Scarecrows Aren't What They Seem! Quiz

Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne is the author of the wonderful short story titled "Feathertop". 1852 is when this unusual story actually got published. The story is about a scarecrow from Salem, Massachusetts. A witch who was named Mother Rigby, in the story, made the scarecrow.

She gave him a pipe which had some kind of power that kept him alive. "Feathertop" had to puff on the pipe so that he could remain alive. One day he happened to meet a girl named Polly. Quickly they fell in love. At one point in the story, the couple gazed into a mirror and "Feathertop" discovered that he was a scarecrow! Polly fainted which ended up causing the poor frightened scarecrow to rush back home.

Not knowing what to do, poor "Feathertop" broke his pipe. By doing that, the scarecrow quickly collapsed which resulted in the end of his life.

Answer: Ray Bolger

This particular scarecrow was created by L. Frank Baum in his delightful story, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". The book was turned into a blockbuster movie in 1939. Ray Bolger played the parts of "The Scarecrow", who was looking for a brain from the Wizard of Oz. Ray Bolger also played the part of "Hunk". Bert Lahr played the delightful roles of "The Cowardly Lion" and "Zeke". Jack Haley played the parts of "The Tin Man" and "Hickory". Frank Morgan played the parts of "Professor Marvel", "The Gatekeeper", "The Carriage Driver", "The Guard Who Cries" and "The Wizard of Oz".

Answer: "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"

The song "The Scarecrow" was released on the debut album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn", released in 1967. Other songs on this album include "Luciffer Sam", "Flaming", "Pow R. Toc H." and "The Gnome".

Answer: Dr. Jonathan Crane

Mr. Bill Finger and Mr. Bob Kane created "Batman" and also created "The Scarecrow". Both of these characters were introduced in "World's Finest Comics" #3 in 1941. "The Scarecrow" is really Dr. Jonathan Crane, who used to be a psychologist. He used all kinds of drugs and used tricks that were rather psychological for his study how these sorts of things really affected people.
Jeffrey Combs loaned his voice, as "The Scarecrow" in the revamped version of "Superman: The Animated Series".

Answer: Cheticamp

Cheticamp is the home of "Joe's Scarecrows". This is such a delightful and fun tourist attraction with hundreds of different scarecrows who all wear very different costumes. Many of these scarecrows wear Halloween masks of various famous personalities, such as Richard Nixon, for example. Each scarecrow is equipped with an index card that describes who the scarecrow represents and also a story about how the creation came to be. Some of the scarecrows actually are standing in semicircles next to a small gift shop, right there in Cheticamp.

There are many souvenirs available to the interested customer, too!

Answer: All of these

You can use almost anything to stuff a scarecrow. The most important thing is to shake the stuffing down into the arms, legs and body, or push the stuffing in, quite often, so that it is all nice and firm. This way, your scarecrow will hold its shape. Tie off the wrists, ankles, bottom of the shirt and top of the pants to keep the stuffing from falling out. For his head, you can use a pillowcase, stuffed, as well, and tied tightly to keep the stuffing in. You can put a mask on the pillow case or draw a face on it.

Answer: Madison County Botanical Garden, Huntsville, Alabama, USA

In Huntsville/Madison County Botanical Garden, in Huntsville, Alabama you can find a very wonderful attraction called the Huntsville's Scarecrow Trail. Along this walk are great creations of various scarecrows. Some of these include "Lady in Red", "Naughty Nannette the Noodlette" and "Big Bird". A really unusual scarecrow named "The Balance of Nature" is along this walk as well.
There are many more glorious, funny, beautiful and different scarecrows that you can see in the gardens. There are numerous photo opportunities with the abundance of these creative and finely exhibited works of art.

Answer: John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp's album "Scarecrow" was on the record store shelves in 1985. The very first song on this album is titled, "Rain on the Scarecrow". "Scarecrow" was the eighth album recorded by John Mellencamp and has had very good success. The song eventually reached the #2 spot on the USA charts. It was Mercury Records who released the song for Mr. Mellencamp.

Answer: William Wesley

The 1988 horror film "Scarecrows" was directed by William Wesley. It was written by Marcus Crowder and Stephen Gerard. The story was about five different bank robbers who stole three million dollars. They took this money, along with two hostages, a pilot and his daughter, from Camp Pendleton. Eventually they forced the pilot to fly them into hiding.

The robbers forced the pilot to land the plane in a field. They headed for a house which had scarecrows guarding the surrounding graves. These scarecrows killed all but one of the robbers and the pilot's daughter, one by one.

They turned the ones that they killed into scarecrows. When the one robber and the pilot's daughter tried to escape in the plane, the pilot, who was turned into a scarecrow, attacked them. Eventually the robber activated a grenade which killed himself and the pilot, but allowed the pilot's daughter to escape.

Answer: "The Lonely Scarecrow"

This book was published in 2002. In this delightful story a group of animals came together to learn the meaning of what true friendship and of acceptance is. Winter gradually transformed the lonely scarecrow into a snowman, as he became covered with the falling snow. The animals enjoyed him and found a wonderful friendship with him. Springtime would eventually return and the snow would melt.

I would like to, but I won't give away the ending. Do you wonder if the animals still accepted the scarecrow when he was no longer the jolly snowman that he was in the winter? You will have to read the book to find out!

Cynthia Rylant wrote "The Scarecrow". Margaret Wise Brown wrote "The Scarecrow Boy". Susan D. Rutz wrote "The Fifteenth Scarecrow".