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Did You Say Mouseketeer or Musketeer? Quiz

Fictional mice are often brave little creatures. Can you identify either these or their creators? This quiz is in response to a player's challenge and was fun to write! One or two questions may be peripherally concerned with mice. Good luck!

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

Author
balaton

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
366,122

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
388

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Question 1 of 10

1. Reepicheep is my favourite of all brave little mice. He is inordinately vain about his tail and he is loved by a very special lion. Who is the creator of this little fellow? Hint

Lewis Carroll

Hans Anderson

C.S. Lewis

Michael Bond

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Question 2 of 10

2. This mouse, with his friend Mr Ages, is one of the survivors of a group of mice who make it possible for a company of genetically modified and trained super-intelligent rats to escape from a Government Research Unit. He is subsequently killed by Dragon, the farmer's cat, leaving his widow in need of help. Who is he? Hint

Jeremy Whiskers

Nicodemus Boffin

Jonathan Frisby

Tommy Tittlemouse

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Question 3 of 10

3. "You might just as well say," added the dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, "that 'I breathe when I sleep' is the same thing as 'I sleep when I breathe'!"

In which book would you find this somnolent creature? Hint

Alice in Wonderland

A Town Like Alice

Alice Through the Looking Glass

The Diary of a Dormouse

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Question 4 of 10

4. 1959 saw the appearance of a satirical comedy film called "The Mouse that Roared", in which a tiny European country declares war on America. The film is based on a book of the same name by Leonard Wibberley.

What is the name of this figurative mouse?
Hint

Switzerland

The Republic of Alpstein

The Duchy of Grand Fenwick

Lichtenstein

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Question 5 of 10

5. Beatrix Potter wrote a charming book called "The Tale of Two Bad Mice".
What were their names? Hint

Peter and Benjamin

Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca

Tiggywinkle and Miss Moppet

Flopsy and Mopsy

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Question 6 of 10

6. A pleasant young man with an IQ of 68 is operated upon following the success of a similar operation on a mouse. His IQ dramatically increases to about 185 but his relationship problems increase. What is the name of the mouse, whose name appears in the title of the book by Daniel Keyes? Hint

Hector

Algernon

Walter

Alfred

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Question 7 of 10

7. In C.S.Lewis's book "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", Aslan is bound to the Stone Table, apparently killed by the white witch. When the crowd of little mice see this, what is their reaction? Hint

They squeal in terror and run away.

They gnaw through the ropes and set him free.

They try to wake him up.

They laugh and jeer at him.

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Question 8 of 10

8. What Agatha Christie book, set in a student boarding house run by Miss Lemon's sister, has a title taken from a "mousy" nursery rhyme? Hint

The Mousetrap

Hickory Dickory Dock

Cat Among the Pigeons

One, Two, Buckle my Shoe

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who wrote of the little mouse, threatened by farm machinery, who learned that
"The best laid schemes of mice and men
Gang aft a-gley"? Hint

Walter Scott

Finlay Currie

Robert Bruce

Robert Burns

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Little Tommy Tittlemouse
Lived in a little house"
What did he do next? Hint

He caught fishes in other men's ditches

He picked flowers in other men's bowers

He stole loaves in other men's groves

He drank the wines from other men's vines

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Reepicheep is my favourite of all brave little mice. He is inordinately vain about his tail and he is loved by a very special lion. Who is the creator of this little fellow?

Answer: C.S. Lewis

Reepicheep appears in the Narnia series of books by C.S. Lewis, notably in "Prince Caspian" and "The Voyage of the Dawntreader". He is fiercely loyal to the lion Aslan and, as a reward, he is finally allowed to realize his great ambition to sail off alone in his small coracle to the end of the world.
Lucy Pevensey, one of the four children originally called to the magical land of Narnia, always wanted to cuddle him but he would have been mortally offended if she did so.

Answer: Jonathan Frisby

Robert C. O'Brien wrote the book "Mrs Frisby and The Rats of NIMH". The rats who escape have become literate and have educated themselves from the books in the Institute's library. They have established a sophisticated colony under a rosebush. Out of respect for Jonathan they help Mrs Frisby move house and save the life of her son Timothy.

There are two sequels to the book, both written by O'Brien's daughter.

3. "You might just as well say," added the dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, "that 'I breathe when I sleep' is the same thing as 'I sleep when I breathe'!" In which book would you find this somnolent creature?

Answer: Alice in Wonderland

The dormouse appears in Lewis Carroll's book at the Mad Hatter's tea party. He is sitting between the Hatter and the March Hare, and finally they stuff him into the tea pot!

Answer: The Duchy of Grand Fenwick

Grand Fenwick's economy is based on the unique wine that they make. This is threatened when an American company produces a copy. They develop an ingenious plan to deal with this. Knowing that America provides generous aid to her defeated enemies, they declare war and invade. However, entirely by accident, they win the war. Read the book to find the hilarious consequences.

Peter Sellers played three different characters in the film - a duchess, a count and a military leader.

5. Beatrix Potter wrote a charming book called "The Tale of Two Bad Mice". What were their names?

Answer: Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca

Hunca Munca and Tom Thumb went into the doll's house, stole some things, broke others, tried to eat the plaster food and generally created mayhem. The little girl who owned the toy was quite upset, so when the mice found a crooked sixpence they left it in her shoe!

Answer: Algernon

The book is "Flowers for Algernon". Owing to an unforeseen flaw in the treatment, Charlie, the protagonist, watches the intelligence of the mouse deteriorate paralleled by his own regression. Algernon finally dies. Charlie, back to his former state, requests that flowers be laid on his grave.

Answer: They gnaw through the ropes and set him free.

In a parallel to the story of Jesus, Aslan is resurrected. Death cannot hold him since his death was a willing sacrifice for the wrongdoings of others.
In all the Narnia stories Aslan is a prototype of Jesus. This is made very clear in the last book in the series - "The Last Battle"

8. What Agatha Christie book, set in a student boarding house run by Miss Lemon's sister, has a title taken from a "mousy" nursery rhyme?

Answer: Hickory Dickory Dock

Hercule solves the mystery again! It involves diamond smuggling and rucksacks with false compartments among other delights!

"The Mousetrap" is a Christie play, but it does not have any nursery rhyme connections, whereas :-
Hickory Dickory Dock
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one
The mouse ran down,
Hickory Dickory Dock!

9. Who wrote of the little mouse, threatened by farm machinery, who learned that "The best laid schemes of mice and men Gang aft a-gley"?

Answer: Robert Burns

The poem is "To a Field Mouse".
Steinbeck took the title of his book "Of Mice and men" from this poem.

10. "Little Tommy Tittlemouse Lived in a little house" What did he do next?

Answer: He caught fishes in other men's ditches

I can find no origin for this rhyme though it appears in many early anthologies. Beatrix Potter has a tale about a rather endearing house-proud Thomasina Tittlemouse.

Source: Author balaton

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