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Dr. Seuss trivia quiz

Theodor S. Geisel, better known by his pen name of Dr. Seuss, rescued generations from learning to read via the dullness of “The Adventures of Dick and Jane,” which was, in fact, the antithesis of adventure. His fertile imagination created characters, creatures, and even words that were memorable, rhymed with skill and ease, and made learning fun! Public television’s Sesame Street credited widely with making learning fun and ABC’s Schoolhouse Rock both had their successes, but Dr. Seuss did it first and alone! As kids everywhere celebrate his birthday of March 2, 1904, test your knowledge with this trivia quiz of the wit and wisdom of Dr. Seuss!

Questions

1. What inspired Dr. Seuss to call himself “Doctor?”
2. Where did he get the pen name of “Seuss?”
3. What is the title of Dr. Seuss’ first book?
4. How many different words on are in “Green Eggs and Ham?”
5. In “If I Ran the Zoo,” Dr. Seuss coined which word?
6. In which of his books did Dr. Seuss make the title character similar to Hitler in his greed for acquiring land?
7. What is the “The Lorax” really about?
8. In which story are these lines:

“I ran and found a Brickle bush
I hid myself away.
I got brickles in my britches
But I stayed there anyway.”

9. For which book did Dr. Seuss’ editor bet that Seuss couldn’t keep the length under 250 words?
10. What was the title of Dr. Seuss’ last book to be published?

Answers

1. It was his father’s dream that he’d be a physician
2. It was his mother’s maiden name.
3. “And, to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street”
4. 50
5. Nerd
6. “Yertle the Turtle”
7. Trees
8. “The Pale Green Pants”
9. “The Cat in the Hat”
10. “Oh, the Places You’ll Go”