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  What is the bone of contention between the two Zax, in Dr. Seuss's story "The Zax" (available in The Sneetches and Other Stories)? see if you know the answer
Answered: 372 times
Correct: 134 times (21.4%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 238 times (38.0%)
Skipped: 255 times (40.7%)
  Which Dr. Seuss story is primarily a commentary on the senselessness of the nuclear arms race that peaked in the 1980s? see if you know the answer
Answered: 5420 times
Correct: 3504 times (57.2%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 1916 times (31.3%)
Skipped: 711 times (11.6%)
  Which Dr. Seuss book is prefaced with the warning, "This Book Is Dangerous"? see if you know the answer
Answered: 341 times
Correct: 120 times (24.5%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 221 times (45.1%)
Skipped: 149 times (30.4%)
  In the classic book Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Seuss, Yertle, the king of the pond, commands more and more turtles to stack themselves beneath him so he can see further and be the "king of all he surveys." What is the name of the small turtle at the bottom of the pile?

Yertle the Turtle (Classic Seuss) 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 375 times
Correct: 176 times (29.3%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 199 times (33.1%)
Skipped: 226 times (37.6%)
  Which Dr. Seuss book's theme was: A person's a person, no matter how small'? see if you know the answer
Answered: 57902 times
Correct: 42668 times (66.2%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 15234 times (23.6%)
Skipped: 6533 times (10.1%)
  Dr. Seuss's father showed him something once and used it as an object lesson, telling his son, "Make your mark." What was it? see if you know the answer
Answered: 423 times
Correct: 269 times (35.9%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 154 times (20.5%)
Skipped: 327 times (43.6%)
  In the U.S., which book by Dr. Seuss is a popular gift for students graduating from high school and college, spiking in sales every spring? see if you know the answer
Answered: 19124 times
Correct: 18054 times (90.6%)
Difficulty: very easy
Incorrect: 1070 times (5.4%)
Skipped: 805 times (4.0%)
  What colour are the eggs in the Dr. Seuss book "___ Eggs and Ham"? see if you know the answer
Answered: 1672 times
Correct: 1643 times (94.3%)
Difficulty: very easy
Incorrect: 29 times (1.7%)
Skipped: 71 times (4.1%)
  What book did Dr. Seuss write to win a $50 bet that he couldn't write a book with only 50 words? see if you know the answer
Answered: 1753 times
Correct: 1234 times (62.8%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 519 times (26.4%)
Skipped: 211 times (10.7%)
  Which Dr. Seuss book could be described as Going Green? see if you know the answer
Answered: 523 times
Correct: 467 times (69.9%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 56 times (8.4%)
Skipped: 145 times (21.7%)
  What was the real name of Dr. Seuss? see if you know the answer
Answered: 425 times
Correct: 411 times (93.2%)
Difficulty: very easy
Incorrect: 14 times (3.2%)
Skipped: 16 times (3.6%)
  Which Dr. Seuss character said the following: "I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny." ? see if you know the answer
Answered: 32254 times
Correct: 27108 times (72.2%)
Difficulty: easy
Incorrect: 5146 times (13.7%)
Skipped: 5299 times (14.1%)
  Pen name: Dr. Seuss
Real name? 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 27578 times
Correct: 22130 times (72.8%)
Difficulty: easy
Incorrect: 5448 times (17.9%)
Skipped: 2802 times (9.2%)
  What is the pen name of Edward Irving Wortis? see if you know the answer
Answered: 20301 times
Correct: 6197 times (22.3%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 14104 times (50.7%)
Skipped: 7505 times (27.0%)
  Who authored The Giving Tree? see if you know the answer
Answered: 8250 times
Correct: 7104 times (78.1%)
Difficulty: easy
Incorrect: 1146 times (12.6%)
Skipped: 842 times (9.3%)
  During World War II, which famous children's author joined the Army to work in an animation department of the Air Force, where he wrote Design for Death, a film that later won the 1947 Academy Award for Documentary Feature? see if you know the answer
Answered: 3385 times
Correct: 2374 times (50.9%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 1011 times (21.7%)
Skipped: 1279 times (27.4%)
  Which is not by Dr. Suess? see if you know the answer
Answered: 229 times
Correct: 101 times (33.8%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 128 times (42.8%)
Skipped: 70 times (23.4%)
  What was the name of the town in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" by Dr. Seuss? see if you know the answer
Answered: 673 times
Correct: 654 times (93.4%)
Difficulty: very easy
Incorrect: 19 times (2.7%)
Skipped: 27 times (3.9%)
  Which of the following creatures lives in the CELLAR, according to There's a Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Seuss? see if you know the answer
Answered: 159 times
Correct: 80 times (33.2%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 79 times (32.8%)
Skipped: 82 times (34.0%)
  In the The Lorax by Dr. Seuss the onceler creates things called see if you know the answer
Answered: 262 times
Correct: 220 times (67.1%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 42 times (12.8%)
Skipped: 66 times (20.1%)
  What book did Dr. Seuss write after his editor dared him to write a book using fewer than 50 different words? see if you know the answer
Answered: 2274 times
Correct: 1723 times (66.1%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 551 times (21.1%)
Skipped: 332 times (12.7%)
  In Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, what is the beginning of the trouble that the cat promises to fix?
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Answered: 384 times
Correct: 202 times (35.8%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 182 times (32.2%)
Skipped: 181 times (32.0%)
  Which is not a book by Dr. Seuss? see if you know the answer
Answered: 392 times
Correct: 211 times (34.4%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 181 times (29.5%)
Skipped: 221 times (36.1%)
  What Dr. Seuss book was written as part of a bet that the author could use no more than fifty 'original' words? see if you know the answer
Answered: 428 times
Correct: 249 times (48.3%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 179 times (34.8%)
Skipped: 87 times (16.9%)
  Theodor Geisel was best known as Dr. Seuss. What was his other pseudonym? see if you know the answer
Answered: 491 times
Correct: 347 times (45.7%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 144 times (18.9%)
Skipped: 269 times (35.4%)
  In Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss, who does not like green eggs and ham? see if you know the answer
Answered: 263 times
Correct: 139 times (49.6%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 124 times (44.3%)
Skipped: 17 times (6.1%)
  In Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, what is his dog's name? see if you know the answer
Answered: 945 times
Correct: 860 times (76.6%)
Difficulty: easy
Incorrect: 85 times (7.6%)
Skipped: 178 times (15.9%)
  In The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss, what are the names of the two children? see if you know the answer
Answered: 691 times
Correct: 390 times (44.9%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 301 times (34.6%)
Skipped: 178 times (20.5%)
  Which book or play begins with the words: "Who's there?" see if you know the answer
Answered: 1032 times
Correct: 378 times (30.1%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 654 times (52.0%)
Skipped: 225 times (17.9%)
  In One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss, what color of ink does the Yink like to drink? see if you know the answer
Answered: 92 times
Correct: 79 times (69.3%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 13 times (11.4%)
Skipped: 22 times (19.3%)
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