Characters
In The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, what was H.A. Reys's real name, and why did he start to abbreviate it?
In The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, his real name was Hans Reyersbach. He shortened it in Brazil because the people there had trouble saying it. (Also likely was that German sounding names were suspect in that time period).
In The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, what country were Hans and Margret originally from?
In The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, Germany.
In what time period did HA Rey and Margret flee Europe?
In The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, they fled Europe during World War 2, 1940 or 1940s is also acceptable.
In The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, what was the original name for the character, Curious George?
In The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, the original name was Fifi.
In the Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, they fled to Brazil and eventually the US. (Both answers are acceptable).
In The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, how do they leave Paris? What two options did not work?
The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, they leave with two bicycles. Trains and a two person bike did not work for them.
In The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, who was the other character that Rey was working on that hadn't yet been published? The name of the character and the type of animal is needed.
In The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, the Penguin Whiteblack.
In The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, name three cities the couple flees through.
The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, options are Paris, Etampes, Acquebouille, Orleans, Bordeaux, Bayonne, Hendaye, Fuentes de Onoro (in Spain) and Lisbon in Portugal.
The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, in what city did they narrowly escape bombing?
The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, Etampes.
In The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, what was the maiden name of Margret Ray?
In The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, her maiden name was Waldstein.
In The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, where were the Reys in May of 1940 when Hitler crossed Holland and Belguim?
The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, they were in the Normany region's coastal city of Avranches before returning to Paris to gather their things and flee.
In The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, what are the five languages that Hans had studied and knew?
In The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, Hans had studied and knew:German, French, English, Latin, and Greek.
(SMP: It was common until very recently for educated people in the Western world to learn all of these).
The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden is about writers. Which other group of writers was covered in our non-fiction. Name the group and three of its members.
Mythmakers by Hendrix is also about a group of writers called the Inklings. Members included CS Lewis, Warnie Lewis, JRR Tolkein, Charles Williams, Hugo Dyson, Owen Barfield, etc.
The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden takes place during World War II and so does Mythmakers by Hendrix. Curious George takes place mostly in France, but some in Brazil and Mythmakers takes place in the UK.
In The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, what project was the couple working on "by the sea" in Avranches?
The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden, a book of nursery rhymes and songs in French and English.