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This Canadian author zoomed to star status with his 2001 novel 'The Life of Pi', which won the Mann Booker Prize, and was adapted into an award-winning film directed by Ang Lee.
3 Yann Martel quizzes and 30 Yann Martel trivia questions.
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  10 Questions on Life of Pi   popular trivia quiz  
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A boy, a boat and a Bengal tiger! A quick quiz on Yann Martel's Booker prize winning novel.
Average, 10 Qns, quogequox, Mar 14 22
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  10 Question Life of Pi Quiz    
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Yann Martel's "Life of Pi" won the Man Booker Prize in 2002. Martel's creative imagination and vivid description brought us a fascinating story about an Indian boy who embarked on the most remarkable adventure one could ever imagine.
Easier, 10 Qns, Matthew_07, Mar 14 22
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  Life of Pi: Animals    
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You know the tiger, the hyena, the zebra, and the orangutan in Yann Martle's "Life of Pi", but let's dig a little deeper, and remember the many other creatures hiding in the pages of this masterpiece.
Tough, 10 Qns, Casedinlight, Mar 14 22
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Yann Martel Trivia Questions
1. When Mr Kumar, the biology teacher, visits the zoo, he stops by Peak and Summit's enclosure. What kind of animals are Peak and Summit?

From Quiz Life of Pi: Animals

Answer: rhinos

Peak was showing signs of suffering from isolation, so Pi's father added goats to the enclosure, which made for a "great attraction". Summit arrived later.

2. In which Indian city did Pi and his family live?

From Quiz Life of Pi

Answer: Pondicherry

Pi's father was "founder, owner, director, head of a staff of fifty-three" of the Pondicherry Zoo. Previously a French enclave, Pondicherry joined the new Indian republic on November 1st 1954.

3. "This creature appeared in the air...missed the tarpaulin...landed with a loud crash on the last bench, smashing it and shaking the whole lifeboat." Which animal is Pi talking about?

From Quiz Life of Pi: Animals

Answer: The zebra

The zebra broke its leg in the fall, and was the first on the lifeboat to be attacked. The hyena, and Richard Parker the tiger, appear from under the tarpaulin later on, once the lifeboat is in the water. The orangutan, Orange Juice, floats to the lifeboat "on an island of bananas in a halo of light."

4. What is the name of the ship that Pi's family set sail for Canada on?

From Quiz Life of Pi

Answer: Tsimtsum

With Japanese officers and Taiwanese crew the Panamanian registered ship sinks halfway between the Philippines and Midway. "The ship sank. It made a sound like a monstrous metallic burp."

5. Pi is on the lifeboat when he says "suddenly I was hit hard across the face. I cried out and closed my eyes.... this was the gruesome way I was to die. The pain was so severe I felt nothing." What hit Pi in the face?

From Quiz Life of Pi: Animals

Answer: a flying fish

Richard Parker was still on the other side of the lifeboat, and the zebra was dead. Pi was hit in the face by a flying fish. He picked it up and threw it at Richard Parker's open mouth, but it "swerved and dropped into the water."

6. "Father said, "We would sail like Columbus!" "He was hoping to find India," I pointed out sullenly." What was the name of the Japanese cargo ship that would bring the family members to their destination?

From Quiz Life of Pi

Answer: Tsimtsum

In Japanese, the word "tsimtsum" means contraction or withdrawal. Pi was saddened by the fact that he was about to leave Pondicherry, the place that he grew up. He bid farewell to Mamaji, Mr. Kumar and his other friends.

7. What happens to Orange Juice on the lifeboat?

From Quiz Life of Pi

Answer: consumed

The Hyena eats Orange Juice! Orange Juice is the name of the Orangutan. She comes aboard the lifeboat drifting on a raft of floating bananas and despite a brief resistance is killed by the hyena.

8. "Jesus, Muhammad, Mary and Vishnu, how good to see you, Richard Parker! Don't give up, please. Come to the lifeboat." What animal was Richard Parker?

From Quiz Life of Pi

Answer: A tiger

Richard Parker was the name of the Royal Bengal tiger. After the ship sank, Pi saved Richard Parker. He blew the whistle as hard as he could to attract the tiger's attention.

9. What is the name of the tiger?

From Quiz Life of Pi

Answer: Richard Parker

An odd name for a wild animal, the tiger received its name due a clerical error, Richard Parker in fact being the name of the hunter who captured the beast. "All the papers we received with the cub clearly stated that its name was Richard Parker, that the hunter's first name was Thirsty and that his family name was None Given."

10. Pi was convinced that the whales understood his condition. What is the name of the whale that "introduced" himself to Pi?

From Quiz Life of Pi: Animals

Answer: Pimphoo

Poon was the merchant sailor "who survived the Pacific for 173 days in the 1950s." Tsimtsum was the name of the ship that sank. Pondicherry is a territory in India.

11. Pi finds himself alone on the lifeboat with the tiger, even the cockroaches having fled. The boy runs through a number of possible plans to deal with the tiger. In the end he settles on which plan?

From Quiz Life of Pi

Answer: Plan Seven - keep him alive

At first Pi attempts Plan Six - a war of attrition, but quickly realizes that he has little chance of outlasting the tiger, who when hungry enough will attack and devour him. Pi resolves to train Richard Parker using a whistle found in the supply chest and with the aid of the tiger's tendency to become seasick.

12. Finally, after many days at sea, Pi finally strikes land on the coast of which country?

From Quiz Life of Pi

Answer: Mexico

The lifeboat comes aground near the town of Tomatlan in Mexico. No sooner have they struck land than Richard Parker leaps off the boat and races into the jungle leaving Pi distressed at their parting. "Then Richard Parker, companion of my torment, awful, fierce thing that kept me alive, moved forward and disappeared forever from my life."

13. Can you tell me the last word of the last chapter of the book? The last chapter, chapter 100, is the report of Pi's interview with the Japanese Maritime Department workers.

From Quiz Life of Pi: Animals

Answer: tiger

"Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at sea as Mr. Patel, and none in the company of an adult Bengal tiger." Yep, it's "tiger"!

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