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Fractured Seuss Books Trivia Quiz

For those who've read MANY Dr. Seuss books. I give you a Dr. Seuss title in fractured form. Example: Yore lonely ode wince=You're Only Old Once! You type in the correct name. Hint: The publisher often lists 44 Seuss titles on the back cover.

A multiple-choice quiz by robynraymer. Estimated time: 12 mins.

Author
robynraymer

Time
12 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
55,183

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
14 / 25

Plays
1609

Question 1 of 25

1. Bar solemn ewe windy you black

Answer: (Four words. B and the O)

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Question 2 of 25

2. Defy randy surges

Answer: (Five words. IIR the C)

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Question 3 of 25

3. Audi grins toll grist miss

Answer: (Five words. H the GSC)

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Question 4 of 25

4. Hippie birdy tatoo (By the way, throughout the quiz punctuation is optional--except apostrophes!)

Answer: (Four words. HB to Y)

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Question 5 of 25

5. Wolfish doofus rakish bluish

Answer: (8 words. OFTFRFBF)

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Question 6 of 25

6. Mug elegant spool

Answer: (Two words. MP. There's an apostrophe in the first word.)

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Question 7 of 25

7. Organ cheers yahoo

Answer: (Four words. HH a W)

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Question 8 of 25

8. The sneezes end odors Tories

Answer: (5 words. The S and OS)

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Question 9 of 25

9. Defies under rats supper solo mew cabins

Answer: (6 words. One is a 3-digit numeral. The 000 H of BC)

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Question 10 of 25

10. Ahead rubble spaghetti to solace salute

Answer: (8 words. IHT in G to SS)

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Question 11 of 25

11. End a thing that Esau it on mole bury sleet

Answer: (10 words--his first book. A to TTISI on MS)

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Question 12 of 25

12. Thin whack the bigoted mousse

Answer: (Four Words)

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Question 13 of 25

13. Oregon scratches Diego (drop the final 'o' sound)

Answer: (Four words. HH the E)

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Question 14 of 25

14. Zeke had Andy hot

Answer: (5 words. The C in the H)

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Question 15 of 25

15. The low racks

Answer: (Two words. The L)

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Question 16 of 25

16. Ho, displaces Yule goo!

Answer: (5 {words;} one is a contraction. O the PYG)

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Question 17 of 25

17. Cram bull digs zoo bar

Answer: (Three words. SES)

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Question 18 of 25

18. Reneges Pan Am

Answer: (Four words. GE and H)

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Question 19 of 25

19. The keen stills

Answer: (3 words. 2nd word has an apostrophe. The KS)

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Question 20 of 25

20. Saxon fax (This is kinda backwards.)

Answer: (Three words. F in S)

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Question 21 of 25

21. Happen pap

Answer: (Three words. H on P)

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Question 22 of 25

22. Defy Randy Sue

Answer: (5 words. IIR the Z)

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Question 23 of 25

23. The boudoir brittle back

Answer: (Four words. The BBB.)

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Question 24 of 25

24. Icon lack dirty divers hooray!

Answer: (6 words. ICLTTT. The 4th word can be a numeral.)

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Question 25 of 25

25. Monster brawn canoe! Kazoo? (You can still leave out the punctuation, however.)

Answer: (Six words. MBCM! CY?)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Bar solemn ewe windy you black

Answer: Bartholomew and the Oobleck

The awful oobleck was plumping down as big as greenish footballs now!

2. Defy randy surges

Answer: If I Ran the Circus

The Circus McGirkus!

3. Audi grins toll grist miss

Answer: How the Grinch Stole Christmas

The Grinch had been caught by this tiny Who daughter who'd got out of bed for a cup of cold water.

4. Hippie birdy tatoo (By the way, throughout the quiz punctuation is optional--except apostrophes!)

Answer: Happy Birthday to You!

You might be a doorknob! Or three baked potatoes! You might be a bag full of hard green tomatoes.

5. Wolfish doofus rakish bluish

Answer: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

Say, what a lot of fish there are!

6. Mug elegant spool

Answer: McElligot's Pool

From down in the mire and the muck and the murk, I might catch some fish that are all going 'GLURK!'

7. Organ cheers yahoo

Answer: Horton Hears a Who

A person's a person no matter how small!

8. The sneezes end odors Tories

Answer: The Sneetches and Other Stories

When the Star-Belly Sneetches had frankfurter roasts or picnics or parties or marshmallow toasts, they never invited the Plain-Belly Sneetches. They left them out cold, in the dark of the beaches.

9. Defies under rats supper solo mew cabins

Answer: The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins

'Did I or did I not command you to take off your hat?'

10. Ahead rubble spaghetti to solace salute

Answer: I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew

There I was! With more Poozers than I'd ever seen! There I was! With my shooter and only one bean!

11. End a thing that Esau it on mole bury sleet

Answer: And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street

And that is a story that no one can beat, when I say that I saw it on Mulberry Street.

12. Thin whack the bigoted mousse

Answer: Thidwick, the Big-Hearted Moose

'This big-hearted moose runs a public hotel! Bring your nuts! Bring your wife! Bring your children as well!'

13. Oregon scratches Diego (drop the final 'o' sound)

Answer: Horton Hatches the Egg

When Mayzie bird grows bored with life on the nest, she fast-talks huge but gentle Horton the elephant into taking over her incubation duties in this Dr. Seuss classic. Standing (well, sitting) firm against foul weather, hecklers, and hunters, Horton is a true hero. A poignant, funny read-aloud in which integrity and nurturing are rewarded.

14. Zeke had Andy hot

Answer: The Cat in the Hat

Two children are moping indoors on a rainy day when in strolls the Cat in the Hat. Making one of the most unforgettable entrances in the history of children's literature, the lanky feline, stylishly dressed in a candy-striped stovepipe hat and oversized bow tie, creates a whirlwind of misbehavior that the kids are at first powerless to halt.

15. The low racks

Answer: The Lorax

When his beloved Truffula Trees are hacked down to make Thneeds (which everyone needs--supposedly), the mustachioed little Lorax protests angrily. Unfortunately, the potato-shaped crusader's gripes are in vain.

16. Ho, displaces Yule goo!

Answer: Oh, the Places You'll Go!

On you will go though the Hakken-Kraks howl. Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak.

17. Cram bull digs zoo bar

Answer: Scrambled Eggs Super!

Wacky Seussian birds roost in every imaginable nook and cranny.

18. Reneges Pan Am

Answer: Green Eggs and Ham

The unquenchable Sam-I-am drags poor Mr. Negativity over hill, dale, and precarious aerial train track (with a cheerful mouse, fox, and goat in tow) until the hapless green-eggs-and-ham-hater consents to try the despised green breakfast.

19. The keen stills

Answer: The King's Stilts

One of Dr. Seuss's early, unrhymed books: 'Through the roof he could hear the noise of the Nizzards. Their beaks were as hard as iron and scratched through the air.'

20. Saxon fax (This is kinda backwards.)

Answer: Fox in Socks

When beetles battle beetles in a puddle paddle battle and the beetle battle puddle is a puddle in a bottle...they call this a tweetle beetle bottle puddle paddle battle muddle.

21. Happen pap

Answer: Hop on Pop

STOP You must not hop on Pop.

22. Defy Randy Sue

Answer: If I Ran the Zoo

Narrated by young Gerald McGrew.

23. The boudoir brittle back

Answer: The Butter Battle Book

Seuss's funny, wise fable about the nuclear arms race. We ought to reread it, I believe.

24. Icon lack dirty divers hooray!

Answer: I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today!

A boastful book.

25. Monster brawn canoe! Kazoo? (You can still leave out the punctuation, however.)

Answer: mr brown can moo can you

Another great beginner book.

Source: Author robynraymer

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