That Was NOT Supposed to Happen Quiz

Answer: The hare took a nap

The moral of the story is "slow and steady wins the race." The determined tortoise knew he wasn't very fast but still gave it a whirl and ended up on top.

Answer: Romeo drinks poison and Juliet stabs herself

From "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare. The plan was for Juliet to drink a potion that would simulate her death. She would then escape to Romeo. However, Romeo never receives the message that Juliet isn't really dead and when he sees her in the mausoleum, he kills himself in grief. Juliet then awakens and stabs herself upon seeing her lover dead.

Answer: A snowstorm.

A snowstorm had stranded the train somewhere in Yugoslavia. The original plan was for the killers to blame a made-up man who they would later claim got off the train at one of the stops during the night. However, because of the storm, the train never reached the stop and since there were no footprints in the snow, they could not have reasonably claimed that such a man existed.

Answer: Her new husband is really her brother

Moll's mother was a convict who was spared death because she was pregnant. After giving her daughter up, Moll's mother wound up in the United States. After divorcing her brother, Moll has other romantic relationships, with varying degrees of success, until she winds up reintroducing herself to her son and brother/husband to collect some of her mother's estate.

Answer: Gamekeeper

From "Lady Chatterley's Lover" by DH Lawrence. Lord Chatterley was injured in wartime and became confined to a wheelchair and unable to father children. Lady Chatterley found a physical relationship in the arms of Oliver Mellors, the gamekeeper. They later moved beyond the physical relationship and fell in love.

Answer: Pudd'nhead Wilson

Wilson is a sophisticated and worldly man from New York who moves to Missouri to claim an inheritance. He believes that since he is so much smarter than the people of Missouri, he should have no problem starting a law practice. However, the people take his sayings and witty stories literally and think him an idiot.

Answer: Nothing

When the mask is pulled off and nothing is underneath, the guests realize that no matter what they do, they cannot escape the plague. All one thousand guests and Prince Prospero die after coming down with the disease.

Answer: Peeta Mellark

Katniss' insistence that Peeta survive the games was motivated by the fact that Peeta was a far more persuasive speaker and would be a far better asset in a rebellion against the Capitol. However, the rebels viewed Katniss as a symbolic of a revolution and rescued her before Peeta.

The Capitol believed Peeta was influential and knew they could use him as a bargaining chip against Katniss. This trilogy was written by Suzanne Collins.

Answer: Miss Havisham

Miss Havisham never recovered from the heartbreak and still wears her wedding dress many years later. Not only that, the wedding decorations, including the cake, are still around her mansion. Pip, the novel's protagonist, falls smitten with Estella who, trained by Miss Havisham, constantly toys with his heart.

Answer: Ugly and shy

From Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Dr. Frankenstein had trouble recreating some the smaller body parts and as a result, his monster was deformed and had yellowing skin. When he viewed his creation for the first time, Frankenstein was taken aback by how hideous it was, which caused it to become frightened and run off into the woods.