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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSInspector Flytrap is a Venus flytrap who runs the Flytrap Detective Agency. He wants to be the greatest detective ever, and he only takes BIG DEAL mysteries. Plants can't walk, so his assistant, Nina the Goat, puts his flowerpot on a skateboard and pushes him all over the city, often right in front of speeding traffic. Nina is always hungry. She eats everything, even cans of spaghetti, can and all, and she answers almost everything with "Big deal." First, a BIG DEAL case takes them to the art museum, where Lulu Emu shows them a newly found flower painting by Leonardo da Vinci with a strange yellow blob at the bottom. Lulu thinks the famous painter left a secret message in it. Next, a giant, stinky shoe as big as a bathtub turns up on the roof of Koko Dodo's Cookie Shop, and now nobody will come in to buy cookies. After a lunch out, a grumpy caller has a new case for them. The largest and most beautiful flower at Snooty la Tooty Gardens is missing, and Inspector Flytrap and Nina set out to look for clues.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Inspector Flytrap
SPOILERSEvery one of these has the same answer, and that is the point. In a real battle the question is read aloud with a dozen other books in play, and students have a few seconds to place it. Here is what a battle might ask about Inspector Flytrap. Use them as a quiz, a trivia round, or BOTB practice.
Where in the book they come from
- Early in the book
In what book does the narrator wonder if a blob on a painting looks like a duckie?
✓ Answer
Inspector Flytrap by Tom Angleberger
Inspector Flytrap studies the yellow blob and wonders if it looks like a pointing hand, the letter R, a duckie or Nina's mom. It doesn't look like any of those things, just a blob.
- First half
In what book does a caller say the mystery must be smelled, not just seen?
✓ Answer
Inspector Flytrap by Tom Angleberger
When Inspector Flytrap offers to come see the mystery, the caller says he needs to come down to Koko Dodo's Cookie Shop and smell it. One whiff, the caller says, and he won't have to ask if it's a BIG DEAL.
- First half
In what book does the narrator puzzle over why there is only one giant shoe?
✓ Answer
Inspector Flytrap by Tom Angleberger
Inspector Flytrap thinks the shoe on the roof is a tough case. He wonders why there is only one shoe, why it's so big, and why it tastes like the Seven Seas and dirty feet, until suddenly he knows the answer.
- Second half
In what book does a detective ask a phone store for goat-proof phones?
✓ Answer
Inspector Flytrap by Tom Angleberger
After Nina eats the tiny new phone, Inspector Flytrap asks the salesperson for goat-proof phones. The goat-proof phones are big and clunky and don't have cameras or any other cool stuff.
- Second half
In what book does a goat taste a tiny clump of black stuff from a greenhouse floor?
✓ Answer
Inspector Flytrap by Tom Angleberger
Inspector Flytrap finds a tiny clump of black stuff on the greenhouse floor and asks Nina if she would mind eating it. She doesn't mind, and she says it tastes like potting soil.
- Near the end
In what book is one goat faster, but the chasing goat more daring and reckless?
✓ Answer
Inspector Flytrap by Tom Angleberger
When the other goat starts pushing the rose really fast, Nina gives chase. The other goat is faster, but Nina gains ground by racing over big bumps and taking turns without slowing down.
