Characters + Stories
Part III: Scotland
Part IV: The Lake District
Part V: Wales
Vocabulary
100

Which mischievous rabbit wears a blue jacket and loves sneaking into gardens?

Who is Peter Rabbit?

100

What is the name of the house that Beatrix Potter spent most of her childhood summers in?

What is the Dalguise House?

100

What is the name of the house that Beatrix Potter bought and lived in, which is now a museum showing her life and art?

What is Hill Top Farm?

100

What is the term used to describe the language of Wales?

What is welsh?

100

A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

What is an anecdote?

200

Which duck gets into trouble by laying eggs in other animals’ homes?

Who is Jemima Puddle-Duck?

200

What field of study did Beatrix Potter immerse herself into during her time in Scotland?

What is mycology?

200

What is the name of the frog character who lives near Esthwaite Water in the Lake District and goes on fishing adventures?

Who is Mr. Jeremy Fisher?

200

What is the red creature that is a symbol of Wales?

What is a dragon?

200

Of or relating to the countryside.

What is pastoral?
300

Which character is a naughty squirrel who refuses to behave politely and gets into trouble for teasing an owl?

Who is Squirrel Nutkin?

300

Who is the name of the Potter childhood nurse, who also inspired Beatrix through telling stories to her?

Who is Ann McKenzie?

300

Where did Beatrix Potter get the funds to purchase Hill Top Farm?

What is: through her royalties (in an act of independence)?

300

Which animal, not native to the UK, was Potter inspired by to create "The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes?"

What is a squirrel?

300

The term used to describe a blocking passage of radiant energy and especially light; not see-through at all.

What is opaque?

400

Which tidy hedgehog likes to clean and keep things organized?

Who is Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle?

400

Beatrix Potter is tied to the discovery of what?

What is the "Tremella simplex," or rare/ unknown jelly fungus?

400

Which castle in the Lake District did Beatrix Potter often visit, inspiring her drawings and stories?

What is Wray Castle?

400

Which story had some faults and was out of Potter's comfort zone to create?

What is "The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes?"

400

The normal spoken form of language in an area.

What is vernacular?

500

Which characters run a village shop that closes because the animals never pay for what they take?

Who are Ginger and Pickles?

500

Which famous Shakespeare story, set partly in Scotland and connected to nature through Birnam Wood, did Beatrix Potter feel a strong connection to?

What is Macbeth?

500

Potter and her husband left much of her land, including Hill Top Farm, to an organization that protects historic places and nature in England. What is this organization called?

What is the National Trust?

500

What event occurred during the Potters' stay in the village of Llanbedr in the summer of 1905?

Her fiance, Norman Warne, died.

500

A grayish red.

What is damask?

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