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Edward Lear's "The Jumblies" Trivia Quiz

Ten questions about Edward Lear's slightly nonsensical adventure.

A multiple-choice quiz by poppersmoke. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
poppersmoke

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
243,945

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
251

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. In what did the Jumblies go to sea? Hint

a sieve

a thimble

a sardine tin

a dingy

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Question 2 of 10

2. How is the weather described on the day the Jumblies set sail? Hint

"clear and calm"

"frothy"

"hot like broth"

"stormy"

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Question 3 of 10

3. What did they use for a mast in their little boat? Hint

tobacco pipe

shoe horn

candy cane

fountain pen

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Jumblies have ______________ heads. Hint

bearded

large

green

flat

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Question 5 of 10

5. "The water it soon came in, it did." Even under such conditions, the Jumblies never regretted setting off on their adventure.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. "The Jumblies sailed to the Western Sea, they did/To a land all covered with trees." In this land they bought all manner of items. Which of the following did they NOT purchase? Hint

a bushel of figs

a lovely monkey with lollipop paws

a hive of silvery bees

a pound of rice

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Question 7 of 10

7. What color are the Jumblies' hands? Hint

green

purple

yellow

blue

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Question 8 of 10

8. How long were the Jumblies gone? Hint

all four seasons

a week

twenty years

four months

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Question 9 of 10

9. What physical change did the Jumblies' countrymen notice upon their return? Hint

they grew older

they grew paler

they grew sadder

they grew taller

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Question 10 of 10

10. Where are the lands where the Jumblies live? Hint

far and few

here and there

near and far

across the sea

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In what did the Jumblies go to sea?

Answer: a sieve

The first line of the poem: "They went to sea in a Sieve, they did. In a Sieve they went to sea."

2. How is the weather described on the day the Jumblies set sail?

Answer: "stormy"

"In spite of all their friends could say/On a winter's morn, on a stormy day/In a Sieve they went to sea!"

3. What did they use for a mast in their little boat?

Answer: tobacco pipe

"With only a beautiful pea-green veil/Tied with a riband by way of a sail/To a small tobacco-pipe mast."

4. The Jumblies have ______________ heads.

Answer: green

"Far and few, far and few/Are the lands where the Jumblies live/Their heads are green and their hands are blue/And they went to sea in a Sieve.

5. "The water it soon came in, it did." Even under such conditions, the Jumblies never regretted setting off on their adventure.

Answer: True

"And each of them said, 'How wise we are! Though the sky be dark and the voyage be long/ Yet we never can think we were rash or wrong/While round in our Sieve we spin!'"

6. "The Jumblies sailed to the Western Sea, they did/To a land all covered with trees." In this land they bought all manner of items. Which of the following did they NOT purchase?

Answer: a bushel of figs

"And a pound of rice, and a Cranberry Tart/And a hive of silvery bees/And they bought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws/And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws/And forty bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree/And no end of Stilton Cheese."

7. What color are the Jumblies' hands?

Answer: blue

"Their heads are green, and their hands are blue/And they went to sea in a Sieve."

8. How long were the Jumblies gone?

Answer: twenty years

"And in twenty years they all came back/In twenty years or more."

9. What physical change did the Jumblies' countrymen notice upon their return?

Answer: they grew taller

"And everyone said, 'How tall they've grown!/For they've been to the Lakes and the Torrible Zone/And the hills of the Chankly Bore!"

10. Where are the lands where the Jumblies live?

Answer: far and few

"Far and few, far and few/Are the lands where the Jumblies live/Their heads are green and their hands are blue/And they went to sea in a sieve."

Source: Author poppersmoke

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