Post by rallycairn on Nov 29, 2012 19:59:55 GMT 1
Following are quoted passages with quiz questions applying to each. I started with a Christmas-themed one to get us in the holiday spirit!:
"They sang the next chorus while [character] prepared to dismount. She kicked her feet free from the stirrups, took her reins in her left hand. Amanda stood ready with her gift. As [character] scrambled her leg over the saddle, Bramble snapped his teeth at Guizer's rump and the pony leapt sideways. [character]'s welly caught in the cantle of her saddle, pitching her forward onto Guizer's shoulder.
"Somehow her cloak held her there and for a long moment she hung down with her arms stretched towards the ground, her crown askew and her green wellies pointing skywards, then there was the sound of tearing material and [character] was deposited gently on the ground.
"... With torn cloak, crown slipping from the back of her head [character] nodded in the direction of the manger, dumped down the silver box, and hastily backed off ...
"'I hold you directly responsible for this whole thing, my girl,' [character] stated ..."
1. Name the book and author. Horse of Fire by Pat Leitch - 1 point for HaffyFan
2. Who is our unfortunate character portraying one of the Three Kings in a Nativity play? Miss Tuke 1 pt for Kunuma
3. Whom does she claim is "directly responsible for this whole thing?" Jinny -- another point for Kunuma (2 total)
"'I say, whatever have you done to your face?' Ted said.
Major Banks came up with the woman out of the collecting ring and said to her, 'Mrs. Marshall will take you to the First Aid, dear.'
'I think she ought to be put away,' Ted said. 'It's the only humane thing to do.'
Major Banks stared at Ted, and Ted said hastily, 'She's my sister. I'll take her to the First Aid, if you like.'
'Oh, good,' said the Major. 'We can't really spare Mrs. Marshall for a minute or two. It's that van by the jeep. There's a St. John's Ambulance Corps man there. He'll see to her.'
... 'Yes, come on, you're losing gore like a stuck pig," Ted said. 'Come to St. John, where Mercy is eliminated.'
'Where what?'
'That's what the woman said. Mercy is eliminated. Didn't you hear her? We liked that, we did.'"
4. Name the book and author. Fly-By-Night (darkhorse) and K.M. Peyton (Rosie) -- joint effort!
5. Who needs taking to First Aid? Ruth -- 1 point for darkhorse
6. Unlike Mercy, our heroine is NOT eliminated, and in fact finishes with a ribbon. What place do she and her pony earn in this, their first hunter trial? 6th place -- another point for Rosie
"'Oh, Uncle, an awful tragedy has befallen us,' began [character], who had decided that a bold approach would be best.
'Don't call me Uncle,' answered the Major, 'and what the devil have you been doing now?'
'Well, actually,' said [character], "for once it wasn't me, but I understand that the farm gatepost is no more and that the wall is rather the worse for wear.'"
7. Name the book and author. Pony Club Team by JPT - 1 point for Claire
8. Who is telling of the demolishing of the farm gatepost? Henry Thornton -- another point for Claire (2 total)
9. Who knocked down the gate and damaged the wall? John Manners -- another point for Claire (3 total)
10. BONUS question (due to difficulty), explain what the person was trying to do when the gate and wall were accidentally struck, and why. John was trying to roll the field of new grass he and a few others had galloped on and near ruined -- another point for Claire (4 total)
"Steve waited. It was too dark to see much. She had her back to him, but he heard the clink of the chain on the gate. He got up quickly, went silently up behind her and said in her ear, 'Can I help you?'
'Oh my God!' The woman jumped round with a hand on the ample shelf over her heart. As she moved, Steve was almost sure that he saw her fist clench over a piece of metal that could be a key.
'What do you want?' She was breathing fast, and he could see behind her dark fringe tomorrow's imagined headlines chasing each other through her head.
WOMAN FOUND STRANGLED. HOUSEWIFE KILLED IN NEIGHBOR'S GARDEN. SUBURBAN SLAYING, MYSTERY GROWS."
11. Name the book and author. Follyfoot by Monica Dickens - one point for Rosie
12. Why is Steve waiting in a stable to confront this woman? Trying to keep her from letting the horse out -- another point for Rosie (2 total)
13. Name the horse Steve is trying to protect. David -- another point for Rosie (3 total)
"The Cochranes mounted, said, 'Good-bye. See you at Woodbury,' and rode off down the drive. As soon as they had passed through the drive gates they began to imitate [character]. Phillipa wailed, 'Oh, I can't catch him,' and then Henrietta, jumping the culverts by the roadside, said weren't the others surprised to see her flying over the hedges and ditches? and Crescy said she couldn't blow her nose because her handkerchief had cost such a lot of money. They all got the giggles and [pony], [pony], and [pony] took advantage of their riders being too weak with laughing to control them and clattered home at a most unhorsemanlike pace through Langley village.
14. Name the book and author. They Bought Her a Pony by Joanna Cannan -- point for Kunuma (3 total)
15. Whom are the girls imitating? Angela -- point for Rosie (5 total)
16. Name the three ponies. Ebony, Stardust, Rocket -- point for Rosie
17. BONUS question: Name the rest of the Cochrane siblings. -- Hugo, Marcus, and Candy -- another point for Rosie (7 total)
"They sang the next chorus while [character] prepared to dismount. She kicked her feet free from the stirrups, took her reins in her left hand. Amanda stood ready with her gift. As [character] scrambled her leg over the saddle, Bramble snapped his teeth at Guizer's rump and the pony leapt sideways. [character]'s welly caught in the cantle of her saddle, pitching her forward onto Guizer's shoulder.
"Somehow her cloak held her there and for a long moment she hung down with her arms stretched towards the ground, her crown askew and her green wellies pointing skywards, then there was the sound of tearing material and [character] was deposited gently on the ground.
"... With torn cloak, crown slipping from the back of her head [character] nodded in the direction of the manger, dumped down the silver box, and hastily backed off ...
"'I hold you directly responsible for this whole thing, my girl,' [character] stated ..."
1. Name the book and author. Horse of Fire by Pat Leitch - 1 point for HaffyFan
2. Who is our unfortunate character portraying one of the Three Kings in a Nativity play? Miss Tuke 1 pt for Kunuma
3. Whom does she claim is "directly responsible for this whole thing?" Jinny -- another point for Kunuma (2 total)
"'I say, whatever have you done to your face?' Ted said.
Major Banks came up with the woman out of the collecting ring and said to her, 'Mrs. Marshall will take you to the First Aid, dear.'
'I think she ought to be put away,' Ted said. 'It's the only humane thing to do.'
Major Banks stared at Ted, and Ted said hastily, 'She's my sister. I'll take her to the First Aid, if you like.'
'Oh, good,' said the Major. 'We can't really spare Mrs. Marshall for a minute or two. It's that van by the jeep. There's a St. John's Ambulance Corps man there. He'll see to her.'
... 'Yes, come on, you're losing gore like a stuck pig," Ted said. 'Come to St. John, where Mercy is eliminated.'
'Where what?'
'That's what the woman said. Mercy is eliminated. Didn't you hear her? We liked that, we did.'"
4. Name the book and author. Fly-By-Night (darkhorse) and K.M. Peyton (Rosie) -- joint effort!
5. Who needs taking to First Aid? Ruth -- 1 point for darkhorse
6. Unlike Mercy, our heroine is NOT eliminated, and in fact finishes with a ribbon. What place do she and her pony earn in this, their first hunter trial? 6th place -- another point for Rosie
"'Oh, Uncle, an awful tragedy has befallen us,' began [character], who had decided that a bold approach would be best.
'Don't call me Uncle,' answered the Major, 'and what the devil have you been doing now?'
'Well, actually,' said [character], "for once it wasn't me, but I understand that the farm gatepost is no more and that the wall is rather the worse for wear.'"
7. Name the book and author. Pony Club Team by JPT - 1 point for Claire
8. Who is telling of the demolishing of the farm gatepost? Henry Thornton -- another point for Claire (2 total)
9. Who knocked down the gate and damaged the wall? John Manners -- another point for Claire (3 total)
10. BONUS question (due to difficulty), explain what the person was trying to do when the gate and wall were accidentally struck, and why. John was trying to roll the field of new grass he and a few others had galloped on and near ruined -- another point for Claire (4 total)
"Steve waited. It was too dark to see much. She had her back to him, but he heard the clink of the chain on the gate. He got up quickly, went silently up behind her and said in her ear, 'Can I help you?'
'Oh my God!' The woman jumped round with a hand on the ample shelf over her heart. As she moved, Steve was almost sure that he saw her fist clench over a piece of metal that could be a key.
'What do you want?' She was breathing fast, and he could see behind her dark fringe tomorrow's imagined headlines chasing each other through her head.
WOMAN FOUND STRANGLED. HOUSEWIFE KILLED IN NEIGHBOR'S GARDEN. SUBURBAN SLAYING, MYSTERY GROWS."
11. Name the book and author. Follyfoot by Monica Dickens - one point for Rosie
12. Why is Steve waiting in a stable to confront this woman? Trying to keep her from letting the horse out -- another point for Rosie (2 total)
13. Name the horse Steve is trying to protect. David -- another point for Rosie (3 total)
"The Cochranes mounted, said, 'Good-bye. See you at Woodbury,' and rode off down the drive. As soon as they had passed through the drive gates they began to imitate [character]. Phillipa wailed, 'Oh, I can't catch him,' and then Henrietta, jumping the culverts by the roadside, said weren't the others surprised to see her flying over the hedges and ditches? and Crescy said she couldn't blow her nose because her handkerchief had cost such a lot of money. They all got the giggles and [pony], [pony], and [pony] took advantage of their riders being too weak with laughing to control them and clattered home at a most unhorsemanlike pace through Langley village.
14. Name the book and author. They Bought Her a Pony by Joanna Cannan -- point for Kunuma (3 total)
15. Whom are the girls imitating? Angela -- point for Rosie (5 total)
16. Name the three ponies. Ebony, Stardust, Rocket -- point for Rosie
17. BONUS question: Name the rest of the Cochrane siblings. -- Hugo, Marcus, and Candy -- another point for Rosie (7 total)