Barrie J.M. Trivia

1. In the beginning, when the Darling children dreamed of Neverland, what did Michael dream about?

From Quiz Straight On Till Morning

Answer: Lagoons flying over a flamingo

In the mind of each Darling child, and indeed in the minds of many other children of the world, existed a unique Neverland. Each Neverland was more or less an island, but had different features for each child when that child visited the island in their dreams. John's Neverland had a lagoon with flamingos flying over it and an over-turned boat in the sand. Michael's Neverland had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it, and a wigwam where friends visited at night. Wendy's Neverland had a house made of leaves sewn together and a pet wolf for company.

From Quiz Peter Pan

Answer: His shadow

The story opens with the Darling family: Mr. and Mrs. Darling, their daughter Wendy, and their two boys John and Michael. As Mrs. Darling begins to realize her children maturing, she listens as they talk about imaginative things. The most prominent of these unreal thoughts tends to be of a boy named Peter Pan, a boy she remembers from her own childhood whose presence evokes memories in her mind. One night as Mrs. Darling puts her children to bed, she witnesses Peter entering their house through the window and smiling at her. In fright, she screams and Peter falls backwards out the window. As she goes to check to see if the boy is okay, she realizes that Nana, the family dog (and nurse of the children) has snatched the boy's shadow in her mouth. Rather than leave it out for the boy, she places it in a drawer, forgetting it until the following week. The next week, Mr. and Mrs. Darling prepare for a party and set the children up to go to bed. In order to persuade the youngest child, Michael, to take his medicine, Mr. Darling pretends to take his own, instead pouring it into Nana's water dish. The dog dislikes the drink and the kids console their nurse. Rather than leave the dog be, Mr. Darling takes her outside (regretting this later) and ties her up in the yard. Wendy tells her mother that Nana is not barking in sadness, but in danger. Despite this, Mrs. Darling and her husband carry on to the party, leaving the children in bed with the lamplight to keep them company. Little do they know though, that Peter Pan sits on the roof of their house.

From Quiz Straight On Till Morning

Answer: Tinker Bell

One evening, when Nana had the night off, Mrs. Darling put her children to bed and fell asleep in a chair by the fire. When all were asleep, Peter Pan and Tinker Bell arrived in the nursery. The light Tinker Bell made when she flew around the room woke Mrs. Darling who screamed and startled Peter. Upon hearing the scream, Nana raced into the nursery to chase Peter out the window, catching his shadow in her teeth. Nana wanted to hang the shadow outside the window where Peter could easily get it, but instead Mrs. Darling rolled it up and placed it in a drawer for safekeeping until Peter returned.

From Quiz Peter Pan

Answer: Wendy

Peter brings Tinker Bell, his fairy companion, in through the Darling nursery window to find his shadow and they locate the lost shadow within a large dresser in the room. Peter, excited, accidentally slams the door shut on Tinker Bell and traps her inside as he attempts to adhere his shadow to his boots with soap. The events wake up Wendy and she offers to help him by sewing the shadow back onto his feet. The two talk, at which point she offers him a kiss. He notes that he will know what one is when she gives it to him, but instead of kissing him, she gives him a thimble. He gives her an acorn button which she later places around her neck. It is at this moment that Peter realizes that Tinker Bell is missing. Releasing her from the chest of drawers, she ends up flying around the room insulting Wendy for being a "great, ugly girl". Persuaded by Peter's mentions of Neverland and his evident necessity to have Wendy join himself and the Lost Boys to give them a 'mother', Wendy asks to fly with him to the second star to the left and straight on until morning. She also wakes up her two brothers to bring them on the voyage and they narrowly avoid being caught by Nana and the servant, Liza. Peter shows them how to fly by thinking happy thoughts and the four of them (and Tinker Bell) are off into the the night sky before Nana returns with the Darling parents to find the nursery empty.

From Quiz Peter Pan

Answer: Captain James Hook

Peter cut off Hook's right hand.

From Quiz Straight On Till Morning

Answer: She sewed his shadow to his feet.

One Friday night, Mr. and Mrs. Darling went across the street for a dinner party. Mr. Darling had gotten upset while getting ready for the party and had taken his anger out on Nana, chaining her in the backyard. This meant that Wendy, John, and Michael were alone in the nursery when Peter and Tinker Bell arrived. Tink found Peter's shadow in the drawer, and he immediately went to work trying to reattach it. At first he thought it would reattach itself and when that didn't work he tried putting it on with soap from the bathroom. When the soap failed he sat crying on the nursery floor, waking Wendy. Wendy was able to reunite Peter with his shadow by sewing it onto his feet.

From Quiz "Peter Pan" by J. M. Barrie

Answer: She mended pots and kettles

In the book J. M. Barrie states that "she mends the pots and kettles", and was said to be "common". In the original play she was represented by a light and the sound of tinkling bells. Partly vindictive, partly kind, "Tink", as Peter called her, could only have one emotion at a time within her small frame. This left no room for a counter-balance to the extremes of her emotions.

From Quiz Peter Pan

Answer: Fairy dust

As the four depart from London now able to fly thanks to their fairy dust (from Tinker Bell), the children reach the sea and fly onwards for what seems to be days. Peter plays tricks with them as they get tired and lose track of time, often going off to speak to the stars or swim with the mermaids, but he eventually comes back to the children every time. After their journey, the four arrive at the island and the children realize it's the Neverland from their imaginations; everything they'd believed as make-believe had come true. As the sun begins to set, they realize that the island is quite foreboding, and they begin a descent. Peter warns the Darling children that pirates abound and are watching the island, now being led by Captain Hook. John and Michael are soon afraid, knowing that Captain Hook is one of the meanest pirates of them all. Peter assures them that he's killed tons of pirates all around the island. It's at that point that the pirates shoot off their cannon, Long Tom, at the children, splitting them up. Peter flies out to sea while John and Michael stay hidden in the forest. Wendy, meanwhile, is shot over the canopy of the forest with Tinker Bell. Unsure of what to do, she follows Tink, not knowing how much she is disliked by the fairy.

From Quiz Peter Pan

Answer: Michael

Wendy, John, and Michael Darling are the only children of Mr. and Mrs. Darling.

From Quiz The Boy Who Never Grew Up

Answer: germs

Ah, Nana- one of my favorite characters. If Liza hadn't dragged her away, the children never would have been able to fly away with Peter Pan.

From Quiz Straight On Till Morning

Answer: Acorn button

Peter was very pleased with himself after he was reunited with his shadow, which made Wendy angry. She hid under her covers until Peter talked her out with compliments. Wendy said she would give him a kiss if he liked, but since he didn't know what a kiss was, he held out his hand. Not wanting to disappoint him, Wendy put a thimble in his hand. Peter then asked Wendy if he should give her a kiss, and when she said yes, he handed her an acorn button. She put in on a string around her neck, which would later serve to save her life.

From Quiz "Peter Pan" by J. M. Barrie

Answer: It was an acorn button

"Now", said he, "shall I give you a kiss?" and she replied with a slight primness, "If you please." In exchange, Wendy gives Peter a thimble because he does not know what a kiss is. Later on Wendy kisses Peter and calls it a "thimble" and Peter "thimbles" her back, though "Tink" was not happy with this and pulled Wendy's hair.

From Quiz Peter Pan

Answer: The Lost Boys

The Lost Boys are boys who fell out of their baby carriages. According to Peter, girls are too smart to fall out.

From Quiz Straight On Till Morning

Answer: Laughs of babes

Wendy asked Peter about himself and he explained that he once heard his mother and father talking about what he would be when he was grown up. He didn't want to grow up so he ran away to Kensington Gardens, where he lived with the fairies. Wendy loved the idea of fairies and asked Peter more about them. Peter explained that when the first baby laughed its first laugh, that laugh broke into a thousand pieces which became the fairies. He also explained that each child should have its own fairy, but that each time a child says "I don't believe in fairies", a fairy dies.

From Quiz "Peter Pan" by J. M. Barrie

Answer: Blackbeard

Upon hearing that the pirate captain is Hook, John queries "Jas. Hook?" because he knew of the captain's reputation. "He was Blackbeard's bo'sun." "He was the worst of them all." "He was the only man of whom Barbecue was afraid." I have "googled" the name "Barbecue", a.k.a. "The Sea cook", but have found no other reference to his name outside of the "Peter Pan" book. However, the "Sea cook" could refer to R. L. Stevenson's eponymous character "Long John Silver".

From Quiz Peter Pan

Answer: Tiger Lily

As days and nights go by, the boys (and even Wendy) begin forgetting their parents. However, the Darlings, Peter, and the Lost Boys begin having their adventures. With Wendy being a mother, they still have their fun and camaraderie, but now there's a system to the things that they do. On one particular instance, the group decides to spend the day at the Mermaid Lagoon. The group had decided to rest after their midday meal on Marooner's Rock when Wendy and Peter realiz that the pirates had been planning to use the rock. As they all jump into the lagoon, they notice that two pirates have captured Tiger Lily, the Redskin Chief's daughter, and placed her onto the rock to drown. Peter tricks them though, masking his voice as Captain Hook's and telling them that they must let her go. When the real Captain Hook arrives, he realizes what has happened and a battle ensues. The boys defeat the pirates this time, but Peter is wounded and Wendy is too exhausted to move from Marooner's Rock. Peter uses Michael's kite to fly her back to the island and stands tall on the rock to meet his fate as the water begins to rise.

From Quiz Peter Pan

Answer: Nana

The night that Peter arrives, Nana is locked outside, but she knows something is wrong.

From Quiz The Boy Who Never Grew Up

Answer: Angela

Wendy has always been my favorite character.

From Quiz "Peter Pan" by J. M. Barrie

Answer: Long Tom

When Hook sees Tinkerbell's light he orders the crew of the "Jolly Roger" to load and fire "Long Tom". The confusion caused by the cannon results in the separation of the children from one another.

From Quiz Peter Pan

Answer: By using a bird's nest

While Peter Pan faces death by drowning on Marooner's Rock in the middle of the Mermaid Lagoon, he is spotted by a Never bird which gives him a nest to swim back in. The large bird then uses Peter's hat for its eggs and floats off. Peter returns to the cave to tell the others of his story and they all stay up late. For saving Tiger Lily, Peter is made 'The Great White Father' by the Redskins and they have dinner in celebration with the island natives. The children pass around the peace pipe, dance, and feast. By the end of the dinner (during which nearly everybody argues and Wendy has to maintain order), Wendy begins telling the Lost Boys one of her favourite stories- one that Peter dislikes intensely.

From Quiz Peter Pan

Answer: 27

They (Mr. and Mrs. Darling) will later regret going.

From Quiz The Boy Who Never Grew Up

Answer: a bar of soap

From Quiz Straight On Till Morning

Answer: Piccaninny

While Hook and his pirate mates followed the Lost Boys around the island, the redskins followed the pirates. The two groups did not get along any better than the pirates and Pan's Lost Boys did. The Piccaninny tribe, those redskins who lived on the island of Neverland, were headed by Chief Great Big Little Panther. Their princess was Tiger Lily. Following the redskins around the island were the beasts of Neverland: lions, tigers, bears, and a ticking crocodile. None of the groups, the Lost Boys, pirates, redskins, or beasts, caught up to the group before them, as they were all walking at the same speed around the island.

From Quiz "Peter Pan" by J. M. Barrie

Answer: John's top hat

However, it was too late. As we have seen, the pirates fired on the children, causing them to split up. Unfortunately for Wendy, the top hat, with Tinkerbell in it, was in Wendy's hands.

From Quiz Peter Pan

Answer: The tom-tom

Wendy tells her story about the Darling family and their trip to Neverland, including all of the Lost Boys, Peter Pan, and their adventures. At the end of the story, she tells the Lost Boys about how they will eventually grow up and return home to find the window still open for them. Soon, the Darling children realize how much they miss home and they make plans to leave for London as soon as possible. They also decide to bring the Lost Boys with them, thinking that their parents would gladly adopt them. Peter agrees to let the boys do what they want and forces Tinker Bell to take them over the sea. Before they leave though, a battle breaks out in the Redskin camp. The pirates overtake the natives, and while Tiger Lily and others get away, the pirates realize that they can signal the end of the battle by playing on the tom-tom. They inevitably capture all of the children as they emerge from their cave to depart.

From Quiz The Boy Who Never Grew Up

Answer: Cinderella

"Which story was it?" "About the prince who couldn't find the lady who wore the glass slipper." "Peter," said Wendy excitedly, "that was Cinderella..."

From Quiz "Peter Pan" by J. M. Barrie

Answer: Piccaninny

Tiger Lily is described as "the most beautiful of dusky Dianas and the belle of the Piccaninnies, coquettish, cold and amorous by turns". During the story she is captured by the pirates when she attempts to kill Hook on his ship. She is subsequently rescued by Peter, and kisses him, to the chagrin of Wendy and Tinker Bell. The name "Piccaninny" normally appears as an offensive slur in literature, but I have found a number of places in Australia based around the name "Piccaninny". These are: "Piccaninny Crater", "Piccaninny Plains Sanctuary", and "Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park".

From Quiz Peter Pan

Answer: Tinker Bell

While the pirates depart with the children in tow, Peter Pan sleeps in his bed. Captain hook takes this opportunity to slide in through Slightly's tree and poison the medicine waiting for Peter Pan. When Peter awakens, Tinker Bell returns and tells the boy that Wendy and the others have been taken. Peter prepares for battle and nearly drinks his medicine, but Tinker Bell, knowing that it had been poisoned, drinks it for him and suffers the consequences. Peter, realizing what he has done, yells out to the girls and boys of the world, telling them all to believe in fairies. This inevitably heals Tinker Bell, saving her life. On the Jolly Roger, the boys are asked to join the crew. When they realize they must forget their family and country, they rebel and Hook says that he will send them all over the plank. When Hook hears the ticking of an alarm clock though, he cowers, fearing death in the form of a crocodile. This gives the kids a chance to look over the edge of the boat, and they find Peter Pan.

From Quiz The Boy Who Never Grew Up

Answer: beasts

"The lost boys were out looking for Peter, the pirates were out looking for the lost boys, the redskins were out looking for the pirates, and the beasts were out looking for the redskins."

From Quiz Straight On Till Morning

Answer: Flew using Michael's kite

After the Darlings had been on the island for several weeks, Wendy and the boys went to Mermaid's Lagoon to play in the water. While they were there, two pirates, Mr. Smee and Starkey, came into the lagoon with Tiger Lily. She had been tied with rope around her hands and ankles, and the pirates left her on Marooner's Rock to drown when the tide came in. Peter saved her by imitating Hook's voice and convincing the pirates to let her go. The real Hook then arrived, and a fight broke out between the Lost Boys and the pirates. At the end, Wendy and a wounded Pan were left alone on Marooner's Rock with the tide coming in. Wendy escaped, by flying away on Michael's kite, which had been lost days before and made its way to the Rock in the wind. Peter was able to escape in a bird's nest that was floating on the lagoon.

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