Pat Who? Trivia Quiz

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1. This Pat's story is told in the book "Goodbye Girlie". The author of many books, this Pat is usually known as...?

Answer: Patsy Adam-Smith

Patricia Jean (Patsy) Adam-Smith is the author of "Moonbird People", "There Was a Ship", "Outback Heroes" and many other titles, including her autobiographical "Goodbye Girlie". She was born as Patricia Jean Smith in Victoria in 1924, and died in 2001. Patsy Adam-Smith was also known as Patricia Jean Beckett. For more information, visit this website http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0120b.htm

2. This Pat had an interesting link with snakes, which he is said to have ejected from Ireland. (I wonder if he also visited New Zealand?) You might say he and his colleague Francis would not have seen eye to eye in their dealings with wildlife.

Answer: St Patrick

St Patrick was born in Britain, (probably Wales), in around 385 A.D. His father was a Roman official, but this didn't save Patrick from being kidnapped and sold into slavery in Ireland. He escaped, returned home, and dreamed that he was needed back in Ireland.

Therefore he trained to be a priest in France and went back to convert the Irish to Christianity. He was quite successful. However, he didn't have a thing to do with snakes, since there were never any in the Emerald Isle anyway. St Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17th.

3. This Pat is a singer of the C&W and pop persuasion. A big hit was "Crazy". The name on the legal stuff was Virginia Patterson Hensley, but this Pat is known to everyone as...?

Answer: Patsy Cline

Virginia Patterson Hensley (Patsy Cline) was born in Winchester, Virginia, in 1932 and died in a plane crash in 1963. She was the first female country/pop crossover singer, and had a hit with "I Fall To Pieces".

4. This Pat is an actor who seems to specialise in "nice-guy" parts. In one long-running series he famously died and then came back to life again... in the shower. He seems to have an affinity with water, as he was also the star of a TV series that gave him webbed hands and an unlikely pedigree.

Answer: Patrick Duffy

Patrick Duffy was born in March 1949 in Townsend, Montana, USA. He was athletic as a boy, and became a scuba diver, then later became interested in acting. He married a dancer, and has sons named Padraic and Connor. Patrick's first TV series was "The Man from Atlantis", in 1976. Two years later, he was cast as Bobby Ewing in "Dallas".

5. This Pat was created by author K.M. Peyton, and has appeared in at least four of her books. Pat is a kind of anti-hero, a musical yob. In the hands of most authors, Pat would have got a "Yeah, RIGHT" reaction, but Peyton has The Touch. She makes you believe in the Pats of this world. His name is...?

Answer: Patrick Pennington

Patrick Pennington first appeared in "Pennington's Seventeenth Summer". In this book, he was known as "Penn". In the second book, "The Beethoven Medal", he was generally known as Pat, as much of the action was seen through his girlfriend, Ruth's, eyes.

He went to prison in this one, but emerged in "Pennington's Heir" to father a son and marry the faithful Ruth. In "Marion's Angels" he appears as a rather quieter character, still with Ruth, still playing the piano, but rousing rather less rabble than before.

6. This Pat appeared in two books written by Jean Webster. In the first book she was attending a boarding school, in the second she was at college. The books are really short stories strung together, but the title character has a certain lively and wayward charm. She is...?

Answer: Patty Wyatt

Patty Wyatt appears in "Just Patty" and "When Patty Went to College". She is not so well known as Judy Abbott, heroine of Jean Webster's "Daddy Long Legs", but she's still worth reading about.

7. This Pat is a famous Australian children's book author. Titles include "The Crooked Snake" and the critically acclaimed "Wirrin" trilogy. (Nothing to do with the Wirrn of "Dr Who".) This Pat is a writer of considerable stature, and is often mentioned aside such luminaries as Colin Thiele, Hesba Brinsmead and Ruth Park.

Answer: Patricia Wrightson

Patricia Wrightson's writing career has lasted from the 1950s to the present (so far). She started out writing cheerful family stories, branched into "issues" books (good ones) and then moved on to tackle native Australian myth. She wrote one of the first funny sf books for kids in Australia - "Down to Earth".

8. This Pat was an actor whose best-known role was in "Dr Who" in the 1960s. His version of the Doctor played the recorder and has been likened to "a cosmic hobo". He was...?

Answer: Patrick Troughton

Patrick Troughton played the role of the Second Doctor. His best-remembered sidekick was Jamie. He was born in 1920 in London, and died in the USA in 1987. His first television role was in 1947 (in "Hamlet") and his last in "Inspector Morse" in 1987. His son, David, is currently rather busy playing eccentric characters in different series, but once played handsome King Peladon in "Dr Who".

9. This Pat was the heroine of two books by a very well-known Canadian children's author. She was very much attached to her home and refused a proposal of marriage in order to stay there. She did accept the bloke in the end--after the house burned down! She was...?

Answer: Pat Gardiner

Pat Gardiner was the main character in "Pat of Silver Bush" and "Mistress Pat". Her creator, L.M. Montgomery, also created Anne Shirley (Blythe) and Emily Byrd Starr. Pat is an attractive heroine, although some readers probably thought she made poor old Jingle wait much too long for her hand (and the rest of her...).

10. This Pat is a squirrel in C.S. Lewis's Narnia books. He is known as...?

Answer: Pattertwig

Pattertwig is a red squirrel, and appears in "Prince Caspian". He is a chatterbox, but very goodhearted. He gives Prince Caspian a nut to eat. This is typical of C.S. Lewis, who clearly believed in food.

Source: Author Sallyo

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This is a quiz about people bearing some form of the name Pat. If you get all these right you may award yourself with a pat on the back.

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