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Trivia Answers The Butler was Bannister and the Grinch Stole Christmas

Wally Chao '72 of Mather House has won his choice of one dozen lollipops, a purple crayon or a pink pen in the CRIMSON children's book quiz. He answered 631/3 out of 75, plus getting the bonus question. Honorable mention also goes to the Welsh Triad (the Owl, the Unicorn and the Griffin) and to Miss Jansson's fifth grade class at the Summer St. School, Lynnfield.

If you were among the unlucky losers, here are the answers:

1. Nan and Bert (older brunettes) and Flossie and Freddy (blond cherubim)

2. Plum Creek and Silver Lake

3. Enid Blyton

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4. 500.

5. he crawled in by mistake and shut the door.

6. Edmund, Turkish Delight

7. Male, Ginger.

8. Simon

9. Brian, whose brains were so lightweight that they would be crushed by the weight of more hair.

10. Purple, Crockett Johnson.

11. Mrs. Wiggins.

12. Templeton, hoarding things.

13. Clair Bee.

14. Clavell, Madeline.

15. Millicent the elephant or Bruce the Moose.

16. Michael.

17. Pink, you fool.

18. wink at her.

19. a family of rabbits, bears in the picture.

20. Sneelock.

21. Norton Juster.

22. The Little Engine that Could.

23. a psammead- a little furry round animal that granted wishes.

24. Weekly Reader Book of the Month Club or Junior Scholastic.

25. pushmi-pullyu

26. Six.

27. Phronsie.

28. Margalo, being dumped in New York Harbor on top of a barge of garbage.

29. Frank and Joe Hardy.

30. O, The Wonderful O.

31. His tail, Wol was using it as a bell pull.

32. cats

33. an owl, it was eaten.

34. French, music and washing.

35. Zorn of Zorna.

36. Terrific.

37. not much more.

38. three.

39. rabbit's.

40. Celesteville.

41. Vivian.

42. Puff.

42. Our New Friends.

43. blue.

44. Navy.

45. one.

46. blotting paper, gun powder and sealing wax.

47. the little tune.

48. a paper bag.

49. her voice.

50. Doc, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful.

51. Virginia.

52. Mr. and Mrs. Darling.

53. a flying saucer.

54. his cow.

55. Zephyr.

56. An elephant inside of a boa constrictor.

57. Draining of the lake.

58. sulfur, eggs.

59. The wizards in the mountain.

60. "And laying his finger aside of his nose and giving a nod up the chimney he rose."

61. Curtsey.

62. Guess his name.

63. Because there weren't enough glad plates.

64. "It's terribly hard."

65. blueberries

66. Red.

67. The Grinch.

68. a baby, later changed to kittens.

69. Pin flowers on it, because she was a Quaker.

70. pie.

71. the full moon.

72. Bannister.

73. Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy.

74. Maroon, also a blue convertible.

75. Fever Trees.

BONUS: They both showed their visitors their scars when they were visited at the hospital.

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