Madeline Trivia

1. Who was the author of the original "Madeline" book series?

From Quiz Madeline: Lost In Paris

Answer: Ludwig Bemelmans

Born in Meran, Austria in 1898, Ludwig Bemelmans wrote the very first "Madeline" book in 1939, and later wrote six follow ups. The film "Madeline: Lost in Paris" was a movie tie-in for D.I.C's 1993 T.V. series "The Adventures of Madeline".

From Quiz Mad About "Madeline"

Answer: appendix

"But in the middle of the night, Miss Clavel said, 'Something is not right!' (from the book "Madeline")." Poor Madeline had a bad appendix. Luckily, it was removed quickly and she was left with a great scar. While at the hospital, she was also able to visit Lady Covington.

From Quiz Madeline: Lost In Paris

Answer: violin

Madeline and her 11 friends who attend a girls' finishing school in Paris during the 1930s awake one morning to find that Miss Clavel, the nun who takes care of them, has fallen ill. Miss Clavel finds that her head aches because of a horrid sound coming from the house of the Spanish Ambassador next door. Madeline and the others find out that it is his son, Pepito, who is having difficulty learning to play the violin making the noise. At their request, Pepito agrees to stop playing violin until Miss Clavel is well.

From Quiz The Movie of "Madeline"

Answer: Fred

"Fred the Chicken" was a rooster. He wound up on the table the night Madeline got home from the hospital. Madeline refused to eat Fred, deciding to be a vegetarian, causing nine other girls to decide to be vegetarians with her. The incident caused quite a bit of craziness at the table, and ended with Miss Clavel sending the newly turned vegetarians to bed with no supper.

From Quiz Mad About "Madeline"

Answer: Leopold

Leopold was actually trying to kidnap Pepito so he could hold him for ransom. His partners in crime were the clowns from the circus, Les Idiots.

From Quiz Mad About "Madeline"

Answer: Spain

The Spanish Ambassador moved in next door, with his wife and son Pepito. The Liberian and Indian ambassadors were scared away by Pepito. In the end, The Uzbekistani Ambassador let the girls keep the school.

From Quiz Madeline: Lost In Paris

Answer: Horst

The next day, after Miss Clavel gets better, a letter addressed to Madeline is delivered to the house by the postman. The letter states that her "long-lost Uncle Horst" is coming for a visit. Ecstatic at the thought of having family again, Madeline happily works with the other girls who are all happy for her to clean the house in order to prepare for his visit.

From Quiz The Movie of "Madeline"

Answer: Marie Gilbert

Lady Covington's mother ran the boarding school back when she was a child, so Lady Covington, of course, attended. She carved her name, which was Marie Gilbert at the time, on the baseboards in the girls' room. Madeline found this out during a secret late-night hospital visit, while Madeline was in the hospital recovering from getting her appendix removed.

From Quiz Mad About "Madeline"

Answer: Vicki

Pepito was riding his Vespa in the courtyard. Vicki also said he was "perfectly Elvis!". Aggie said Pepito was "sort of handsome". Madeline was convinced the Pepito was a 'bad hat' (a direct reference to Caldecott Award winning book "Madeline and the Bad Hat"). Madeline then tells Vicki, "Nobody wants a chance but you, Vicki. You're all googly-eyed!"

From Quiz Madeline: Lost In Paris

Answer: Vienna

Uncle Horst claims he is from Vienna which is both the largest and capital city of Austria. On the day of his arrival, Horst is seemingly a kind and well-mannered man, graciously bringing with him a collar of white lace for each of the girls. However, things take a slight turn for the worse as Uncle Horst, who by way of court papers is Madeline's new legal guardian, wishes her to return with him to Vienna where he states she will attend a fine and exclusive finishing school.

From Quiz The Movie of "Madeline"

Answer: Dresses

The girls' uniform by day consisted of bright blue dresses, red and blue striped ties, white socks, patented Mary-Jane shoes, plus bright blue coats and straw hats when they went outside. When it rained, they also sported bright yellow umbrellas. The only time you ever saw them wear anything different was at Pepito's birthday party.

From Quiz Mad About "Madeline"

Answer: Idiots

Leopold always called them idiots and they would get mad because that was just their stage name. Their job was to distract Pepito's parents at the circus so Leopold could nab Pepito.

From Quiz The Movie of "Madeline"

Answer: Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand played Miss Clavel, a nun who managed the twelve girls. Miss Clavel loved all of the girls a lot, but seemed to have a special fondness for Madeline. Born on June 27th, 1957, McDormand was a Pennsylvania native. She was in the films, "Burn After Reading" (2008) and "Something's Gotta Give" (2003), and in 1994, McDormand adopted a son, Pedro, from Paraguay.

From Quiz Mad About "Madeline"

Answer: saved her from the river

Genevieve is a dog. After she saved Madeline, the girls wanted to keep her, but pets were not allowed at the school. Miss Clavel relented, but Lord Cucuface (Covington) threw Genevieve out when he found her in the garden shed.

From Quiz Madeline: Lost In Paris

Answer: a shrunken head

After attempting but failing to prevent the rooster from crowing so that the sun won't rise and Madeline will then supposedly not leave as it is still dark, Pepito concludes that he may still give Madeline a parting present. The other three options were all things of his that he rejects before he decides that the genuine imitation shrunken head from the Ambassador of Brazil is the best of all.

From Quiz The Movie of "Madeline"

Answer: 9 P.M.

Lord Covington called the students "little brats", after Madeline accidentally addressed him as "Lord CooCoo-Face" in front of him. Miss Clavel responded, quite defensively "They are not brats, Lord Covington - they are young ladies. They respect their elders from seven AM when they wake up until nine PM in the evening when they go to sleep."

From Quiz Mad About "Madeline"

Answer: Lord Cucuface

Madeline accidentally called him Cucuface to his face when he came late at night to give Miss Clavel letters to the girls' parents, telling them the school was closing. Even Helene called him Cucuface.

From Quiz The Movie of "Madeline"

Answer: At the river Seine

Madeline stood on the edge of a bridge, to be seen amongst the other girls while making a speech to them, about how Pepito was "a bad hat". In her excitement, she fell off the bridge and nearly drowned, but was rescued by the white lab she named Genevieve (played by Nanny the Dog). She kept Genevieve hidden at the school before showing Miss Clavel, who made Madeline keep it in a shed out back, since there was a strict rule in the school of "no pets allowed".

From Quiz Mad About "Madeline"

Answer: Fred

Madeline made friends with the chicken in the car. That night at dinner, she did not want to eat "Fred" so she decided to become a vegetarian. About half the girls followed her lead. Vicki was not one of them and proceeded to eat the chicken to the chorus of girls clucking at her.

From Quiz Mad About "Madeline"

Answer: Beware

"Beware! Beware of what?" was Aggie's question. The girls were discussing this when Miss Clavel came in with an invitation to Pepito's birthday party. Many of the girls were afraid to go because of the message in Madeline's notebook, but Madeline was not going to be frightened by Pepito and insisted they were going.

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