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Oh, The Places You'll Go! Trivia Quiz

A quiz about "Oh, The Places You'll Go" by Dr Seuss. All the answers are taken from the book.

A multiple-choice quiz by Lil_Miss_Fickle. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Lil_Miss_Fickle

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
358,764

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
362

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. "Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to _____
______! You're off and away!"

Where are you headed? Hint

Great Places

Your Grandma's

Disney World

New York

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Question 2 of 10

2. When you head straight out of town into the wide open air, things can start to happen to you. When things start to happen, what two things should you NOT do? Hint

scream or yell

fret or panic

worry or stew

cry or shout

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Question 3 of 10

3. It won't always be a smooth journey. What two bad things can happen to you? Hint

Fall-downs and Knock-downs

Slip-downs and Slide-downs

Smash-ups and Crash ups

Bang-ups and Hang-ups

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Question 4 of 10

4. When you come to a place where the streets are not marked, you need to be careful! You could hurt yourself. What two things could you sprain? Hint

Your ankle and nose

Your big toe and ear

Your finger and jaw

Your elbow and chin

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Question 5 of 10

5. When you travel down long wiggled roads, across weirdish wild space, you end up at a most useless place. Where do you end up? Hint

The Waiting Place

The Boring Place

The Lorax's Place

The Pointless Place

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Question 6 of 10

6. When you escape, you will find yourself in bright places. What kind of bands will be playing there? Hint

Rock Bands

Boom Bands

Brass Bands

Rubber Bands

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Question 7 of 10

7. On your journey, sometimes you might get lonely. When you're alone, what kind of horrible things might you meet? Hint

things that scare you right out of your pants

things that live under the bed and nibble your toes

things that make you tremble with fear

things that make you cry and shout

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Question 8 of 10

8. "But on you will go though the weather be foul; On you will go though your enemies prowl; On you will go though the ______-_____ howl" Hint

Hakken-Kraks

Were-wolves

Stinky-Stomps

Franken-dogs

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Question 9 of 10

9. When you get mixed up, you must step with care and great tact. What else do you need to remember? Hint

that life will be great as a matter of fact

that Life's a Great Balancing Act

that you must work hard or else you'll be sacked

that you must keep going and not turn back

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Question 10 of 10

10. What are you 98 and 3/4% guaranteed to do? Hint

Take the lead

Cause a stampede

Learn to read

Succeed

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to _____ ______! You're off and away!" Where are you headed?

Answer: Great Places

"Oh, The Places You'll Go!" was published in 1990, and was the last book written by Dr Seuss before his death in September 1991.

2. When you head straight out of town into the wide open air, things can start to happen to you. When things start to happen, what two things should you NOT do?

Answer: worry or stew

Dr Seuss's full name was Theodore Seuss Geisel and he was not really a doctor at all! Seuss was his mother's surname before she married his father.

3. It won't always be a smooth journey. What two bad things can happen to you?

Answer: Bang-ups and Hang-ups

More copies of "Oh, The Places You'll Go!" are sold each spring at graduation time than at any other time of year, as many people choose to buy it as a gift for people about to enter a new phase of their life.

4. When you come to a place where the streets are not marked, you need to be careful! You could hurt yourself. What two things could you sprain?

Answer: Your elbow and chin

Most Americans say the word 'Seuss' as if it rhymes with moose, but the correct way to say it "soyce" (to rhyme with voice or choice). Dr Seuss's grandparents were from Germany and that's how the Germans pronounce it.

Don't worry though - in the end, Dr Seuss decided to change the way he said his own name to the way most Americans say it.

5. When you travel down long wiggled roads, across weirdish wild space, you end up at a most useless place. Where do you end up?

Answer: The Waiting Place

Dr Seuss drew all the pictures in "Oh, The Places You'll Go!" himself. He illustrated 44 of his own books altogether.

6. When you escape, you will find yourself in bright places. What kind of bands will be playing there?

Answer: Boom Bands

In 2010, Random House publishers created the "Oh! The Places You'll Go!" college scholarship for students leaving high school. To win the scholarship money, applicants had to submit original artwork and essays.

7. On your journey, sometimes you might get lonely. When you're alone, what kind of horrible things might you meet?

Answer: things that scare you right out of your pants

Dr Seuss and his wife didn't have any children, but pretended to their friends that they had a daughter called Chrysanthemum Pearl. He even dedicated a book to her in 1938 ("The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins").

8. "But on you will go though the weather be foul; On you will go though your enemies prowl; On you will go though the ______-_____ howl"

Answer: Hakken-Kraks

Dr Seuss often made up creatures with funny names. The illustration of the Hakken-Kraks in the book shows that they are big purple sea-monsters with long necks.

9. When you get mixed up, you must step with care and great tact. What else do you need to remember?

Answer: that Life's a Great Balancing Act

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of "Oh, The Places You'll Go!" in 2010, a pop-up version of the book was released, created by David A. Carter, who brought Dr Seuss's original drawings to life.

10. What are you 98 and 3/4% guaranteed to do?

Answer: Succeed

Dr. Seuss has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. You can see it on the 6500 block of Hollywood Boulevard.

Source: Author Lil_Miss_Fickle

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