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1 trivia quiz  The Jungle Books - Not the Movie coolicon
Walt Disney made a wonderful movie - but have you read the book by Rudyard Kipling?
Tough 25Q
321 plays
Dec 11 06
Quiz_Beagle gold
2 trivia quiz  The Just So Stories coolicon
My second-year school teacher used to read these to us, and helped give me a lifelong love of literature. I hope this quiz reminds you of these great stories!
Tough 25Q
255 plays
Dec 30 06
Quiz_Beagle gold
3 trivia quiz  Kipling's British History coolicon
Inspired by LilahDeDah?s ?Kipling World Tour,? I?ve attempted a quiz on British history in Kipling?s verse. My main source is ?Kipling?s English History? by Marghanita Laski, based on a BBC radio series. I haven?t retained Kipling?s Cockney spellings.
Tough 10Q
252 plays
Dec 28 04
TabbyTom editor
4 trivia quiz  The Kipling World Tour coolicon
Prolific writer and 1907 Nobel Laureate Rudyard Kipling loved exotic place names. Grab your passport and join me on a trip to some of Kipling's poetic locales!
Tough 10Q
186 plays
Dec 19 04
LIlahDeDah
5 trivia quiz  Kipling icon
How well do you know Kipling? Answers are to be found in his works. All spellings are as used by him, strictly for READERS of Kipling, or for people taking an interest in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, or Kipling's American experiences.
Very Difficult 20Q
381 plays
Jan 21 02
flem-ish
6 trivia quiz  The Jungle Books icon
This quiz will be easy if you have read Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Books", even if it was many years ago. Be warned, though - having seen the movie (any of the movies) will do you no good at all.
Tough 15Q
597 plays
Mar 11 03
agony editor
7 trivia quiz  Rudyard Kipling's "Captains Courageous" icon
As a child I enjoyed reading "Captains Courageous"; as an adult I hope that the people who play this quiz will either be reminded of their youth or read the novel for the first time.
Tough 10Q
159 plays
Feb 23 03
damnsuicidalroos
8 trivia quiz  Rikki-Tikki-Trivia icon
A simple quiz on the short story "Rikki-tikki-tavi".
Average 10Q
414 plays
May 26 03
katiebeargirl

Some sample questions from this category:

* What did Kipling's parents name him?
* Kipling's home in Vermont was named Naulakha. What is the derivation of that name?
* Mahbub Ali is a horse trader featured in the story 'Kim'. What Ballad by Kipling also features Mahbub Ali?
* In 'Captains Courageous', Harvey Cheyne's millionnaire father and his mother make a dash by rail, in their private railroad carriage, to be reunited with Harvey. From where to where did the journey take them?
* On 6th March 1899 Rudyard's daughter Josephine died at the age of six from pneumonia. Where did she die?
* In the poem 'Bobs' who is Bobs Bahadur?
* In the poem 'Arithmetic on the Frontier' what is said to be enough to pay for all the school expenses of any Kurrum Valley scamp?
* In the story the 'Maltese Cat' , what did the Maltese Cat say his employment was before becoming a polo pony?
* In the story 'With the Night Mail'( a story of 2000 AD !) the reporter , Kipling, was to fly with Postal Packet 162. What was the route of this packet?
* In the story 'the Miracle of Puran Bhagat', Sir Purun Dass is awarded the K.C.I.E. . What is the correct title of that honour?
* In one of his Ballads, Kipling lets the main character assert that 'Four things greater than all things are'. What are those four things he refers to?
* In 'the Maltese Cat' , on which polo ground was that match supposedly played?
* Of which city did Kipling write....'is a mad city - inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane people whose women are of a remarkable beauty.'?
* After seven years with the Pioneer newspaper of India, Kipling took leave and went on travels. These he wrote about under the title 'Letters of Marque'. In which two-volumed book were 'Letters of Marque' published?
* In his report titled 'City of Dreadful Night', to which city did Kipling apply that title?
* In which two-volumed book does the story 'City of Dreadful Night' appear?
* Where does Kipling write that his first encounter with the United States Cavalry took place?
* In the poem 'A Smuggler's Song' from Puck of Pook's Hill, what should be done by those who wake at midnight, and hear a horse's feet because "the Gentlemen" go by?
* The expression 'White Man's Burden' is taken from Kipling's first line of a poem, the line being 'Take up the White Man's burden'. To whom did he address that line and poem?
* A recent biography of Kipling, by Marghanita Laski, bears the title 'From Palm to Pine'. Which of Kipling's works provides that title?

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