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Mary Pope Osborne's 'Magic Tree House series', in which Jack and Annie visit historical times from the Cretaceous Period through to the Twentieth century, has been translated into more than 30 languages.
4 quizzes and 40 trivia questions.
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  Magic Tree House   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz for fans of the "Magic Tree House" books written by Mary Pope Osborne.
Easier, 10 Qns, dan2626, Dec 29 09
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  Night of the New Magicians   great trivia quiz  
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Hi guys! This is my first quiz on the Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osborne!
Tough, 10 Qns, akriti, Mar 23 19
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  Magic Tree House, Books 1-8   great trivia quiz  
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Written by Mary Pope Osborne, the "Magic Tree House" series is an exciting set of books for the too-young-for-Harry Potter crowd (and educational too!)
Average, 10 Qns, suzanny, Dec 29 09
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  "Magic Tree House" One book at a time    
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Think you're an expert on the "Magic Tree House" books by Mary Pope Osborne? Try this quiz on some specifics from some of the books.
Average, 10 Qns, dan2626, Feb 09 10
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trivia question Quick Question
Who is Morgan le Faye?

From Quiz "Magic Tree House, Books 1-8"




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Mary Pope Osborne Trivia Questions

1. What book is number 40?

From Quiz
"Magic Tree House" One book at a time

Answer: Eve of the Emperor Penguin

Jack and Annie travel to Antarctica and visit most of the continent including Mt Erebus.

2. What are the two main character's first names in the "Magic Tree House" books?

From Quiz Magic Tree House

Answer: Jack and Annie

Jack and Annie are the main characters in all the "Magic Tree House" books. They team up with both historical and fictional characters in each book.

3. Where is Jack and Annie's hometown?

From Quiz Magic Tree House, Books 1-8

Answer: Frog Creek, Pennsylvania

Jack and Annie use a book about Pennsylvania to "wish" their way home after each adventure.

4. Where does the magic tree house take Jack and Annie in this book?

From Quiz Night of the New Magicians

Answer: Paris, France

The magic tree house brings the siblings to Paris, France to find four new magicians. Jack and Annie have to save them from an evil sorcerer who is going to kidnap them and steal the secrets of their magic.

5. What is the cowboy's name, who Jack and Annie meet in "Ghost Town at Sundown"?

From Quiz "Magic Tree House" One book at a time

Answer: Slim

When Jack and Annie meet Slim the cowboy, they join him in rescuing a stolen horse. The horse is a very beautiful mustang.

6. How old are the main characters in the first few books?

From Quiz Magic Tree House

Answer: 7 and 8

Annie is seven and Jack is eight. The author lived in many different places with her family throughout her youth including; Oklahoma, Austria, Florida, Virginia and North Carolina. She spent much of her youth exploring these new areas.

7. How old is Jack?

From Quiz Magic Tree House, Books 1-8

Answer: 8

In the first book, "Dinosaurs Before Dark", we learn that Jack is eight and a half years old.

8. How tall is the Eiffel Tower?

From Quiz Night of the New Magicians

Answer: about 1,000 feet

Jack and Annie went on a train tour to see if they could find out who and where the four magicians were. When the train stopped at the Eiffel Tower, the tour guide told them that the tower is nearly 1,000 feet high. Later Jack and Annie find out that the maker of the Eiffel Tower, Gustave Eiffel, is the Magician of Iron.

9. In what book do Jack and Annie receive the Wand of Dianthus?

From Quiz "Magic Tree House" One book at a time

Answer: Blizzard of the Blue Moon

The Wand of Dianthus can only be used for the good of others and is named after the unicorn in the book.

10. How are the two main characters related?

From Quiz Magic Tree House

Answer: They are brother and sister

Annie and Jack are brother and sister and they always go in the "Magic Tree House" together. The author would go on pretend adventures with her own brothers when she was a kid in the woods and beaches near her house.

11. Who was the Magician of Sound?

From Quiz Night of the New Magicians

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of the telephone. Jack and Annie realized that Mr. Bell was the Magician of Sound when they heard a girl tell her father that the telephone is magic. She said, "It can send a voice a thousand miles!" It was also the clue that Merlin gave the siblings.

12. While we are on the topic of Magic items, in what book do Jack and Annie receive the Book of Magical Rhymes?

From Quiz "Magic Tree House" One book at a time

Answer: Carnival at Candlelight

The Book of Magical Rhymes has ten rhymes in it and each rhyme has a different power. You will just have to read the book to discover what the powers are, if you have not already.

13. What special ability does the Magic Tree House NOT have?

From Quiz Magic Tree House

Answer: It can transform into something else

The "Magic Tree House" can take Jack and Annie to any place they wish to go, but it always stays a tree house. The tree house always starts off on the top of a big tree, but can land anywhere once they start off on the adventure.

14. Who is Morgan le Faye?

From Quiz Magic Tree House, Books 1-8

Answer: A magical librarian

"Morgan was a magical librarian from the time of King Arthur. She traveled through time and space, gathering books for her library."

15. What was the name of the person who was telling people about Mr. Thomas Edison's inventions?

From Quiz Night of the New Magicians

Answer: Henri

Henri talked about the phonograph and the incandescent light bulb. He said "When the electricity passes through the thread, it gets very hot. There is no oxygen in it so the fire glows but it does not burn." That's when Jack and Annie realize that Thomas Alva Edison is the Magician of Light.

16. "Afternoon on the Amazon" is a great adventure where the kids discover the many wonders of the Amazon including army ants and monkeys. Is the Amazon considered the longest river, the largest or both?

From Quiz "Magic Tree House" One book at a time

Answer: Largest measured by volume of water

The Amazon is the largest river in the world when measured by volume of water it contains. It releases approximately seven million cubic feet of water per second into the Atlantic Ocean. The Nile in Africa is considered the longest at 4,135 miles long with the Amazon coming in at 3,980.

17. How do the main characters get their ideas of where to travel most of the time?

From Quiz Magic Tree House

Answer: They read about it

Jack and Annie almost always get their ideas of where to travel from something they read in the tree house. They usually read about exciting places in a book that they keep in the tree house, but they have also formulated ideas from parchments they have found.

18. When Jack and Annie came to the Louis Pasteur Institute, why didn't they go in?

From Quiz Night of the New Magicians

Answer: It was closed for the day

When the siblings tried knocking on the door, the night watchman heard them. Jack and Annie asked him if he knew anything about a guy in a black cloak who delivered a message to Dr. Pasteur and he said that Dr. Pasteur was to get to the Eiffel Tower by ten p.m.

19. In the "Merlin Mission" books, who are Teddy and Kathleen?

From Quiz "Magic Tree House" One book at a time

Answer: Two young magicians

In the "Merlin Mission" series the adventures take on a more magical nature with the help of Merlin the Magician and two young Magicians named Teddy and Kathleen.

20. What is the name of the first "Magic Tree House" book?

From Quiz Magic Tree House

Answer: Dinosaurs Before Dark

In the first book, Jack and Annie meet up with many different kinds of dinosaurs including a T-Rex and a Pteranodon, which they befriend.

21. Dr. Louis Pasteur was which one of the magicians?

From Quiz Night of the New Magicians

Answer: The Magician of the Invisible

Dr. Louis Pasteur was the Magician of Invisible because he studied microbes, tiny germs that we can't see without a microscope. He found cures for diseases at the Louis Pasteur Institute. His quote "Chance favors the prepared mind" is now famous.

22. In "Tonight on the Titanic", Jack and Annie experience what happened on that fateful voyage. How many trips did the Titanic actually take before it sank?

From Quiz "Magic Tree House" One book at a time

Answer: None, it sank on its first voyage

When Captain Smith set sail that day he had no idea he would have a tragic encounter with an iceberg just a few days later.

23. Starting with "Magic Tree House" #29, what is different about the books?

From Quiz Magic Tree House

Answer: They become part of the "Merlin Mission" series

Starting with book number 29, the kids go on more magical trips and search for secrets of happiness. For many of the books, the sorcerer Merlin is their guide.

24. How do Jack and Annie know each other?

From Quiz Magic Tree House, Books 1-8

Answer: They are brother and sister.

Jack and Annie are brother and sister. Jack likes to take time to read about a place before he visits it, while Annie likes to jump right in and explore each new world.

25. How much did Annie pay the odd-looking couple to let them borrow their two-seater bicycle?

From Quiz Night of the New Magicians

Answer: nothing

The man told Jack and Annie to put the bike under the arches of the Eiffel Tower when they were done with it. The siblings had to use one of their rhymes to help them get to the Eiffel Tower. They used "spin like a whirlwind" on their bike to fly into the air towards the tower. Later, they thought the odd couple might have been Teddy and Kathleen.

26. What do Jack and Annie have to avoid in "Eve of the Emperor Penguin"?

From Quiz "Magic Tree House" One book at a time

Answer: Lava bombs

The kids had to avoid being hit by lava bombs as they climbed Mt Erebus. Mt Erebus is the southernmost historically active volcano on earth, located on Antarctica.

27. Besides the "Magic Tree House" and "Merlin Mission" series, what other collection of books did Mary Pope Osborne write in connection to the "Magic Tree House"?

From Quiz Magic Tree House

Answer: Research Guides

All "Magic Tree House" books are filled with interesting facts. To learn more about some of the subjects, the author has written "Research Guides" about many of the topics covered in the stories. She works with her husband Will and her sister Natalie on the research guides.

28. Where is the Magic Tree House?

From Quiz Magic Tree House, Books 1-8

Answer: In the woods near Jack and Annie's house

"One summer day... a mysterious tree house appeared in the woods."

29. How many steps were there for Jack and Annie to climb to get to the top of the Eiffel tower?

From Quiz Night of the New Magicians

Answer: 1,652 steps

The guard of the Eiffel Tower told Jack and Annie that the elevators had been shut down for the day. He told them that they could go up the 1,652 steps if they wanted to. Since the siblings were really determined to get to the top, they decided to climb up the long and winding stairs.

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