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? Worrals The Flying Beetle Biggles Hunter Hawke

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

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

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

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

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

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? Sally Sheila Sara Susan

8. What is the famous girls' series created by Elsie J. Oxenham? The "Springdale" series The "Cliff House" series The "Morecove" series The "Abbey" 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? Broome-Fernyhough Drummond-Hay Pullein-Thompson Smythe-Rogers

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 Penny Jenny Peter

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? animal stories detective stories sea stories school 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 over the Pyrenees into Spain over the sea to Iceland north of the Roman Wall

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

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

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? Jill Crewe Ruby Ferguson Patricia Leitch Pat Smythe

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? Flambards Flambards Divided Flambards in Summer The Edge of the Cloud

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? De Mainville Johnson Carey Willard

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? Moon-dial Appointment at Midnight The Secret Garden Tom's Midnight Garden