Q 01/05

Who wrote the Winnie-the-Pooh books?

A) Roald Dahl

B) Kenneth Grahame

C) A. A. Milne

D) Beatrix Potter

Answer · why

C) A. A. Milne

Milne was a Londoner and Punch contributor who bought a country home near Ashdown Forest in 1925.

Q 02/05

Who illustrated the original Winnie-the-Pooh books?

A) Beatrix Potter

B) Quentin Blake

C) John Tenniel

D) E. H. Shepard

Answer · why

D) E. H. Shepard

Shepard based his drawings of Pooh not on Christopher Robin's bear but on his own son's teddy, Growler.

Q 03/05

What is Pooh's favourite food?

A) Condensed milk

B) Honey

C) Acorns

D) Thistles

Answer · why

B) Honey

He spells it 'hunny' and likes 'a little something' at around eleven in the morning.

Q 04/05

What is the name of the forest where the Pooh stories are set?

A) Hundred Acre Wood

B) Thousand Acre Wood

C) Sherwood Forest

D) Wild Wood

Answer · why

A) Hundred Acre Wood

It was based on the real Five Hundred Acre Wood in Ashdown Forest, East Sussex.

Q 05/05

The real forest that inspired the stories is in which English county?

A) Hampshire

B) Wiltshire

C) Somerset

D) East Sussex

Answer · why

D) East Sussex

Milne's country home was Cotchford Farm near Hartfield, a mile north of Ashdown Forest.

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