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The Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, what delayed Gil from getting to University Stadium? A. It rained the day he was supposed to cut Mrs. Hempstead’s lawn, so she paid him double to cut her grass on the day he needed to be at the stadium. The rain had made the lawn mushy and it took longer to cut. P. 2

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, why did Gil think he had a good chance of getting a ticket to the games? A. He lived only 8 blocks from the stadium, and he was confident that if he stayed the night in line, he would be one of the 4,500 in line when it opened. P. 2

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, what was “The Incident”? A. Gil’s father, an executive at the Golly Toy and Game Company was accused of embezzling money from the company? P. 9

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, what does Gil want to do with the money if he wins the games? A. Move away from Orchard Heights. P. 12

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, what was the number on Gil’s ticket? A. 5915. p. 14

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, how much money was Gil’s father accused of embezzling? A. 5 million dollars. P.10

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, what is Bianca’s real name and why does she want to change it?? A. BetsiJo Hammermeister. She wants to be a model and actress, and her name wasn’t good for being a supermodel. P. 21

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, who was the founder of the toy company? A. Thaddeus G. Golliwop. P. 29

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, why did the toy company hold the games? A. To commemorate their 50th anniversary. P. 29

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, why did Gil walk away from the football team? A. Some of the guys were giving him a hard time because of his father’s arrest. P. 11

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, who tells Gil that Rocky had moved away? A. Frankie. P. 33

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, even though Gil left his money in the shorts he changed out of, how does he manage to get pizza and a soda? A. Frankie was an employee’s son and they were being paid to walk around and answer questions anyone might have. His job entitled him to free food. P. 36

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, what was in the notebooks Gil brought with him? A. Facts about the Gollywhopper Toy Company he had compiled. P. 37

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, how were the contestants in the stadium stands eliminated on the first day of the games? A. They had to answer multiple choice questions based on facts about the toy company. 51

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, if you missed the first multiple choice question in the stadium, what was your consolation prize? A. A $10 gift certificate for any Golly product and a free copy of Skorch’s new CD. P. 51

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, how did Thorn get into the game? A. He is rich so his parents bought him about 5000 Golly toys and games until he found an instant winner ticket. P. 60

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, who cheated in the stadium by going under the fencing to get to the correct section of the stadium? A. Rocky Titus. P. 55

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, how do Thorn and Rocky make it to the finals? A. They cheated. Thorn had an earpiece to listen to the answers and Rocky’s dad was giving him hand signals. P. 77

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, who does Gil call “genius girl”? A. Lavinia Plodder. P. 81

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, after the first day of the games what do the Goodson’s find waiting for them at home? A.TV trucks and reporters. P. 86

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, why does Bert Golliwop visit the Goodson’s? A. He wants to know if Gil’s dad helped him answer the questions, and syas that it is in his family’s best interest if he relinquished his spot. He would receive the parting gifts. P. 93

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, what must the teams do to win the games? A. There are five puzzles that must be solved with a stunt to perform.. 109

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, what was the answer to each puzzle? A. A Gollywhopper game. P. 109

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, how does Gil get the earpiece away from Thorn? A. He tells him Thorn he knew a girl who was hearing impaired and wanted to know if they needed to get his attention somehow. He pretended to be interested in seeing Thorn’s “hearing aide”. Thorn removes it, Gil let’s a penny drop to the floor and watches Thorn look in the direction of the sound. He then threatens to tell he is cheating. P. 116.

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, what was the first stunt? A. All 5 team members had to break the piñata with the envelope that gives the instructions for the next puzzle. P. 128

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, how will the contestants know if they have solved the puzzle incorrectly? A. They will perform the wrong stunt and when they are done, the next puzzle they receive will be the same puzzle they already worked on. P. 110

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, what was the minimum number of pins each contestant had to knock down in the bowling stunt? A. 5. p. 139

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, which puzzle did the green team miss? A. Puzzle #3

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, how did the contestants get Thorn to climb the pole to get his coconut? A. Rocky held on to him as he climbed. P. 156

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, what was the stunt for the Strewn Island puzzle? A. They needed to find 5 swords hidden on the island to kill the beast that guards useful tools that shipwrecked survivors need. P. p159

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, why didn’t the team get an envelope right away after they finished assembling the giant doll. A. They had given her 2 left feet by mixing up the big toes. P. 178

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, how did Thorn help solve puzzle #5? A. He said it sounded like Swedish. He had a nanny that spoke Swedish. The group reread the puzzle with a lilting accent. P. 183

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, what does Bert Golliwop threaten to do? A. If Gil didn’t decide to take his offer of money to drop out of the game he would find a way to disqualify him. P. 202

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, who was the first to be eliminated during the individual competition? A. Bianca. P. 222

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, where did Gil find the menu for Xenia’s Café? A. In one of the trunks that they weren’t allowed to open earlier. P. 237

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, how much money was in the trunks? A. $1000. p. 242

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, how did Rocky distract Gil before the maze task? A. Rock told Gil he knew his dad didn’t steal the money from the company, but he knew who did. P. 245

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, what was the consequence of missing any sticks during the maze task? A. The contestant would lose 5 seconds off his time for each stick. P. 246

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, what was the answer to the last puzzle? A. Polliwog. P. 270

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, how would the winner be decided? A. Gil, Lavinia, Bianca, and Gil would be given one last tiebreaker puzzle; winner take all. P. 273

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, what did Lavinia win? A. An extra 10 thousand dollars and a free college education. P. 290

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, what did Bert Golliwop tell Gil about his prize? A. In addition to the college scholarship, the money in the trunk, and toys and games, Gil will receive half the profits from their new video and board games: The Gollywhopper Games. p. 292

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, what did Rocky find while rifling through his father’s desk at work? A. A list of words he thought were passwords for the new Octagon Map game the company was developing. He thought if he tried them he would get a sneak peak at the new game. P. 296

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, why did Carver Titus program the Octagon Map fund to send 5 million dollars to Gil’s father? A. He was jealous that Charles (Gil’s father) had been promoted over him. P. 298

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, Why doesn’t Charles want his old job back at the toy company? A. He has written his own computer game called KidZillionaire. P. 301

Q. In the book The Gollywhopper Games, in the game KidZillionaire, what was the name of the evil toy company president? A. Ackrud Weevil.