Q 01/05

J. M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, was born in which country?

A) England

B) Ireland

C) Scotland

D) Wales

Answer · why

C) Scotland

He was born in Kirriemuir, Angus, in 1860 to a weaver's family and was made a baronet by George V in 1913.

Q 02/05

Where in London did the play Peter Pan premiere on 27 December 1904?

A) The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

B) The Old Vic in Lambeth

C) The Savoy Theatre on the Strand

D) The Duke of York's Theatre

Answer · why

D) The Duke of York's Theatre

Nina Boucicault, daughter of playwright Dion Boucicault, was the first Peter.

Q 03/05

In which 1902 novel written for adults did the character of Peter Pan first appear?

A) Sentimental Tommy

B) The Little White Bird

C) The Little Minister

D) Margaret Ogilvy

Answer · why

B) The Little White Bird

Its Peter Pan chapters were spun off in 1906 as Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

Q 04/05

What was the title of the 1911 novelisation of the play?

A) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

B) The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up

C) Peter and Wendy

D) Neverland

Answer · why

C) Peter and Wendy

Hodder & Stoughton published it in Britain on 18 October 1911, three days before Scribner's did in the US.

Q 05/05

What does Peter lose in the Darling nursery, prompting his return and his meeting with Wendy?

A) His hat

B) His flute

C) His shoe

D) His shadow

Answer · why

D) His shadow

Wendy sews it back on with needle and thread, and Peter learns she knows lots of bedtime stories.