Animals in Kids Books Trivia

1. Which elephant insisted on rescuing someone he couldn't see, claiming "I'll just have to save him. Because after all // A person's a person, no matter how small"?

From Quiz Animals in Books

Answer: Horton

In Dr. Seuss' story "Horton Hears a Who!", the elephant Horton heard a voice from a speck of dust. Incredibly the dust was Whoville, the home town of a race of little creatures named Whos. While Horton's fellows tried to get rid of that dust, he promised to protect the life of the Whos. Dr. Seuss (real name Theodore Geisel) wrote several books for kids. "Horton Hatches an Egg" introduced the elephant, while the best known book by Dr. Seuss was "The Cat in the Hat". The other choices were also elephants from literature. Hathi was an elephant in "The Jungle Book", leading his herd. Dumbo was an elephant that learned to fly. Jean de Brunhoff wrote about Babar, the elephant who stayed a while in a big city before returning to the jungle.

From Quiz Animals in Kids' Books

Answer: Spiders

Bilbo Baggins sings a song to distract the spiders so that he is able to rescue his companions. Attercop is in fact an Old English word for spider, atter meaning venom and cop meaning head.

From Quiz Horses for Courses

Answer: Beach

'Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach' is a rhyming picture book for the very young (it is listed as being for ages 1+). Noni and her friends Dave Dog and Coco the Cat are heading off to enjoy a day at the beach, along with the cows that live next door.

From Quiz Paws Up for Anthropomorphism!

Answer: Aesop

Aesop's history is not certain, but it is believed that he was a slave in ancient Greek times, born around 620 BCE. He wrote many moral stories for children, giving the animals depicted in his 'Fables' anthropomorphic or 'human' qualities in order to illustrate the moral of the story. His enduring tales have been translated into many languages and are still taught to children today. 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' is a particular favourite, demonstrating to children the importance of not giving a false alarm, because when they do tell the truth they will not be believed. All the other choices were ancient Greeks of some renown. Herodotus was an historian, Socrates a philosopher, and Archimedes a mathematician and physicist among his many other accomplishments.

From Quiz Picture Books go to the Dogs

Answer: The Poky Little Puppy

This book was first published in 1942 and is still a best seller!

From Quiz Animal Characters in Books

Answer: monkey

Margaret and H. A. Rey are the creators of the original "Curious George" books. George is captured in Africa by the Man in the Yellow Hat and comes to live with his new friend, but his curiosity leads him into trouble, even on the ship home.

From Quiz Kid's Cats Quiz

Answer: Bremen

The only German city listed in the options is Bremen. This city lies on the river Weser, about 60 km from its harbour city Bremerhaven. This fairy tale is called "The Bremen Town Musicians". On their way to Bremen, the animals defeat a gang of robbers. The cat scratches one of the robbers, the dog bites him, the donkey kicks him and the rooster makes a terrible noise. The brothers Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) were prolific authors. They wrote grammar books, a dictionary, and a collection of ancient fairy tales. The fairy tales have made the Brothers Grimm famous all over the world.

From Quiz Animals in Books Part Two

Answer: marten

Gwin is Dustfinger's pet. He has horns. Fraid really likes him.

From Quiz Animals in Books

Answer: cat

Toes has seven toes on each of his feet. He is a black cat and is very smart. He likes to listen to music and can operate a t.v.! His best friend is a human named Sebastian.

From Quiz Fictional Animal Friends

Answer: bear

In the books by Michael Bond.

From Quiz Animals in Books

Answer: Timmy

The main characters were Julian, his younger brother Dick, their youngest sister Ann, their cousin Georgina (who preferred to be called George) and George's dog Timmy. In the first book, "Five on a Treasure Island", these five friends spent the holidays at George's place, near an island on which a ship was wrecked. The ship was said to carry a lot of gold, and the five found a map indicating the probable hiding place of the gold. But then an antique dealer showed up, probably looking for the gold too... Enid Blyton wrote 21 books about the Famous Five. She also wrote several other books for children.

From Quiz Kids Read About Cows

Answer: dog

"They loved their best friend Dog" states the book. The book details the adventures of a stuffed chicken, pig and cow who find their barn a little crowded. They move around until they find a doll house which they like, but which moves around a little too much for their taste. In the end, the Dog winds up retrieving their barn for them. "Chicken, Pig, Cow: On the Move" was published by Firefly Books in Ontario in 2009. Ruth Ohi, a native of Toronto, has written over 60 children's books, which have been published around the world in many languages. She has traveled extensively throughout Canada.

From Quiz Night Birds on and off Nantucket

Answer: A nightingale

In "The Nightingale", an emperor finds the nightingale in the forest and brings it home to his garden, but then replaces the real bird with an artificial one. The artificial one breaks and the emperor becomes very ill. The real nightingale returns and cures him with its song, but swears the emperor to secrecy.

From Quiz Animals in Kids' Books

Answer: Cat

Dr. Seuss wrote over 60 children's books including "Horton Hears A Hoo" and "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" as well as "Cat In The Hat". His real name was Theodore Geisel.

From Quiz Horses for Courses

Answer: Mokey

Ginny was so excited when her parents agreed to rent her a pony for the summer, and so disappointed when Mokey arrived, because he was a rescue pony, dirty and scrawny, not at all the pony of her dreams. But he turns out to give her a very special summer.

From Quiz Paws Up for Anthropomorphism!

Answer: Grandmother

Little Red Riding Hood was indeed on her way to visit her grandmother. There are many different adaptations of the tale 'Little Red Riding Hood', a fairy tale believed to have originated in 14th-century France. The most widely known version today is that compiled in the 19th century by the Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in their 'Grimm's Fairy Tales'. In this version the little girl was saved from her untimely fate by a woodsman. The oldest known printed account is the one collected by 17th century French writer Charles Perrault (1628-1703), which did not, alas, have such a happy ending.

From Quiz Picture Books go to the Dogs

Answer: McDuff Moves In

The little Westie stars in more books, where he finds a friend, meets a baby, and goes to school.

From Quiz Animal Characters in Books

Answer: elephant

Babar was created by a French author, Jean de Brunhoff, in 1931. Later, his son wrote new books in the series. Babar has also appeared in a television cartoon show.

From Quiz Kid's Cats Quiz

Answer: The Marquis of Carabas

The fairy tale "Puss in Boots" was written by Charles Perrault (1628-1703). He adopted the author's name "Mother the Goose". The story "Puss in Boots" tells how a smart cat plots to marry the miller's son to a real princess. In order to achieve this, Puss in Boots starts delivering presents to the king in the name of the cat's master, "the Marquis of Carabas". Carabas is not a real place, but was invented purely for this story.

From Quiz Animals in Books Part Two

Answer: polar

Iorek Byrnison is the king of the polar bears. He is Lyra's friend. He is really strong and helped in battles.

From Quiz Fictional Animal Friends

Answer: donkey

In the Winnie the Pooh books by A. A. Milne.

From Quiz Animals in Books

Answer: Reepicheep

The English author C.S. Lewis published seven books in the "Chronicles of Narnia" series. "Prince Caspian" was published as the second instalment. Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie had visited the magical world of Narnia in the previous book, and now once again they were transported to Narnia. There they got involved in the civil war between the evil King Miraz and the rightful heir to the throne, Prince Caspian. Both sides were helped by magical creatures; for instance Reepicheep, the leader of the Talking Mice, came to help our friends. Reepicheep also appeared in the next book "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" and in the last book "The Final Battle". Stuart Little and Geronimo Stilton were talking mice from books that bear their name. The Italian Elisabetta Dami wrote about the Stiltons, and the American E.B. White introduced us to Stuart Little. Roquefort was the mouse in the Disney movie "The Aristocats". I remember that back in 1970 the story of the movie was also published as a book for six to eight year old children. Richard Sherman, the songwriter for the movie, published this book.

From Quiz Kids Read About Cows

Answer: wrestling

Taking a page from "Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer", Clancy is a Belted Galloway, but he has no belt. Clancy tries to pretend to have a belt with little luck. HIs herd competes with a herd of Herefords in an annual wrestling contest, where the winner earns grazing rights. Clancy's being beltless works to his advantage because he can sneak onto the good grazing lands at night. He grows strong and defeats the Hereford champion, earning grazing rights for the Galloways. Clancy falls in love with a Hereford named Helga, and they ended the war between the two herds of cattle. At the end, they have a daughter named Clanga. "Clancy the Courageous Cow" was published by Scholastic Australia in 2006. It was written by Lachie Hume when he was 12 years old. It was published with the help of his mother, children's author Alison Lester.

From Quiz Animals in Kids' Books

Answer: Peru

Peru is in South America and as the only bear that is found in South America is the Spectacled Bear, it is safe to assume that is what Paddington is. That spectacled look must be what makes him so good at giving his hard stares.

From Quiz Horses for Courses

Answer: Ark

Mandy Hope helps Nick Summers take care of the twin foals born on his farm, because he is too busy trying to save the farm to give them all the attention they need. How will Dot and Dash fare? Warning - the ending may bring on tears.

From Quiz Paws Up for Anthropomorphism!

Answer: Rupert Bear

Rupert lives in Nutwood with his parents. Some of his friends are Ping-Pong the Pekinese, Edward Trunk the elephant, Algy Pug and his best friend, Bill Badger. Rupert, his parents and his many friends are all anthropomorphic, although there are human characters too, such as the Professor, who often introduces Rupert and his 'pals' to new adventures. Rupert wears yellow checked trousers with a corresponding scarf, topped off by a bright red jumper. Originally created by writer and artist Mary Tourtel of Canterbury, Kent, Rupert made his debut in The Daily Express in 1920 and, under the authorship of different writers and artists over the years continues to this day. There have been several books, annuals, television series and even videogames devoted to Rupert and he has a large fan following. There is also a museum dedicated to him in Canterbury.

From Quiz Picture Books go to the Dogs

Answer: Henry and Mudge

Mudge and his owner star in over 28 books for beginning readers, written over 20 years!

From Quiz Animal Characters in Books

Answer: rabbit

Written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd, the rhyme in this book is like a lullaby. The drawings include a mouse hidden on every page, and pictures from another book by the same people, "Runaway Bunny".

From Quiz Kid's Cats Quiz

Answer: Tybert

All these are animals out of the fairy tale named after Reynard the Fox. Bruin is a bear, Baldwin is a donkey and Isegrim is a wolf. Tybert is the cat. Besides these animals, there are also Courtoys the dog, Cuward the hare and Chanticleer the rooster that accuse Reynard of many evil. There are many versions of the fairy tale, written in old French, old German, old Dutch or old English. All of these stories tell about King Noble the lion inviting Reynard to a courthouse to face the accusation of having killed Chanticleer's kid. Reynard tricks Bruin and Tybert when they come to fetch him. When he finally is confronted with the court, he tells about a hidden treasure and gets away once again.

From Quiz Animals in Books Part Two

Answer: Crookshanks

Crookshanks is an orange cat. He was friends with Padfoot. He appeared first in the third book.

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