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Cold Comfort Farm - the Novel Trivia Quiz

If you've read Stella Gibbons' quirky book you'll do fine. If you've watched the movie you'll still be in pretty good shape. And if you've 'seen something nasty in the woodshed,' you'll have it made in the shade!

A multiple-choice quiz by gillyjj. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
gillyjj

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
51,485

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
19

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
13 / 19

Plays
425

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 19

1. Flora thinks that what kind of marriage is preferable? Hint

arranged

shotgun

elopement

formal

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Question 2 of 19

2. Mrs. Smiling's hobby is collecting what?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 19

3. Who wrote 'Cold Comfort Farm'? Hint

Stella Gibbons

Helen Fielding

Dorothy Parker

Maeve Binchy

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Question 4 of 19

4. What occupation besides journalism and book-keeping does Mrs. Smiling suggest that Flora try? Hint

florist

brassiere designer

teacher

bee-keeping

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Question 5 of 19

5. What is the name of the county where the farm is located?

Answer: (Somewhere in England...)

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Question 6 of 19

6. Flora hoped to someday write a novel as good as what? Hint

Persuasion

Gone with the Wind

Jane Eyre

The Great Gatsby

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Question 7 of 19

7. Flora was a bit alarmed to learn that her two male cousins' names were what? Hint

Jeeves and Wooster

Seth and Reuben

Cain and Abel

Jesse and Frank

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Question 8 of 19

8. What plant's blooming time causes trouble to several farm residents? Hint

kudzu

thistles

roses

sukebind

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Question 9 of 19

9. What is Seth's true passion? Hint

women

talkies

farming

cars

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Question 10 of 19

10. What did Graceless the cow lose? Hint

tail

horn

leg

bell

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Question 11 of 19

11. What does Amos tell his congregation they won't find in hell? Hint

peace

redemption

water

butter

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Question 12 of 19

12. Who is writing a book about Branwell Bronte? Hint

Mr. Mybug

Mrs. Smiling

Flora Poste

Mr. Neck

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Question 13 of 19

13. Mrs. Beetle plans for her grandchildren to someday form a what? Hint

choir

jazz band

soccer team

drama club

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Question 14 of 19

14. Who do the Starkadders think Seth might run into in Hollywood? Hint

John Wayne

Cary Grant

Ada Doom

Amos Starkadder

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Question 15 of 19

15. The movie version leads us to believe that Rennet will end up marrying Reuben. According to the book, who does she end up marrying? Hint

Urk

Reuben

Mr. Mybug

Dick Hawk-Monitor

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Question 16 of 19

16. Aunt Ada Doom comes downstairs two nights a year for what? Hint

accounts check

family birthdays

The Counting

The Blessing

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Question 17 of 19

17. What wedding gift does Adam give Elfine? Hint

a bird's nest

a rose bush

a hand-carved bird

a sukebind plant

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Question 18 of 19

18. Flora's favorite book is 'The Pensees' by the Abbe Fausse-Maigre. What is the name of his other book that she finds indispensable?

Answer: (Four Words (first word The))

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Question 19 of 19

19. Who asks the question, 'Do you believe that women have souls'? Hint

Seth

Bikki

Amos

Mr. Mybug

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Flora thinks that what kind of marriage is preferable?

Answer: arranged

I have always liked the sound of the phrase 'a marriage has been arranged'.'

2. Mrs. Smiling's hobby is collecting what?

Answer: brassieres

Her friends could restore her composure in moments of distress with the phrase: 'I saw a brassiere to-day, Mary, that would have interested you...'

3. Who wrote 'Cold Comfort Farm'?

Answer: Stella Gibbons

She also wrote 'Conference at Cold Comfort Farm' and a short story, 'Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm'. I've never seen either of {these;} I'm assuming they're out of print. But I imagine there will always be Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm!

4. What occupation besides journalism and book-keeping does Mrs. Smiling suggest that Flora try?

Answer: bee-keeping

I love the way Joanna Lumley delivers that line in the movie!

5. What is the name of the county where the farm is located?

Answer: Sussex

Flora felt that Sussex was not quite like other counties...even before she arrived at the farm.

6. Flora hoped to someday write a novel as good as what?

Answer: Persuasion

She felt that she had a lot in common with Jane Austen

7. Flora was a bit alarmed to learn that her two male cousins' names were what?

Answer: Seth and Reuben

8. What plant's blooming time causes trouble to several farm residents?

Answer: sukebind

Meriam got pregnant each time, and Rennet tended to jump down the well. (I believe Ms. Gibbons invented 'sukebind').

9. What is Seth's true passion?

Answer: talkies

He likes the talkies 'better nor anything in the whoal world.'

10. What did Graceless the cow lose?

Answer: leg

Adam didn't notice.

11. What does Amos tell his congregation they won't find in hell?

Answer: butter

...'ye run away to clap a bit o' butter on it to take the pain away. Ah, but there'll be no butter in hell!'

12. Who is writing a book about Branwell Bronte?

Answer: Mr. Mybug

He intends to prove that Branwell Bronte, not his sisters, actually wrote 'Wuthering Heights','Jane Eyre', etc.

13. Mrs. Beetle plans for her grandchildren to someday form a what?

Answer: jazz band

14. Who do the Starkadders think Seth might run into in Hollywood?

Answer: Amos Starkadder

15. The movie version leads us to believe that Rennet will end up marrying Reuben. According to the book, who does she end up marrying?

Answer: Mr. Mybug

Upon seeing her for the first time he remarks that she 'has that untamed look you see sometimes in newly-born leverets'. Obviously love at first sight!

16. Aunt Ada Doom comes downstairs two nights a year for what?

Answer: The Counting

17. What wedding gift does Adam give Elfine?

Answer: a bird's nest

...with four pink eggs in it.

18. Flora's favorite book is 'The Pensees' by the Abbe Fausse-Maigre. What is the name of his other book that she finds indispensable?

Answer: The Higher Common Sense

19. Who asks the question, 'Do you believe that women have souls'?

Answer: Mr. Mybug

Source: Author gillyjj

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