One For You, Two For Me Quiz | Kid Lit Authors L - Z

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1. Dear Marco, we read, heading home from his school. Look for neat sights, is his father's one rule. A horse and a wagon soon will appear, the horse soon becomes an elephant, hear? Soon other things join the elephant then, what other TWO long-neck creatures hitch up with him?

Answer: giraffes

Published in 1937 by Theodor Suess Geisel, "And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street" is the good doctor's first book, following young Marco on his way home from school. Merely telling his father what he saw on the way home isn't good enough for the lad, so he embellishes his tale, just a little. At least, you think he will, but in the end he honors his father's wishes.

2. A poor big-hearted moose is left to his own, when many a creature calls his horns home. What gray creatures took up residence in, the FOUR big horn holes that the woodpecker began?

Answer: squirrels

Published in 1948 by Theodor S. Geisel, "Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose" follows Thidwick as he seeks moose moss to munch elsewhere. He starts by inviting a bug along for the ride, but the bug invites a spider, who invites a bird, who invites his wife, who invites her uncle...you get the picture. Soon, all of these animals living in Thidwick's horns have him miserable and too polite to tell them to scram.

3. That "Sam I Am", that "Sam I Am" does really like green eggs and ham. It's no wonder, they're a tasty treat, how many eggs, as illustrated, does Sam want us to eat?

Answer: two

1960 was a busy year for Theodor Seuss, publishing "Green Eggs and Ham" and "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish". "Green Eggs and Ham" featured that instigator, Sam, chasing the poor, unnamed yellow fellow all over the pages plying him with green eggs and ham. He eventually relents after many denials and finds that he does actually like them.

4. Fishy, fishy in a brook. Dr. Seuss caught us with a book. A book chock full of fishy fish. How many fish in the title list?

Answer: five

Published in 1960, Theodor S. Geisel and Audrey S. Geisel spun a fishy tale that is a kids' favorite the world over with "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish". The answer to our question above is "five" as one fish (1) + two fish (2) + red fish (1) + blue fish (1) = five total fish. We consider this Dr. Seuss mathematics.

5. The next crunchy read follows a fruit balancing lion who has some things piled on top of his head. What fruit does he eventually have TEN of?

Answer: apples

Published in 1961 under Dr. Seuss's 'other' pseudonym, "Theo LeSieg", this story diverts from Dr. Seuss' usual style known and loved in his other tales. It's a great story for little ones learning to count as they follow along counting the apples stacked on the animals' heads. In the end, the lion and all his animal friends all have TEN apples stacked on their heads.

6. Whose socks, blue socks. How many socks does the fox rock?

Answer: four

Published in 1965, Theodor Seuss Geisel's "Fox in Socks", follows the fox and Mr. Knox through their rhyming adventure. The fox wears a blue sock on each of his paws, for a total of four, as he meets each outrageous character. There are other socks found in the story, namely on the feet of Sue (who sews socks).

7. We all love dear Horton, and his commitment to Whos. But the Whos aren't the only ones dear Horton knew. An earlier tale has Horton involved in a lazy bird's nest, a new problem solved. How many eggs did Horton help hatch?

Answer: one

Published by Dr. Seuss in 1940, "Horton Hatches the Egg," was the earliest tale of Horton the elephant. In this book, a lazy bird decides she doesn't want to hatch an egg, so Horton is roped in to watching it, faithfully perched upon the nest in a sagging tree.

In the end, Horton hatches the egg and an elephant bird pops out and Horton and the baby elephant bird live happily ever after.

8. It isn't easy being a turtle king. To rule the pond and everything. In order to see far and wide, the turtle king must be lifted high, nigh to the sky. How many turtles did Yertle then, stack up initially and sit on them?

Answer: nine

Published in 1950, "Yertle the Turtle" tells the tale of a turtle king and his perfect pond. He soon realizes there is more in the world to rule, so he commands his turtle subjects to climb upon each other and lift him up. The initial nine turtles let him see a mile, but soon that isn't enough and he orders more and more turtle subjects to stack up.

In the end, the bottom turtle sneezes bringing the lofty Yertle back to earth with a splash.

9. The next lifted fellow, started off mellow, caring for Truffula trees. The trees are accosted for Thneeds most awful, thus chop all the trees as they please. The fate of the forest is saved by the Lorax; how many Lorax save the day?

Answer: one

One of Dr. Seuss' later stories, "The Lorax" was published in 1971. Only ONE Lorax stepped up to speak on behalf of the Truffula trees which were being cut for their tufts. The Lorax often begs to save the forest he loved. Nobody will listen at first until the last of the trees are destroyed.

As the world falls apart, one last Truffula seed is saved and given to a boy to plant and bring back the forests.

10. The last of our tales, since Christmas time sales, have summoned this quiz writer then. The Grinch is our fellow, who hated the season, and his patience had grown rather thin. We like to think the reason he hated the season was because his heart was too small. How many times too small was it?

Answer: two

Published in 1957, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," has become a holiday classic. The delightful story follows the transformation from the Who-holiday hating grump into a soul that understands the real reason for the season. In the end of the story, his heart grows THREE sizes bigger and he returns all the stuff he has stolen.

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One For You, Two For Me Trivia Quiz

I'm a little stingy with my Dr. Seuss collection, but I'll try very hard just to share. Here's one story for you, and two for me, as we count all the numbers that be.

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