40 Fun Facts About Framed (Gordon Korman)

In Framed, what of Griffin Bing's is found in the display case in place of the Super Bowl ring?

His retainer, which he had recently lost, sits where the ring should be, so the principal accuses him of the theft.

In Gordon Korman's Framed, which creature turns out to have carried off the missing Super Bowl ring?

A pack rat took it: these rodents love shiny objects and drop whatever they are carrying to trade for a new find, which explains the swap in the display case.

In Framed, what nickname do Griffin Bing and his friends give their strict new principal, Dr. Egan?

Dr. Evil is their name for a principal who loves the sport behind the ring and dislikes Griffin because of his past capers.

In Framed, what is meant to expose the ring thief when Griffin Bing's suspects enter the courthouse?

A metal detector at the courthouse is the trap: anyone carrying the ring would set it off. The plan only narrows Griffin's list down to Dr. Egan.

In Framed, Griffin Bing is sent to a school known as JFK, which is jokingly said to stand for what?

Jail For Kids is the nickname of the JFK Alternative Education Center, where Griffin has to go while the theft case works its way through the courts.

In Framed, what must Griffin Bing wear so the authorities know if he breaks his house arrest?

An electronic anklet is the last of his punishments, after the alternative school and house arrest, and it would raise an alarm if he left home.

Which school play is being performed in Framed when Griffin Bing leads Dr. Egan to the missing ring?

Hail Caesar! is on stage while Griffin, who is supposed to be confined at home, turns up at the school and shows the principal where the ring really went.

In Framed, which nickname does Griffin Bing's new schoolmate Sheldon Brickhaus go by?

Shank turns out to be a planner too, so Griffin, the friends' usual schemer, finally meets his match at the alternative school.

What nickname has Griffin Bing earned for his schemes by the time of Gordon Korman's Framed?

The Man with the Plan is his title, but in this book he has no plan at first, and everything his team tries in order to find the thief backfires.

In Swindle, the first book of the series that includes Framed, what do Griffin Bing and his friends steal back?

A baseball card worth a fortune is what a sleazy collector cheats Griffin out of, and the heist to get it back launches the whole series.

In Framed, what job did strict principal Dr. Egan hold before he took over Griffin Bing's school?

A football coach at a high school before he became principal, he has his own reason to prize the ring, which is why Griffin puts him on the suspect list.

In Framed, what does Dr. Egan make everyone at Griffin Bing's school do in place of homeroom?

Exercise replaces homeroom for the whole school, part of the tough new regime that Griffin dislikes as much as the principal dislikes him.

Which nosy reporter in Gordon Korman's Framed digs up dirt on Griffin Bing and twists his words?

Celia White makes the suspect list because she seems ready to do anything to make Griffin look guilty. In the end the principal himself makes her stop.

In Framed, which boy claims to be the rightful owner of the Super Bowl ring that disappears?

Tony Bartholomew believes the ring should be his, which hands him a motive and a place among the four suspects Griffin draws up.

How does Griffin Bing lure his suspects to the courthouse in Gordon Korman's Framed?

An anonymous e-mail says a buyer wants a valuable item that recently came to them, bait meant to tempt only whoever really has the ring.

In Framed, which talent helps Logan Kellerman befriend Dr. Egan's daughter and search the house?

Acting is Logan's specialty, so he plays the part of a new friend to hunt for the ring in the principal's home. It is not there, and the plan collapses.

With Griffin Bing under house arrest in Framed, how do his friends hold planning meetings with him?

By video chat, the friends hatch one final scheme to clear his name while he is stuck inside.

Which specialty does Melissa Dukakis use in Framed to get Griffin Bing past his house arrest alarm?

Computers are her thing: she hacks the monitoring system so that Griffin can slip out of the house without setting anything off.

After the ring is found in Framed, how does Dr. Egan respond to having accused Griffin Bing?

He apologizes and admits he was wrong to judge Griffin, a turnaround for the principal the friends had cast as the villain.

In which town do Griffin Bing and his friends go to middle school in Gordon Korman's Framed?

Cedarville is the setting, and the friends have newly moved up to its middle school when the ring disappears.

Which burly suspect in Framed had been part of Griffin Bing's heist team in the first Swindle book?

Darren Vader blackmailed his way onto that first team, so Griffin has no trouble picturing him taking the ring to turn a profit.

In Framed, what is the family expertise of Sheldon Brickhaus, Griffin Bing's friend from JFK?

Nuisance wildlife is what the Brickhaus family knows best, and that expertise ends up playing a major role in Griffin's case.

At the end of Framed, what does Griffin Bing ask the court to do for Sheldon Brickhaus?

Take him out of JFK and give him a chance at life, Griffin asks, calling Sheldon a truly good-hearted friend. The court agrees.

In Framed, which pet does Ben Slovak, Griffin Bing's best friend, keep constantly at his side?

A ferret is Ben's constant companion, and with animal-mad Savannah Drysdale also on the team, the friends' schemes rarely stay ordinary.

Why is Griffin Bing rushed back to his house once the ring is found in Framed?

To beat his parents home: he sneaked out while confined, and Dr. Egan gets him back just in time for it to look as if he never left.

In Gordon Korman's Framed, the Super Bowl ring kept in the school display case had belonged to whom?

A former student of the school owned the ring, and it was kept on show in a locked case, which makes the swap all the more baffling.

Under Dr. Egan in Framed, Griffin Bing's middle school is said to feel more like what?

A boot camp is how the school feels once the sports-mad new principal takes charge, and Griffin has a hard time adjusting to it.

Which Gordon Korman novel, about the rescue of a kidnapped pet monkey, comes directly before Framed?

Zoobreak is the second Swindle book, in which the friends break stolen animals out of a zoo boat to rescue Savannah's monkey, Cleopatra.

Which Gordon Korman novel, in which the huge dog Luthor lands in the town pound, comes directly after Framed?

Showoff comes next: to save Luthor from the town pound, the friends must turn a onetime attack dog into a dainty contender at a kennel society show.

Luthor, the huge ex-guard dog of the Swindle books that include Framed, belongs to which breed?

Doberman is the breed of the 150-pound Luthor, who begins the series as a sleazy collector's attack dog and ends up the team's beloved mascot.

Which network aired a 2013 TV movie of Swindle, the first book in the series that includes Framed?

Nickelodeon premiered the film in August 2013 and filled Griffin's heist team with stars of the network's own sitcoms.

Which future pop superstar acted in the 2013 TV movie of Swindle, the first book in Framed's series?

Ariana Grande played Amanda Benson, the gymnast of the heist team, opposite Noah Crawford as Griffin.

In which Canadian city was Framed author Gordon Korman born before growing up near Toronto?

Montreal was his birthplace, though he grew up mostly in the Toronto area and later moved to the United States for college.

To which publisher, later the home of Framed, did Gordon Korman send his first novel as a schoolboy?

Scholastic got the manuscript because he was his class monitor for its book orders and figured that made him practically an employee.

Which sleep disorder affects Ben Slovak, Griffin Bing's best friend in Framed and the Swindle books?

Narcolepsy makes Ben nod off without warning, a condition he first reveals to Griffin in the opening book of the series.

In Framed, Griffin Bing's friend Antonia Benson, known as Pitch, is the team's expert at what?

Climbing is Pitch's skill, first put to use in the opening book of the series to get the team onto the roof of the building they were raiding.

What does Griffin Bing's father do for a living in Gordon Korman's Swindle books, including Framed?

Inventor is his job, so in a later book Griffin is expected to ace a national contest for young inventors when his school enters it.

Which Swindle book, written after Framed, has the valuable Star of Prague stolen and Griffin Bing as prime suspect?

Jingle sees the multimillion-dollar Star of Prague vanish from the top of the tree at the town's holiday pageant, with Griffin again the prime suspect.

The first novel by Framed author Gordon Korman, written in seventh grade, launched which series?

Macdonald Hall began with a book that reached print while Korman was still a freshman in high school, and he had five books out before he graduated.

Framed author Gordon Korman wrote for which multi-author adventure series alongside Rick Riordan?

The 39 Clues had Korman write its second book, One False Note, and he has said that sharing a series felt almost like having co-workers.