The Magic Rings Trivia Quiz

Answer: smuggler's cave

This was in that part of the house where there was a walkway through to the other houses in the terrace; the children used this to go through to Uncle Andrew's study (they misjudged the distance as they wanted to get into the empty house next door).

Answer: a faint humming sound

The book says that Polly would have thought it was the sound of a hoover being worked a long way off - had hoovers been in general use in those days.

Answer: right pocket

He explained to the children that the gReen rings would go in the Right pocket - the 'r' being the connecting factor. He did not understand the nature of the rings though. Polly and Digory would discover that the yellow one would draw the wearer into the Wood between the Worlds, and the green would take them away from it. Uncle Andrew tried to escape Narnia by using the green ring, thinking it would take him back to our world, but it would not work even if he succeeded.

Answer: plum cake

Digory said that you could almost feel the trees growing, and drinking up the water with their roots, it was so rich and full of quiet magic.

Answer: it was a dull red light

The sun over the city of Charn was an old one, and was dying. Jadis told the children that it had been like that for many years, and that the sun in our world was still young. The brand new sun in the brand new Narnia was even younger and brighter.

Answer: strike the bell

Digory pretended to be enchanted by the verse, and confessed as much to Aslan much later in the story. He struck the bell because he wanted to.

Answer: the sound got steadily louder

It was, of course, a magic bell, so it was not surprising that the sound was so distinctive.

Answer: her great-grandfather

Jadis told the children this story as they were leaving the Hall of Images for the outside, where they were not likely to be buried by falling rubble.

Answer: three days

At the end of the three days, when her army was totally defeated, Jadis destroyed every living creature but herself, then she put herself to sleep to await someone who would wake her up.

Answer: her hair

Jadis clung to Digory's ear when they jumped back to earth from the Wood between the Worlds, and Digory grabbed Jadis' ankle when they jumped from earth to the as-yet-unborn Narnia.

Answer: he had a drink of brandy

The brandy was hidden in his wardrobe, where his sister Letty could not find it!

Answer: Letitia

Uncle Andrew uses her real name when he asks her for some money that he might escort Jadis about London.

Answer: the cabby

What he actually said was, 'Now, Missie, let me get at 'is 'ead, and just you get off. You're a Lidy, and you don't want all these roughs going for you, do you? You want to go 'ome and 'ave a nice cup of tea and a lay down quiet like; then you'll feel ever so much better.'

Answer: tore an arm off a lamp post

She was standing on top of the hansom cab at the time, and just reached over and tore off the arm of the lamp post - she may have lost her magic powers, but she was still very strong.

Answer: she threw an iron bar at him

The Lion did not stop in his walk, even though it hit him square between the eyes. Where it landed, it grew into a full sized lamp post, complete with lit wick. It was this lamp post that Lucy found when she came into Narnia in 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'.

Answer: west to east

He passed them so close that they could almost touch him, but it was as if he did not see them. As he walked, he sang, and the children could identify what was happening with the sound of his song.

Answer: 'It's alive.'

Uncle Andrew was delighted with the growing lamp post and planned to bring scrap metal to this new world in order to grow battleships and so forth, to become rich - providing, of course, the 'brute of a Lion' was disposed of.

Answer: a horse

Aslan chose certain animals to form a circle around him, and these animals either shrunk or grew to be of a fairly uniform size. These were the animals who could talk, and thereafter their names would have capital letters - ie, Hedgehog, Elephant etc. - rather than the small letters (hedgehog, elephant etc.) of the non-talking variety.

Answer: 'Narnia, Narnia, Narnia.'

He actually said, 'Narnia, Narnia, Narnia, awake. Love. Think. Speak. Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be divine waters.'

Answer: all the animals refer to him as Aslan

The animals responded to Aslan by agreeing with him, mentioning him by name. At this time only Aslan had a name - the next to be named individually was the horse, Strawberry, who became the Flying Horse, Fledge.

Answer: the Jackdaw

The Jackdaw cried 'No fear', in agreement to a general instruction and was embarrassed. When everyone laughed, he asked if he had made the first joke. Aslan laughed and said that he had not *made* the first joke - he *was* the first joke.

Answer: he was a tree

It was fortunate that the debate regarding which end was the branches and which end was the roots resulted in the decision that his legs should be the part buried and liberally watered! When he came to, they realised he was some sort of animal, and put their pet in a thorn bush cage, where they fed him the things they would like to eat.

They named him 'Brandy' because that was the sound he made most often.

Answer: Frank and Helen

King Frank and Queen Helen were the first sovereigns of Narnia. After this book, we next see them in 'The Last Battle', when we have a glimpse of the Real Narnia.

Answer: Fledge

Fledge took Digory and Polly north to the walled garden to collect an apple. This apple was planted in Narnia at Aslan's bidding, and served to protect that land from Jadis for many generations. An apple taken from this second tree was given to Digory and this cured his mother back in London.

The core was buried in the garden and many years later when the tree blew down Digory had the wood made into a wardrobe. It was through this wardrobe that Lucy was to visit Narnia in 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'.

Answer: toffee

It was a small dark-wooded tree, loaded with little brown fruits that looked like dates. They were not real toffees, but were very nice.