1. When is Michael Morpurgo’s
birthday?
(a) 5th October 1943
(b) 25th October 1943
(c) 5th November 1943
3. What was the title of Michael
Morpurgo’s 100th book?
(a) Kensuke’s Kingdom
(b) Private Peaceful
(c) Tora Tora
5. In the film of ‘War Horse’ how many different horses were used to play Joey throughout his life?
(a) 7
(b) 12
(c) 14
8. Which book is set during the
Spanish Civil War?
(a) Tora, Tora
(b) Running Wild
(c) Why the Whales Came
10. Which of Michael Morpurgo’s
books has been described as a
modern day ‘Robinson Crusoe’?
(a) Born to Run
(b) Kensuke’s Kingdom
(c) Alone on the Wide Wide Sea
11. Which book won the
‘Blue Peter Book Award’
in 2005?
(a) Private Peaceful
(b) Little Foxes
(c) Out of the Ashes
12. What is the title of the book which is named after the only cat
said to have survived the sinking of the Titanic?
(a) Adolphus Tips
(b) Born to Run
(c) Kasper
13. In ‘The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips’ what are the Allied
forces preparing for?
(a) The D Day landings
(b) The Blitz
(c) Hiroshima
15. In which book would you find the white lion cub
called ‘Le Prince Blanc’?
(a) Running Wild
(b) The Butterfly Lion
(c) Born to Run
16. Which of Michael Morpurgo’s books won the Smarties Book
Prize in 1996?
(a) Butterfly Lion
(b) Kensuke’s Kingdom
(c) War Horse
18. In the book ‘Alone on the Wide Wide Sea’ the orphans were
shipped to which country?
(a) Africa
(b) Canada
(c) Australia
20. What is the title of the book that is a beautiful tale of life for
Palestinians and Jews in the shadow of a dividing wall in the West Bank?
(a) Out of the Ashes
(b) The Kites are Flying
(c) Outlaw
MICHAEL MORPURGO QUIZ 2013 - ANSWERS
TEAM:
1. (a) 5th October
2. Pinochio
3. (b) Private Peaceful
4. Children’s Laureate
5. (c) 14
6. (a) Blackie
7. His age
8. (a) Tora Tora
9. (a) Afghanistan
10. (b) Kensuke’s Kingdom
11. (a) Private Peaceful
12. (c) Kaspar
13. (a) D Day landings
14. (a) Indonesia
15. (b) Butterfly Lion
16. (a) Butterfly Lion
17. (b) Wreck of the Zanzibar
18. (c) Australia
19. The Ghost of Sir Walter Raleigh
20. (b) The Kites are Flying