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14 D Authors quizzes and 145 D Authors trivia questions.
1.
  "Cinderella": The Walt Disney Book   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This is the story of a girl named Cinderella. Take this quiz to see if she ever received the "happily ever after". All questions are from the book of Disney's "Cinderella".
Average, 15 Qns, DakotaNorth, Apr 04 07
Average
DakotaNorth gold member
8016 plays
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  Out of the Gate and Off for a Walk...    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Lynley Dodd is one of New Zealand's best-loved writers for young children. In August 2009 she was made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her contribution to children's literature. This quiz is a celebration of her work.
Average, 10 Qns, Flamis, Jun 18 10
Average
Flamis
154 plays
3.
  The "Last Apprentice" Series    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is about the horror series "Last Apprentice" book series by Joseph Delaney. (The series was published as the "Spook's Apprentice" in the U.K.) This is about the first five books. Good Luck!
Average, 10 Qns, shahzy1022, Dec 17 16
Average
shahzy1022
194 plays
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  Into Ingo    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Ingo" by Helen Dunmore, is a book about Sapphire and her brother, and what they do in Ingo.
Average, 10 Qns, Rachel xx, Jun 18 07
Average
Rachel xx
198 plays
5.
  "The Fire Within" by Cris d'Lacey    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"The Fire Within" is one of my personal favorite books of the moment and hope that I am not the only one who has read and enjoyed this book. So come on and give this quiz a go! Contains SERIOUS spoilers!
Average, 10 Qns, Bethrose, Nov 27 11
Average
Bethrose
136 plays
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  "Brilliant" by Roddy Doyle    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A great children's book that can be enjoyed by adults too
Average, 10 Qns, mega44, Aug 29 15
Average
mega44
114 plays
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  Hoofbeats: Katie and the Mustang- Book 1    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This book follows Katie Rose on the first part of her journey to Oregon from Iowa by wagon train in 1847. This is a wonderful book written by Kathleen Duey. I hope you enjoy my quiz! ~Kay-Dee
Average, 10 Qns, Kay-Dee, Jun 29 06
Average
Kay-Dee
148 plays
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  Monster Squad Books by Laura Dower    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about the first four books in the "Monster Squad" series by Laura Dower.
Average, 10 Qns, dan2626, Nov 24 11
Average
dan2626
120 plays
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  "The Animals of Farthing Wood" by Colin Dann    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is about the book "The Animals of Farthing Wood" by Colin Dann. I hope you enjoy it!
Tough, 10 Qns, gemstone19, Oct 19 06
Tough
gemstone19
221 plays
10.
  The Fire Within    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is my quiz about "The Fire Within", Chris D'Lacey's first book.
Average, 10 Qns, v-v, Mar 14 20
Average
v-v
Mar 14 20
277 plays
trivia question Quick Question
What kind of cat food does Bonnington eat?

From Quiz "The Fire Within"




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  The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of School    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A fun book about Tony's misadventures in fifth grade, by Ken Derby.
Difficult, 10 Qns, Agugelman, Nov 22 09
Difficult
Agugelman
274 plays
12.
  "Agent Angel"- the Series, by Annie Dalton    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Hi, welcome to Heaven! Melanie Beeby has been an angel for over a year now, and she wants to know how much you know about her angelic adventures with her friends. Enjoy the quiz!
Average, 10 Qns, jazzykid1, Sep 04 08
Average
jazzykid1
165 plays
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  The Monkey King's Daughter - Book 1    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz involves the characters and events that occur in Book One of "The Monkey King's Daughter" series by T.A. DeBonis.
Average, 10 Qns, DVTVFIlm, Dec 24 10
Average
DVTVFIlm
119 plays
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  "Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron" book collection    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is the very first quiz on these books and I hope that you read them so you can answer the questions correctly, thank you for coming to this quiz. They are written by Kathleen Duey.
Tough, 10 Qns, Yami's1andonly, Oct 08 05
Tough
Yami's1andonly
212 plays

D Authors Trivia Questions
1. The book "Brilliant" is set in which part of Ireland?

From Quiz "Brilliant" by Roddy Doyle

Answer: Dublin

Dublin-born writer Roddy Doyle penned this book for children. He is best known for "The Barrytown Trilogy", made up of the books "The Commitments", "The Snapper" and "The Van". All of these books are set in North Dublin.

2. What is the name of the squirrel David and Lucy set out to find?

From Quiz "The Fire Within" by Cris d'Lacey

Answer: Conker

Conker is a grey squirrel who eventually dies of a kidney problem, causing David to write a bad ending to his birthday story for Lucy.

3. There are four main characters in the first four "Monster Squad" books. Who is the narrator in the first book, "The Slime that Would Not Die"?

From Quiz Monster Squad Books by Laura Dower

Answer: Jesse

All four books are narrated by a different member of the Monster Squad. The narrator of each book ends up defeating the monster.

4. The birth of the magical Monkey King was very unusual, to say the least. Where did he come from?

From Quiz The Monkey King's Daughter - Book 1

Answer: Monkey King was born from a rock.

Sun Wukong, the legendary Monkey King, was born from a rock that fell from the heavens.

5. What is Tony's nickname?

From Quiz The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of School

Answer: Tony Baloney

Tony won't eat anything but peanut butter and baloney sandwiches for lunch, so kids call him Tony Baloney.

6. How many brothers does the main character, Tom, have?

From Quiz The "Last Apprentice" Series

Answer: Six & 6

This question might be irrelevant, but it is important to the story. Tom is a seventh son of a seventh son. He has six older brothers and so does his father. Seventh sons of seventh sons have a special ability. They can hear and feel the dark and that's why they are the only ones who can be spooks. Tom's oldest brother is Jack.

7. Lynley Dodd's first book had a feline theme. What was it called?

From Quiz Out of the Gate and Off for a Walk...

Answer: My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes

Published in 1973, and co-written with Eve Sutton, the book has pictures of cats from around the world doing clever things, all compared with the author's cat... "but my cat likes to hide in boxes."

8. What did the room that David rented use to be?

From Quiz The Fire Within

Answer: Junk room

Mrs. Pennykettle said it used to be their dining room they hardly used, but Lucy said that it used to be their junk room.

9. In "Winging It", when did Mel die?

From Quiz "Agent Angel"- the Series, by Annie Dalton

Answer: The day after her thirteenth birthday

She was run over by a joyrider. She says that she remembered a silence for ages, but with faint music. Then, she was suddenly outside the gates of the Angel Academy.

10. What was the name of the mermaid the first Mathew Trewhella swam away with?

From Quiz Into Ingo

Answer: Morveren

Dad knew a lot about the Mer. He knew that they would have died in the air, and that the Mer did not have kings. He says this in the first chapter, when Sapphy and Dad are inside Zennor Church, gazing at the Zennor mermaid.

11. Why was Katie staying with Mr. and Mrs. Stevens?

From Quiz Hoofbeats: Katie and the Mustang- Book 1

Answer: A fever had killed her father, mother, and sister.

Katie was six years old when her parents and sister died. The other families nearby could not take her in because they could barely feed their own children, but the Stevens' had no children of their own.

12. In the book, "Sierra" which stallion becomes the new leader?

From Quiz "Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron" book collection

Answer: Fuego

Fuego is the new stallion who leads the old stallion's herd but the older stallion was hurt during a previous fight against a wolf to protect Sierra from being attacked.

13. Cinderella's father was worried that Cinderella needed a mother. Whom did he marry?

From Quiz "Cinderella": The Walt Disney Book

Answer: A widow who had two daughters of her own

Cinderella's father married a widow with two daughters of her own. When Cinderella's father died, she was left all alone with her evil stepmother. Her stepmother revealed who she really was. She was a mean and spiteful woman who was jealous of Cinderella's grace and beauty, not to mention charm.

14. "Brilliant" features which two children?

From Quiz "Brilliant" by Roddy Doyle

Answer: Raymond and Gloria

Raymond and Gloria Kelly are a brother and sister who have been forced through circumstances to share bedrooms due to the arrival of their Uncle in the Kelly home.

15. Who is David's 'girlfriend' near the end of the book?

From Quiz "The Fire Within" by Cris d'Lacey

Answer: Sophie

Sophie, in the book, eventually gives into Lucy's pleads to release Conker and put him into the library gardens.

16. In, "Return of Mega Mantis", the Mega Mantis multiplies. How many Mega Mantises does the Monster Squad destroy by the end of the book?

From Quiz Monster Squad Books by Laura Dower

Answer: Nine

The monsters in the books come alive from B monster movies. All of the monsters in the books appear when the original film is screened. "The Return of Mega Mantis" was watched nine times and so created nine monsters.

17. Who is in charge of the Heavenly Kingdom?

From Quiz The Monkey King's Daughter - Book 1

Answer: the Jade Emperor

The Jade Emperor is in charge of the Celestial Palace and the Heavenly Kingdom.

18. Why did Tony get in trouble on the first day of school?

From Quiz The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of School

Answer: He got his foot stuck in the toilet.

Tony got his foot stuck when he slipped while jumping rope on top of the toilet as it was being flushed by Mo.

19. In "Revenge of the Witch" Tom meets this witch, his age, who would become his best friend throughout the series.

From Quiz The "Last Apprentice" Series

Answer: Alice

Alice is a young witch who is the niece of a powerful witch. The Spook tells Tom not to get too close with her because she is a witch, but she saves his life. Tom and Alice become good friends and she saves his life on numerous occasions. She is supposedly different from other witches but the Spook still has serious doubts about her.

20. What is the nickname of the Scrubbley Library Garden gardener?

From Quiz The Fire Within

Answer: Greenfingers George

Greenfingers George bought a dragon from Pennykettle Pots and Crafts.

21. In "Losing the Plot", what was Shakespeare known as?

From Quiz "Agent Angel"- the Series, by Annie Dalton

Answer: Chance

You find out that "Chance" is Shakespeare at the end of "Losing the Plot" which is Mel's second adventure. She and her friends Lola and Reuben go to Elizabethan times to help three teenagers. Shakespeare is one of them, of course. Another is his true love and girlfriend, Catherine "Cat" Darcy. The last is a boy named Nick, who ends up being taken by the Opposition, or PODS, as Mel and her friends call them.

22. What song begins with "I wish I was away in Ingo, Far across the briny sea, Sailing over deepest waters"?

From Quiz Into Ingo

Answer: O Peggy Gordon

The name Ingo meant a lot to Sapphy when Dad disappeared. She believes that Dad is in Ingo, and is NOT dead as most people believe. Only she, Conor and Granny Carne know that Mathew Trewhella is still alive.

23. Who arrives late at the meeting?

From Quiz "The Animals of Farthing Wood" by Colin Dann

Answer: Toad

Toad has just got back from his long travel from White Deer Park, where the animals decide to escape to. Toad leads them to the Park.

24. Who is Hiram Weiss?

From Quiz Hoofbeats: Katie and the Mustang- Book 1

Answer: The Stevens' farmhand

Hiram was a great farmer, but he didn't have his own farm. He was from New York City.

25. What separates Esperanza and Strider from the herd in the book, "Esperanza"?

From Quiz "Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron" book collection

Answer: Tornado

A tornado rips across Esperanza's homeland. Strider is also separated from the herd and they both are in search for a new homeland.

26. What are the names of Cinderella's two stepsisters?

From Quiz "Cinderella": The Walt Disney Book

Answer: Drizella and Anastasia

Drizella and Anastasia could have been pretty, but their selfish, cruel ways made them ugly.

27. What is the name of the Uncle who has come to live in the Kelly household?

From Quiz "Brilliant" by Roddy Doyle

Answer: Uncle Ben

Uncle Ben is the younger brother of "Da". He is having a hard time and he goes to live with his relatives.

28. What did David name his specialized dragon?

From Quiz "The Fire Within" by Cris d'Lacey

Answer: Gadzooks

Gadzooks specialized in book writing and an image of Gadzooks would occasionally pop into David's mind as he wrote something down on his notepad.

29. In "The Beast with 1000 Eyes", the beast can kill a person just by blinking. How does the beast do this?

From Quiz Monster Squad Books by Laura Dower

Answer: By blinking with the eye on his tongue

The beast has a few different powers, including killing someone with the eye on his tongue. When he blinks all his eyes at once it puts his victim into a coma.

30. Who created the Gate that saved Meilin and her mother?

From Quiz The Monkey King's Daughter - Book 1

Answer: Guanyin

Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy, created the Gate that saved and transported Lijuan and the infant Meilin into the future when the Heavenly Kingdom was attacked and fell into demon hands.

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