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Scott Westerfeld has written a number of science fiction and fantasy novels for the Young Adult market, including the 'Midnight Runners' series and the 'Uglies' series.
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  "Uglies," by Scott Westerfeld   popular trivia quiz  
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 15 Qns
A quiz all about "Uglies," the first book in the trilogy by Scott Westerfeld.
Tough, 15 Qns, Arget_Aiedail, Apr 28 17
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  "Pretties" by Scott Westerfeld   great trivia quiz  
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I love the book "Pretties", so I made my first quiz about the book. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, dog_luver4, Oct 25 10
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  Pretties    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about the book "Pretties" by Scott Westerfeld. Good luck! *SPOILERS* Please Rate!
Average, 10 Qns, thenxoxo22, May 05 12
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  Extras    
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This is a quiz about he book "Extras" by Scott Westerfeld. The other books in this series are "Uglies", "Pretties", and "Specials". Hope you enjoy! Please Rate!
Average, 10 Qns, thenxoxo22, Jul 20 09
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  Scott Westerfeld's "Midnighters", Book One    
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"The Secret Hour" is the first book in the "Midnighters" series, enjoy!
Average, 20 Qns, limabeans_BUFF, Nov 18 07
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trivia question Quick Question
What is Dess's talent labeled as?

From Quiz "Scott Westerfeld's "Midnighters", Book One"




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Scott Westerfeld Trivia Questions
1. In the beginning of the book, what kind of outfit was Tally looking for before they changed it to costumes?

From Quiz "Pretties" by Scott Westerfeld

Answer: semiformal

First they said that everybody needs to have semiformal clothes. Shay came up and told her that everybody got a ping that said it was changed to costumes. Tally didn't know about this because she didn't have her interface ring on.

2. In the beginning of the book, who is stalking Tally?

From Quiz Pretties

Answer: Croy

The answer is Croy. Tally knew Croy from the Smoke and was a friend of hers. He has something for her, but she does not get it.

3. What was the main character's name?

From Quiz Extras

Answer: Aya

Aya was the main character. She was an extra at first, just trying to become famous. Then, she kicked a story that made her the third most famous person in the city. Hiro was her brother. Frizz was her boyfriend. David was Tally's friend.

4. To create the color of cat vomit that matches the sky, what kind of fish would you have to feed it for a while?

From Quiz "Uglies," by Scott Westerfeld

Answer: Salmon

At the very start of the book, Tally is staring across the river, waiting for darkness and watching the inhabitants of New Pretty Town party under a salmon, cat-vomit-pink sky. She wishes she were there with Peris.

5. What is the name of the sheriff who picked up Jonathan and Jessica?

From Quiz Scott Westerfeld's "Midnighters", Book One

Answer: Clancy St. Claire

Until Chapter Fifteen mentions his first name was Clancy, we only know him as St. Claire.

6. Instead of sharing the pill with Shay, Tally shares it with whom?

From Quiz "Pretties" by Scott Westerfeld

Answer: Zane

Shay gets really mad at Tally for giving it to Zane because she hardly knew him at the time.

7. Who does Tally start to fall in love with?

From Quiz Pretties

Answer: Zane

Zane is Tally's love interest. It is said that he has a strange beauty to him, but it is a strong beauty. Zane is also the leader of a clique.

8. Why did Aya want to join the Sly Girls?

From Quiz Extras

Answer: to kick a story

Aya followed the Sly Girls at a party and joined up with them. Since they were a myth, she wanted the whole city to know they were real. This clique weren't surge monkeys. When you are a Sly Girl, you try to become unknown, not famous.

9. What kind of car was the hubcap from, that Dess used to fend off Jessica's first darkling panther?

From Quiz Scott Westerfeld's "Midnighters", Book One

Answer: 1967 Mercury

Jessica's first question to the Midnighters, when they went to the museum, was why and how they used a hubcap as a weapon against the darkling panther.

10. Who brought the pills and the letter to Tally?

From Quiz "Pretties" by Scott Westerfeld

Answer: Croy

The note said that she would be with David when she took the pills, but Croy came instead.

11. What was the name of the clique Tally was trying to be accepted into?

From Quiz Pretties

Answer: Crims

Tally was trying to be accepted into the Crims. Shay, Peris, and Zane were already in the group and Tally wanted to be with them. The Crims are a group that goes against the law and does crazy stunts that are not allowed.

12. What was the name of Aya's hovercam?

From Quiz Extras

Answer: Moggle

Moggle was her hovercam. Apparently, he cost a lot of merits. To join the Sly Girls, she had to kill Moggle, but Ren fixed it.

13. What, according to Dess, was her lore?

From Quiz Scott Westerfeld's "Midnighters", Book One

Answer: The Discovery Channel

Rex is a Seer, and often talks about Midnighters lore.

14. What was Aya's story about (apart from the Sly Girls)?

From Quiz Extras

Answer: metal that could destroy the world

Aya found a big deposit of metal in a cave, and by Ren's calculations, it was very destructive. It was made of smart matter, so it was very dangerous, they thought. Although the story was about mag-lev, the bigger part was about the metal deposit. She didn't dare to mention the inhumans because she got no shots of them.

15. When Tally asks her, how long does Shay say it is until she becomes a pretty?

From Quiz "Uglies," by Scott Westerfeld

Answer: Two months and twenty-six days

Tally is astonished with Shay's answer because it is two months and twenty-six days until Tally becomes a pretty, too, meaning they have the same birthday (which is the ninth of September).

16. What was the name that Jessica and Constanza started calling Jessica after her mishap with the police?

From Quiz Scott Westerfeld's "Midnighters", Book One

Answer: Jess Shady

Constanza commented on writing an article about Jessica and her police encounter, but Jessica said only if she calls her "Jess Shady".

17. What broke Tally's hoverboard when she jumped off the hot air balloon?

From Quiz "Pretties" by Scott Westerfeld

Answer: a log

It was a very hard impact so the log broke the hoverboard.

18. What happened when Zane and Tally found the antidote and what was bad about that decision?

From Quiz Pretties

Answer: they each had one pill and the one pill Zane took was deadly to his mind

Tally was too afraid to take both pills so Zane and Tally each took one. The one Zane had taken was full of things that ate his brain. This caused extreme headaches.

19. What style does Tally choose at random for the morph-Shay's hair?

From Quiz "Uglies," by Scott Westerfeld

Answer: A tall white-blond one

"When the wallscreen changed, Shay fell over in a fit of giggles." Since Shay has olive skin, the white-blond color looks very odd, especially with the high hairdo, which makes it look like a dunce cap.

20. Where does Jessica's mother work?

From Quiz Scott Westerfeld's "Midnighters", Book One

Answer: Aerospace Oklahoma

At Aerospace Oklahoma Jessica's mother designs the shape of the wings for planes.

21. On Tally's journey to the Rusty Ruins, she came to a village; what was the holy man's first name?

From Quiz "Pretties" by Scott Westerfeld

Answer: Andrew

He had only been the holy man for a month because his Dad had died of a sprained ankle.

22. What group did Shay found?

From Quiz Pretties

Answer: Cutters

After Tally told Shay about the pill, Shay remembered that she was angry with Tally and took it upon herself to make a new clique that was all her own. The Cutters were a special group that cut themselves to get stronger or when they felt an emotion. Special Circumstances approved of this group and they are connected.

23. What was Tally's reason for pinging Aya?

From Quiz Extras

Answer: the story she had kicked

Tally pinged Aya for her story because it was a special circumstance. The story Aya had kicked, about the metal, reached Tally and Tally thought it was destructive. Tally doesn't care about popularity status.

24. What name does Tally think sounds made up?

From Quiz "Uglies," by Scott Westerfeld

Answer: David

Tally thinks Shay wanting her to meet David is a joke, because no one lives outside of the city, and besides, who's ever heard of the name "David" before?

25. What time does it say it is on the top of Chapter Twenty-three, "Coordinates"?

From Quiz Scott Westerfeld's "Midnighters", Book One

Answer: 11:03

At the beginning of each chapter they list the time, the name of the chapter, and the chapter number.

26. Who did Tally meet at the Rusty Ruins?

From Quiz "Pretties" by Scott Westerfeld

Answer: David

She thought Zane would be there but it was David.

27. What are the inhumans called?

From Quiz Extras

Answer: Extras

These Extras chased Aya, Hiro, Frizz, and Ren through the forest. The Extras had very pale skin, wide-apart eyes, and hands for feet.

28. What does "the one that's long and flat" in Shay's riddle turn out to be?

From Quiz "Uglies," by Scott Westerfeld

Answer: A railway

The first clue is to "take the coaster straight past the gap." Once off the roller coaster track, Tally finds the railroad, which is another track, only it's "one that's long and flat". The hoverboards need a metal grid under them to hover, for which the train track works very nicely.

29. What was the name of the museum that the Midnighters asked Jessica to come to so that they could explain?

From Quiz Scott Westerfeld's "Midnighters", Book One

Answer: Clovis Period Excavation Museum

The Midnighters come here and explain to Jessica about being one of the Midnighters.

30. Who had the tracking device inside his/her body?

From Quiz "Pretties" by Scott Westerfeld

Answer: Zane

Tally won't leave Zane because she thinks he will need her in the city.

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