1. Who wrote the poem, based on Red Riding Hood, which opens with the following lines ‘As soon as Wolf began to feel/ That he would like a decent meal’?

   1. John Agard

   2. Roger McGough

   3. Michael Rosen

   4. Roald Dahl

2. 'Oh you may not think I’m pretty/ But don’t judge on what you see...’ Who or what speaks the above opening line, taken from a poem in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone?

   1. The sorting hat

   2. The fat lady

   3. A mountain troll

   4. Ron Weasley

3. Which Dr Seuss poem opens with the lines ‘The sun did not shine /It was too wet to play’?

   1. The Lorax

   2. Green Eggs and Ham

   3. The Cat in the Hat

   4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

4. Fill in the missing word in the opening lines of ‘On the Ning Nang Nong’ by Spike Milligan: ‘On the ning nang nong/ Where the ___ go bong’.

   1. Cows

   2. Mice

   3. Pigeons

   4. Trees

5. In the poem ‘Anaconda’ by Roger McGough, which begins ‘Ever see/ an anaconda/drive through town’, what does the anaconda drive?

   1. A Volvo

   2. A Volkswagon golf

   3. A BMW

   4. A Honda

6. In Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, which character recites a poem which begins: ‘Twinkle, twinkle little bat/ How I wonder what you’re at...’?

   1. Alice

   2. The Mad Hatter

   3. The Cheshire Cat

   4. The Queen of Hearts

7. Who wrote the poem ‘The Words of Poems’, which starts with the lines ‘The words of poems are nails/ Which tack the wind to a page’?

   1. Carol Ann Duffy

   2. Roald Dahl

   3. Benjamin Zephaniah

   4. Michael Morpurgo

8. What’s the missing word from the opening line of ‘One Second Late’ by Michael Rosen, which begins ‘Oh no/ I’m one second late for ___’?

   1. Class

   2. School

   3. The bus

   4. A party

9. Which book by A.A Milne opens with a poem which starts with these lines: ‘Down by the corner of the street/ Where the three roads meet’?

   1. The House at Pooh Corner

   2. Winne-the-Pooh

   3. When We Were Very Young

   4. Now We Are Six

10. Which poem by Ted Hughes opens with the lines: ‘Call her a fish/ Call her a girl’?

    1. Seal

    2. Mermaid

    3. Jellyfish

    4. Sinking Ship

Solutions

1:D, 2:A, 3:C, 4:A, 5:D, 6:B, 7:A, 8:B, 9:C, 10:B

Scores

1. 4 and above.

   Rhyme doesn't pay - concentrate and try again!

2. 7 and above.

   You're working along the right lines - why not have another go?

3. 10 and above.

   Well done, you're our poet in chief! As a reward, here's a joke just for you: what do poems grow on? Poe-trees...