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Mad Hatter Tea Party Quiz: Riddles and Wonderland Nonsense

This mad hatter tea party quiz pulls up a chair at a very strange table. Play 10 interactive questions on Lewis Carroll's 1865 book, the Hatter, the March Hare and the sleepy Dormouse, a riddle about a raven and a writing desk with no answer, time stuck at six o'clock, moving round the table for clean cups, the Dormouse in the teapot and John Tenniel's illustrations.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Author
Who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
Guests
Who hosts the tea party with the Hatter?
Sleepy
Which guest keeps falling asleep?
Riddle
What does the Hatter ask Alice?
Answer
What answer does the Hatter give to his riddle?
Time
What time is it always at the tea party?
Why
Why is it always teatime?
Move
How do they handle dirty cups?
Pot
Where do they try to put the Dormouse?
Art
Who illustrated the original book?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
Answer: Lewis Carroll
Published in 1865.
Q2: Who hosts the tea party with the Hatter?
Answer: The March Hare
Plus a Dormouse.
Q3: Which guest keeps falling asleep?
Answer: The Dormouse
Used as a cushion.
Q4: What does the Hatter ask Alice?
Answer: Why is a raven like a writing desk
A riddle with no answer.
Q5: What answer does the Hatter give to his riddle?
Answer: He has no idea
Alice is annoyed.
Q6: What time is it always at the tea party?
Answer: Six o'clock
Time stopped for them.
Q7: Why is it always teatime?
Answer: The Hatter quarreled with Time
Time punished him.
Q8: How do they handle dirty cups?
Answer: They move around the table
Never cleaning up.
Q9: Where do they try to put the Dormouse?
Answer: In the teapot
A comic moment.
Q10: Who illustrated the original book?
Answer: John Tenniel
Famous drawings.

Endless Teatime in Wonderland

In Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published in 1865, Alice stumbles on a tea party hosted by the March Hare and the Hatter, with a sleepy Dormouse used as a cushion between them. The table is huge, yet they insist there is no room.

The Hatter asks why a raven is like a writing desk, then admits he has no idea of the answer, annoying Alice. It is always six o'clock, teatime, because the Hatter quarreled with Time, so they move around the table to clean cups instead of washing them.

The scene ends with the guests trying to put the Dormouse in the teapot, and Alice leaves in disgust. John Tenniel's illustrations made the Hatter's look famous. In the book he is simply called the Hatter.

What This Quiz Teaches

Book fans will enjoy these questions.

Who wrote the book
Who attends the party
What the riddle is
Why it is always teatime
Who illustrated it

Did You Know?

Mad as a hatter was a common saying.
Hat makers used mercury long ago.
Carroll was a mathematician.
Alice Liddell inspired the story.
The Hatter's hat shows a price tag.