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Who is Dr. Seuss? Trivia Quiz

I have seen a few quizzes pertaining to his work but how much do you know about the man behind Dr. Seuss?

A multiple-choice quiz by NalaMarie. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
NalaMarie

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
50,488

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
923

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. What is the date of Theodor's birth? Hint

July 20, 1904

September 4, 1904

April 3, 1904

March 2, 1904

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Question 2 of 15

2. What college did he first graduate from? Hint

Oxford

Dartmouth

UCLA

Harvard

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Question 3 of 15

3. Who did Theodor marry in 1927? Hint

Maggie Slone

Helen Palmer

Margaret Feller

June Wallace

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which branch of the military did he join? Hint

Navy

Air Force

Marines

Army

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Question 5 of 15

5. How many different words did he use for "The Cat in the Hat"? Hint

255

200

250

236

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Question 6 of 15

6. How many different words were used in "Green Eggs and Ham"? Hint

100

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Question 7 of 15

7. How many children did he have? Hint

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Question 8 of 15

8. What is "The Lorax" really about? Hint

trees

money

animals

friends

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Question 9 of 15

9. How did he pen the name 'Dr. Seuss'? Hint

middle name and his dream

none of these

middle name and mother's dream

middle name and his father's dream

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Question 10 of 15

10. He has written books under the pen name Theo LeSieg.

True

False

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Question 11 of 15

11. The title of his first book is called, "And To Think That I Saw It On __"?

Answer: (Two words)

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Question 12 of 15

12. What is the name of Theodor's second wife? Hint

Lillian

Audrey

Margie

Sandra

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Question 13 of 15

13. Who played the Grinch in the 2000 movie?

Answer: (easy-2 words)

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Question 14 of 15

14. On what date did Theodor pass away? Hint

September 21, 1994

September 24, 1991

September 24, 1989

September 24, 1993

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Question 15 of 15

15. What caused his death? Hint

cancer

pneumonia

natural causes

heart attack

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the date of Theodor's birth?

Answer: March 2, 1904

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904 in Springfield, MA.

2. What college did he first graduate from?

Answer: Dartmouth

He graduated Dartmouth College in 1925, and proceeded on to Oxford University with the intent of acquiring a doctorate in literature.

3. Who did Theodor marry in 1927?

Answer: Helen Palmer

Theodor married Helen Palmer on November 29, 1927. Their marriage came to a tragic end when she comitted suicide on October 23, 1967.

4. Which branch of the military did he join?

Answer: Army

He joined the Army during WWII.

5. How many different words did he use for "The Cat in the Hat"?

Answer: 236

His publisher heard that 1st graders were having trouble learning to read because the books were boring so he thought he would send Dr. Seuss a list of 400 words. He asked him to narrow it down to 250 and Dr. Seuss narrowed it to 236 words.

6. How many different words were used in "Green Eggs and Ham"?

Answer: 50

In 1960, a gentleman by the name of Bennett Cerf bet Theodor that he couldn't write a book using only 50 words. He then wrote "Green Eggs and Ham".

7. How many children did he have?

Answer: 0

He never had any of his own although I think we all feel we are his children.

8. What is "The Lorax" really about?

Answer: trees

"He snapped, I'm the Lorax who speaks for the trees, which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please." "The Lorax" was originally released in the U.S. on August 12, 1971 by the publishing company, Random House Books for Young Readers.

9. How did he pen the name 'Dr. Seuss'?

Answer: middle name and his father's dream

Seuss was his middle name and he put Dr. in front of it because his father had always wanted him to be a doctor.

10. He has written books under the pen name Theo LeSieg.

Answer: True

Theo (as in Theodor and LeSieg, Geisel spelled backwards). Books under this name are "In a People House", "Maybe You Should Fly a Jet", "The Tooth Book" and "The Eye Book". When he wrote under this name, others illustrated the pictures.

11. The title of his first book is called, "And To Think That I Saw It On __"?

Answer: Mulberry Street

Young Marco is coming home from school but he knows that his father will interrogate him on his return home and be dissatisfied with his observation of nothing more than a horse and a wagon on Mulberry Street. So, he starts adding interest to the sight, changing first the horse and then the wagon to bigger more outrageous things.

Then, he reaches home and his father asks the dreaded question, "What did you see on the way home from school?" Marco tells him, not the wild sights in his head, but what he really saw, "A horse and a wagon on Mulberry Street."

12. What is the name of Theodor's second wife?

Answer: Audrey

Theodor married his second wife, Audrey on August 6, 1968. Their marriage came to an end on September 24, 1991, the day he died.

13. Who played the Grinch in the 2000 movie?

Answer: Jim Carrey

"How the Grinch Stole Christmas" aka "The Grinch" was released in the U.S. on November 8, 2000.

14. On what date did Theodor pass away?

Answer: September 24, 1991

Theodro died on September 24, 1991 from jaw cancer.

15. What caused his death?

Answer: cancer

It's been calculated that by the time he died, there were more than 200 million copies of his books which have appeared in as many as 15 different languages.

Source: Author NalaMarie

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