May I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Festive New Year. Firstly let me say what great pleasure it gives me to have the honour and privilege of presenting Miss Thrashbottom's Christmas Spanking Quiz. Secondly I would like to squash the scurrilous rumours that I am only doing this as a penance because I was caught by Miss Thrashbottom (the Library's disciplinarian) skulking in her garden with a pair of binoculars and several rather skimpy items of lacy underwear in my pocket last Friday evening. This is of course a complete fabrication put about by certain librarians known for throwing snowballs at innocent passers by!! I can assure you I volunteered for this and as I say it is a very great privilege indeed ... So without further ado let me present...
Miss Thrashbottom's Christmas Quiz1. "OK that is more than enough from you fatso! Here goes and remember if you get bottom marks YOU WILL GET BOTTOM MARKS FROM ME!! Pay attention!"
Can you name the artist and do you know the name of the mystery schoolmaster?

2. Who wrote the poem 'Reginald's Flogging'?
3. What was the name of John Willie's heroine in the SM comic strip he created?

4. Who drew the Buster Brown strips and what was the name of Buster's dog?

5. Name the schools of the following schoolmasters
a) Wackford Squeers
b) Mr Quelch
c) Dr Arnold
d) Mr Pemberton Oakes
6. Who was the infamous Austrian born author of 'Eros, the meaning of my life'?
7. Name the author of the following passage:
A lifelong buddy of mine, this Herring, linked to me by what are called imperishable memories. Years ago, when striplings, he and I had done a stretch together at Malvern House, Bramley-on-Sea, the preparatory school conducted by that prince of stinkers, Aubrey Upjohn M.A., and frequently stood side by side in the Upjohn study awaiting the receipt of six of the juciest from a cane that biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder, as the fellow said. So we were, you might say, rather like a couple of old sweats who had fought shoulder to shoulder on Crispin's day.
8. Name the author of the following passage:
Scarfe bent down and the pin stripe trousers were stretched over his broad buttocks. With the light full on it the material looked very shiny.
"Tighter," said Defries. "If you would be so kind."
Through his legs he could see the grinning figure of Defries brandishing the bamboo, and upside down as he came rushing in with his arm upraised. This time as the new cane cut into the old bruises the very first stroke burnt him like fire.
9. Name the author of the following passage:
From behind study door the noises had begun. Thwack, thwack.
Perhaps Miss Beach did not hear these sounds. Or, if she did they were to her ears toneless and without significance, as though the Binker had been knocking together a couple of books, or thumping a cushion to make it more comfortable on his chair.
"See you later then," she said and she stepped airily into the Common Room. Even though the door opened for no more than a second or two, the smell of tobacco which came from the staff room was almost overwhelming.
Then the study door opened and Bowen came out rather red, but not actually blubbing. In case I had not heard the last stroke (and I hadn't), he held up three fingers and went his way.
"Ramsay!"
The Binker called my name as casually as if I were a patient awaiting treatment from a doctor's surgery.
"Come in, Ramsay and close the door."
10. Name the author of the following passage:
Canes are made out of rattan. What is rattan? And don't say a tree!
11. What is a knout?
12. A few anagrams for you. All these were or are stars of the spanking or fetish scene.
a) VIGNIR WALK
b) TETBY GAPE
c) KINCY FROMNOTD
d) SORELEAN NOYUG
e) ATHAMANS LEYWOOD
f) RICE NOSTNA
13. The word "cane" comes to us from the French, who took it from the Romans, who in turn took it from the Greeks. "Kanna" was their word - meaning what, exactly?
14. What is Robert Philp famous for?
15. John Glassco, a Canadian poet, wrote a sadomasochistic literary masterpiece which is my favourite bedtime reading. What is its title?
16. In what year was judicial corporal punishment abolished in mainland Britain?
17. What is the "Gunners Daughter"?
18. I am not one to spare the rod! This especially applies to fat old bald blokes I find trespassing in my garden late at night! What is the Hebrew name for a rod as used in Proverbs?
19. Which was the first country in the world to ban spanking?
20. In the 1963 film McLintock what did the actress Stefanie Powers get spanked with?
21. In what film did Spencer Tracy spank Katherine Hepburn?
22. Okay this is one for all you Masochists! Who wrote Venus in Furs?
23. One of my favourite illustrated books is Les Petite Filles Modeles, published by Edition Dominique Leroy. Who was the illustrator, sadly now no longer with us?
24 Who is the illustrator?

25. And finally ... What series of books is Esmond Quinterley famous for writing? (Well actually he is not famous at all and you may all struggle with that one!!)
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