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"Swallows and Amazons" Part 2

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Ransome, Arthur : "Swallows and Amazons" Part 2

Introduction:
"Here's a quiz with a simple question on each one of the twelve "Swallows and Amazons" books by Arthur Ransome. "Barbecued Billygoats, it's too easy !" says Captain Nancy."


1. Which is the first book in the series of twelve?
    Swallows and Amazons
    Peter Duck
    Swallowdale
    Great Northern


2. Which is the last book in the series of twelve?
    The Big Six
    Great Northern?
    The Picts and the Martyrs
    Missee Lee


3. Which characters make their first appearance in "Winter Holiday"?
    Tom Dudgeon and Mrs. Barrable
    Nancy and Peggy
    Dick and Dorothea
    Port and Starboard


4. Which of the girls is the one who finds water by dowsing or water divining with a hazel twig in "Pigeon Post"?
    Dorothea
    Susan
    Titty
    Peggy


5. To which country do John, Susan, Titty and Roger sail in "We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea"?
    Denmark
    France
    Holland or the Netherlands
    Belgium


6. In which story does the Swallow become shipwrecked on Pike Rock?
    Coot Club
    Peter Duck
    Swallowdale
    Missee Lee


7. In which book do the Swallows and Amazons sail across the Atlantic to a small island?
    Peter Duck
    Secret Water
    Missee Lee
    Great Northern?


8. If Nancy and Peggy are the Amazons and John, Susan, Titty and Roger are the Swallows, in "Secret Water" who are Don,Dum,Dee and Daisy?
    The "D"s
    The Eels
    The Crocodiles
    The Death and Glories


9. In "Coot Club" what is the Margoletta?
    The motor cruiser hired by the noisy people who disturb the birds.
    The name of Mrs. Barrable's yacht.
    The name of Tom Dudgeon's little dinghy
    The inn next to the Horning boathouses


10. In "Missee Lee" who or what is the main cause of the sinking of the Wild Cat?
    A sudden typhoon
    Gibber the monkey
    A pirate attack
    A collision with an underwater reef.


11. What is the main crime that has to be investigated by the big six detectives in "The Big Six"?
    The problem of who is stealing food from the inn.
    The problem of who is setting boats adrift on the Norfolk Broads.
    The problem of who is attacking the local birds.
    The problem of who is stealing cars from local residents.


12. In "The Picts and the Martyrs" from whom are Dick and Dorothea being hidden?
    The police
    The Swallows
    The Great Aunt whose name is Miss Turner
    Captain Flint


13. Captain Flint sends a message from South America telling Nancy and Peggy to give Timothy the run of his study (in "Pigeon Post"). Who or what do they think Timothy is?
    an alligator
    an armadillo
    a red parrot
    an anteater


14. In which book does Nancy have the mumps and the rest have to be put into quarantine ?
    Swallowdale
    Coot Club
    Winter Holiday
    Missee Lee


15. In which book do the Swallows and Amazons climb the mountain they call Kanchenjunga and also Titty finds Peter Duck's cave?
    Swallowdale
    Swallows and Amazons
    Peter Duck
    Pigeon Post


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