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Quiz about On the Right Track
Quiz about On the Right Track

On the Right Track Trivia Quiz


Directions are often given in literature whereby the characters learn how to get where they are supposed to be going. Directions may get a character into or out of trouble. How many of these directions from literature do you recognize?

A multiple-choice quiz by FatherSteve. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
FatherSteve
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
363,455
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
708
Awards
Top 5% quiz!
Last 3 plays: Guest 175 (5/10), Upstart3 (7/10), snhha (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. "Second to the right and straight on 'til morning." If you followed these directions from author J.M. Barrie, where would you end up? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. According to the account in the Book of Joshua in the Old Testament, Joshua and seven priests carrying rams' horns marched around what city daily for six days and seven times on the seventh day, whereupon the city's walls fell down? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1865) by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), how does Alice enter Wonderland? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Francis Gaither's 1940 novel "Follow the Drinking Gourd" borrowed its title from a black folk song. To what does "the drinking gourd" refer? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. According to C.S. Lewis, how do Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie enter Narnia? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. According to his poem, Robert Frost came to a place where "[t]wo roads diverged in a yellow wood." Which one did he take? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" (1883), Jim Hawkins comes to possess an oilskin pouch containing a map made by the pirate Captain Flint. What is written on the map which captures Jim's interest? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which of William Shakespeare's plays includes the stage direction "Exit, pursued by a bear"? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In what long poem written by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) in 1874 does he describe a sea voyage where the captain of the ship (Bellman) has a map of the ocean which shows no islands, no capes, no land at all ... only water?

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Question 10 of 10
10. In L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900), Dorothy finds a way to travel to the Emerald City to meet the Wizard. What is it?

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1. "Second to the right and straight on 'til morning." If you followed these directions from author J.M. Barrie, where would you end up?

Answer: Neverland

In both the play "Peter Pan" (1904) and the novel "Peter and Wendy" (1911), the direction is given as "second to the right and straight on 'til morning." Walt Disney added the word "star" to this direction in 1953, making it "second star to the right and straight on 'til morning," and so it has been ever since.
2. According to the account in the Book of Joshua in the Old Testament, Joshua and seven priests carrying rams' horns marched around what city daily for six days and seven times on the seventh day, whereupon the city's walls fell down?

Answer: Jericho

The story of Joshua and the Battle of Jericho is found in the Bible in Joshua 6:1-27 and in the African-American spiritual "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho." Archaeological excavations in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s have uncovered some historical basis for the destruction of this city at around the time of the Jewish conquest of Canaan.
3. In "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1865) by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), how does Alice enter Wonderland?

Answer: by following a rabbit down a rabbit hole

The title of this work is often shortened to "Alice in Wonderland" but the longer title is original. Alice's entry to Wonderland is achieved by following a fully-clothed White Rabbit wearing a pocket watch.
4. Francis Gaither's 1940 novel "Follow the Drinking Gourd" borrowed its title from a black folk song. To what does "the drinking gourd" refer?

Answer: the Big Dipper star formation

The seven stars which make up the Big Dipper are part of the larger constellation Ursa Major. The two stars on the outer part of the dipper create an imaginary line which points to Polaris, the North Star. This was useful to runaway slaves traveling by night to freedom in the North.
5. According to C.S. Lewis, how do Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie enter Narnia?

Answer: through a wardrobe

In "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (1950), the Pevensie children discover a passage from the country house of Professor Digory Kirke to the land of Narnia through an opening in the back of a wardrobe. The children had been sent to live in the countryside to escape the Nazi bombing of London during World War II. A wardrobe in English is the same thing as an armoire in French: a large, freestanding piece of usually-wooden furniture in which clothing is hung up.
6. According to his poem, Robert Frost came to a place where "[t]wo roads diverged in a yellow wood." Which one did he take?

Answer: the one less traveled by

Robert Frost (1874-1963) was one of America's best-loved poets. His verse, redolent of New England scenes and accents, has a universality in theme. This question is taken from his poem "The Road Not Taken."
7. In Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" (1883), Jim Hawkins comes to possess an oilskin pouch containing a map made by the pirate Captain Flint. What is written on the map which captures Jim's interest?

Answer: "Bulk of treasure here"

While it is true that the map was marked with a red X -- three of them, in fact -- the writing identified where the largest part of Captain Flint's booty was buried.
8. Which of William Shakespeare's plays includes the stage direction "Exit, pursued by a bear"?

Answer: The Winter's Tale

In "The Winter's Tale", Act III, scene 3, Antigonus flees the stage while being chased by a bear which catches, kills and consumes him offstage. This stage direction raises the question of whether the Elizabethan theatre used a real live bear or an actor in a bear suit for this scene. This stage direction was the inspiration for the title of playwright Lauren Gunderson's very dark comedy "Exit, Pursued by a Bear".
9. In what long poem written by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) in 1874 does he describe a sea voyage where the captain of the ship (Bellman) has a map of the ocean which shows no islands, no capes, no land at all ... only water?

Answer: The Hunting of the Snark

"The Hunting of the Snark" is a nonsense poem and not at all one of Carroll's (Dodgson's) favourites. It tells the story of a crew of ten (all of whose names start with the letter B) who go in search of a snark. The poem shares certain nonsense words with "The Jabberwocky," e.g. galumphing, bandersnatch, outgrabe and frumious.
10. In L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900), Dorothy finds a way to travel to the Emerald City to meet the Wizard. What is it?

Answer: a road of yellow brick

This road is never called "The Yellow Brick Road" in the original novel; it acquired that name in the 1939 film adaptation. The 1939 film featured the song "Follow the Yellow Brick Road." In 1975, a black adaptation of the story was staged on Broadway and turned into a movie in 1978; both featured the song "Ease on the Down the Road" sung by Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
Source: Author FatherSteve

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