Q 01/05

How does Violet Baudelaire sign the wedding document on stage in The Bad Beginning, spoiling Count Olaf's scheme?

A) With a false name

B) In vanishing ink

C) With her left hand

D) With her brother's name

Answer · why

C) With her left hand

With her left hand: Violet is right-handed, and the law said the document must be signed in her own hand. That technicality canceled the wedding on th...

Q 02/05

In The Bad Beginning, what does Count Olaf dangle baby Sunny inside to force Violet and Klaus to obey him?

A) A birdcage

B) A laundry basket

C) A fishing net

D) A wooden crate

Answer · why

A) A birdcage

A birdcage, hung outside a high window of Count Olaf's house, kept Sunny hostage. Olaf threatened her life unless her brother and sister went along wi...

Q 03/05

Which disaster kills the Baudelaire parents and destroys their mansion at the start of The Bad Beginning?

A) A flood

B) A fire

C) A tornado

D) A landslide

Answer · why

B) A fire

A fire destroyed the mansion while the three children were away for the day, and they spend the rest of the series trying to learn the truth about it.

Q 04/05

What image is tattooed on Count Olaf's ankle and repeated all over his house in The Bad Beginning?

A) A skull

B) A raven

C) A spider

D) An eye

Answer · why

D) An eye

An eye is inked on Count Olaf's ankle, and later books reveal it as the badge of a secret society called V.F.D.

Q 05/05

Which star played Count Olaf in the 2004 film that adapted The Bad Beginning and two of its sequels?

A) Jim Carrey

B) Johnny Depp

C) Robin Williams

D) Mike Myers

Answer · why

A) Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey was cast as Count Olaf in 2002, when the film was still being planned as a musical.