Can You Find Delicious? Trivia Quiz

Answer: A flute

A special flute made by the dwarves causes the spring door to open and close when played.

Answer: Stone

The dwarves made the doll of stones linked together with ferns fastened to the head for hair. Ardis loved playing with her doll, but one day a man came and took the flute and played it, closing the springhouse door. When the man closed the door the doll was inside and Ardis was outside. Ardis couldn't get to her doll because the man took the flute and this made Ardis very sad. Eventually, Gaylen returned the flute to Ardis.

Answer: Vaungaylen

Gaylen's full name is Vaungaylen. Prime Minister DeCree named him Vaungaylen because it means little healer. Prime Minister DeCree was lonely before he took Gaylen in and because he was lonely he was often ill. When Gaylen came Prime Minister DeCree wasn't lonely and felt better.

Answer: 4 weeks

The King decreed that since there were four cities in the kingdom that four weeks would be a reasonable amount of time for Gaylen to travel the kingdom and poll the people.

Answer: Medley

Medley is the daughter of the mayor of the first town. She believed in the woldwellers, listened to her father's stories, and ended up marrying Gaylen.

Answer: 900 years old

A woldweller is a very old, wise creature who lives in trees. The woldweller that Gaylen meets is nine hundred years old.

Answer: Canto

Canto tells Gaylen that his idea of delicious is a cold leg of chicken eaten in an orchard early in the morning in April when you have a friend to share it with and a brown dog to eat the scraps. This is the meal that he had just eaten with Gaylen.

Answer: Mrs. Copse's crow

Maunder is Mrs. Copse's crow. He caught Gaylen's attention when he said, "Too bad! Too bad! Poor Ardis. Whistles and keys."

Answer: A new whistle

Hemlock wanted the dwarves to make him a new whistle so that he could lock Ardis into the springhouse. Hemlock was afraid that Ardis would stop his plan to take over the kingdom.

Answer: Apples

Gaylen gave the dwarves three apples because they put a new shoe on Marrow.

Answer: The Squashies and the Crisps

A boy that Gaylen meets on the way to the third town tells him that the two warring sides are the Squashies and the Crisps.

Answer: Vegetables

The women in the third town threw vegetables at Gaylen. They didn't want him to enter the town because they believed he was the reason that their husbands and sons went off to war.

Answer: False

Gaylen gave the whistle to Ardis when she promised that she would do him a favor. Gaylen wanted Ardis to loosen the stones of the dam so the water would flow through.

Answer: Water

Everyone agreed that a drink of cold water when you're very, very thirsty is delicious. They came to this agreement after Hemlock caused a drought.

Answer: At the lake

When Canto came looking for Gaylen thirteen years after the drought he was at the lake with Melody and their daughter. They visit the lake and Ardis every April.