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Quiz about Down With Skool
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Down With Skool! Trivia Quiz


Enjoy this quiz about the characters in the hilarious Molesworth books by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle. Please note - all quotations use Molesworth's own spelling.

A multiple-choice quiz by stedman. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
stedman
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
330,200
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
424
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Question 1 of 10
1. What is the name of the school at which Molesworth is a pupil? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What is Molesworth's first name? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The headmaster of Molesworth's school is named Mr Squeers.


Question 4 of 10
4. In the Molesworth stories, who is Sigismund? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Who is Molesworth's best friend at school? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What is Basil Fotherington-Tomas most likely to say? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The Head of School, Grabber, is often stated to be the winner of what prestigious award? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What piece of music does Molesworth 2, the narrator's younger brother, famously play on the piano? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What is the name of the soppy French boy in Molesworth's French schoolbook? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The illustrator of the Molesworth books, Ronald Searle, is also well known as the creator of which girls' school? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the name of the school at which Molesworth is a pupil?

Answer: St Custards

According to Molesworth, St Custard's "hav a very interesting history if you are interested in hist which few boys are. It was built by a madman in 1836 and he made a few improvements before he was put in the bin".
2. What is Molesworth's first name?

Answer: Nigel

Molesworth describes himself as the "gorila of 3B", by which one assumes he means "guerrilla" rather than "gorilla" - although judging by his hairstyle, he may mean the latter after all.
3. The headmaster of Molesworth's school is named Mr Squeers.

Answer: False

The headmaster of the school is named GRIMES - Molesworth always writes it in capital letters - and he runs the establishment with a rod of iron. Wackford Squeers is of course the headmaster of the equally appalling Dotheboys Hall in Charles Dickens's "Nicholas Nickleby".
4. In the Molesworth stories, who is Sigismund?

Answer: The mad maths master

Apart from the headmaster, Sigismund the mad maths master is the only regular member of staff to be featured by name, although the school dog is known to be called Wandsworth. Matron is described as "looking like a gunman's moll in a gangster picture". No specific cook is ever featured, although presumably someone is responsible for the copious supply of prunes and "sossages" which seem to form the staple diet of the pupils.
5. Who is Molesworth's best friend at school?

Answer: Peason

Although Molesworth describes Peason as his "grate friend", he often makes rude comments about his appearance, of which the following is just one example: "His mummy call him "darling" and kiss his ickle-pritty face. The old gurl must be blind. Or bats. Or both."
6. What is Basil Fotherington-Tomas most likely to say?

Answer: Hullo clouds, hullo sky

The blond, curly-haired Fotherington-Tomas is described by Molesworth as "uterly wet and a sissy", which seems like a fair comment. He is never happier than when skipping or "playing with gurls chiz chiz chiz".
7. The Head of School, Grabber, is often stated to be the winner of what prestigious award?

Answer: The Mrs Joyful Prize for Rafia Work

Grabber is also "captin of games martial of the squash courts custodian of shooting and garter principal of the natural history museum". It is suggested by Molesworth that Grabber has achieved these not through his own abilities, but as a result of his wealthy parents' financial generosity towards the school.
8. What piece of music does Molesworth 2, the narrator's younger brother, famously play on the piano?

Answer: Fairy Bells

Molesworth 2's playing of "Fairy Bells" is a recurring feature of the books, although he never seems to get any better. As Molesworth puts it in "Whizz for Atomms": "Nothing can stop him the whole skool will rock and plaster drop from the ceiling, chandeliers will shake and light bulbs burst."
9. What is the name of the soppy French boy in Molesworth's French schoolbook?

Answer: Armand

Armand "wear a striped shirt and a round sissy straw hat like a girly", and Molesworth is disappointed when, during a visit to the zoo, Armand's father does not "thro him to the lions".
10. The illustrator of the Molesworth books, Ronald Searle, is also well known as the creator of which girls' school?

Answer: St Trinians

Searle's drawings of the St Trinian's schoolgirls originally appeared as stand-alone cartoons, and he found it a refreshing change in the "Molesworth" books to provide drawings to accompany Geoffrey Willans' existing stories. The first book, "Down With Skool", appeared in 1953, followed by "How to be Topp" (1954), "Whizz for Atomms" (1956) and "Back in the Jug Agane" (1959), the last of these published after Willans's death in 1958.
Source: Author stedman

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