Cat's Cradle Quiz Answers Questions and Answers
Newt tells a story about his mother cooking breakfast for his father. After she had cleared off the breakfast table, what did she find her husband had left there for her?
coins/a tip (as if she was a waitress)
What is Zinka's occupation when ...
Cat's Cradle Quiz Answers Questions
and Answers
Newt tells a story about his mother cooking breakfast for his father. After she had
cleared off the breakfast table, what did she find her husband had left there for her? -
answer coins/a tip (as if she was a waitress)
What is Zinka's occupation when she meets Newt? - answer dancer
The bartender reveals that in his childhood, Frank Hoenikker had what nickname? -
answer Secret Agent X 9
Newt writes to Jonah describing his memories of an important day - answer the day
the bomb dropped on Hiroshima
In the beginning of the book, Jonah says that he has already had two wives, and the
Research Laboratory in Ilium is in the place where they used to do public executions.
One of Bokonon's sayings is: "Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from
God."
Before moving to San Lorenzo, Julian Castle had been married five times and was
notorious for alcoholism, reckless driving, and other offenses.
On an official form, Bokonon listed his occupation as "Being dead."
Frank Hoenikker was living in a house that had been designed and owned by Nestor
Aamons.
It turns out that Angela and Harrison did not have a happy marriage.
True or false? - answer true
A bartender at the Cape Cod Room tells a story about Dr. Breed's son coming in and
saying that anything a scientist was working on was bound to end up - answer as a
weapon
Ilium had a place in history as the - answer starting point for the western migration
The point of Dr. Breed telling the story of the murders of George Minor Moakley is that -
answer Breed does not realize the irony of his remark that Moakley was unrepentant
about his killings
Dr. Breed says that in the Research Laboratory, "men are paid to increase knowledge,
to work toward no end but that," which will result in - answer riches
Which character says "Even if I did fall, Christmas angels would catch me?" - answer
Miss Faust
, What was the first name of Felix Hoenikker's wife? - answer Emily
The bartender mixed a drink he called an "End of the World Delight" for a man on the
day what happened? - answer the day they dropped the atomic bomb
When the Girl Pool comes to the Research Laboratory, what kind of a performance do
they do before they get their chocolate bars? - answer they sing Christmas carols
Mrs. Hoenikker gets into a car accident while driving her husband's car home. How did
she come to be driving her husband's car home? - answer he abandoned it in traffic
or refused to pick it up from the police
How did Mrs. Hoenikker's car accident lead to her death? - answer She damaged
her pelvis so later died in childbirth
The bartender describes Dr. Breed's graduation speech, in which he said that the world
would be in much less trouble if everyone studied - answer science
Sandra tells Jonah that most people thought that the father of all the Hoenikker children
was actually - answer Dr. (Asa) Breed
Dr. Breed was put in the position of giving the graduation speech when ________
Hoenikker failed to show up. - answer Felix
Jonah compares this character's ______ to the abandoned ship the Marie Celeste. -
answer Felix Hoenikker's car
Dr. Breed "licked his lips, and got a faraway look," when mentioning the name of
_________ Hoenikker - answer Emily
The name of the company Felix Hoenikker worked for is the General Formaldehyde
Foundation.
Bokonon's boat was called the World Religion.
When Crosby asks Newt what he does, Newt replies that he is an insurance salesman.
Bokononist cosmogony said that the world was on a turtle's back.
The cardboard cutout figures include Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.
Frank paints God be Praised on the roof of the taxi.
Correct or incorrect? - answer incorrect
The Girl Pool is headed by a secretary named Miss Apprehension. When Jonah goes to
San Lorenzo, Julian Castle is 96 years old.
Zinka and Newt spent time together only in Russia.
Julian Castle trained with Albert Schweitzer and Albert Einstein.
The last rites given to Papa Monzano involved a large lizard and a vessel of syrup.
The name of Papa Monzano's minister is Miles Gloriosus.
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