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She may be more familiar to you as Julie Andrews, but she used her married name when she wrote for children.
2 Julie Edwards quizzes and 20 Julie Edwards trivia questions.
1.
  The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Have you read this book by Julie Edwards? Come explore Whangdoodleland with this quiz.
Average, 10 Qns, bookworm78, Nov 09 16
Recommended for grades: 3,4,5
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  'The Last Of The Really Great Whangdoodles'    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about the book 'The Last Of The Really Great Whangdoodles', a novel by Julie Edwards.
Average, 10 Qns, julieandrews4eva, Apr 19 19
Recommended for grades: 3,4,5
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trivia question Quick Question
Who is the first creature the children meet when they enter Whangdoodleland?

From Quiz "The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles"





Julie Edwards Trivia Questions
1. What are the names of the three Potter children?

From Quiz The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

Answer: Ben, Tom and Lindy

The book begins when Benjamin, Thomas and Melinda (Ben, Tom and Lindy for short) meet a strange man at the zoo who tells them there is such a thing as a Whangdoodle. Simon, Jane and Barney are from the "Dark is Rising Series" by Susan Cooper; Peter, Edmund and Lucy are from the "Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis; Harry, James and Lily refers to the Potters, Harry and his parents, from the "Harry Potter" series by J.K. Rowling.

2. What is the stage name of the person who wrote 'The Last Of The Really Great Whangdoodles'?

From Quiz 'The Last Of The Really Great Whangdoodles'

Answer: Julie Andrews

Dame Julie Andrews wrote this creative novel.

3. What is the name of the professor who offers to teach the children how to enter Whangdoodleland?

From Quiz The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

Answer: Samuel Savant

Professor Savant is the man the children meet at the zoo. On Halloween, Tom and Lindy bet that Lindy won't knock on the door of a scary house. Lindy does and it turns out to be the professor's house. Earlier in the book, there had been an article in the paper saying Professor Savant had recently won the Nobel Prize!

4. What year was this published?

From Quiz 'The Last Of The Really Great Whangdoodles'

Answer: 1974

This was Julie Andrews' second novel (the first being 'Mandy').

5. What are the caps called that the children wear to help them get to Whangdoodleland?

From Quiz The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

Answer: sympathetic hats

The kids call them by their nickname - scrappy caps. Lindy's is a beautiful red bonnet covered in flowers. Ben's is an Indian headband with tassels. Tom's is a blue felt cap from Madeira.

6. What are the children's names?

From Quiz 'The Last Of The Really Great Whangdoodles'

Answer: Lindy, Ben and Tom

Lindy (Melinda), Benjamin (Ben) and Thomas (Tom) Potter are the main characters.

7. Who is the first creature the children meet when they enter Whangdoodleland?

From Quiz The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

Answer: The Whiffle Bird

Their first trip is pretty short. They meet the Whiffle Bird, who looks like a big fluff, with feathers of red, yellow, pink, purple and orange. She doesn't fly well and only speaks in clichés.

8. What is the eccentric professor's name?

From Quiz 'The Last Of The Really Great Whangdoodles'

Answer: Prof. Savant

Professor Savant works with their father, though their father is of much lower rank in the University.

9. Who was the creature that tricked Lindy into entering Whangdoodleland without the others?

From Quiz The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

Answer: the Splintercat

He is very friendly and he leads Lindy into Whangdoodleland so she can see his house. Once there, he gives her food that makes her sleepy and tangles her in his yarn so she can't escape. When Lindy sings, he cries because it is so beautiful.

10. Where did the Whangdoodle live?

From Quiz 'The Last Of The Really Great Whangdoodles'

Answer: Whangdoodleland

He is the only Whangdoodle left.

11. Who tried to stop Lindy, Ben, Tom and Prof. Savant from reaching the Whangdoodle?

From Quiz 'The Last Of The Really Great Whangdoodles'

Answer: Prime Minister Prock

Lindy was very afraid of him--and his sidekick cat, the High-tailed Splintercat.

12. What happens when they ate the berries before entering the woods full of tree-squeaks?

From Quiz The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

Answer: They all get the hiccups.

The Whiffle Bird told them "Shut your mouth", meaning they shouldn't eat the berries. They have to be quiet when they go through the woods, so as not to wake the Tree Squeaks. But the hiccups come and are very noisy.

13. Where did Prof. Savant go at the end?

From Quiz 'The Last Of The Really Great Whangdoodles'

Answer: Washington DC

14. What kind of tree do the boys get stuck in after their ride on the Gazooks?

From Quiz The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

Answer: gum

They literally get stuck and can free themselves only by chewing the trees. Eventually, they blow huge bubbles that lift them out of the tree.

15. What did Tom bet Lindy a quarter she couldn't do?

From Quiz 'The Last Of The Really Great Whangdoodles'

Answer: Knock on the door of the 'haunted house'

Prof. Savant ended up living there.

16. Where did the kids first encounter Prof. Savant?

From Quiz 'The Last Of The Really Great Whangdoodles'

Answer: The zoo

17. What is the name of the color that means all the colors of the rainbow at once?

From Quiz The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

Answer: Flange

According to the Whangdoodle, it is the hardest, but at the celebration for his new queen, he has no trouble with the color at all because he is so happy.

18. Where did Mr. and Mrs. Potter go for about a week or so?

From Quiz 'The Last Of The Really Great Whangdoodles'

Answer: The children's grandmother's house

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