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Quiz about Old Possums Practical Cats Which Cat

Old Possum's Practical Cats: Which Cat?? Quiz

I love these poems, as they never fail to make me smile! Here I will quote a line from each of the poems, and you get to pick from four possible answers, which cat I am talking about...

A multiple-choice quiz by Flapjack44. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Flapjack44

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
89,283

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

Plays
1008

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. "For he's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity" Hint

The Old Gumbie Cat

An un-named Peke

Mungojerrie

Macavity the Mystery Cat

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Question 2 of 15

2. "From Gravesend up to Oxford he persued his evil aims, rejoicing in his title of 'The Terror of the Thames'" Hint

Macavity the Mystery Cat

Rumpelteazer

Old Deuteronomy

Growltiger

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Question 3 of 15

3. "They did not advance or exactly retreat, but they stared at each other, and scraped their hind feet" Hint

A Peke and a Pollicle

Two Jellicle Cats

Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer

Growltiger and Griddlebone

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Question 4 of 15

4. "For he will do, as he do do, and there's no doing anything about it!" Hint

The Rum Tum Tugger

Griddlebone

Old Deuteronomy

Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat

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Question 5 of 15

5. "He's a cat who has lived many lives in succession" Hint

Old Deuteronomy

Gus the Theatre Cat

The Pollicle Cat

Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat

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Question 6 of 15

6. "He holds all the patent monopolies for performing surprising illusions and creating eccentric confusions" Hint

Cat Morgan

Macavity the Mystery Cat

Mr Mistoffelees

The leader of the Pollicles

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Question 7 of 15

7. "He gives one flash of his glass green eyes and the signal goes 'All Clear!'" Hint

Mr Mistoffelees

Bustopher Jones the Cat about Town

Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat

The Old Gumbie Cat

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Question 8 of 15

8. "I once was a pirate what sailed the 'igh seas." Hint

Rum Tum Tugger

Cat Morgan

Old Deuteronomy

Growltiger

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Question 9 of 15

9. "And we all say, 'Oh! Well I never! Was there ever a cat so clever'" Hint

The leader of the Pollicles

Macavity the Mystery Cat

Mr Mistoffelees

The Great Jellicle

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Question 10 of 15

10. "She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice - their behaviour's not good and their manners not nice" Hint

The Old Gumbie Cat

Mungojerrie

Griddlebone

Cat Morgan

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Question 11 of 15

11. "His grandest creation, as he loves to tell, was Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell" Hint

Old Deuteronomy

Cat Morgan

Gus the Theatre Cat

The Rum Tum Tugger

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Question 12 of 15

12. "If it happens to be a stormy night, they will practise a caper or two in the hall" Hint

Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer

Pollicles

Pekes

Jellicle Cats

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Question 13 of 15

13. "Every now and then he has a cup of tea, with perhaps a drop of Scotch while he's keeping on the watch" Hint

Bustopher Jones the Cat about Town

Gus the Theatre Cat

Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat

The Old Gumbie Cat

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Question 14 of 15

14. "They made their home in Victoria Grove. They had no regular occupation. They were plausible fellows, and liked to engage a friendly policeman in conversation" Hint

The Pollicle Posse

Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer

Growltiger and Griddlebone

The Pekes

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Question 15 of 15

15. "He doesn't haunt pubs - he has eight or nine clubs, for he's the St James's Street Cat!" Hint

Mr Mistoffelees

Bustopher Jones the Cat about Town

The Old Gumbie Cat

The Rum Tum Tugger

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "For he's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity"

Answer: Macavity the Mystery Cat

T. S. Eliot's full name was Thomas Stearns Eliot and he was born in 1888 in Missouri. He was a delicate child and cosseted by his family and nurse.

2. "From Gravesend up to Oxford he persued his evil aims, rejoicing in his title of 'The Terror of the Thames'"

Answer: Growltiger

Eliot's father was the Reverend William Greenleaf Eliot, who founded the Washington University of St Louis.

3. "They did not advance or exactly retreat, but they stared at each other, and scraped their hind feet"

Answer: A Peke and a Pollicle

Eliot was lucky enough to study at some of the best educational establishments in the world, including the Sorbonne (France), Oxford University (England), and Harvard (USA).

4. "For he will do, as he do do, and there's no doing anything about it!"

Answer: The Rum Tum Tugger

Eliot moved to live in England in 1914. When he later applied to become a British subject he was quoted as saying "I don't like being a squatter, I might as well take the full responsibility".

5. "He's a cat who has lived many lives in succession"

Answer: Old Deuteronomy

While in England one of Eliot's jobs was as a clerk at Lloyds Bank. He also taught at Highgate Junior School for a while.

6. "He holds all the patent monopolies for performing surprising illusions and creating eccentric confusions"

Answer: Mr Mistoffelees

Eliot married ballet dancer Vivienne Haigh Wood in 1915 but unfortunately it was not a successful pairing. According to some sources, none of his relationships with women worked very well, as he was quite distant a lot of the time.

7. "He gives one flash of his glass green eyes and the signal goes 'All Clear!'"

Answer: Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat

Possibly Eliot's most well-known work, "The Waste Land" was published in 1922 and its themes of regeneration and struggle struck a chord with the post-war public.

8. "I once was a pirate what sailed the 'igh seas."

Answer: Cat Morgan

In 1927, Eliot became a British subject and also became very interested in the Church of England. It was during this period that he wrote "Ash Wednesday", which made his allegiance to the Church amply clear.

9. "And we all say, 'Oh! Well I never! Was there ever a cat so clever'"

Answer: Mr Mistoffelees

In 1932, Eliot returned to the United States and for a while held a lectureship at Harvard.

10. "She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice - their behaviour's not good and their manners not nice"

Answer: The Old Gumbie Cat

"Murder in the Cathedral", a morality play about the murder of Thomas a Becket, was published in 1935 and stressed Eliot's belief that the Church was a medium for social action and change.

11. "His grandest creation, as he loves to tell, was Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell"

Answer: Gus the Theatre Cat

He gave a number of lectures at the University of Virginia, and his preoccupation with the importance of tradition as it related to the expression of moral problems in the literature of the day became even more apparent.

12. "If it happens to be a stormy night, they will practise a caper or two in the hall"

Answer: Jellicle Cats

In direct contrast to his rather serious attitude to the roles of literature, religion, and tradition, Eliot appears to have been a practical joker (whoopee cushions, exploding cigars etc). He can't have been easy to live with!

13. "Every now and then he has a cup of tea, with perhaps a drop of Scotch while he's keeping on the watch"

Answer: Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat

"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality." - T. S. Eliot

14. "They made their home in Victoria Grove. They had no regular occupation. They were plausible fellows, and liked to engage a friendly policeman in conversation"

Answer: Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer

Another of Eliot's loves were the Metaphysical poets, and he worked to revive the works of Donne, Herbert, and Crashaw amongst others. He apparently loved their mix of intellect and passion.

15. "He doesn't haunt pubs - he has eight or nine clubs, for he's the St James's Street Cat!"

Answer: Bustopher Jones the Cat about Town

T. S. Eliot died in 1965 aged 76. His ashes were interred in St Michael's Church, East Coker (in Somerset), the village his ancestors had come from.

Source: Author Flapjack44

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