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Quiz about A Blyton Guide to Mystery Solving and Survival
Quiz about A Blyton Guide to Mystery Solving and Survival

A Blyton Guide to Mystery Solving and Survival Quiz


Could you be the star of one of Enid Blyton's Adventure books? Could you follow the clues and save the day without freezing/starving/breaking your neck? Let's take a lighthearted look at Solving and Survival the Enid way...

A multiple-choice quiz by Rowena8482. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Rowena8482
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
308,245
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
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6 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. One major requirement in a mystery solving adventure situation is shelter. Where would we set up our bijou 'home away from home' if we were true Blyton Adventure Survivors and Solvers of Mysteries? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Once we've established ourselves in our new living quarters for the duration of our Blyton Adventure, who will have the 'housekeeping' duties?
Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Time to eat! In the world of the Blyton Adventure Survivor, where does food "always taste better"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. We have three kinds of sandwiches, slabs of fruit cake, hard boiled eggs and a little twist of paper with the salt, fresh tomatoes, plums, and gingerbread to eat. What will we NOT be washing it all down with? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. It's cold and it's dark out here in our Blyton Adventure! Who will light the campfire for us? Why the boys of course, girls don't play with fire!
How will the boys light the lifesaving fire?
Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. As intrepid Blyton Adventurers, what will we never ever do during our adventure? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Sometimes we have an adult on the scene who persists in getting under our feet, in our way, and generally lurking about suspiciously while we try to solve the mystery. How do we react to them? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. During our Blyton Adventure, we may also encounter an adult who seems to be friendly and helpful in every way. We can confide in them, ask their advice, and they are a general all round 'good sort'. It is true that they never, ever turn out to be 'not what they seem', right?


Question 9 of 10
9. We've solved almost all the clues and are hot on the trail of the final pieces of our Blyton Adventure puzzle. At some point during our night on the trail, we will need to communicate furtively with each other so as not to alert the bad guys to our presence. How can we do this? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. We intrepid Blyton Adventurers have solved the clues, followed the trail, and worked out where the 'baddies' are hiding out...it's time to send for the cavalry!
Who we gonna call?
Hint



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1. One major requirement in a mystery solving adventure situation is shelter. Where would we set up our bijou 'home away from home' if we were true Blyton Adventure Survivors and Solvers of Mysteries?

Answer: Right beside the bad guys, so we can spy on them, and play tricks to confound them at every opportunity

The kids in Blyton's books always seem to just "fall into an adventure" through no fault of their own. They inevitably end up living somewhere that they discover by pure luck, the bad guys will never find, and from where they can observe all the lovely mysterious comings and goings until the mystery is solved...
2. Once we've established ourselves in our new living quarters for the duration of our Blyton Adventure, who will have the 'housekeeping' duties?

Answer: The girl - or if there is more than one girl, then the youngest girl

In most of Enid Blyton's adventure stories, the roles for boys and girls are well defined. The boys get the dangerous (exciting) stuff; the older girl wants to go with the boys but they are "well brought up and protect their sister/cousin/girls in general" and of course she is also afraid of spiders/the dark/thunder etc. The youngest girl tends to hate adventures, worry about the boys, and wants to go home. She then gets the job of dusting things with her handkerchief, arranging the tinned food, making the 'beds' and sweeping up with a broom made of twigs...
3. Time to eat! In the world of the Blyton Adventure Survivor, where does food "always taste better"?

Answer: Eaten outdoors

Lucy-Anne of the "Adventure" series is particularly noted for commenting that "food always tastes better when it's eaten outdoors".
Of course, when one is a pupil at boarding school, it's when it's eaten at a Midnight Feast, but even then, a Midnight Feast outdoors is the best.
4. We have three kinds of sandwiches, slabs of fruit cake, hard boiled eggs and a little twist of paper with the salt, fresh tomatoes, plums, and gingerbread to eat. What will we NOT be washing it all down with?

Answer: Coca cola through a straw

Lemonade, orangeade, and ginger beer are all nectar to delight the heart of any Blyton kid, but the one drink that never makes an appearance is Cola of any description.
There is very little 'fast food' in Enid Blyton books, in fact in one story, Roger and Diana get food poisoning from sausages they buy at the fair. Chips (French fries) do feature occasionally as a special treat of "chipped potatoes", but to be a Blyton Adventurer means eating a hearty, healthy, fresh, if possible homegrown or locally produced diet, and getting lots of exercise out in the fresh air...
If only our diets and lifestyles today were the same!
5. It's cold and it's dark out here in our Blyton Adventure! Who will light the campfire for us? Why the boys of course, girls don't play with fire! How will the boys light the lifesaving fire?

Answer: Using the kind of matches that will only strike on the box

Most notably in the "Famous Five" books, only the boys in Blyton's books get to carry matches, and then only "the kind that will only strike on the box".
The only example I could think of of a girl lighting a fire was circus girl Lotta in "Mr. Galliano's Circus" when she lit a cooking fire for Mrs. Brown, and we were never told how she did it...
6. As intrepid Blyton Adventurers, what will we never ever do during our adventure?

Answer: Go to the toilet

Being well brought up, and having good manners, even living in a camp/cave/tree etc won't stop us washing our hands before meals, and bathing in the sea or a handy stream.
We can read Enid Blyton books too, the "Secret Seven" prefer to read the "Famous Five", so that's Ok.
Lying is out, it is just not done, but a small fib now and again is allowed, as long as it's done to either stop a parent or guardian from worrying, or send a bad guy off on the wrong trail...
The one thing that a kid in a Blyton book will never ever do, is go to the toilet!
7. Sometimes we have an adult on the scene who persists in getting under our feet, in our way, and generally lurking about suspiciously while we try to solve the mystery. How do we react to them?

Answer: Any of these methods are acceptable when dealing with nuisance grown ups

The adult in question inevitably turns out to be an undercover policeman or government agent. Fortunately they are usually amused and/or impressed by the 'pluck' of the kids and forgive them the time wasting and sometimes downright dangerous things they do in their efforts to solve the mystery and stop the supposed 'bad guy'.
Adults who fit this profile include Professor James in "The Rub A Dub Mystery", and Mr. King in "Rockingdown Mystery".
Bill Smugs from the "Adventure" series also falls into this category, but he is not quite as nuisancy as some. In his case the children like him a lot, so determine to ask him about his involvement with 'the baddies' rather than turn him in. It is just a shame that this plan almost leads to the deaths of Bill, Phillip and Jack, at the hands of the ruthless gang members...
8. During our Blyton Adventure, we may also encounter an adult who seems to be friendly and helpful in every way. We can confide in them, ask their advice, and they are a general all round 'good sort'. It is true that they never, ever turn out to be 'not what they seem', right?

Answer: False

Unfortunately, the adults who seem to be the most helpful, especially the ones who actually admit to being undercover policemen or government agents, are the very ones we should never ever trust! They are always one of the bad guys, and will use anything we tell them against us, and/or to further their nefarious plans!
One of the kids will have misgivings about this paragon of adult virtue, but the other kids will not listen until it is almost too late...
A perfect example of this type of adult is Mr. Marvel the Magician in "Rub A Dub Mystery"
The one failsafe way to spot this kind of person is if they don't like dogs, and especially if they try to kick the dog when they think nobody is watching.
9. We've solved almost all the clues and are hot on the trail of the final pieces of our Blyton Adventure puzzle. At some point during our night on the trail, we will need to communicate furtively with each other so as not to alert the bad guys to our presence. How can we do this?

Answer: Hoot like an owl through our thumbs

If only cell phones had been around for Enid to give her characters. How different the adventures in her books would have been...
Although in an emergency it is perfectly acceptable to try and send a note (using the pencil and paper in our pockets) via a dog, a monkey or a parrot, this is not a method guaranteed to either get the message delivered, or avoid the notice of the bad guys.
The tried and tested method of communication at night, without attracting unwanted attention, is to hoot like an owl through one's thumbs. Part of me always wanted a real owl to hoot at the wrong moment and put a spanner in the works of the carefully laid plans, but only a small part!
10. We intrepid Blyton Adventurers have solved the clues, followed the trail, and worked out where the 'baddies' are hiding out...it's time to send for the cavalry! Who we gonna call?

Answer: Several burly policemen under the supervision of an Inspector

For some reason, the police officers in Blyton books are always burly, are always accompanied by an Inspector, and always, but always, take dishevelled children telling wild tales seriously. They then take the children (well the boys anyway!) with them when they go to arrest the baddies, and it all ends with the parents or guardians of the children waking next morning to be shocked by the danger their little darlings have been in.
The exception to the "Enid Blyton Law of Policing" is PC Goon from the "Five Find-Outers" stories. He is invariably portrayed as incompetent, while Fatty cheerfully runs rings round him at every turn...

With thanks to Jabberwok and her Dad for inspiring this quiz :-D
Source: Author Rowena8482

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