Q 01/05

Which 1971 Disney film was adapted from two earlier novels by Borrowers author Mary Norton?

A) The Sword in the Stone

B) Mary Poppins

C) Bedknobs and Broomsticks

D) Escape to Witch Mountain

Answer · why

C) Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Bedknobs and Broomsticks drew on The Magic Bed Knob and its sequel, which Norton wrote years before she invented the Borrowers.

Q 02/05

Which future Harry Potter actor made his film debut as the Clock family's son in 1997's The Borrowers?

A) Tom Felton

B) Daniel Radcliffe

C) Rupert Grint

D) Matthew Lewis

Answer · why

A) Tom Felton

Tom Felton landed the part after appearing in commercials, four years before the first Harry Potter film reached cinemas.

Q 03/05

Which Japanese company adapted Mary Norton's The Borrowers as the 2010 animated film Arrietty?

A) Toei Animation

B) Studio Ghibli

C) Madhouse

D) Kyoto Animation

Answer · why

B) Studio Ghibli

Studio Ghibli saw Arrietty become the top-grossing Japanese film of 2010 at Japan's own box office.

Q 04/05

Which future Marvel star's first film role was voicing the boy Sho in the British dub of Arrietty?

A) Asa Butterfield

B) Freddie Highmore

C) Will Poulter

D) Tom Holland

Answer · why

D) Tom Holland

Tom Holland began his film career with a voice part: the UK version reached cinemas in 2011, and the later American dub used a different cast.

Q 05/05

What do the tiny Borrowers of Mary Norton's novels call the full-sized people whose homes they share?

A) Human beans

B) Tall folk

C) Giant kind

D) Upstairs people

Answer · why

A) Human beans

Human beans is a Borrower mispronunciation of human beings, and a Borrower's whole way of life depends on never being seen by one.