Q 01/05

Which real-life twin sisters played Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield in the 1990s Sweet Valley High television series?

A) Tia and Tamera Mowry

B) Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

C) Brittany and Cynthia Daniel

D) Patricia and Priscilla Barnstable

Answer · why

C) Brittany and Cynthia Daniel

Brittany and Cynthia Daniel were both 18 when they were cast in 1994, after an earlier version with another pair of twins was never filmed. Brittany p...

Q 02/05

Sweet Valley, the fictional hometown of Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield, is a suburb near which real Californian city?

A) San Diego

B) Los Angeles

C) Santa Barbara

D) San Francisco

Answer · why

B) Los Angeles

Los Angeles is the nearest big city, yet Francine Pascal had never been to Southern California when the first books appeared. She was a New Yorker inv...

Q 03/05

In the first Sweet Valley High book, Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield compete for the attention of which basketball star?

A) Todd Wilkins

B) Bruce Patman

C) Christian Gorman

D) Bill Chase

Answer · why

A) Todd Wilkins

Todd Wilkins chooses Elizabeth, and their on-off romance runs through the whole series. In a sequel set ten years on, he ends up marrying Jessica inst...

Q 04/05

Which computer tycoon's daughter is both best friend and arch-rival to Jessica Wakefield at Sweet Valley High?

A) Cara Walker

B) Lila Fowler

C) Caroline Pearce

D) Annie Whitman

Answer · why

B) Lila Fowler

Lila Fowler is the poor little rich girl of the books, and her new-money family feuds with the old-money Patmans over whether the town should modernis...

Q 05/05

Francine Pascal created Sweet Valley High, but who wrote most of the 181 books from her detailed plot outlines?

A) A team of ghostwriters

B) Her two grown-up daughters

C) A single co-author

D) Teenage contest winners

Answer · why

A) A team of ghostwriters

A team of ghostwriters turned out up to five books a month, each working from Pascal's plot outline and a character bible she kept on the twins and th...