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Book/Movie Comparison Quiz


The contest is open to children and young adults residing in Sarasota County and surrounding areas. While others may participate for fun, prizes will only be awarded to those who reside in Florida.  If you have any questions please feel free to  contact us via email.


1) In the book, Lord Asriel shows the scholars in the retiring room the severed head of Stanislaus Grumman in order to convince them to fund his expedition to the north. Does this happen in the movie?

Yes
No

2) In the movie, Fra Pavel poisons the wine. Who poisons it in the book?

the Librarian
Lord Asriel

Fra Pavel like the movie

the Master

3) In the book, childrens' daemons can change shape until they reach puberty. At this age, their daemons become a fixed shape. Is this the case in the movie?


Yes
No


4) In the movie, Lyra has a fight with Mrs. Coulter because she refuses to take off
her purse. Does this happen in the book?

Yes
No


5) In the book, there is more than one alethiometer left in existence. How many are in existence in the movie?

None
One
Five
More than five


6) In the movie, Fra Pavel is one of Mrs. Coulter's colleagues in the Magisterium
who opposes Lord Asriel's research in the north. Is he mentioned in the book, The Golden Compass?

Yes
No


7) n the book, Lyra and Farder Coram visit the witches' consulate in Trollesund and Lyra is given a test to tell which sprig of cloud pine was used by Serafina Pekkala. Does this happen in the movie?

Yes
No

8) In the movie, Lyra learns that Mrs. Coulter and Lord Asriel are her mother and father from Mrs. Coulter. Who does she learn this information from in the book?

Serafina Pekkala
Mrs. Coulter like the movie
Lord Asriel
John Faa


9) In the book, the witch consul at Trollesund recommends that Lyra and the Gyptians enlist the services of an armored bear in their quest to free the children at Bolvangar. Who suggests it in the movie?

Lord Asriel
Serafina Pekkala
Lee Scoresby

The Witch Consulate like the book


10) In the movie, Lyra meets Serafina Pekkala on the Gyptian ship before she
meets Iorek Byrnison in Trollesund. When does she meet her in the book?

On the ship like the movie.
at Trollesund
On Lee Scoresby's balloon after Bolvangar has been destroyed
at Svalbard


11) In the book, Lyra finds Tony Makarios in the hut/fish house without a
daemon. Who does she find in the hut/fish house without a daemon in the movie?

Lord Asriel
Billy Costa
Roger Parslow

Tony Makarios like the book

 

12) In the movie, Lyra is captured by Samoyed hunters and taken to Svalbard.
Where is she taken when she is captured by the Samoyed hunters in the book?

Svalbard like the movie
Oxford

To the witches
Bolvangar


13) In the book, we never learn the name of Mrs. Coulter's golden monkey
daemon. Do we learn his name in the movie?

Yes
No

14) In the movie, the king of Svalbard is called Ragnar Sturlusson. What
is his name in the book?

Sion Traknison
Iofur Raknison

Tofoo Orlinson
Ragnar Sturlusson like the movie


15) In the book, Lyra rescues Roger and the other children from Bolvangar before she goes to Svalbard to rescue Lord Asriel. In which order does she go to Bolvangar and Svalbard in the movie?

Svalbard then Bolvangar like the book
Bolvangar then Svalbard
She does not go to either of them

I don't know

 

16)In the movie, Lyra reads the alethiometer in front of King Ragnar.

She doesn't read it
In front of King Ragnar like the movie

She goes into an anteroom to read it
She goes outside of the palace to read it

 

17) In the book, Lyra helps the severed children's daemons to escape from their cages at Bolvangar. Does this happen in the movie?

Yes
No

18) In the movie, Lyra hides under the table at Bolvangar so that Mrs. Coulter
and the other Bolvangar adults won't find her when they walk in and so that she can
listen to their conversation. Where does she hide in the book to listen to their conversation?

Under the table like in the movie
In a closet

In a wardrobe
In the ceiling

 

19) In the book, Lyra falls out of Lee Scoresby's balloon when it is attacked by cliff-ghasts. Does this happen in the movie?

Yes
No
 

20) The movie ends after Lyra helps the children held captive at Bolvangar escape.
She and Roger then set out in Lee Scoresby's balloon to see Lord Asriel. How does the book end?

Right after Bolvangar like the movie
Lyra and Roger go back to Oxford

Lyra goes to live with the witches
Lyra and Pan leave for another world after Roger is killed

 

**Bonus** What title was the Golden Compass book originally published under when it was first released in England?**

Lyra and Pan
Northern Lights
The Alethiometer

Journey to the North