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What's Wrong With That? Trivia Quiz

This quiz covers some of the quirky events from the first three chapters of "Who Could That Be at This Hour?" the first book in Lemony Snicket's series "All the Wrong Questions." You have to know what's wrong in order to get it right.

A multiple-choice quiz by unterkircher. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
unterkircher

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
361,180

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
109

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. At the beginning of the novel, thirteen year-old Lemony is in the Hemlock Tearoom and Stationery Shop having tea with his parents before he catches a train. What's wrong with that? Hint

The people he is with are his guards.

The people he is with are customers who have just sat down with him.

The people he is with are kidnappers.

The people he is with aren't his parents.

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Question 2 of 10

2. While drinking his tea, Lemony spreads his napkin in his lap. What's wrong with that? Hint

He's concealing extra sugar for his tea.

He's using it to hide a note he had secretly been given.

He's using his mother's head scarf.

He's hiding his dirty clothes.

3. A note instructs Lemony to go to the bathroom and climb out the window which turns out to be several feet above his head, but Lemony finds a ladder and completes the task. What's wrong with that? Hint

He sneaks into the janitor's closet and finds the ladder.

The ladder is in the girls' bathroom.

He has put the ladder in the bathroom himself.

A janitor comes in, does some work, and leaves the ladder behind.

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Question 4 of 10

4. The woman in the car, S. Theodora Markson, tells Lemony that she will be training him as her apprentice. What's wrong with that? Hint

She encourages him to ask many questions.

She gives him no instructions.

Her method of instruction includes examples and nagging.

She tells him that none of her apprentices have made it through her training.

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Question 5 of 10

5. Before Theodora and Lemony take off in her car, Theodora takes a cup of hot tea off the dashboard and dumps it out the window. What's wrong with that? Hint

The steam from the tea is burning their eyes.

The tea contains a sleep inducing substance.

The tea has a harsh vinegar-like smell.

Some spilt tea eats a hole in Theodora's skirt.

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Question 6 of 10

6. As Theodora and Lemony drive out of town, they pass some workers digging up the street for the construction of a new fountain. What's wrong with that? Hint

Lemony is supposed to meet someone there the next day.

Lemony sees that two of the workers were teachers at his school.

Theodora drives her car through the barricades rather than take the detour route.

Theodora almost hits one of the workers with her car.

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Question 7 of 10

7. As Theodora and Lemony approach their destination, a town called Stain'd-by-the-Sea, a bell rings and Theodora says they are to put on masks (which are in the backseat) to protect them from the water pressure. What's wrong with that? Hint

Lemony's mask has no eye holes.

Theodora's mask works, but Lemony's doesn't.

There is no water around that area.

The masks are actually a disguise.

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Question 8 of 10

8. One of the sites in Stain'd-by-the-Sea that Theodora points out to Lemony is a place called the Clusterous Forest. What's wrong with that? Hint

The trees have no leaves.

There is only one tree.

It is a forest of seaweed.

The trees have blue leaves.

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Question 9 of 10

9. As Theodora and Lemony begin their quest, they go to a strange mansion where a butler answers the door and tells them to wait in the library. What's wrong with that? Hint

Very loud rock music is playing.

None of the books have titles.

They are told not to touch any of the books.

There are only a few books in the room.

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Question 10 of 10

10. Theodora and Lemony find that the lady of the mansion, Mrs. Murphy Sallis, has had a valuable statue stolen. Furthermore, she says she knows that the Mallahan family is responsible for the crime. What's wrong with that? Hint

She says that the Mallahans are nice people.

The Mallahans have left a note saying they took the statue.

The Mallahans are her relatives.

She has seen the crime played out in a dream she had.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. At the beginning of the novel, thirteen year-old Lemony is in the Hemlock Tearoom and Stationery Shop having tea with his parents before he catches a train. What's wrong with that?

Answer: The people he is with aren't his parents.

Lemony "says" he is with his parents, but often what he says differs greatly from what is real. The mother does address him as "son" and talks about how proud of him they are. At the end of chapter one, Lemony reveals that they aren't his parents, but doesn't say who they are.

2. While drinking his tea, Lemony spreads his napkin in his lap. What's wrong with that?

Answer: He's using it to hide a note he had secretly been given.

A woman that Lemony describes as being tall with wild hair enters the tearoom and brushes by Lemony's table. She then makes a purchase and quickly leaves, but not before she drops a note in Lemony's lap.

Answer: He has put the ladder in the bathroom himself.

Lemony "finds" a large package wrapped in brown paper in one of the stalls. Of course, it is the ladder which he tells the reader he put there himself. He uses it to get out of the window and then gets in the car of the woman who had delivered the note.

4. The woman in the car, S. Theodora Markson, tells Lemony that she will be training him as her apprentice. What's wrong with that?

Answer: Her method of instruction includes examples and nagging.

Theodora informs Lemony that she will show him what she did and then tell him to do other things. She does allow him to ask questions, but often says "Stop asking the wrong questions."

5. Before Theodora and Lemony take off in her car, Theodora takes a cup of hot tea off the dashboard and dumps it out the window. What's wrong with that?

Answer: The tea contains a sleep inducing substance.

Theodora tells Lemony that the tea, which had a strong sweet smell, was laced with laudanum, and a few drops would have put him out. Furthermore, she says he would have been in danger from the people he was with in the tearoom.

6. As Theodora and Lemony drive out of town, they pass some workers digging up the street for the construction of a new fountain. What's wrong with that?

Answer: Lemony is supposed to meet someone there the next day.

Lemony was to meet someone at the worksite, and they were going to measure the depth of the hole the workers had dug. He has a new tape measure in his suitcase at the train station and is upset when Theodora says they don't need to go get it because she has bought some clothes for him.

Answer: There is no water around that area.

Lemony can't understand how they can be in danger from water pressure since there isn't any water around. This is because the part of sea around the town had been drained to save the town.

8. One of the sites in Stain'd-by-the-Sea that Theodora points out to Lemony is a place called the Clusterous Forest. What's wrong with that?

Answer: It is a forest of seaweed.

It was thought that once the sea had been drained, the seaweed would die, but strangely it began to survive on the dry land. Theodora tells Lemony not to ever go in it because it is "a wild and lawless place, not fit for man or beast."

9. As Theodora and Lemony begin their quest, they go to a strange mansion where a butler answers the door and tells them to wait in the library. What's wrong with that?

Answer: There are only a few books in the room.

Lemony doesn't think that any of the books look very interesting, but he finally chooses one and reads a few pages of a novel about a teenage boy named Johnny Tremain who lived during the American Revolution.

Answer: She says that the Mallahans are nice people.

Mrs. Murphy Sallis tells Theodora and Lemony that the Mallahans have been enemies of her family for generations, and they had said they would someday steal the statue. But then she says she doesn't want anything to happen to them because they're "nice people."

Source: Author unterkircher

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