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Candy in Children's Stories Trivia Quiz

Kids like candy, so candy naturally tends to turn up in children's stories. Do you have a sweet tooth too? Then try this quiz!

A multiple-choice quiz by SBH. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
SBH

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
234,440

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
621

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which classic children's tale includes a character who lives in a house in the forest that's made of gingerbread? Hint

The Gingerbread Boy

Hansel and Gretel

Snow White

Jack and the Beanstalk

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Question 2 of 10

2. In "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis, what kind of candy does Edmund ask the White Witch to give him?

Hint

Chocolate creams

Turkish delight

Toffee

Peppermint sticks

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Question 3 of 10

3. In "The Magician's Nephew" by C.S. Lewis, what kind of candy does Diggory think of planting to make a tree? Hint

Turkish delight

Toffee

Chocolate creams

Peppermint sticks

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Question 4 of 10

4. In "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl, which character falls into a lake of chocolate?
Hint

Veruca Salt

Augustus Gloop

Violet Beauregarde

Charlie Bucket

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Question 5 of 10

5. In "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, the animals ask Alice to give them prizes for running in the Caucus-race. Luckily, she has some candies in her pocket. What kind? Hint

Peppermints

Licorice whips

Comfits

Lemon drops

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Question 6 of 10

6. What Newbery Honor children's book by Carol Kendall has a major character who is a candymaker called Muggles? Hint

The Other Side of the Tunnel

The Firelings

The Gammage Cup

The Whisper of Glocken

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, what magical property does chocolate have? Hint

It can help you tell a cat from a Kneazle

It can cheer you up after an encounter with a Dementor

It can protect you from the bite of an Acromantula

It can help get rid of Hinkypunks

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Question 8 of 10

8. In the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, what kind of hopping creature is available as a chocolate treat? Hint

Frog

Grasshopper

Toad

Jumping bean

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Question 9 of 10

9. In "Mary Poppins Comes Back" by P.L. Travers, who gives the children Conversation Sweets? (This is NOT one of the episodes adapted for the movie musical with Julie Andrews.) Hint

Admiral Boom

Mrs. Corry

Nellie-Rubina

Bert the Match Man

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which character in the Charlie Brown comics by Charles M. Schultz is named after a type of candy? Hint

Patty

Linus

Lucy

Sally

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which classic children's tale includes a character who lives in a house in the forest that's made of gingerbread?

Answer: Hansel and Gretel

In the original German version as set down by the Brothers Grimm, the house was "made of bread and roofed with cakes, while the window was made of transparent sugar".

2. In "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis, what kind of candy does Edmund ask the White Witch to give him?

Answer: Turkish delight

Turkish delight is a sticky treat that's usually dusted with powdered sugar, and often flavoured with rose or pistachio.

3. In "The Magician's Nephew" by C.S. Lewis, what kind of candy does Diggory think of planting to make a tree?

Answer: Toffee

The toffee turns into "a little, dark-wooded tree, about the size of an apple-tree ... loaded with little brown fruits that looked rather like dates."

4. In "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl, which character falls into a lake of chocolate?

Answer: Augustus Gloop

Violet swells up like a blueberry. Veruca gets thrown down a garbage chute by squirrels. Charlie is the hero, so nothing bad happens to him.

5. In "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, the animals ask Alice to give them prizes for running in the Caucus-race. Luckily, she has some candies in her pocket. What kind?

Answer: Comfits

A comfit usually has a piece of fruit or nut in it. Alice's comfits might have been candied plums.

6. What Newbery Honor children's book by Carol Kendall has a major character who is a candymaker called Muggles?

Answer: The Gammage Cup

Kendall actually sued J.K. Rowling because her 1959 book used the name "Muggles" long before the Harry Potter books made the word famous as a term for non-magic folk.

7. In the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, what magical property does chocolate have?

Answer: It can cheer you up after an encounter with a Dementor

Remus Lupin offers it to Harry on several occasions in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban". (Actually, it makes sense, because Dementors drain happiness, while chocolate stimulates it.)

8. In the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, what kind of hopping creature is available as a chocolate treat?

Answer: Frog

Every Chocolate Frog package contains a collectable Famous Wizard Card.

9. In "Mary Poppins Comes Back" by P.L. Travers, who gives the children Conversation Sweets? (This is NOT one of the episodes adapted for the movie musical with Julie Andrews.)

Answer: Nellie-Rubina

Conversation Sweets have little messages written on them, and when Mary Poppins is around, each one is magically appropriate to the person who chooses it. (Mary Poppins' message is "Ten o'clock To-night".) By the way, Mrs. Corry gives the children gingerbread with real stars (not gold paper ones) stuck to them, and her fingers are made of Barley Sugar that can be broken off and eaten.

10. Which character in the Charlie Brown comics by Charles M. Schultz is named after a type of candy?

Answer: Patty

Her full name is Patricia Reichardt, or, more commonly, "Peppermint Patty".

Source: Author SBH

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