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Tally Ho! The "Malory Towers" Quiz

Hello and welcome to my absolutely corking quiz on Enid Blyton's smashing "Malory Towers" books.

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

Author
GeneralKala

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
96,101

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

Plays
2339

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Geordieshortie (13/15), Guest 86 (15/15), Guest 37 (10/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. What colours are the Malory Towers' uniforms? Hint

Green and yellow

Red and black

Blue and grey

Brown and orange

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which tower is Darrell in? Hint

West

South

North

East

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Question 3 of 15

3. Whom did Darrell slap in her first term? Hint

Sally

Gwen

Mary-Lou

Violet

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Question 4 of 15

4. Who turned out to be the thief in the second form? Hint

Daphne

Belinda

Ellen

Irene

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Question 5 of 15

5. In the second book what did the girls write in "invisible" chalk?

Answer: (One Word, two letters, no exclamation mark)

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Question 6 of 15

6. What was the name of Bill's horse? Hint

Lightning

Thunder

Windy

Sunshine

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Question 7 of 15

7. What part did Zerelda once play in America at college? Hint

Juliet, "Romeo and Juliet"

Titania, "A Midsummer Nights Dream"

Desdemona, "Othello"

Lady Macbeth, "Macbeth"

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Question 8 of 15

8. Of what does Belinda try to make a collection of drawings in the third year?
Hint

Horses

The backs of people's heads

Lacrosse matches

Scowls

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Question 9 of 15

9. In the fourth year Darrell's sister, Felicity, comes to Malory Towers. She makes friends with Alicia's cousin. What is her name?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 15

10. In order to get out of doing the School Certificate (pre-GCSE's) Gwen fakes an illness. What was it?
Hint

A stomach ulcer

A weak heart

Kidney stones

Lung disease

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Question 11 of 15

11. Moira, head of the fifth form, got poison pen letters. What word did every letter end in?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 12 of 15

12. Who temporarily resigned from the pantomime "Cinderella"? Hint

Bill

"Saint" Catherine

Alicia

Moira

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Question 13 of 15

13. What university did Darrell go to after Malory Towers? Hint

Oxford

Reading

Cambridge

St Andrews

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Question 14 of 15

14. In the last book the second formers played a trick for the benefit of the sixth formers. It involved a pellet that hissed, mini cushions full of hair pins and.... Hint

Sneezing powder

A really long piece of string

An inflatable body suit

A magnet

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Question 15 of 15

15. "First Term At Malory Towers" was first published in 1946. When was "Last Term At Malory Towers" first published? Hint

1950

1947

1951

1949

Most Recent Scores

Nov 11 2024 : Geordieshortie: 13/15
Oct 13 2024 : Guest 86: 15/15
Oct 06 2024 : Guest 37: 10/15

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What colours are the Malory Towers' uniforms?

Answer: Brown and orange

""It's jolly nice" said Darrell." What are you talking about girl?! It's hideous. "Brown coat, brown hat, orange ribbon and a brown tunic underneath with an orange belt." Ugh.

2. Which tower is Darrell in?

Answer: North

The mistress for this tower is Miss Potts or "Potty" as the girls hilariously call her. Other girls in this tower are Sally , Gwen, Irene and Alicia.

3. Whom did Darrell slap in her first term?

Answer: Gwen

She did it after Gwendolene had held Mary-Lou under the water in the pool. She also shook Sally violently, was mean to Mary-Lou and got bored by Violet. Such a lovely girl.

4. Who turned out to be the thief in the second form?

Answer: Daphne

At first everyone thought it was Ellen but it turned out she had just been trying to cheat. Daphne later told everyone that she had been expelled from other schools for stealing. She got scared that she would be found out at MT and parcelled all her swag up and Mary-Lou took it to the post office for her and nearly died in the process by almost falling over the cliff.

5. In the second book what did the girls write in "invisible" chalk?

Answer: oy

This was Darrell's idea and not a very well thought out one. As she herself thought "it was one thing to make a patch of pink appear on somebody's clothes - it could be easily explained away - but how could the word "OY" be explained?"

6. What was the name of Bill's horse?

Answer: Thunder

In her first year Bill's horse got colic (stomach ache) and Miss Peters rode out to get the vet to save him.

7. What part did Zerelda once play in America at college?

Answer: Lady Macbeth, "Macbeth"

Zerelda's idol is filmstar Lossie Laxton (does anyone know if she really existed?). She wanted to play the part of Juliet in the form's production of "Romeo and Juliet" but the drama teacher told her she couldn't act at all, crushing her (well for a while).

8. Of what does Belinda try to make a collection of drawings in the third year?

Answer: Scowls

Gwen was Belinda's main target. "Do you mind if I draw you like that? It's such a lovely scowl!"

9. In the fourth year Darrell's sister, Felicity, comes to Malory Towers. She makes friends with Alicia's cousin. What is her name?

Answer: June

Darrell is not happy about this, she doesn't like June at all. Darrell ends up roughing her up in a music room and consequently she loses her place as head of fourth form.

10. In order to get out of doing the School Certificate (pre-GCSE's) Gwen fakes an illness. What was it?

Answer: A weak heart

She thinks this is a excellent plan and doesn't do any revision. However in true Malory Towers fashion she gets found out. She is sent back to school unprepared for the exam and under doctors orders to do lots of exercise. The best laid plans....

11. Moira, head of the fifth form, got poison pen letters. What word did every letter end in?

Answer: me

It turned out to be June who sent the letters, there was a long list of suspects as just about everyone hated Moira. June was expelled but Moira went to see Miss Grayling, saving June and making herself more popular in the process.

12. Who temporarily resigned from the pantomime "Cinderella"?

Answer: Alicia

Alicia played the Demon King (who?). She resigned because she couldn't stand working with Moira any more.

13. What university did Darrell go to after Malory Towers?

Answer: St Andrews

This is in Scotland. Alicia also went there. Mary-Lou went on to train to be a nurse.

14. In the last book the second formers played a trick for the benefit of the sixth formers. It involved a pellet that hissed, mini cushions full of hair pins and....

Answer: A magnet

Basically a second former stood behind Mamzelle with a magnet which pulled all the pins out of her head. Then the little hissing pellet started to hiss. The sixth formers followed the noise and found the little cushion of pins. I think that this is the cleverest trick in all the books.

15. "First Term At Malory Towers" was first published in 1946. When was "Last Term At Malory Towers" first published?

Answer: 1951

Wow such a long time ago! Incidentally Enid Blyton enjoyed playing naked tennis. Yes that's right. Naked tennis. Puts her in a whole different light doesn't it?

Source: Author GeneralKala

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