It all started with the love for a little bear. Alan Alexander Milne's son, Christopher Robin, received a cuddly teddy bear for his first birthday and named it Edward. Later, he befriended a Canadian bear called Winnie at the London Zoo. Incentive enough for Milne Senior to create the endearing cartoon character. Of course, his son became a character in the series!
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WINNIE THE POOH QUIZ


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1. What is Winnie the Pooh's favourite food?

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2. Where does Pooh Bear live?

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3. For which publication did Milne work as assistant editor for eight years before creating Winnie?

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4. On awaking, what is the first thing that Pooh Bear always says?

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5. On which story was Milne's play Toad of Toad Hall based?

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6. On which day was Winnie the Pooh's first publication broadcast on BBC Radio?

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7. Which artist's illustrations did the two famous titles Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Comer feature?

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8. The character of Tigger was not based on any tiger but an enthusiastic black spaniel. What was the spaniel called?

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9. Complete this Pooh saying: 'For I am a bear of very little brain, and long........bother me.'

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10. For which character in Disney's Winnie the Pooh movies did Paul Winchell provide the voice?

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11. To which bird did the name Pooh originally belonged?

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12. What is the significance of the area surrounding Milne's country home, Cotchford Farm, in Ashdown Forest, Sussex?

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13.What is the name of the gloomy donkey in the Pooh stories?

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14. Which of Milne's characters has the toughest time finding his way back home from the woods?

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15. Name the company that published Winnie the Pooh on 14 October 1926. (It also published the Tintin comics!)

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16. At Poohsticks Bridge, Winnie dropped two fir cones at one edge and waited to see which one would emerge first. Of which game was this the birth?

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17. What name did Winnie have over his door in gold letters?

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18.The discovery of which landmark on earth docs Winnie share with Robert Peary?

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19.Which character originally lived at'Trespassers Will, lOOAker Wood S.W., In a Beech Tree, South of Pooh's House'?

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20. What does Tigger love to do but Rabbit and Ecyore hate?

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