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When the Beaudelaire orphans are sent to live with Esmé and Jerome Squalor, they discover that the building has a fake elevator, which is simply an empty shaft.
4 quizzes and 55 trivia questions.
1.
  Lemony Snicket: "The Ersatz Elevator"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about the book "The Ersatz Elevator" by the author Lemony Snicket. This is my first quiz so please enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, Clare913, Feb 26 11
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  The Ersatz Elevator    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Mr Poe can't find any more relatives but finds some family friends the Baudelaires have never met however they are not safe with a slave to fashion and someone who can't get their own way.
Average, 15 Qns, funkyduncan, Sep 15 19
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  Book the Sixth    
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I enjoyed the books by Lemony Snicket and decided to make a quiz. The reason I have the sixth book is because I just grabbed any Unfortunate Series book off my book shelf.
Easier, 10 Qns, sugabaybee41, Nov 14 06
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  Book 6: The Ersatz Elevator    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
The lives of the Baudelaires don't get any better in the sixth installment of the gloomy series. If you hate quizzes with salmon puffs or pinstripe suits, don't take this quiz. In fact, nobody should take this quiz at all. You have been warned.
Tough, 20 Qns, Seagerald, Jun 13 07
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trivia question Quick Question
What is the clue about the next book in the last picture?

From Quiz "The Ersatz Elevator"





The Ersatz Elevator Trivia Questions
1. What restaurant does Esmé tell Jerome and the Baudelaires to go to while she's meeting with Gunther?

From Quiz Lemony Snicket: "The Ersatz Elevator"

Answer: Café Salmonella

Esmé wanted to talk with Gunther the auctioneer in private so she booked a place at Café Salmonella for Jerome and the children.

2. What does Lemony write as a dedication to Beatrice in this book?

From Quiz Book 6: The Ersatz Elevator

Answer: When we met, my life began. Soon afterward, yours ended.

Where does he get all these witty lines from?

3. What is the number? The Baudelaires are living at _______ Dark Avenue.

From Quiz The Ersatz Elevator

Answer: 667

In the building of 667 dark avenue there are believed to be 48 or 84 floors, but there are actually 66 floors. The 48 or 84 floors is because George Orwell wrote 1984 in 1948

4. What was the name of the couple the siblings had to live with?

From Quiz Book the Sixth

Answer: Jerome and Esme

Jerome and Esme Squalor were the names of the new people who were to take care of them. Esme was secretly pretending to be nice to them when she really worked with Count Olaf. Jerome was foolish and didn't bother getting into arguments.

5. What did V.F.D (Lot #50) really stand for?

From Quiz Lemony Snicket: "The Ersatz Elevator"

Answer: Very Fancy Doilies

Violet, Klaus and Sunny thought that Count Olaf had trapped Duncan and Isadora in Lot #50. They begged Jerome to buy it for them, but Count Olaf had tricked them.

6. What was the race that the Baudelaire parents took part in before they died?

From Quiz Book 6: The Ersatz Elevator

Answer: The Sixteenth Annual Run-a-thon

Their legs were so sore that they could only serve their kids salad for dinner because they were too tired to reach the other food that was on the stove.

7. What is Esmé Squalor obsessed with?

From Quiz The Ersatz Elevator

Answer: Things that are "in".

Esmé Squalor is obsessed with being "in". She insists on buying yellow paper clips, parsley soda and all sorts of ridiculous things, just because they are "in".

8. What clothing did the children have to wear that was "in"?

From Quiz Book the Sixth

Answer: pinstripes

"Regular light is in - as in as aqueous martinis, pinstripes and orphans." said Esmé. The clothes were way too large to fit either of the children.

9. What were the two drinks that were 'in' when the Baudelaires were staying with the Squalors?

From Quiz Book 6: The Ersatz Elevator

Answer: Aqueous martini & Parsley soda

An aqueous martini is simply a glass of water with an olive in it while Parsley soda is a foul-tasting drink that replaced the aqueous martini when it was 'out'.

10. In this story V.F.D. stood for Very Fancy Doilies and the Baudelaires thought the Quagmires where hidden in it. But what was the number of the statue that they were really hidden in?

From Quiz Book the Sixth

Answer: #48

The red herring was lot #48 where the Quagmires were hidden in. The Baudelaires thought they were hidden in a large box called V.F.D.

11. What words didn't Lemony Snicket mention on the blurb?

From Quiz Lemony Snicket: "The Ersatz Elevator"

Answer: A nice guardian

These words have got something to do with the story. They seem like strange words but they are actually very important.

12. Where was Klaus delighted to visit again?

From Quiz Book 6: The Ersatz Elevator

Answer: Akhamatova Bookstore

Violet was delighted to visit the Verne Invention Museum while Sunny was delighted to visit Pincus Hospital, where she was born.

13. What element does Lemony Snicket say is not in the periodic table of elements?

From Quiz The Ersatz Elevator

Answer: Surprise

Count Olaf used the 'element of surprise' to his advantage. None of these are in the table of elements because they aren't atoms.

14. What was the name of the auction that was going on?

From Quiz Book the Sixth

Answer: The In Auction

The name of the auction was "The In Auction" where they sold things that were "in." A lot of the things in that were in didn't seem to be very interesting things and would probably never bee "in" in real life.

15. Where did Olaf keep the Quagmires?

From Quiz Lemony Snicket: "The Ersatz Elevator"

Answer: Down the elevator

The elevator wasn't an elevator, it led down to a secret passageway where he kept the Quagmires in a cage. When the Baudelaires were about to rescue them, they were gone.

16. What were the two books that Lemony mentioned that were in the Squalor library?

From Quiz Book 6: The Ersatz Elevator

Answer: Boots Were In in 1812 & Trout: In France They're Out

In the Squalor library, the books are merely descriptions of when an item in various times in history were 'in' or 'out'.

17. What is the theme of Café Salmonella?

From Quiz The Ersatz Elevator

Answer: Salmon

The Café Salmonella is an "in" restaurant which is why Esmé booked a table even though she wasn't going.

18. What was the name of the cafe Mrs Squalor wanted them to go to?

From Quiz Book the Sixth

Answer: Cafe Salmonella

"Cafe Salmonella was located in the Fish District, which was part of the city that looked, sounded, smelled, and- if you were to kneel down and lick the streets- probably tasted like fish."

19. What did Mr Poe wanted to buy but quit because it was getting too expensive?

From Quiz Lemony Snicket: "The Ersatz Elevator"

Answer: A red herring statue

Mr Poe's wife told him to get some ocean decorations so he bid on the statue but it got too expensive. The Squalors' doorman won the herring statue.

20. What does 'Reysca' mean?

From Quiz Book 6: The Ersatz Elevator

Answer: Or you could simply leave the penthouse and never return.

Sunny said this were they first meet Olaf dressed up as 'Gunther'. The other quotes, except the one about Jerome, have been said by Sunny in her 'language'.

21. What did the Baudelaires make a trail of through the penthouse?

From Quiz The Ersatz Elevator

Answer: Bread crumbs

The Baudelaires leave a trail of breadcrumbs so that they can tell which rooms they have searched.

22. Finish this poem: "On Auction Day, when the sun goes down, Gunther will ____ ____ ____ ____ ____."

From Quiz Book the Sixth

Answer: sneak us out of town

Answer is :"On Auction Day, when the sun goes down, Gunther will sneak us out of town." This was what one of the Quagmire Triplets wrote as a clue to help the Baudelaire children.

23. Who was the doorman?

From Quiz Lemony Snicket: "The Ersatz Elevator"

Answer: The hook handed man

The Squalors hired a doorman because everyone couldn't find the door. In the auction, the doorman bought the herring statue which had the Quagmire triplets in it.

24. What was the 'in' restaurant that the Baudelaires went to for dinner and where was it located?

From Quiz Book 6: The Ersatz Elevator

Answer: Cafe Salmonella, Fish District

According to Lemony, Fish District smells, sounds and looks like fish and would probably taste like fish too. Oh yeah, and Cafe Salmonella has waiters and waitresses dressed like salmon, has portraits of salmon and even has salmon in vases, not flowers. One more thing: Sake Gui Yu Saumon is actually salmon in three different languages. Hehehe.

25. Why won't Esme carry the crates of parsley soda?

From Quiz The Ersatz Elevator

Answer: Long fingernails are "in"

Esmé bought parsley soda because it was "in" (why else?), as opposed to Aqueous Martinis which were now "out".

26. Who pushed the children down into the elevator shaft?

From Quiz Book the Sixth

Answer: Esme Squalor & Esme & Mrs Squalor & esmé & esmé squalor

Esmé pushed the three children down the elevator shaft where they found the Quagmire Triplets.

27. What did the Baudelaires drink when they first met the Squalors?

From Quiz Lemony Snicket: "The Ersatz Elevator"

Answer: Aqueous Martini

When the Baudelaires first came, Aqueous Martinis were in. Later, Parsley Sodas were in.

28. Who is at the bottom of the elevator shaft?

From Quiz The Ersatz Elevator

Answer: Duncan and Isadora Quagmire

Since Count Olaf kidnapped them at the end of "The Austere Academy" it is likely that they will find the Quagmire triplets. They find Duncan and Isadora Quagmire, who almost get to tell them the secret of V.F.D.

29. What was the name Count Olaf used when he disguised as another person in this story?

From Quiz Book the Sixth

Answer: Gunther

Gunther was the name of Count Olaf when he disguised as the auctioneer and he pretended to talk in a funny way around everyone.

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