We’re all feeling lovely and full after Jacqueline Wilson’s Puffin Virtually Live Big Picnic – and there’s nothing that aids digestion like a little food for thought. Avid picnicers pit your wits against our incrEDIBLE Book Quiz and let us know how you do . . . .
1. Boggis, Bunce and Bean in Roald
Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox are all
farmers. Which of the following foods
ISN’T something they farm?
a) Apples
b) Cows
c) Ducks
2. In Alice in Wonderland, Time has punished the Mad Hatter by making him
live in ‘eternal tea-time’: what time of day is that?
a) 5pm
b) 5.30pm
c) 6pm
3. In The Further Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat by Julia
Donaldson, what food do the title characters take with them in their beautiful
blue balloon?
a) Some jam and a honey-roast ham?
b) Marmalade, toast and a Sunday
roast?
c) Pink cupcakes and a couple of
steaks?
4. In Eoin Colfer’s W.A.R.P., Charismo’s French chef is a
pro at making which of these delightful delicacies?
a) Croissants
b) Macarons
c) French fancies
5. In LM Montgomery’s novel, Anne of Green Gables accidentally gives
her friend Diana currant wine to drink at their tea-party – eek! What did she think she was giving her
instead?
a) Marilla’s apple juice
b) Marilla’s raspberry cordial
c) Marilla’s pink lemonade
6. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie finds his golden ticket
in which chocolate bar?
a) Wonka’s Double
Treat-Tastic Swirliferous Bar
b) Wonka’s
Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight
c) Wonka’s Ridiculously Yummy
Orangey-Swoosher
7. In the famous book by Anne
Fine, Class 4C have to do a slightly strange science project! What foodie item do they have to take home and look after as if it were a baby?
a) A bag of sugar
b) A box of eggs
c) A bag of flour
8. In The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Hazel and Augustus eat at a
posh restaurant in Amsterdam. What does Gus say about the starter, Belgian
white asparagus with a lavender infusion?
a) “If asparagus tasted like that
all the time, I’d be a vegetarian.
b) “I wish I’d had a hamburger
instead.”
c) “Lavender isn’t a food.”
9. Which of the following isn’t
on The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s
super-scrumptious Saturday menu?
a) Watermelon
b) Cherry pie
c) Spaghetti Bolognese
10. In Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, what is Jo’s
snack-of-choice to munch on whilst curled up on the sofa with a book?
a) Apples
b) Cup-a-soup
c) Hot chocolate with marshmallows
If you got…
3 or less: You’re a Puffin Snacker!
OK, so you might not know EVERYTHING about
foodie scenes in Puffin books, but you’ve definitely had a browse in the
Tuckshop of Knowledge once or twice!
4-7: You’re a Puffin Picnicker!
Someone’s been eating their brain
food! Roll out the picnic blanket, empty
the hamper and get chomping on some smug cookies because you’re officially a
book grub guru.
8-10: You’re a Puffin Gastronome!
Wow, we bow down to your expertise! You’re a first-rate feaster, menu-master and
cuisine connoisseur – congratulations!
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