

Why Not? & Why Not.

Who is the awful DYNNE(Din)'s grandfather?

The Dreadful RAUW. He perished in the great silence epidemic of 1712.

How do you get to the island of Conclusions?

by jumping. HA HA HA, riding the humbug, classic.

Which way leads to Digitopolis?

none of them do.

What did they use to beat the Terrible Trivium?

magic staff. Milo had to transport grain over with tweezers. Tock had to move water from a bucket to a well with an eye dropper. Finally the humbug had to dig a hole with a needle. Impossible tasks.

What was the thing that AZAZ and the Mathematician wanted to say to Milo that had to wait until he finished his Quest?

That it was impossible. ...'but if we've told you then, you might not have gone and as you've discovered, so many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.'

When Milo leaves the Phantom Tollbooth, does he return?

No. This was the best book ever!