Beatrix Potter quiz 2020

Places associated with

1 In and around which farmhouse did Beatrix set, amongst others, and The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck? 2 Which was the first holiday home for the Potter family? 3 In which country is there a replica of Hill Top? 4 In which county is Birnam, where Beatrix met Charles McIntosh? 5 Fishing huts that feature in The Tale of Little Pig Robinson can be found in which coastal town? 6 Where was Beatrix Potter born? 7 The lily pond in The Tale of was to be found in which town? 8 In which Hall in Suffolk did Beatrix stay with her cousins, between 1899 and 1916?

Numbers

1 How many original little books were written? 2 How many British monarchs reigned during Beatrix Potter’s lifetime? 3 How many characters feature in the titles of the original little books published in 1930? 4 How many books written by Beatrix Potter have been illustrated by someone else? Never published with Beatrix Potter illustrations 5 Who is the world’s oldest licensed character? 6 If I was counting my Herdwick Sheep with the numbering system used by shepherds in Northern England and got to ‘Tethera’, how many sheep would I have? 7 How many fat mice did the squirrels take to Old Brown? 8 All told, how many years did it take Linder to crack Beatrix’s code, decode her secret diary and get the Journal published?

Festive fun

1 On Christmas Eve, a sixpence was stuffed into one of Lucinda and Jane’s stockings by which two characters? 2 Who wrote The Christmas Tale of Peter Rabbit? 3 The frontispiece of which book used a design similar to the greetings card of two gentleman rabbits walking in the snow, prepared for the publisher Hildesheimer & Faulkner for Christmas 1894? 4 From 1925 to 1943 Beatrix provided drawings for the ICAA Christmas card. What does ICAA stand for? 5 Name one of the two panoramic stories published for Christmas 1906 6 What seasonal booklet was published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner in 1890, featuring Beatrix Potter illustrations and written by Frederic Weatherly? 7 Which china manufacturer produced an annual Peter Rabbit Christmas plate from 1981 to 2018? 8 Who redesigned Peter Rabbit Race Game in 1919?

Stage and screen

1 Who choreographed the 1971 ballet film, The Tales of Beatrix Potter? 2 Which Beatrix Potter book featured in the film Lorenzo’s Oil? 3 Who was the lead in the 1998, one-woman show about Beatrix’s life devised by Patrick Garland and Judy Taylor? 4 Who played the adult Beatrix Potter in the 2006 film Miss Potter? 5 In ‘The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends’, a 1990s TV series based on Beatrix Potter’s stories, who played Beatrix Potter? 6 Who voiced Peter Rabbit in the 2018 film Peter Rabbit? 7 At the 2016 Conference some people may have seen ‘Where is Peter Rabbit?’ The Beatrix Potter Musical Adventure. Who wrote the lyrics? 8 Who offered to adapt into film in 1936?

Picture round

1 Name the breed of sheep

2 Purchased in 1929 by Beatrix Potter, what is this estate known as?

3 This blue plaque is to be found in which seaside town?

4 Beatrix and who? in 1913 (Photo from the V&A)

5 Name this farm:

6 Name this Rabbit drawn by Beatrix Potter in 1898 (National Trust):

7 Name this property that Beatrix and her family stayed in for a holiday:

8 Which Japanese company manufactured this Peter Rabbit?