Q 01/05

What is the real name of the author who wrote A Series of Unfortunate Events as Lemony Snicket?

A) Chris Van Allsburg

B) Neil Gaiman

C) Jon Scieszka

D) Daniel Handler

Answer · why

D) Daniel Handler

Daniel Handler had never written for children, so he reworked an abandoned mock-gothic novel meant for adults. He had made up the name Lemony Snicket ...

Q 02/05

The final Unfortunate Events book came out on which 2006 date?

A) Halloween

B) April Fools' Day

C) Friday the 13th

D) Valentine's Day

Answer · why

C) Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th of October suited a series built on unlucky thirteens. There are thirteen books, and each one has thirteen chapters.

Q 03/05

Where are the Baudelaire children when told of their parents' deaths?

A) At the beach

B) At school

C) At the library

D) At the theatre

Answer · why

A) At the beach

At the beach: the three are at Briny Beach when a banker arrives to tell them that their parents are dead and their home destroyed.

Q 04/05

In The Austere Academy, Vice Principal Nero tortures the Baudelaires by playing which instrument?

A) Bagpipes

B) Lyre

C) Organ

D) Violin

Answer · why

D) Violin

The violin, a joke on the emperor said to have fiddled while Rome burned. Pupils who skip Nero's six-hour recitals must buy him a bag of candy and wat...

Q 05/05

Which A Series of Unfortunate Events book hides an extra section called Chapter Fourteen?

A) The Grim Grotto

B) The End

C) The Slippery Slope

D) The Penultimate Peril

Answer · why

B) The End

The End has thirteen chapters like the twelve books before it, then a short second book titled Chapter Fourteen. It jumps ahead a year, to the day the...