Peepiceek's Odd-One-Out Quiz

Peepiceek said:
I'm glad you're enjoying it. I always enjoy a bit of an intellectual challenge, and putting these questions together has made me think hard about the books, the stories, and the characters within them. I also really enjoy finding connections and also spotting differences, and learning from the significance of them. That's why the connection of the odd-one-out in my questions is just as important as the connections of the other three, because seeing how people in similar situations do different things offers an opportunity to learn from both good and bad examples. So, as well as spending time puzzling out the answers to these questions, it's also worth learning from the signigicance of them too.

For example, the theme of kingship in the question most recently solved is really important in the Chronicles. What is it to be a good king and what is it to be a bad king? One of the marks of good kings has been that they didn't feel worthy to be kings; those who wanted and felt worthy of power were the least suitable people for it. A lesson for life, I think, particularly those who hope to take on leadership roles.

Or take the question about people gaining / losing the ability to speak - notice what things lead people to lose that ability. Defiance, treachery and dishonourability in the case of Rabadash; deception, pride and narcissism in the case of Ginger; simple carelessness and lack of discernment in the case of the Lapsed Bear. These are the things Lewis would warn us against. By contrast, what positive act brought about the Talking Mice? A simple, barely noticable act of service and devotion - one that Susan initially misunderstood and tried to shoo the mice away, and one that certainly seemed purposeless. Nevertheless, Aslan honoured this small, insignificant act.

So the connections and differences are worth thinking about, as well as simply trying to solve the questions for their own sake. If you like, try making some questions up of your own and posting them here. That way you really have to think about the connections as you make up the questions.

Peeps
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Hmm, i don't think i'm so good at making these up... But cant you do some more, especially those with names (Like the one with Edmund, Cor, Frank and Caspian)? ;)
 
#2.
(a) “Ours is a high and lonely destiny.”
(b) Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy.
(c) “You will find writing on a stone in that ruined city, and you must do what the writing tells you.”
(d) “He’s not a tame lion.”

If I recall correctly, both Uncle Andrew and Jadis said [a]; so maybe the commonality is 3 of these all occur twice in the Chronicles?
 
Peepiceek said:
Correct. Frank, Cor and Caspian felt that they should not be kings when this was in fact their role. Edmund wanted to be a king when he was not ready and would not have made the right sort of king.

Peeps
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YAY!!! I got one right!!! Granted, other people had already attempted it so that made it a little easier.

Peepiceek said:
To give a bit more help on the unsolved clues, I'm going to give some chapter references to look up.

#4.
(a) A banquet that surpassed those of Peter’s court at Cair Paravel (VDT ch 13)
(b) Some rich brown loam (PC ch 15)
(c) A fine meal after the Calormene fashion (HHB ch 5)
(d) Some cold venison (TSC ch 9)

#5.
(a) Aslan (LWW ch 14)
(b) One of Lord Bar’s knights (HHB ch 14)
(c) Bree (HHB ch 10)
(d) Reepicheep (VDT ch 14-16)

#6.
(a) "We must join King Caspian at once." (PC ch 8)
(b) "I wish to goodness we'd never come." (TSC ch 3)
(c) "Oh, if only I had never left Cair Paravel." (HHB ch 5)
(d) "We've simply got to get off this island." (PC ch 3)

#7.
(a) A cab-horse (TMN ch 12)
(b) A mountain with two peaks (HHB ch 15)
(c) A rose bush (PC ch 14)
(d) A golden statue (VDT ch 8)

#8.
(a) Duffle, Rogin and Bricklethumb (HHB ch 12)
(b) Trumpkin (PC ch 3 & 5)
(c) The Seven Brothers of Shuddering Wood (PC ch 6)
(d) Griffle (TLB ch 7)

Hopefully those might become clearer now!

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Nope, they did not. lol! These are hard. They really are because now I know it's not the obvious.

Let me see. #8 may be the Seven Brother of shuddering Wood who did not feed anyone? I know the other dwarfs cooked for humans. Is that it?
 
Benisse said:
If I recall correctly, both Uncle Andrew and Jadis said [a]; so maybe the commonality is 3 of these all occur twice in the Chronicles?
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Correct. So which are which, and why did I choose the odd one that was included?

Peeps
 
BarbarianKing said:
Let me see. #8 may be the Seven Brother of shuddering Wood who did not feed anyone? I know the other dwarfs cooked for humans. Is that it?
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No - Griffle didn't do any cooking either. Actually #8 is a little more obvious than some of the others, and there are several I could have included as odd-ones. Nikabrik, for example.

I'm surprised no-one has got #5 or #7 yet - they should be very easy now I have supplied references!

Trufflehunterthebadger said:
Hmm, i don't think i'm so good at making these up... But cant you do some more, especially those with names (Like the one with Edmund, Cor, Frank and Caspian)?
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Your wish is my command. Check out post #1 of the thread and you'll see I've added five more.

Peeps
 
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hmm... Both Puzzle, Corradin and Sopespian were servants to their respective leader... and i guess you could say that the witchs snake form were a "servant" to the witch... if so the odd one out should be the snake because that one is a servant to herself.
 
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#2.
(a) “Ours is a high and lonely destiny.”
(b) Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy.
(c) “You will find writing on a stone in that ruined city, and you must do what the writing tells you.”
(d) “He’s not a tame lion.”

B is the opening of LWW and PC; Jadis and Andrew both say some variant of A; Aslan tells Jill the signs and she repeats them (c), and then Aslan is referred to as not a tame lion in LWW and TLB, as well as a few other books IIRC. B is the only one repeated word-for-word, maybe? Or spoken by the same character (the narrator)? Or repeated in two books--I think "not a tame lion" happens twice in LWW.

#4.
(a) A banquet that surpassed those of Peter’s court at Cair Paravel
(b) Some rich brown loam
(c) A fine meal after the Calormene fashion
(d) Some cold venison
a, c, and d take place when the main characters are on journeys; b is during the feast at the end of Romp, when the main plotline has been finished?

#5.
(a) Aslan
(b) One of Lord Bar’s knights
(c) Bree
(d) Reepicheep
Bree was never on a boat, and never went willingly into the sea?

#6.
(a) "We must join King Caspian at once."
(b) "I wish to goodness we'd never come."
(c) "Oh, if only I had never left Cair Paravel."
(d) "We've simply got to get off this island."
B is the only one not said by a Pevensie.

#7.
(a) A cab-horse
(b) A mountain with two peaks
(c) A rose bush
(d) A golden statue
Anyone have any ideas on this one? The golden statue is the only one not in Narnia proper, maybe?

#8.
(a) Duffle, Rogin and Bricklethumb
(b) Trumpkin
(c) The Seven Brothers of Shuddering Wood
(d) Griffle
Griffle isn't an ally of the Narnians, and never comes to believe in Aslan, iirc.

#11.
(a) Lord Sopespian
(b) The Queen of Underland (in her serpent form)
(c) Corradin of Castle Tormunt
(d) Puzzle the donkey
Puzzle is really a good guy D: and the rest are killed by kings of Narnia. Peter gets Sopespian, Rilian gets the LotGK, and Ed gets Corradin.

#12.
(a) Ilgamuth
(b) Prince Rilian (before he was disenchanted)
(c) Queen Swanwhite
(d) The daughter of the Duke of Galma
a and d are non-Narnians, and I guess you could say Rilian was too when he was under enchantment, whereas Swanwhite was Narnian.

#13.
(a) “Go away, you little beasts.”
(b) “We are all waiting to cut off our own tails if our Chief must go without his.”
(c) “If these creatures mean to bring us to battle, be sure they will succeed.”
(d) “Drink, Sire, and then you’ll find you are able to eat.”
a, b, and d are quotes by or about the mice: Susan trying to get them off Aslan, the mice willing to cut their tails off for Reep, and the mice (wasn't it mice?) feeding Tirian. I think c is from VDT but I don't remember who said it. If Reep did then three quotes are by mice, and a is the odd one out.

#14.
(a) The tree that grew from Uncle Andrew’s half crowns.
(b) The easternmost sea of the world
(c) Trumpkin’s ear-trumpet
(d) The chair on which Rilian was restrained
b was not made from silver.

#15.
(a) The White Witch’s house
(b) The Stone Table
(c) The stable in The Last Battle
(d) The Garden with the Tree of Youth in it
The witches never went to the stable.

Whew! These are hard.
 
Animus Wyrmis said:
#2.
(a) “Ours is a high and lonely destiny.”
(b) Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy.
(c) “You will find writing on a stone in that ruined city, and you must do what the writing tells you.”
(d) “He’s not a tame lion.”

B is the opening of LWW and PC; Jadis and Andrew both say some variant of A; Aslan tells Jill the signs and she repeats them (c), and then Aslan is referred to as not a tame lion in LWW and TLB, as well as a few other books IIRC. B is the only one repeated word-for-word, maybe? Or spoken by the same character (the narrator)? Or repeated in two books--I think "not a tame lion" happens twice in LWW.
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Getting close, but not there yet. You are correct in what you say on (a) and (b). Check what you say on (c) and (d). We are looking for repeated phrases - it doesn't strictly matter whether they are in different books or by different people. [It is true that (a) does not follow the exact wording, since Uncle Andrew inserts 'my boy' into it, but don't let that distract you. (a) is the clue that, with hindsight, I would replace with "Narnia and the North" which is repeated exactly by at least two different characters.] Remember, there is a particular reason for choosing the odd one out, it is not just selected at random - that may help you!

#4.
(a) A banquet that surpassed those of Peter’s court at Cair Paravel
(b) Some rich brown loam
(c) A fine meal after the Calormene fashion
(d) Some cold venison
a, c, and d take place when the main characters are on journeys; b is during the feast at the end of Romp, when the main plotline has been finished?
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What you say is true, but not specific enough to meet my high quality control standards. If that were the answer, there would be loads of things I could have included.

#5.
(a) Aslan
(b) One of Lord Bar’s knights
(c) Bree
(d) Reepicheep
Bree was never on a boat, and never went willingly into the sea?
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Was Aslan on a boat? Anyway, that's not the answer. Again, not specific enough.

#6.
(a) "We must join King Caspian at once."
(b) "I wish to goodness we'd never come."
(c) "Oh, if only I had never left Cair Paravel."
(d) "We've simply got to get off this island."
B is the only one not said by a Pevensie.
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Again, true, but not specific enough.

#7.
(a) A cab-horse
(b) A mountain with two peaks
(c) A rose bush
(d) A golden statue
Anyone have any ideas on this one? The golden statue is the only one not in Narnia proper, maybe?
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No. What do you think these things are referring to? At least three of them have more specific names. (That isn't the answer, but may help you get towards it.)

#8.
(a) Duffle, Rogin and Bricklethumb
(b) Trumpkin
(c) The Seven Brothers of Shuddering Wood
(d) Griffle
Griffle isn't an ally of the Narnians, and never comes to believe in Aslan, iirc.
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That is true, and may help towards the answer I was looking for, but isn't what I had in mind.

#11.
(a) Lord Sopespian
(b) The Queen of Underland (in her serpent form)
(c) Corradin of Castle Tormunt
(d) Puzzle the donkey
Puzzle is really a good guy D: and the rest are killed by kings of Narnia. Peter gets Sopespian, Rilian gets the LotGK, and Ed gets Corradin.
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Rilian wasn't king when he killed the serpent. Your answer also wouldn't explain why I chose Puzzle as the odd one out, but you're along the right lines in thinking about deaths. The answer to this one is very specific, and I think only these four characters could have been included in this question.

#12.
(a) Ilgamuth
(b) Prince Rilian (before he was disenchanted)
(c) Queen Swanwhite
(d) The daughter of the Duke of Galma
a and d are non-Narnians, and I guess you could say Rilian was too when he was under enchantment, whereas Swanwhite was Narnian.
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Not specific enough, sorry.

#13.
(a) “Go away, you little beasts.”
(b) “We are all waiting to cut off our own tails if our Chief must go without his.”
(c) “If these creatures mean to bring us to battle, be sure they will succeed.”
(d) “Drink, Sire, and then you’ll find you are able to eat.”
a, b, and d are quotes by or about the mice: Susan trying to get them off Aslan, the mice willing to cut their tails off for Reep, and the mice (wasn't it mice?) feeding Tirian. I think c is from VDT but I don't remember who said it. If Reep did then three quotes are by mice, and a is the odd one out.
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Correct!! Well done!

#14.
(a) The tree that grew from Uncle Andrew’s half crowns.
(b) The easternmost sea of the world
(c) Trumpkin’s ear-trumpet
(d) The chair on which Rilian was restrained
b was not made from silver.
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Also correct - (a), (c) and (d) were all made from silver; (b) was not, despite being called the Silver Sea. Well done.

#15.
(a) The White Witch’s house
(b) The Stone Table
(c) The stable in The Last Battle
(d) The Garden with the Tree of Youth in it
The witches never went to the stable.
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True, but not specific enough.

Very good effort!

Peeps
 
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#15.
(a) The White Witch’s house
(b) The Stone Table
(c) The stable in The Last Battle
(d) The Garden with the Tree of Youth in it

Aslan was in/on a, b, and c but not d; however the bird in the tree may have been an appearance of Aslan in another form, warning Digory from taking more than one of the apples.
 
Trufflehunterthebadger said:
hmm... Both Puzzle, Corradin and Sopespian were servants to their respective leader... and i guess you could say that the witchs snake form were a "servant" to the witch... if so the odd one out should be the snake because that one is a servant to herself.
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Sorry I didn't notice it earlier. Interesting reasoning, but the final connection is a bit tenuous. Have a look at my response to Animus's guess, since he got quite close.

Peeps
 
Benisse said:
#15.
(a) The White Witch’s house
(b) The Stone Table
(c) The stable in The Last Battle
(d) The Garden with the Tree of Youth in it

Aslan was in/on a, b, and c but not d; however the bird in the tree may have been an appearance of Aslan in another form, warning Digory from taking more than one of the apples.
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Nice thinking, but not what I had in mind. Besides, I don't think there's any implication in the text that the bird was an incarnation of Aslan.

This one has to do with the places themselves, rather than anything that happened there.

Peeps
 
BarbarianKing said:
Wait. So is Griffle the only black dwarf? I haven't checked my books so I am not sure. I think I need my big book on hand to answer these questions. I am answering from memory and it's not working.:p
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Correct. All the others are red dwarfs, but Griffle is a black dwarf.

Peeps
 
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