In light of my determination to be blogging less, I’m not doing a Thursday’s quiz.
However, anyone else is welcome to pose the questions and any/everyone who stumps us all will win a virtual chocolate cake.
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How about a brain teaser
Julie’s mother has five daughters
The eldest is called Jana
Next came Jene
and the third was named Jini
number four was christened Jono
What was the name of the fifth daughter?
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Julie
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Junu
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To take you back a year or 3
1. From the 1920s until the 60s Mrs Pollock (later Mrs Darrell Waters) wrote in excess of 700 books. What was her maiden name?
2. Under what other name did she also write books?
3. She wrote a series about 5 characters. What were the first names of the characters and what was different about one of them?
4. She wrote a second series about 7 characters. Name at least 4 of the characters?
5. She wrote a series of 3 books about a tree. What was the name of the tree and at least 4 of it’s inhabitants?
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1. Blyton.
2.Enid Blyton.
3. Julian, Dick, Anne, George (who was a girl) and a dog whose name I’ve forgotten.
4. The Secret Seven are secreted too deeply for my recall.
5. Leaf, Branch, Trunk and Sapling ( in other words I haven’t a clue).
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Timmy
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1) Blyton
2)
3) Julian, Dick, Anne, Georgina (George), Timmy the Dog
4) Peter, Janet, Pam, George
5) The Magic Faraway Tree – The angy pixie, moonface, Mr watizname, the Saucepan man
(Thank goodness for children who are of an age to read these books, so giving me a refresher course in all these)
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