Q 01/05

What are the names of the older Bobbsey twins, a dark-haired boy and girl who look strikingly alike?

A) Jem and Scout

B) Bert and Nan

C) Dick and Jane

D) Jack and Jill

Answer · why

B) Bert and Nan

Bert and Nan are eight in the first book, which says the boy has his sister's brown eyes, brown hair and almost the same voice, only stronger.

Q 02/05

What are the names of the younger Bobbsey twins, the short, stout pair with fluffy golden hair?

A) Bunny and Sue

B) Hansel and Gretel

C) Raggedy Ann and Andy

D) Flossie and Freddie

Answer · why

D) Flossie and Freddie

Flossie and Freddie are four when the series begins and are written as the opposites in looks of their older brother and sister.

Q 03/05

Which pen name appears on every Bobbsey Twins book, though many ghostwriters did the writing?

A) Laura Lee Hope

B) Carolyn Keene

C) Franklin W. Dixon

D) Victor Appleton

Answer · why

A) Laura Lee Hope

Laura Lee Hope was invented for the series' 1904 debut, and at least nine people wrote under the name over the next 75 years.

Q 04/05

Which fictional town is home to the Bobbsey twins, with their father's mill and docks on the shore?

A) Bayport

B) River Heights

C) Lakeport

D) Shopton

Answer · why

C) Lakeport

Lakeport even made it into a title: the 1961 rewrite of the first book was renamed The Bobbsey Twins of Lakeport.

Q 05/05

A 1960s rewrite of one Bobbsey Twins book turned Baby May from a foundling infant into which animal?

A) An elephant

B) A chimpanzee

C) A bear cub

D) A seal pup

Answer · why

A) An elephant

An elephant took over in 1968: the 1924 story of an abandoned baby was scrapped for an all-new plot about a baby elephant, published under almost the ...