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'The Austere Academy' Trivia Quiz

This quiz is all about the fifth book in 'The Series of Unfortunate Events' by Lemony Snicket.

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

Author
KML

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
85,673

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
2715

Last 3 plays: Guest 98 (6/10), Guest 174 (8/10), Guest 14 (6/10).

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

1. What do the Baudelaires do to prevent the snapping crabs from snapping? Hint

Complain to the vice principal

Make shoes with metal on the bottom

Sneak in and sleep in the dormitory

Nothing

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2. What religious thing does Count Olaf wear as part of his disguise?

Answer: (one word)

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3. What is the Vice Principal's name, and what instrument does he play? Hint

Vice Principal Nero, the piano

Vice Principal Nero, the violin

Vice Principal Turock, the viola

Vice Principal Smith, he sings

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4. Who are the two powder faced women disguised as? Hint

The vice principal's secretaries

Lunch ladies

Teachers

Librarians

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5. What dilemma does Sunny have at lunchtime? Hint

She has her hands tied behind her back

She has to eat in the Orphans Shack

She has to sit with the vice principal and watch him eat candy

She has no silverware

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6. What do the Baudelaires have to eat with their hands at breakfast? Hint

fried eggs

pancakes with syrup

oatmeal

scrambled eggs

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7. What does S.O.R.E. stand for? Hint

Special Orphan Running Exercises

Secret Orphan Running Exercises

Simple Orphan Running Exercises

Seven Orphan Running Exercises

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8. What do the triplets pretend is Sunny when they run instead of the Baudelaires? Hint

A bag of sugar

A bag of flour

A loaf of bread

A bag of carrots

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9. What does the Vice Principal do that is very annoying? Hint

Whistles all the time

None of the others

Is always spying on people

Is always eating pie

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10. What color was Isadora Quagmire's notebook? Hint

Pitch Black

Dark blue

Dark green

Dark grey

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Most Recent Scores

Apr 02 2025 : Guest 98: 6/10
Mar 26 2025 : Guest 174: 8/10
Mar 25 2025 : Guest 14: 6/10
Mar 15 2025 : Guest 173: 8/10
Mar 13 2025 : Guest 76: 7/10
Mar 02 2025 : Guest 70: 9/10
Feb 24 2025 : Guest 68: 9/10
Feb 16 2025 : Guest 63: 8/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What do the Baudelaires do to prevent the snapping crabs from snapping?

Answer: Make shoes with metal on the bottom

Violet thinks of it when Duncan tells her the crabs don't like loud noises.

2. What religious thing does Count Olaf wear as part of his disguise?

Answer: turban

It hides his one eyebrow.

3. What is the Vice Principal's name, and what instrument does he play?

Answer: Vice Principal Nero, the violin

He has very long violin recitals. The book never actually says who the principal is.

4. Who are the two powder faced women disguised as?

Answer: Lunch ladies

They help Olaf steal the Quagmires.

5. What dilemma does Sunny have at lunchtime?

Answer: She has no silverware

She works as his secretary, which means she's in the administrative building, which means she has to eat without silverware.

6. What do the Baudelaires have to eat with their hands at breakfast?

Answer: scrambled eggs

But the Quagmires lend them their silverware.

7. What does S.O.R.E. stand for?

Answer: Special Orphan Running Exercises

Coach Genghis says that orphans have great running legs.

8. What do the triplets pretend is Sunny when they run instead of the Baudelaires?

Answer: A bag of flour

9. What does the Vice Principal do that is very annoying?

Answer: None of the others

It was actually the fact that he mocks whatever you say in an annoying voice.

10. What color was Isadora Quagmire's notebook?

Answer: Pitch Black

Isadora and Duncan wrote all of the secrets of VFD in their notebooks.

Source: Author KML

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