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Muddle Earth Trivia Quiz

This should be an easy quiz on Muddle Earth. If you think I've mis-spelt that, it'll be a hard quiz. (It's by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell not Tolkien.) Warning - may contain spoilers. (May also contain nuts. Everything else does.)

A multiple-choice quiz by Baloo55th. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Baloo55th

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
299,841

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
229

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. How many moons does Muddle Earth have? Hint

None

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Question 2 of 15

2. Joe the Barbarian has an essay to write for school. What is the title he has to use? Hint

What I did on My Holidays

When the Vampire Came to Tea

How the West was Won

My Amazing Adventure

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Question 3 of 15

3. The foothills of the Musty Mountains smell of what? Hint

Old socks

Soap

Ginger beer

Mustard

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Question 4 of 15

4. What is unusual about the Enchanted Lake in Muddle Earth? Hint

It's coloured vermillion on Tuesdays

It's down under ground

It's up in the air

Nothing

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Question 5 of 15

5. In Muddle Earth, Veronica is: Hint

A budgie

A teddybear

A troll

A snuggly-wuggly

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Question 6 of 15

6. Who organised the stealing of Englebert the Enormous's snuggly-wuggly? Hint

Dr Cuddles

The Horned Baron

Grubley

Norbert

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Question 7 of 15

7. Before Joe, Randalf summoned another warrior-hero. Who? Hint

Cohen the Barbarian

William Tell

Roger the Wrinkled

Quentin the Cake Decorator

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Question 8 of 15

8. What is the official toll asked for crossing the Trollbridge? Hint

A mangel-wurzel

Two gobstoppers

A green pebble

Three walnuts

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Question 9 of 15

9. The dragon that carries off the Rose Petalled Pavilion of Loveliness is called: Hint

Gretchen

Smaug

Trinklsgrimr

Margot Dragonbreath

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Question 10 of 15

10. Brenda, the Warrior-Princess, has a battle cat called: Hint

Smelly

Sniffy

Oscar

Rover

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Question 11 of 15

11. What name was on the little toothpick that was part of the Horned Baron's cutlery? Hint

Matthew

Simon

Peter

Luke

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Question 12 of 15

12. 'Spot the odd one out' time. Which of these is not a wizard of Muddle Earth? Hint

Colin the Nondescript

Bertram the Incredibly Hairy

Louis the Fat

Eric the Shrivelled

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Question 13 of 15

13. 'Mucky Maud' isn't the real name of the owner of Mucky Maud's Lumpy Custard Club. Who is she? Hint

FooFoo

Ingrid

Fifi

Mimi

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Question 14 of 15

14. How many teddies were there in the Tickle Squad? Hint

Three

None - the squad was all stiltmice

A dozen

Fourteen

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Question 15 of 15

15. What was in the clock on Randalf's houseboat? Hint

A cuckoo

A rubber chicken

A tree rabbit

A clock elf

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many moons does Muddle Earth have?

Answer: 3

One is yellow, one is purple, and the third (which is a bit erratic) is bright green.

2. Joe the Barbarian has an essay to write for school. What is the title he has to use?

Answer: My Amazing Adventure

"What I did on My Holidays" was the title of Twoflower's account of his trip to Ankh-Morpork. "How the West was Won" is a film. No-one seems to have done anything yet called "When the Vampire Came to Tea", but you wait - all the teachers will be using it now...

3. The foothills of the Musty Mountains smell of what?

Answer: Old socks

Well, they are FOOT hills.... Mustard used to be used in hot foot baths (maybe still is). Soap should be used regularly on feet. Ginger beer shouldn't. You drink it.

4. What is unusual about the Enchanted Lake in Muddle Earth?

Answer: It's up in the air

Floating in the air, with a river flowing down to ground level. And fish dropping out of it at times, to the delight of the lazybirds.

5. In Muddle Earth, Veronica is:

Answer: A budgie

A very astute and sharp-tongued budgie at that.

6. Who organised the stealing of Englebert the Enormous's snuggly-wuggly?

Answer: Dr Cuddles

Grubley was seen carrying it, but it had been stolen earlier. Englebert had been on the rampage long enough for the Horned Baron to get worried and call in help, and for Randalf and Co to get near to Elfwood. The Baron did buy it (as curtains) off Grubley, but didn't know where it had come from. Norbert was totally innocent.
It's not certain who actually took the snuggly-wuggly, but it was either Dr Cuddles or Quentin, probably the latter.

7. Before Joe, Randalf summoned another warrior-hero. Who?

Answer: Quentin the Cake Decorator

Cohen is to be found (or may find you if you are unlucky and carrying gold) in Discworld. Randalf is really an apprentice to the real wizard Roger the Wrinkled. I'm not going to Tell you about William.

8. What is the official toll asked for crossing the Trollbridge?

Answer: A mangel-wurzel

You'd possibly be allowed on for the gobstoppers or walnuts, but that isn't the toll asked for. (I did warn about nuts...) A mangel wurzel is like a large swede (not a Swede). A swede is like a large turnip. Mangel wurzels are apparently delicious if grown and cooked right, but are mainly grown for animals who eat them any old way.

A swede in the USA is a rutabaga. Don't ask me why. It's not got anything to do with this quiz anyway.

9. The dragon that carries off the Rose Petalled Pavilion of Loveliness is called:

Answer: Margot Dragonbreath

Smaug? He was in MIDDLE Earth. Gretchen is a Muddle Earth Dragon (according to an under-gardener - up to you whether you consider that a reliable source or not) but not the right one. Trinklsgrimr? All the more dangerous for being hard to say (SIX consonants in a row and none of them like sh or th) and totally unknown to man. What's that smoke over there behind the hedge?

10. Brenda, the Warrior-Princess, has a battle cat called:

Answer: Sniffy

If you dare call a cat Smelly, you deserve all you get. Oscar isn't a pink battle-cat; he's white, lives in the Forest of Dean, and talks a lot. Baloo did once know a cat called Rover. Really.

11. What name was on the little toothpick that was part of the Horned Baron's cutlery?

Answer: Simon

We never find out who Simon was. Pity.

12. 'Spot the odd one out' time. Which of these is not a wizard of Muddle Earth?

Answer: Louis the Fat

The English and Scots have always been much politer about their kings than the French have about theirs. Louis the Fat reigned from 1108 to 1137.

13. 'Mucky Maud' isn't the real name of the owner of Mucky Maud's Lumpy Custard Club. Who is she?

Answer: Fifi

Ingrid is the Horned Baron's wife. Mimi has a tiny frozen hand in "La Boheme". FooFoo is the naughty little rabbit who runs through the forest being cruel to fieldmice. Grand Opera and campfire song in one question. What next?

14. How many teddies were there in the Tickle Squad?

Answer: A dozen

Twelve pink teddies with blue eyes - exact copies of Dr Cuddles.

15. What was in the clock on Randalf's houseboat?

Answer: A clock elf

Of course it could only be a clock elf in Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's marvellous world of 'Muddle Earth'. Read the book if you got this far on guesswork only. There's much more in it. (OK, it's really Roger the Wrinkled's boat, but he wasn't there through the book. Randalf lived there anyway.)

Source: Author Baloo55th

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