Post by Claire on Oct 20, 2012 11:03:16 GMT 1
Hi all and welcome to round 1 of the competition - the general knowledge round. I've tried to include a mix of British, USA and Australia book-related questions. I have started with a few easier ones but there are some stinkers in there so don't worry if you can't answer them all!
The contenders are:
HAFFY - specialist subject The Eventing Trilogy by Caroline Akrill
KUNUMA - specialist subject Jinny series by Pat Leitch
FIZZ - specialist subject Ribbons & Rings by Gillian Baxter
TRIXIEPONY - specialist subject Gypsy series by Sharon Wagner
ROSIE - specialist subject War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
RALLYCAIRN - specialist subject Jill's Gymkhana by Ruby Ferguson
SUSAN - specialist subject The Secret Horse by Marion Holland
DARKHORSE - specialist subject The Trick Jumpers by JPT
SARAH - specialist subject A Pony to School by DPT
ODONNA - specialist subject TBA
SHEENAWILKINSON - specialist subject TBA
TINTIN - specialist subject Black Beauty
RULES
You have 1 week to answer the questions (until end of 27th Oct)
Please email or PM me the answers DO NOT POST THEM ON HERE!
No looking up answers on websites, google or in your book collection
If you dont know the answer to a question just mark it as pass
If you have any queries drop me a line
THE QUESTIONS
1. WHO WROTE BLACK BEAUTY?
2. HOW MANY PULLEIN-THOMPSON SISTERS WERE THERE?
3. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE HEROINE IN JUDITH M. BERRISFORD'S LONG RUNNING SERIES ABOUT A GIRL, HER COUSIN AND THEIR TWO PONIES?
4. WHICH OF THESE BOOKS COMES FIRST IN THE SERIES ORDER: A. GREEN GRASS OF WYOMING, B. MY FRIEND FLICKA, C THUNDERHEAD
5. THE BLACK STALLION AND ISLAND STALLION SERIES WERE WRITTEN BY WHOM?
6. WHICH CHARACTER IN A POPULAR SERIES BY JOSEPHINE PULLEIN-THOMPSON WAS ALWAYS GETTING 'THE NEEDLE'?
7. THE BILLABONG SERIES WAS (MAINLY) SET IN WHICH COUNTRY?
8. WHAT BREED OF HORSES FEATURE IN AIRS ABOVE THE GROUND BY MARY STEWART?
9. NAME 3 BOOKS BY CATHERINE COOKSON WHICH FEATURE HORSES
10. GERALD DURRELL WROTE A DONKEY STORY SET IN GREECE - WHAT WAS IT CALLED?
11. WHAT COLOUR IS ELYNE MITCHELL'S MOON FILLY? A. GREY B. ROAN C. BROWN
12. WHAT 2 COUNTRIES IS MIG O'THE MOOR BY NANCY CAFFREY SET IN?
13. WHAT LESSER KNOWN NOVEL ABOUT A RACEHORSE WAS WRITTEN BY THE SAME AUTHOR AS THE MELINDA/MORGAN SERIES?
14. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PUBLISHER WHO HAS RECENTLY STARTED TO REPRINT ALL THE JINNY SERIES?
15. WHAT AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR WROTE A SHORT SERIES ABOUT A GIRL CALLED MELODY WHO MOVES TO AUSTRALIA FROM ENGLAND?
16. WHAT BREED OF HORSE IS FEATURED IN SMALL GAINS BY K M PEYTON?
17. WHAT SORT OF HORSES GO MISSING IN THE MYSTERY OF THE VANISHING HORSES BY LYNNE AVERY?
18. NAME 3 DIFFERENT PAIRS OF MOTHER & DAUGHTER AUTHORS WHO WROTE PONY BOOKS? (ie 3 different mothers and 3 different daughters)
19. IN WHAT 2 BRITISH COUNTIES WAS PRIMROSE CUMMING'S DONEY SET?
20. IN WHAT BOOK BY WHOM DOES A HORSE CALLED ROSE OF ERIN APPEAR?
21. WHAT AUTHOR WROTE A FICTIONALISED ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF JOCKEY ELSPETH BRYCE-SMITH?
22. NAME ALL 9 OF BLACK BEAUTY'S RELATIVES AS WRITTEN ABOUT BY THE PULLEIN-THOMPSON SISTERS
23. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PONY MAGAZINE THE GIRLS ARE ALWAYS READING IN THE PONY DETECTIVE SERIES BY BELINDA RAPLEY?
24. IN WHAT BOOK BY WHOM DO LADDIE AND MR TIMMS APPEAR
25. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE STABLES OWNED BY NICK AND SARAH BROOKS?
26. JACKIE AND THE PONY RIVALS WAS 'PLAGIARISED' FROM WHAT OTHER PONY BOOK?!
27. IN WHICH BOOK DOES SHARON RIDE A DONKEY CALLED REBECCA?
28. EMLYN MORGAN APPEARS IN WHAT PONY BOOK?
29. WHO ALSO WRITES AS REBECCA ROOS?
30. A BLUE EYED HORSE APPEARS IN WHICH BRITISH PONY BOOK, PART OF A SERIES, PUBLISHED IN 1999?
Hope you enjoy the comp and don't forget don't post any answers on the thread!
The contenders are:
HAFFY - specialist subject The Eventing Trilogy by Caroline Akrill
KUNUMA - specialist subject Jinny series by Pat Leitch
FIZZ - specialist subject Ribbons & Rings by Gillian Baxter
TRIXIEPONY - specialist subject Gypsy series by Sharon Wagner
ROSIE - specialist subject War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
RALLYCAIRN - specialist subject Jill's Gymkhana by Ruby Ferguson
SUSAN - specialist subject The Secret Horse by Marion Holland
DARKHORSE - specialist subject The Trick Jumpers by JPT
SARAH - specialist subject A Pony to School by DPT
TINTIN - specialist subject Black Beauty
RULES
You have 1 week to answer the questions (until end of 27th Oct)
Please email or PM me the answers DO NOT POST THEM ON HERE!
No looking up answers on websites, google or in your book collection
If you dont know the answer to a question just mark it as pass
If you have any queries drop me a line
THE QUESTIONS
1. WHO WROTE BLACK BEAUTY?
2. HOW MANY PULLEIN-THOMPSON SISTERS WERE THERE?
3. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE HEROINE IN JUDITH M. BERRISFORD'S LONG RUNNING SERIES ABOUT A GIRL, HER COUSIN AND THEIR TWO PONIES?
4. WHICH OF THESE BOOKS COMES FIRST IN THE SERIES ORDER: A. GREEN GRASS OF WYOMING, B. MY FRIEND FLICKA, C THUNDERHEAD
5. THE BLACK STALLION AND ISLAND STALLION SERIES WERE WRITTEN BY WHOM?
6. WHICH CHARACTER IN A POPULAR SERIES BY JOSEPHINE PULLEIN-THOMPSON WAS ALWAYS GETTING 'THE NEEDLE'?
7. THE BILLABONG SERIES WAS (MAINLY) SET IN WHICH COUNTRY?
8. WHAT BREED OF HORSES FEATURE IN AIRS ABOVE THE GROUND BY MARY STEWART?
9. NAME 3 BOOKS BY CATHERINE COOKSON WHICH FEATURE HORSES
10. GERALD DURRELL WROTE A DONKEY STORY SET IN GREECE - WHAT WAS IT CALLED?
11. WHAT COLOUR IS ELYNE MITCHELL'S MOON FILLY? A. GREY B. ROAN C. BROWN
12. WHAT 2 COUNTRIES IS MIG O'THE MOOR BY NANCY CAFFREY SET IN?
13. WHAT LESSER KNOWN NOVEL ABOUT A RACEHORSE WAS WRITTEN BY THE SAME AUTHOR AS THE MELINDA/MORGAN SERIES?
14. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PUBLISHER WHO HAS RECENTLY STARTED TO REPRINT ALL THE JINNY SERIES?
15. WHAT AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR WROTE A SHORT SERIES ABOUT A GIRL CALLED MELODY WHO MOVES TO AUSTRALIA FROM ENGLAND?
16. WHAT BREED OF HORSE IS FEATURED IN SMALL GAINS BY K M PEYTON?
17. WHAT SORT OF HORSES GO MISSING IN THE MYSTERY OF THE VANISHING HORSES BY LYNNE AVERY?
18. NAME 3 DIFFERENT PAIRS OF MOTHER & DAUGHTER AUTHORS WHO WROTE PONY BOOKS? (ie 3 different mothers and 3 different daughters)
19. IN WHAT 2 BRITISH COUNTIES WAS PRIMROSE CUMMING'S DONEY SET?
20. IN WHAT BOOK BY WHOM DOES A HORSE CALLED ROSE OF ERIN APPEAR?
21. WHAT AUTHOR WROTE A FICTIONALISED ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF JOCKEY ELSPETH BRYCE-SMITH?
22. NAME ALL 9 OF BLACK BEAUTY'S RELATIVES AS WRITTEN ABOUT BY THE PULLEIN-THOMPSON SISTERS
23. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PONY MAGAZINE THE GIRLS ARE ALWAYS READING IN THE PONY DETECTIVE SERIES BY BELINDA RAPLEY?
24. IN WHAT BOOK BY WHOM DO LADDIE AND MR TIMMS APPEAR
25. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE STABLES OWNED BY NICK AND SARAH BROOKS?
26. JACKIE AND THE PONY RIVALS WAS 'PLAGIARISED' FROM WHAT OTHER PONY BOOK?!
27. IN WHICH BOOK DOES SHARON RIDE A DONKEY CALLED REBECCA?
28. EMLYN MORGAN APPEARS IN WHAT PONY BOOK?
29. WHO ALSO WRITES AS REBECCA ROOS?
30. A BLUE EYED HORSE APPEARS IN WHICH BRITISH PONY BOOK, PART OF A SERIES, PUBLISHED IN 1999?
Hope you enjoy the comp and don't forget don't post any answers on the thread!