Camp Green Lake
To graduate from Camp Green Lake early, a camper must find something "interesting" and show it to this specific person.
Who is the Warden?
This is the nickname given to the dynamic, sweet-tasting liquid that Zero finds preserved under a capsized boat.
What is "Sploosh"?
This camper is the fastest digger in Tent D, doesn't know how to read, and is Stanley's closest friend.
Who is Zero (Hector Zeroni)?
Before becoming an outlaw, Katherine Barlow held this respectable profession in the town of Green Lake.
Who was the schoolteacher?
The gold tube Stanley finds in his hole has these two initials engraved on the bottom inside a heart.
This is the only physical feature of Camp Green Lake that actually matches its name.
What is nothing? (There is no lake and nothing green).
Stanley is sent to Camp Green Lake after being wrongfully accused of stealing a pair of sneakers belonging to this famous baseball player.
Who is Clyde "Sweet Feet" Livingston?
This counselor at Camp Green Lake constantly reminds the boys that "this isn't a Girl Scout camp."
Who is Mr. Sir?
This wealthy, arrogant man killed Sam because of the town's racist laws against Sam and Katherine being together.
Who is Trout Walker?
Stanley’s father is an inventor trying to find a cure for this specific problem.
What is foot odor?
This is what the boys must do immediately after they finish digging their daily hole.
What is shower? (Or get in line to get their water canteens filled/show their hole to Mr. Sir).
Stanley Yelnats' name is unique because it is spelled the same way both forward and backward, making it one of these.
What is a palindrome?
This is the real, ironic name of the camper known as "X-Ray."
Who is Rex?
Katherine Barlow was famous for her spiced peaches, which won a special prize from this local authority figure who later refused to help her.
Who is the Sheriff?
This object, given to Stanley's father at the very end of the book, ultimately makes the Yelnats family rich.
What is the suitcase (containing stock certificates)?
The main rule at Camp Green Lake is: "If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a..."
What is a good boy?
The curse on Stanley’s family was started because his great-great-grandfather failed to carry Madame Zeroni up this specific mountain.
What is God's Thumb?
This is the tent counselor who is actually a trained geneticist but couldn't find a job in his field.
Who is Mr. Pendanski?
This is the name of the country in Europe that Elya Yelnats emigrated from to escape his broken heart and Madame Zeroni's curse.
What is Latvia?
This is the specific brand of sneakers that supposedly "fell from the sky" and hit Stanley on the head.
What are Splatters?
According to the book, this is the only thing that can save a camper from being bitten by a deadly yellow-spotted lizard.
What is fresh onion juice? (Or eating onions).
This is the exact dollar amount Stanley’s family receives as a settlement for Clyde Livingston's endorsement of "Splat-On," which they split with Zero.
What is less than a million dollars? (Specifically, they each get around $950,000, or close to a million).
This is the name of the town councilman who owned the onion-eating donkey, Mary Lou, and famously lived to be 140 years old.
Who is Doc Hawthorn?
After Sam was killed, Katherine Barlow roamed the West as an outlaw for this exact number of years before returning to Green Lake.
What is twenty years?
This was the name of the woman Elya Yelnats wanted to marry in Latvia, who chose Igor Barkov instead because of a pig weight contest.
Who is Myra Menke?