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Quiz about The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents Multiple Choice Quiz | Kid Lit Authors

The first Discworld book for children. It also won the Carnegie Medal, which is brilliant as Terry Pratchett gets ignored far too often.

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

Author
SkateS

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
97,309

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
380

Last 3 plays: Guest 51 (4/10), fado72 (10/10), Dreessen (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who is Maurice? Hint

dog

rat

cat

boy

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where are the rats, Maurice and the boy going? Hint

Sto Lat

Ankh Morpork

Pseudopolis

Uberwald

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Question 3 of 10

3. How did the rats get "clever"? Hint

magicked by Ponder Stibbons

influence of Holy Wood

natural selection

living off Unseen University's rubbish heap

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who is the smartest rat? Hint

Dangerous Beans

Hamnpork

Peaches

Maurice

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Question 5 of 10

5. How did Maurice get "clever"? Hint

he ate Additives the rat

influence of Holy Wood

living off Unseen University's rubbish heap

he ate Dangerous Beans the rat

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who leads the Trap Disposal Squad? Hint

Nourishing

Darktan

Maurice

Peaches

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who tells the stories? Hint

Keith

Malicia

Maurice

Esk

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Question 8 of 10

8. Where did Keith put the poison? Hint

in the tea

in the sugar

on the biscuits

in the soup

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who escapes from a Nugent Brothers Breakback Mk 1.? Hint

Darktan

Sardines

Nourishing

Hamnpork

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Question 10 of 10

10. What or who is the Rat King? Hint

Maurice

Dangerous Beans

Darktan

a group of rats with their tails tied together

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Nov 08 2024 : Guest 51: 4/10
Oct 27 2024 : fado72: 10/10
Oct 23 2024 : Dreessen: 7/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is Maurice?

Answer: cat

A very special cat.

2. Where are the rats, Maurice and the boy going?

Answer: Uberwald

They've been kicked out of Sto Lat and Pseudopolis and come from Ankh Morpork. They end up in Bad Blintz in Uberwald.

3. How did the rats get "clever"?

Answer: living off Unseen University's rubbish heap

This also had an effect on Gaspode the dog who appears in many other Discworld books including Moving Pictures and The Fifth Elephant.

4. Who is the smartest rat?

Answer: Dangerous Beans

Peaches is quite smart but Dangerous Beans is a rat genius.

5. How did Maurice get "clever"?

Answer: he ate Additives the rat

He didn't know Additives was a smart rat.

6. Who leads the Trap Disposal Squad?

Answer: Darktan

Very clever at working out how to spring traps safely.

7. Who tells the stories?

Answer: Malicia

She is descended from the Sisters Grimm. Keith is the flute playing boy and Esk is from Equal Rites.

8. Where did Keith put the poison?

Answer: in the sugar

He tells the rat catchers the only antidote is cascara, a rather nasty laxative. Of course it turns out he didn't really put poison in the sugar but really... cascara! Those rat catchers really are on the run!

9. Who escapes from a Nugent Brothers Breakback Mk 1.?

Answer: Darktan

Darktan is the only rat ever to escape from a trap alive. Nourishing manages to gnaw through the spring as the trap is so old.

10. What or who is the Rat King?

Answer: a group of rats with their tails tied together

One of the rat catchers makes it. The King can control other rats with the force of their joined minds. Maurice manages to kill it and uses up one of his lives in the process. He also donates another life to save Dangerous Beans.

Source: Author SkateS

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