Q 01/05

Which offence earns Mr. Toad fifteen years, the longest part of his sentence, in The Wind in the Willows?

A) Stealing a motorcar

B) Furious driving

C) Cheek to the police

D) Insulting the judge

Answer · why

C) Cheek to the police

Cheek to the police cost him fifteen years, against one year for the theft and three for furious driving. The clerk then rounded the total up from nin...

Q 02/05

Although everyone calls him Ratty, Mole's best friend in The Wind in the Willows is really which riverside mammal?

A) A muskrat

B) A water vole

C) A water shrew

D) A young beaver

Answer · why

B) A water vole

A water vole is often informally called a water rat, which is how Ratty got his name. Unlike true rats, voles have rounder noses, chubby faces and fur...

Q 03/05

Which British rock band named its 1967 debut album after the seventh chapter of The Wind in the Willows?

A) Pink Floyd

B) Genesis

C) Jethro Tull

D) Led Zeppelin

Answer · why

A) Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd took the title The Piper at the Gates of Dawn from the book, a favourite of singer Syd Barrett. None of the songs on the album is actually ...

Q 04/05

Which disguise, bought from his helper's aunt, lets Mr. Toad walk out of prison in The Wind in the Willows?

A) A milkmaid

B) A nursemaid

C) A chimney sweep

D) A washerwoman

Answer · why

D) A washerwoman

A washerwoman who did the prison's laundry sold him her gown, apron, shawl and bonnet for cash. She asked to be tied up and gagged afterwards so that ...

Q 05/05

Which Scottish-born author turned bedtime stories for his young son into The Wind in the Willows?

A) J. M. Barrie

B) Kenneth Grahame

C) Robert Louis Stevenson

D) Arthur Conan Doyle

Answer · why

B) Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame began the tales at bedtime and carried them on in letters whenever he and his son were apart. Several publishers turned the finished b...