Nostalgia for British Children's Writers

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1. What is the name of the most famous character created by Captain W.E. Johns? The Flying Beetle Worrals Hunter Hawke Biggles

2. All the books below are famous children's stories of the twentieth century but which one won the first ever prestigious Carnegie Medal? "The Borrowers" by Mary Norton "The Family from One End Street" by Eve Garnett "Pigeon Post" by Arthur Ransome "Ballet Shoes" by Noel Streatfeild

3. Which author wrote the famous "William" books, a series that began with "Just William"? Stephen Tring Elfrida Vipont Richmal Crompton Dodie Smith

4. Which author was born in South Shields and wrote the enormously popular "Chalet School" series? Josephine Elder Elinor M. Brent-Dyer Enid Blyton Katharine Oldmeadow

5. Which of the following places was not a location for the Chalet School? Guernsey Scotland Wales Switzerland

6. Which schoolboy hero attended Linbury Court Preparatory School? Molesworth William Jennings Billy Bunter

7. The author Jane Shaw produced a series of books about the adventures that her heroine got into with her cousins Charlotte, Midge and Bill Carmichael. What was the name of her heroine? Sheila Sally Susan Sara

8. What is the famous girls' series created by Elsie J. Oxenham? The "Abbey" series The "Morecove" series The "Springdale" series The "Cliff House" series

9. Which author wrote the children's historical novel "Bows Against the Barons" which presented Robin Hood as a working-class hero for a change? Geoffrey Trease Henry Treece Ronald Welch Rosemary Sutcliff

10. What is the surname of the three sisters who have each written lots of children's stories to do with horses and riding? Pullein-Thompson Smythe-Rogers Drummond-Hay Broome-Fernyhough

11. In Elfrida Vipont's "Lark" books what is the vocation of the leading female character Kit? singing riding nursing farming

12. Which of the following is not a "Famous Five" book written by Enid Blyton Five on a Treasure Island Five Fall Into Adventure Five Go to Billycock Hill The Famous Five and the Stately Homes Gang

13. In the "Lone Pine" books by Malcolm Saville, to whom does David finally become engaged? Kim Peter Jenny Penny

14. Which author wrote a series of novels about the Marlow family including such titles as "Autumn Term" and "Peter's Room"? Antonia Forest Phyllis Matthewman Mabel Esther Allan Sybil Owsley

15. For which sort of stories was the author Douglas V. Duff mostly renowned? detective stories animal stories school stories sea stories

16. In Rosemary Sutcliff's "The Eagle of the Ninth" where did the hero Marcus have to go to try and reclaim the lost eagle of the ninth legion of the Roman Empire? over the sea to the Isle of Mann north of the Roman Wall over the sea to Iceland over the Pyrenees into Spain

17. In the "Romney Marsh" series by Monica Edwards what is the name of the girl that Meryon gradually falls in love with? Rissa Andrea Lindsey Tamzin

18. In the famous "William" stories what is William's surname? Brown Jones Smith Taylor

19. Who wrote the "Jinny" series of stories about Jennifer Manders and the wild circus-horse she rescues and looks after in the Highlands of Scotland? Patricia Leitch Pat Smythe Ruby Ferguson Jill Crewe

20. Stephen Mogridge wrote a series about ponies and boats whose titles all were connected by the place in which the characters Patricia and Bill, Fiona and Frec lived. Where is this place? Dartmoor The New Forest The Lake District Shropshire

21. Which writer from the north-east of England won the Carnegie Medal for children's literature with "Skellig" in 1998? Tim Bowler Anne Fine David Almond Berlie Doherty

22. Which writer won the Carnegie Medal twice with both "The Machine-Gunners" and "The Scarecrows" coming out on top? Robert Westall Peter Dickinson Jan Mark Robert Swindells

23. K.M. Peyton won the Carnegie Medal in 1969 but which one of her famous "Flambards" series was actually awarded the prize? The Edge of the Cloud Flambards in Summer Flambards Flambards Divided

24. Ronald Welch wrote a series of historical novels for children about the fortunes of one particular family through the centuries. What was the name of the family? Johnson De Mainville Willard Carey

25. What is the name of the story by Philippa Pearce in which a boy meets up with Hatty in a garden when he goes to stay with his aunt and uncle after his brother catches measles? Tom's Midnight Garden The Secret Garden Moon-dial Appointment at Midnight