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'The Witches' Trivia Quiz

Welcome to my quiz on 'The Witches', my favourite book when I was young! Let me know what you think!

A multiple-choice quiz by May02. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
May02

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
80,928

Updated
Feb 25 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
1833

Last 3 plays: Guest 84 (9/10), Guest 178 (7/10), Guest 107 (4/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What happened to the witch who dared to argue with The Grand High Witch? Hint

The Grand High Witch frizzled her away with sparks from her eyes

The Grand High Witch turned her into a frog

The Grand High Witch turned her into a mouse

The other witches pounced on her and she vapourised

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Question 2 of 10

2. True or False: A real witch wears a wig.

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. True or False: Real witches have no toes.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who is Mrs. Spring? Hint

The housemaid who looks after Grandmamma

Grandmamma

The Grand High Witch

The witch who lives next door

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Question 5 of 10

5. On holiday in Bournemouth, which hotel do they stay at? Hint

The Royal Hotel

The Beach Hotel

The Novotel

The Hotel Magnificent

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the name of the hotel's manager? Hint

Mr Volvue

Mr Woods

Mr Stringer

Mr Richards

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Question 7 of 10

7. True or False: Real witches have blue spit.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which society do the witches pretend to be? Hint

BBC (British Broadcasting Company)

RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)

RSPCC (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children)

RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Why do witches wear gloves? Hint

They have claws

They have blue hands

They have no fingers

They have no hands whatsoever

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Question 10 of 10

10. What revenge does the main character take on the witches for turning him into a mouse? Hint

He ties them all up

He turns the witches into mice, using the Delayed Action Mouse Maker.

He turns them into frogs

He bites them all on the ankles

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Most Recent Scores

Apr 20 2024 : Guest 84: 9/10
Apr 18 2024 : Guest 178: 7/10
Apr 17 2024 : Guest 107: 4/10
Mar 31 2024 : Guest 108: 10/10
Mar 26 2024 : Guest 84: 9/10
Mar 19 2024 : Guest 73: 10/10
Mar 17 2024 : Guest 104: 0/10
Mar 11 2024 : Guest 84: 6/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What happened to the witch who dared to argue with The Grand High Witch?

Answer: The Grand High Witch frizzled her away with sparks from her eyes

The witch who couldn't believe that The Grand High Witch could get rid of all the children in the world was frizzled alive by The Grand High Witch's eyes.

2. True or False: A real witch wears a wig.

Answer: True

It's true, all witches wear wigs, and only ever take them off at night. The wigs may look real, but you can tell they are wearing one by the witches' continuous head scratching.

3. True or False: Real witches have no toes.

Answer: True

It's true! Real witches have very wide feet, square at the ends, completely minus all toes.

4. Who is Mrs. Spring?

Answer: The housemaid who looks after Grandmamma

Mrs Spring moved into the house after Grandmamma fell ill with pneumonia.

5. On holiday in Bournemouth, which hotel do they stay at?

Answer: The Hotel Magnificent

Although they wanted to travel to Norway, Grandmamma fell ill and on doctor's orders they went to Bournemouth, staying at the Hotel Magnificent.

6. What is the name of the hotel's manager?

Answer: Mr Stringer

Grandmamma agues terribly when the hotel boss, Mr Stringer, forbids their pet mice to stay at the hotel. Grandmamma says: "How dare you say that when your rotten hotel is full of rats!" to an outraged Mr Stringer, who eventually allows the mice to stay.

7. True or False: Real witches have blue spit.

Answer: True

True! Real witches' spit is so blue they use it to write letters with!

8. Which society do the witches pretend to be?

Answer: RSPCC (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children)

The witches pretend to be the Royal Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, but are actually holding their Annual General Meeting with the purpose of doing anything but preventing cruelty to children!
In Britain there is a NSPCC, the N standing for National, however, Dahl changed it to RSPCC for fictional purposes.

9. Why do witches wear gloves?

Answer: They have claws

Real witches have long, thin cat-like claws instead of fingernails. They disguise these by wearing gloves all the time.

10. What revenge does the main character take on the witches for turning him into a mouse?

Answer: He turns the witches into mice, using the Delayed Action Mouse Maker.

He puts Delayed Action Mouse Maker into the witches' dinner, turning them all into mice!

Source: Author May02

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