Q 01/05

In J. M. Barrie's novel, what is Tinker Bell's gown made from?

A) A rose petal

B) A spider's web

C) A skeleton leaf

D) A moth's wings

Answer · why

C) A skeleton leaf

A skeleton leaf, cut low and square so that her figure 'could be seen to the best advantage': Barrie wrote her as 'slightly inclined to embonpoint', a...

Q 02/05

According to Barrie, what job did Tinker Bell do among the fairies?

A) She spun clouds

B) She mended pots and kettles

C) She rang the fairy bells

D) She polished the mermaids' shells

Answer · why

B) She mended pots and kettles

She mended pots and kettles, which is a tinker's trade, and Peter tells Wendy that this is exactly why she is called Tinker Bell.

Q 03/05

What was Tinker Bell called in the first draft of Barrie's play?

A) Tippy-toe

B) Twinkle

C) Peaseblossom

D) Bluebell

Answer · why

A) Tippy-toe

Tippy-toe was the fairy's name in Barrie's first draft; as Tinker Bell she speaks only in 'a tinkle of bells', the fairy language that Peter has to tr...

Q 04/05

How was Tinker Bell represented in the original stage productions?

A) A marionette on fine wires

B) A darting light from a hand mirror

C) A child actress dressed in green

D) A projected strip of film

Answer · why

B) A darting light from a hand mirror

A darting light from a hand mirror: the stage manager bounced a spotlight off it to send her flitting round the nursery, while a collar of bells suppl...

Q 05/05

Why did Barrie add fairy dust to Peter Pan after its first production?

A) The lighting man needed a cue

B) Children were hurt trying to fly

C) Censors demanded a magical cause

D) It explained Tinker Bell's glow

Answer · why

B) Children were hurt trying to fly

Children were hurt trying to fly: parents asked Barrie for the change, because youngsters had gone home, launched themselves from their beds and 'need...