Q 01/05

What unusual illustrations, gathered from collectors, fill the first Miss Peregrine novel?

A) Edwardian postcards

B) Vintage photographs

C) Antique woodcut prints

D) Hand-drawn maps

Answer · why

B) Vintage photographs

Vintage photographs from collectors' archives shaped the story, which was first planned as a picture book until an editor suggested a novel.

Q 02/05

Which director made the 2016 Miss Peregrine film, a number one US box office opener?

A) Guillermo del Toro

B) Henry Selick

C) Tim Burton

D) Terry Gilliam

Answer · why

C) Tim Burton

Tim Burton directed it and gave himself a cameo as a funfair visitor who has a skeleton thrown at him.

Q 03/05

Jacob Portman and his father go to an island off which country in the first Miss Peregrine novel?

A) Scotland

B) Ireland

C) Norway

D) Wales

Answer · why

D) Wales

Wales is home to the fictional island, where Jacob's grandfather grew up in a children's home during the war.

Q 04/05

What can Emma Bloom conjure with her bare hands in the first Miss Peregrine novel?

A) Fire

B) Ice

C) Wind

D) Light

Answer · why

A) Fire

Fire springs from Emma's hands, which first glowed red and grew painfully hot when she was ten years old.

Q 05/05

What would destroy Miss Peregrine's home each night in 1940 if she did not reset her time loop?

A) A lightning storm

B) An air-raid bomb

C) A tidal wave

D) A gas explosion

Answer · why

B) An air-raid bomb

An air-raid bomb is due to hit the house on September 3, 1940, so Miss Peregrine winds the day back just before it lands.