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Exploding (Literally) Quiz

This is a quiz about the book 'My Mum's Going to Explode', an ace book by Jeremy Strong.

A multiple-choice quiz by bookwormquiz. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
bookwormquiz

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
208,277

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
151

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What do the silver studs on Lancelot's apron spell? Hint

COOK, BABE, COOK

BURN, BABY, BURN

BEWARE! THE FOOD I COOK IS POISONED

I HATE COOKING

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Question 2 of 10

2. What's the name of Nicholas's Dad? Hint

Dork

Jeremy

Sam

Ronald

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Question 3 of 10

3. What caused Gran and Lancelot move to Nicholas's house? Hint

Gran wanted to play cards with Nicholas

They were broke and can't afford a place to live

Their house fell down

They wanted to bother Nicholas

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Question 4 of 10

4. What has Lancelot tattooed on his left shoulder blade? Hint

A parrot

A great eagle

A ship

A carrot

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Question 5 of 10

5. What were the names of the owners of the house Gran and Lancelot wanted to buy? Hint

Ms Strong

Mr Martin

Mr and Mrs Throgmorton

Mr and Mrs Frogshortener

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Question 6 of 10

6. What food was Mum obessed with when she was pregnant? Hint

Chocolate

Jellybeans

Sausages

Eggs

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the name of the ancient doll Mum wanted Dad and Nicholas to practice on? Hint

Isabella

Ida

Mary

Imelda

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Question 8 of 10

8. The pizza man says, "Pizza sauce curdles if it travels at more than ________ an hour." Hint

one milimetre

forty miles

Fifty miles

None of these

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Question 9 of 10

9. What were the nicknames of the newborn babies? Hint

Dad Jr and Mum Jr

Melon and Banana

Cheese and Tomato

Elf and Pixie

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Question 10 of 10

10. What did Mum want to call the babies at first? Hint

Clarissa and Justin

Mary and John

Oak and Fir

Brenda and Ronald Junior

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What do the silver studs on Lancelot's apron spell?

Answer: BURN, BABY, BURN

Lancelot is Gran's husband and he is a Hell's Angel and has a cool motorbike even though he's sixty-five years old. He's also a whizz at the stove.

2. What's the name of Nicholas's Dad?

Answer: Ronald

He is a joker and fools around all day long. When he heard the news of Mum's pregnancy, he almost fainted.

3. What caused Gran and Lancelot move to Nicholas's house?

Answer: Their house fell down

A great hole opened up in their garden and half their house fell into it. So they moved in until they find a house.

4. What has Lancelot tattooed on his left shoulder blade?

Answer: A carrot

He wanted a parrot originally but the man who tattooes heard it wrong and mixed it up with a carrot.

5. What were the names of the owners of the house Gran and Lancelot wanted to buy?

Answer: Mr and Mrs Throgmorton

When Mr and Mrs Throgmorton saw the ring in Gran's tum, they refused to sell the house. Frogshortener was the nickname Dad gave them.

6. What food was Mum obessed with when she was pregnant?

Answer: Sausages

Poor Nicholas, Dad, Gran and Lancelot had to put up with sausages for a long time. They got so tired of them that they threw the sausages away.

7. What was the name of the ancient doll Mum wanted Dad and Nicholas to practice on?

Answer: Imelda

She was an ancient doll which was almost bald and had a leg missing.
Mum wanted them to treat it as a real baby and change the doll's nappy, give her a bath etc.

8. The pizza man says, "Pizza sauce curdles if it travels at more than ________ an hour."

Answer: forty miles

When Dad wanted him to drive Mum to the hospital because she was in labour, the pizza man refused to drive quickly because of his sauce.

9. What were the nicknames of the newborn babies?

Answer: Cheese and Tomato

They were called that because they were born in a pizza van and the pizzas were cheese and tomato. They were really called James and Rebecca.

10. What did Mum want to call the babies at first?

Answer: Clarissa and Justin

Mum thought "Clarissa" is very pretty and "Justin" sounds like he's clever. Brenda and Ronald Junior were what Dad wanted to call the twins.

Source: Author bookwormquiz

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