Q 01/05

Which one-eyed rat warlord lays siege to the abbey in the first Redwall novel by Brian Jacques?

A) Gabool the Wild

B) Cluny the Scourge

C) Badrang the Tyrant

D) Ferahgo the Assassin

Answer · why

B) Cluny the Scourge

Cluny the Scourge tries a battering ram, a tunnel and a siege tower before a captive finally opens the gate for him.

Q 02/05

A teacher caned ten-year-old Brian Jacques, refusing to believe he wrote a story about a bird and which animal?

A) A leopard

B) A hippopotamus

C) A crocodile

D) A python

Answer · why

C) A crocodile

A crocodile had its teeth cleaned by the bird in the story. The teacher thought it too good for a ten-year-old and punished him for refusing to admit ...

Q 03/05

In the first Redwall novel, what does Matthias drop on the invading warlord to end the final battle?

A) A giant bell

B) A stone gargoyle

C) A siege tower

D) A burning beam

Answer · why

A) A giant bell

A giant bell, the abbey's own, crushes the warlord and cracks in the fall. It is later reshaped into two new ones.

Q 04/05

The rich sounds, smells and tastes in Redwall come from Brian Jacques first writing it for which audience?

A) Blind schoolchildren

B) His own grandchildren

C) Hospital patients

D) Radio listeners

Answer · why

A) Blind schoolchildren

Blind schoolchildren at the Royal Wavertree School heard him read aloud, so he described sound, smell, taste and touch to help them picture each scene...

Q 05/05

Brian Jacques met the first audience for Redwall while working a delivery round in which job?

A) Coalman

B) Paperboy

C) Greengrocer

D) Milkman

Answer · why

D) Milkman

Milkman was only one of his trades: he had also been a railway fireman, a longshoreman, a bus driver and a stand-up entertainer.