Dodie Smith Trivia

1. The puppies are being watched by Horace and Saul Badun, two criminal brothers. However, they are easily distracted by what?

From Quiz "The One Hundred and One Dalmatians" Part 2

Answer: The television

Horace and Saul are obsessed with watching TV, a habit Cadpig has also picked up. There is only one TV in Hell Hall and it is in the warmest room, so the brothers stay in there with all 97 Dalmatian puppies in total darkness except for the TV light. Lucky explains that Horace and Saul are so obsessed with the TV, they treat the puppies very well so they do not disturb their favorite shows. Horace and Saul's obsession allows Pongo and Missus to spend the night in Hell Hall with the puppies, and they do not even notice.

From Quiz "The One Hundred and One Dalmatians" Part 1

Answer: Pets

Pongo and Missus call Mr. and Mrs. Dearly their pets. In fact, all dogs in the novel do this. A running joke in the book is that humans call themselves owners and the dogs cannot understand why they keep making that mistake, Indeed, the Dearlys and the nannies serve on the Dalmatians hand and foot so it would appear the humans really are the pets.

From Quiz The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith

Answer: She drank ink.

I'm not sure who would want to drink ink, but Cruella did! Mrs. Dearly tells us when she hears about Cruella.

From Quiz Cruella de Vil - from the book

Answer: Ermine

I just love fur of any sort, but I think dalmatian would be better as a fur to wear.

From Quiz "The One Hundred and One Dalmatians" Part 2

Answer: The publicity is getting too much.

The Dearlys advertised a reward for the return of the puppies and Pongo and Missus. The story became a sensation, and Cruella was worried that the publicity would make it too difficult to hide the puppies because everyone in England was trying to find them. She ordered Horace and Saul to kill them and then skin them so her husband could begin work on the coat. Pongo and Missus believed their puppies would be safe because they were too young to be turned into coats, but Cruella said they could be turned into gloves. Pongo and Missus vow to save all the Dalmatian puppies, not just their own.

From Quiz The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith

Answer: Missis

Although in the film she is called Perdita, in the book her name is Missis (Missis Pongo). Perdita is the name of the foster mother that Mrs. Dearly finds to look after some of Missis' puppies.

From Quiz Cruella de Vil - from the book

Answer: Furrier

I just love fur, and what better way of assuring I can get whatever I want, than having a furrier for a husband, even though he would rather manufacture plastic shopping bags.

From Quiz "The One Hundred and One Dalmatians" Part 2

Answer: To appear on "What's My Crime?"

"What's My Crime?" is a television game show similar to "What's My Line?" only the panelists have to guess each contestant's crime. Horace and Saul long to be on the show but they only pick contestants who have committed unique crimes. They then realize that killing the puppies is unique enough to get on the show, and that eliminates their apprehension in killing them. Pongo, Missus and Lucky are able lead the puppies to safety when Cadpig alerts the brothers that "What's My Crime?" is on the TV, and they wait to kill the dogs until afterward.

From Quiz "The One Hundred and One Dalmatians" Part 1

Answer: Drown them

Upon seeing the puppies for the first time, Cruella asks what happened to their spots. The Dearlys explain that Dalmatian puppies take a few days before their spots start to show. Cruella then declares the puppies useless since they cannot be made into fur coats with spots and says the Dearlys should drown the worthless puppies. Cruella had previously drowned many kittens her cat had, because they were not as valuable as her cat was.

From Quiz The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith

Answer: Saul

If you guessed Horace, that isn't correct, again that is the name given in the Disney film. In the book it is Saul. I don't know where Disney got the idea to change this name!

From Quiz Cruella de Vil - from the book

Answer: Black and white

I have always had one side of my hair different from the other side, but if you want to know what colour it goes in later life, you will have to go and read the book.

From Quiz "The One Hundred and One Dalmatians" Part 2

Answer: The Colonel's pet

Tommy Thompson is a two year old boy who is the Colonel's pet. Because he is so young, Tommy can communicate with dogs better than he can with people. He lends the Dalmatians his toy wagon for the journey home. The wagon is used to carry Cadpig because she is too small to make the journey by foot. The Colonel notes that Tommy's name and address is on the side of the wagon and Tommy would appreciate it if the wagon was returned to him when the journey is complete.

From Quiz The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith

Answer: Cadpig

They call it Cadpig as it is very weak. In the film, we lose Cadpig who becomes Lucky!

From Quiz Cruella de Vil - from the book

Answer: Cruella de Vil

I am the last person in the line of the de Vil family, so I made my husband change his name.

From Quiz "The One Hundred and One Dalmatians" Part 2

Answer: Lucky and Colonel

Pongo and Missus want to bite and kill Cruella for kidnapping their puppies, but Missus mentions that dogs should never bite humans, no matter how horrible they are. Pongo responds that Cruella is hardly human. But they never attack her. Pongo also wants to bite the boy who threw the rock at him, but Missus says not to because the boy is too young to know what he is doing. Lucky nibbles on Cruella's ear soon after he is born. He says Cruella tastes hot from all the pepper she eats and says no dog should ever bite her. The only other instance of a dog biting humans is when Colonel bites Horace and Saul to prevent them from chasing after the puppies. Colonel says he moved so fast, the brothers did not know what happened to them and promotes himself to Brigadier General for his bravery.

From Quiz "The One Hundred and One Dalmatians" Part 1

Answer: He feels she is like a little sister.

Pongo very much appreciated that Perdita was able to nurse some of his children and began to see her as a little sister that had come to aid his family. Missus is initially a bit jealous of Perdita. The Splendid Vet suggested that Missus be separated with some of her puppies from Pongo and Perdita, as new dog mothers can be very protective. In her separation, Missus wondered if Pongo had fallen in love with Perdita and vice versa. However, her fears are unfounded and the three adult Dalmatians get along without issue.

From Quiz Cruella de Vil - from the book

Answer: Pepper

I can never have too much pepper, even my favourite Black Ice cream has a pepper flavour. If you want to know what colours my soup and fish are I advise you to get the book, and read all about me.

From Quiz "The One Hundred and One Dalmatians" Part 2

Answer: Cover themselves with soot

The Collie the Dalmatians meet at the bakery informs them that the story of their going missing is very well known, and they are likely to be spotted in an open field. Pongo gets the idea to cover themselves with soot to hide the fact that they are Dalmatians and would look like black labs instead. Collie says the covered dogs do not look like black labs, but no longer look like Dalmatians.

From Quiz The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith

Answer: Furrier

We hear about Mr. de Vil when the Dearlys go to the de Vil's house for dinner.

From Quiz Cruella de Vil - from the book

Answer: Hell Hall

When it was originally built it was known as Hill Hall, but gradually became known as Hell Hall.

From Quiz "The One Hundred and One Dalmatians" Part 2

Answer: A fire

The Collie told the Dalmatians that the bakery in the next village would have supplies. However, they discover the bakery has caught on fire and all the food the dogs collected burned. The Dalmatians are then left without shelter and food, and it begins to snow. Meanwhile, Pongo sees Cruella enjoying the fire and realize she is in hot pursuit of them.

From Quiz "The One Hundred and One Dalmatians" Part 1

Answer: Twilight Barking

After discovering their puppies are missing, Pongo and Missus take to the hill in Regents Park to communicate with other dogs in a system called Twilight Barking. This spreads the message that their puppies had been stolen. It is through the Twilight Barking that they learn the puppies are being held in Suffolk in a manor owned by Cruella de Vil.

From Quiz The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith

Answer: 97

There were 97 puppies plus the four adults (Pongo, Missis, Perdita and Prince) makes 101!

From Quiz Cruella de Vil - from the book

Answer: They would not sell them to me.

It actually cost me more to hire dognappers to get those fifteen puppies than the other eighty-two puppies that I bought.

From Quiz "The One Hundred and One Dalmatians" Part 2

Answer: By moving truck

With no food and shelter after the fire in the village, the dogs were forced continue on their journey. It began to snow, which covered the soot and gave them white spots. With Cruella chasing them, Pongo led the dogs into a woods where they narrowly escaped a Romani caravan and eventually found a Staffordshire Terrier whose pets were moving men. He let all the dogs ride back to London in the back of the truck. Cruella was behind the truck on the road but overtook it with her erratic driving and never noticed the dogs were in front of her the whole time.

From Quiz "The One Hundred and One Dalmatians" Part 1

Answer: They would not be returned to the Dearlys.

Pongo and Missus left home without their collar and coats, meaning they risk being sent to a pound instead of back to the Dearlys should they be captured. Although the Dearlys put out a notice in the newspapers about their missing Dalmatians, Pongo and Missus were a considerable distance out of London, and there would be no guarantee that the people in the country would know to contact the Dearlys if they were captured.

From Quiz The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith

Answer: Pepper

Everything, from the fish to the ice-cream tastes of pepper!

From Quiz Cruella de Vil - from the book

Answer: I drank some ink

The ink was nice but it needed more pepper.

From Quiz "The One Hundred and One Dalmatians" Part 2

Answer: They destroy her furs.

Cruella's husband is a furrier who had previously supplied her with many fur coats. Upon arriving back in London, Cruella's mistreated cat and the Dalmatians tear up her furs and coats while she and her husband are out having dinner. Because the furs were not paid for, the de Vil's are ruined financially. Mr. de Vil is forced to move to America and go into the plastic raincoat business. Meanwhile, Cruella's black hair turned white and her white hair turned green. Cruella is not punished in a legal sense. Mr. Dearly saw Tommy's address on the cart as being from Dympling, and he knows Cruella has a home there. He suspects her of the crime but does not pursue any legal action. It was a big risk for the Dalmatians to go into the de Vil's London home to destroy the furs, but Pongo did so because he wanted to prevent Cruella from turning any more dogs into coats in the future.

From Quiz "The One Hundred and One Dalmatians" Part 1

Answer: A boy throws a rock at him.

Pongo and Missus were supposed to follow a certain path where other dogs had set up shelter and food along the way. However, they became too cold and hungry and they were forced to make a slight detour because daybreak was coming and they had not reached the village they were supposed to. They arrived at a different village looking for food. They came across a small boy who teased them into thinking he had food when he just wanted to throw rocks at them. One of the rocks injured Pongo's leg. Missus convinced him to rest in a haystack while she sought help. She came across a Spaniel who was very old and had not heard their story but helped anyway. They spent the night with him and his pet, who also very old.

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