Friends in Need Trivia Quiz

Answer: a stuffed rabbit

In 'The Velveteen Rabbit', subtitled 'How Toys Become Real', a toy rabbit dreams of becoming real. After being initially ignored by his owner, the boy comes to have a liking for the Velveteen Rabbit and both become attached to the other. However, the Velveteen Rabbit is ordered burned after the boy gets scarlet fever because they might be infected. The Velveteen Rabbit sheds a tear at this news and a fairy appears from a flower to transform the Velveteen Rabbit into a real rabbit.

Question by JoePetz

Answer: Farmer Thoroughgood

Farmer Thoroughgood purchased Black Beauty after Nicholas Skinner, the cruel cab owner, had been given the choice to either sell the horse or give him time to heal. It is Farmer Thoroughgood who offers the horse to the ladies of Birtwick Manor, who recognize him as the happy colt who had first lived there and had been owned by Squire Gordon.

Question by Ponycargirl

Answer: Bagheera

Bagheera, the black panther, is a friend and mentor to the man-cub Mowgli. Unknown to the other animals, he was actually born in human captivity. Shere Khan, the tiger, is Mowgli's primary nemesis, spending his life hunting down the boy which he considers his rightful prey. Hathi is the leader of the elephants and helps Mowgli destroy a village of evil humans, but the relationship cannot be called friendship. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a mongoose and appears in a 'Jungle Book' story that does not feature Mowgli at all.

Question by WesleyCrusher

Answer: Toad

Toad loves to try the newest trendy craze. When caravan travel didn't turn out to be something he enjoyed, Toad decided to try motor cars. Oh, my! Toad is in trouble. He has had seven car accidents that put him into the hospital three times. Not only that, but he has spent a lot of money on fines. His friends are worried, and try to encourage him to end his reckless behavior. When that didn't work, they put him under house arrest. It doesn't work out well, however. Toad escapes his captors, is caught by the police, and is sentenced to twenty years in prison for his careless behavior.

Question by Ponycargirl

Answer: Kehaar

Kehaar is, in fact, the only significant non-rabbit animal character in Richard Adams's 1972 novel 'Watership Down'. He is a black-headed gull who was forced to land at Watership Down because of a wing injury and was nursed back to health by the rabbits. His role in the novel is that of an aerial scout who manages to locate the Efrafa warren which ultimately provides the females the Watership Down warren will need to survive and thrive in the long term.

Question by WesleyCrusher

Answer: Wolly, a broad-tailed parrot

'The Incredible Journey' follows the two dogs and the cat of the Hunter family, who believe they have been lost and set out to find their home again. With several hundred miles of Canadian wilderness and multiple geographic, animal and human obstacles against them, their chances are slim but their friendship finally sees them through. The story has been made into a Disney movie twice, in 1963 and 1993. In the latter version, the protagonists are named Shadow, Chance and Sassie.

Question by WesleyCrusher

Answer: Wilbur

Charlotte is a spider who lives in Homer Zuckerman's barn. She makes friends with a pig named Wilbur, who had been separated from the other pigs because he is the runt of the litter. Lonely and with few friends, Wilbur meets Charlotte; when Wilbur finds out, however, that he is to be slaughtered soon, Charlotte helps him by weaving praises to Wilbur in her web. These messages in the webs make Wilbur famous and save his life. Charlotte, however, dies after laying her egg sac, leaving Wilbur with some new spider friends to keep him company.

Question by Ponycargirl

Answer: Stuffed animal toys owned by the author's son

Christopher Robin, the names given to the human protagonist of the 'Pooh' stories, were the first and middle name of the author's son. His animal friends were based on stuffed animals that Milne had bought for his son at Harrods in the 1920s. Five of the six toys survive to the present day - Winnie (although the toy was called Edward), Eeyore, Piglet, Tigger and Kanga. The sixth toy, Roo, was lost.

Question by WesleyCrusher

Answer: Joe

'Lassie Come-Home' tells the story of Lassie, a border Collie, and her long, arduous journey to reunite with Joe Carraclough. The Carracloughs were forced to sell Lassie because they had fallen on hard times during the Depression. But the bond Lassie felt for Joe was too strong and she needed his companionship. This book was Lassie's debut novel although she had previously appeared in a similarly plotted short story in 'The Saturday Evening Post'.

Question by JoePetz

Answer: Bengal tiger

The other animals were also on the lifeboat where Pi found himself after the ship on which his family was sailing to America sank. Although their relationship is not the kind of friendship one would usually expect, their mutual to-and-fro interaction is important in helping Pi survive the desperate voyage, and he is heartbroken when Richard Parker disappears into the jungle after they land in Mexico. Or at least, that's one version of the events.

Question by looney_tunes