Contest 4: Ter. Tricky Trivia Answers & Winners

[Gigi]

(Big thank you to Orwell for the banner.)

Mark your calendars now for the Terribly Tricky Trivia contest.


This contest will consist of 13 quizzical questions, one from each book in the Series of Unfortunate Events. (Please label your answers with letters or numbers where noted.)

There will also be Bonus Questions that can be answered if you thoroughly know other Lemony Snicket items. Bonus Questions answered correctly may take the place of regular questions answered incorrectly.

The questions will be posted in this thread, one every few hours. Please do not post your answers here. At the end of contest, PM all your answers to Gigi (username: dgrune, subject line: "667 Trivia") or send an e-mail to [e-mail]. Gigi will judge the entries for accuracy. All entrants with 100% correct answers will be entered into a drawing for the Grand Prize. (A score of 13 or more is required.)

Obviously, you cannot be monitored for cheating. Most of you will need to look the answers up in your books. We cannot prevent you from sharing answers either. But do you really want to help someone else win and not you?

[Gigi]

Question #1 - The Bad Beginning

Name the three institutions (in order) that the Baudelaire children stopped at before finding Mr. Poe at Mulctuary Money Management.

Trustworthy Bank
Faithful Savings and Loan
Subservient Financial Services

[Gigi]

Question #2 - The Reptile Room

Identify each reptile from Uncle Monty’s collection from its description.

1. A slow creature with a top speed of one half inch per hour
Hungarian Sloth Snake
2. A long green creature that produces delicious milk
Alaskan Cow Lizard
3. A creature that can imitate human speech in a gravelly voice
Dissonant Toad
4. A large creature that is one of the least dangerous, most friendly reptiles
Incredibly Deadly Viper
5. A creature that gives off black dye
Inky Newt
6. A creature with a grumpy disposition
Irascible Python
7. A creature that should not be left near a typewriter
Virginian Wolfsnake
8. A creature that should not be given too much water
Green Gimlet Toad

[Gigi]

Question #3 - The Wide Window

Seeing a flickering reflection reminded Violet of what scientific principles?

The convergence and refraction of light

[Gigi]

Question #4 - The Miserable Mill

Lemony Snicket compared Klaus’ broken glasses to a sculpture his friend had made entitled what?

Twisted, Cracked, and Hopelessly Broken

[Gigi]

Question #5 - The Austere Academy

Sunny was so tired from S.O.R.E. that she fell asleep in her salad. What was in that salad? (Be sure to list all the ingredients)

Lettuce
Slices of tomato
Gobs of creamy honey-mustard dressing
Crispy croutons

[Gigi]

Question #6 - The Ersatz Elevator

A. How many clocks are in the Squalors Penthouse apartment?
612
B. And how many bedrooms?
71

[Gigi]

Question #7 - The Vile Village

Name any five of the rules of the Village of Fowl Devotees.
Any of the following:
#492- The Council of Elders will only discuss things that are on the platform.
#920- No one may talk while on the platform unless they are a police officer.
#19,833-No villains are allowed within city limits.
#67-No citizen is allowed to build or use any mechanical devices.
#108-The V.F.D. library cannot contain any books that break any of the other rules.
#4,561-Citizens are not allowed to use their mouths for recreation.
#961-The Council of Elders' hot fudge sundaes cannot have more than 15 pieces of nuts each.
#2-Anyone who breaks a rule is burned at the stake.
#19 The only pens acceptable within the city limits are ones made from the feathers of crows.
#39- It is illegal to make anything out of crow feathers.
#2,493-Any person who is going to be burned at the stake has the opportunity to make a speech right before the fire is lit.
#201-No murdering.
#141-All prisoners receive bread and water.
#1,742-No one is allowed to escape from jail.
#1-No harming crows.



Question #8 - The Hostile Hospital

Identify the ailment of each of these patients that the Volunteers Fighting Disease visited at Heimlich Hospital.

A. Bernard Rieux hacking cough or plague
B. Cynthia Vane terrible toothache
C. Jonah Mapple seasickness
D. Charley Anderson accident injury
E. Emma Bovary food poisoning

[Gigi]

Question #9 - The Carnivorous Carnival

List all the possible headlines that the reporter from The Daily Punctilio mentioned the day that someone would be thrown to the lions. ("I can see the headline now!")

COUNT OLAF THINKS UP IDEA FOR LION SHOW
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH COUNT OLAF, WHO IS NOT COUNT OMAR, WHO IS DEAD
COUNT OLAF INCREASES SUSPENSE
FREAKS PUSHED INTO LION PIT
PEOPLE DISCUSS THINGS CALMLY


Question #10 - The Slippery Slope

Be like Aunt Josephine and correct the grammatical error in Chapter 11. (Type the whole sentence correctly, changing the mistake.)

From p. 233:
It was she who was signaling us. (not her)

[Gigi]

Question #11 - The Grim Grotto

In her song, what does each letter in Carmelita’s name stand for?
Cute
Adorable
Ravishing
Gorgeous
Excellent
Lovable
I’m the best
Talented
A tap-dancing ballerina fairy princess veterinarian


Question #12 - The Penultimate Peril

Where did Kit Snicket manage to meet Quigley Quagmire?
The Abandoned Bathrobe Emporium

Question #13 - The End

When getting ready to leave the island, Klaus mentioned some novels he had been meaning to read. Who was the author of those novels?
P.G. Wodehouse

[Gigi]

Even Harder Bonus Trivia

These questions will come from other ASOUE sources besides the 13 series books. There will be eight questions in all, posted throughout the day.

Question 1

Name the quotes

A. 2004 Calendar of Unfortunate Events – April 14th
you jump into a puddle, you would be wise to check its depth.
B. 2005 Calendar of Unfortunate Events – August 7th
The very warm days in late July and early August are often referred to as “the dog days”

Question 2

A. Which of the series books was the most quoted in Horseradish?
The Slippery Slope
B. And which series book was not quoted at all?
The Bad Beginning

Question 3

The volunteers of VFD have not found a use for which item in the disguise kit?
medium length beige coat

Question 4

What are the three kinds of cards in The Perilous Parlor Game?
Hermedy cards
Clever cards
Guardian cards


Question 5

The series books have an Ex Libris page at the beginning. What kind of inscription is at the beginning of the directions of The Perilous Parlor Game?
Ex Conlectionis

Question 6

What are the six types of cards in The Catastrophic Card game?
Baudelaire Orphan cards
Baudelaire Confidant cards
Count Olaf in Disguise cards
Count Olaf’s Minion cards
Special cards
Victory cards


Question 7

What is Shocking Secret #3?
Lemony Snicket’s niece is an orphan.

Question 8

Who played electric sitar on The Tragic Treasury?
John Woo

[Hermedy]

Hey members,

Gigi has sent me the trivia scores. There were some really excellent results, and we've narrowed it down to five entries that fell in the top scoring range. These five names will be put into a hat and I will draw one. This will be the grand prize winner. He or she will choose between receiving a signed copy of The Grim Grotto or an unsigned first edition copy of The Bad Beginning.

Then Gigi will do a raffle of the remaining four names. The winner will be sent the remaining prize.

[Hermedy]

Thank you for participating in the Terribly Tricky Trivia, written by Gigi.

Gigi and I did a random draw...

BSAM, the grand prize winner, will be sent a signed copy of The Grim Grotto.

SWANS, the second prize winner, will be sent a first edition copy of The Bad Beginning.

Congratulations!

This contest is now closed.

[BSam]

*celebrates with swans*

[Charles Vane]

Go Sam.