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The Hotel New Hampshire Trivia Quiz

General quiz on my favorite John Irving book, "The Hotel New Hampshire."

A multiple-choice quiz by quiznerdsx2. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
quiznerdsx2

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
248,817

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was the original name of the first bear belonging to the Berry family? Hint

Earl

Sorrow

Susie

State O' Maine

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of the Berry children followed in Iowa Bob's (their grandfather) footsteps, weightlifting? Hint

John Berry

Frank Berry

Franny Berry

Lily Berry

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which two of the Berry family died in a plane crash on the way to Vienna? Hint

Father and Lilly

Mother and Lilly

Mother and Egg

Father and Egg

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the name of the boy who participated in Franny's "beating" and who became the victim of revenge exacted by the Berry children many years later? Hint

Chipper Dove

Junior Jones

Harold Swallow

Chipper Jay

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the title of Lilly's first book? Hint

Keep Passing the Open Windows

Not Big Enough

Trying to Grow

Sorrow Floats

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Question 6 of 10

6. How did Iowa Bob die? Hint

The stuffed version of Sorrow fell out of his closet, giving him a heart attack.

He attempted to lift over 300 pounds of weights, giving him a heart attack.

He found the stuffed version of Sorrow soaking in the bathtub, giving him a heart attack.

He found the stuffed version of Sorrow in the trash outside, giving him a heart attack.

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the name of the street the second Hotel New Hampshire was located on, in Vienna? Hint

Strassenbahn

K�rntnerstrasse

Krugerstrasse

Schraubenschl�ssel

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Question 8 of 10

8. What were the names of the "working women" who occupied the second floor of the second Hotel New Hampshire? Hint

Old Billig, Dark Inge, Jolanta, Babette, and Susie

Old Billig, Babette, Jolanta, Dark Inge, and Screaming Annie

Screaming Annie, Dark Inge, Babette, Jolanta, and Ronda Ray

Babette, Screaming Annie, Susie, Ronda Ray, and Schwanger

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Question 9 of 10

9. What book did the radical, Fr�ulein Fehlgeburt, read to the Berry children? Hint

The Great Gatsby

Moby Dick

Fahrenheit 451

Great Expectations

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Question 10 of 10

10. How did Lilly end her life? Hint

Took a mixture of pain pills and alcohol

Jumped from a fourteenth floor window

None of these

Slit her wrists in the bathtub

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the original name of the first bear belonging to the Berry family?

Answer: State O' Maine

This was the bear's name given to him by Freud. The Berry family later changed his name to Earl.

2. Which of the Berry children followed in Iowa Bob's (their grandfather) footsteps, weightlifting?

Answer: John Berry

After he was unable to help his sister, Franny, when she was "beat up", John took up weightlifting to overcome his feelings of helplessness.

3. Which two of the Berry family died in a plane crash on the way to Vienna?

Answer: Mother and Egg

The flight would actually have stopped in Zurich, then continued on to Vienna, "but Mother and Egg-and Sorrow-landed short of Z�rich."

4. What was the name of the boy who participated in Franny's "beating" and who became the victim of revenge exacted by the Berry children many years later?

Answer: Chipper Dove

Franny refused to admit what really happened when she was "beat up." She continued to write to Chipper Dove over the years, so it was easy to lure him to her when the opportunity knocked to exact their revenge in Manhatten years later.

5. What was the title of Lilly's first book?

Answer: Trying to Grow

She was eighteen and had stopped growing taller several years before. "Trying to grow" was a euphemism she used when writing, meaning trying to grow mentally and emotionally.

6. How did Iowa Bob die?

Answer: The stuffed version of Sorrow fell out of his closet, giving him a heart attack.

Frank, in a gesture of kindness, stuffed Sorrow after he was put to sleep as a gift for Franny. Putting the dog in an attack pose was not was wise decision and Franny rejected the gift. The stuffed version of Sorrow was thrown away, but Egg resurrected him from the trash, hiding him in Iowa Bob's closet.

7. What was the name of the street the second Hotel New Hampshire was located on, in Vienna?

Answer: Krugerstrasse

K�rtnerstrasse was a street around the corner. Schraubenschl�ssel was one of the radical's names, meaning "wrench." (He was constantly working on a car.) Strassesbahn was a main-line train, fully named the Mariahilfer Strasse Strassenbahn.

8. What were the names of the "working women" who occupied the second floor of the second Hotel New Hampshire?

Answer: Old Billig, Babette, Jolanta, Dark Inge, and Screaming Annie

Old Billig -billig means "cheap" in German, was the oldest woman and the cheapest. Babette was called Babette because she was the only one who could speak French. Jolanta nicknamed herself a Polish name, because she liked Polish jokes. Dark Inge was Screaming Annie's daughter, aged 11, and did not actually work.

9. What book did the radical, Fr�ulein Fehlgeburt, read to the Berry children?

Answer: The Great Gatsby

She began reading just to Lilly, but the others would listen in. The ending in particular touched Lilly deeply. The family would not understand how deeply until it was too late.

10. How did Lilly end her life?

Answer: Jumped from a fourteenth floor window

Lilly's suicide note read "Sorry, just not big enough." Her size physically and emotionally haunted her her entire life.

Source: Author quiznerdsx2

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