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The Worst Witch (Book one) Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz about the first book in Jill Murphy's "The Worst Witch" series. (It is not about the T.V. programme)

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

Author
boiled_egg

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
190,425

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

Plays
344

Last 3 plays: Guest 84 (12/15), Guest 86 (7/15), Guest 94 (7/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. What is the name of Mildred's (The Worst Witch) best friend? Hint

Enid

Maud

Ethel

Drucilla

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Question 2 of 15

2. What is the name of the school Mildred attends? Hint

Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches

Miss Hardbroom's Academy of Sorcery

Merlin's Training School

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Question 3 of 15

3. What is the name of Mildred's kitten?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 15

4. Whose kitten behaved perfectly from the first try? Hint

Maud

Ethel

Enid

Fenella

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Question 5 of 15

5. What animal does Mildred turn Ethel into? Hint

Frog

Horse

Pig

Donkey

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Question 6 of 15

6. What potion did the girls have to make for Miss Hardbroom's potions test? Hint

Invisibility

Laughter

Swelling

Shape-changing

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Question 7 of 15

7. What does Miss Hardbroom tell her pupils they will be doing for the Halloween celebrations? Hint

A play

A broomstick formation team

A fashion show

A dance

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Question 8 of 15

8. Why did Ethel not want to lend Mildred her broomstick? Hint

She didn't want it to get broken

It was a birthday present

It was her favourite broom

She thought Mildred would jinx it

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Question 9 of 15

9. The witch Mildred sees in the forest wearing horn-rimmed glasses is Miss Cackle.

True

False

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Question 10 of 15

10. What potion were the group of witches in the forest brewing? Hint

Laughter

A potion that changes the drinker into a snail

Poison

Invisibility

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Question 11 of 15

11. What creature does Mildred turn all the evil witches into?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 12 of 15

12. What colour are Agatha's glasses?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 13 of 15

13. What time does the rising bell ring after Halloween? Hint

11 o'clock

Noon

7 o'clock

9 o'clock

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Question 14 of 15

14. Whom did Ethel tell about her jinxing the broom Mildred had been riding? Hint

Harriet

Griselda

Drucilla

Muriel

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Question 15 of 15

15. Miss Cackle declares a half-day holiday in honour of Mildred.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of Mildred's (The Worst Witch) best friend?

Answer: Maud

The two make a funny pair because Mildred is very tall and thin with long plaits whilst Maud is short and tubby.

2. What is the name of the school Mildred attends?

Answer: Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches

The Headmistress - Miss Cackle is very old fashioned and does not believe in "new fangled nonsense" and trains all her witches in a traditional way.

3. What is the name of Mildred's kitten?

Answer: Tabby

Mildred's cat was a tabby cat because they had run out of black ones!

4. Whose kitten behaved perfectly from the first try?

Answer: Ethel

Ethel is a very bossy, nasty and stuck-up pupil whom Miss Hardboom is very fond of!

5. What animal does Mildred turn Ethel into?

Answer: Pig

Mildred was supposed to turn her into a frog but she had memorised the wrong spell!

6. What potion did the girls have to make for Miss Hardbroom's potions test?

Answer: Laughter

Mildred and Maud made an invisibility potion instead and were sent to Miss Cackle's office.

7. What does Miss Hardbroom tell her pupils they will be doing for the Halloween celebrations?

Answer: A broomstick formation team

Mildred is horrified by this as she is awful on a broom!

8. Why did Ethel not want to lend Mildred her broomstick?

Answer: It was a birthday present

Ethel casts a spell on the broom so Mildred will disrupt the Broomstick formation display.

9. The witch Mildred sees in the forest wearing horn-rimmed glasses is Miss Cackle.

Answer: False

She is Miss Cackle's twin sister Agatha.

10. What potion were the group of witches in the forest brewing?

Answer: Invisibility

The witches were planning on sneaking into Cackle's Academy and changing all the pupils into frogs.

11. What creature does Mildred turn all the evil witches into?

Answer: Snails

Mildred placed them all into a cardboard box and carried them back up to the castle.

12. What colour are Agatha's glasses?

Answer: Green

Miss Cackle wears the same glasses but in a different colour.

13. What time does the rising bell ring after Halloween?

Answer: Noon

Loads of people went into Mildred's room to congratulate her on saving the school!

14. Whom did Ethel tell about her jinxing the broom Mildred had been riding?

Answer: Harriet

Harriet thought it was a dreadful thing to do so she told everyone.

15. Miss Cackle declares a half-day holiday in honour of Mildred.

Answer: True

Mildred blushes and twists her fingers behind her back as the cheers ring out!

Source: Author boiled_egg

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