The Enid Blyton Society

I am not Jack or any other Mannering and I'm not Connie.

snugglepot wrote:I am a very bossy person.
I love sticking my nose into other people's business.
Once, however, my nosiness led to being able to help rescue a person held prisoner.
Who am I?

Are you Eunice Tolling from The Mystery of the Missing Man?

Yes I am Eunice Tolling.
Great guessing!
Your turn, Anita.

Thanks, Snugglepot!

Next one:

I'm half of a chocolate biscuit - and something you need for Games. What is my name and what book do I come from?

snugglepot wrote:I am a very bossy person. I love sticking my nose into other people's business....

TheOriginalFive wrote:Julian Kirrin?

     I don't think I'll try to participate in this, because I'm not sure I could think up a good riddle, should I answer the previous one correctly. (Anyway, I can't answer the current question - couldn't even begin to guess - and must admit I don't even understand the question.)
     But, although the guess of Julian (a question or two ago) turned out to be incorrect, I just can't resist pointing out that I think Julian is a much maligned character, about whom many misconceptions circulate widely (and George, too).
     He *may* be bossy at times, by certain definitions of bossiness, but I would not say *very* bossy; and he certain doesn't, as far as I can see, have any tendency at all to stick his nose into other people's business. I must say that, as a boy, I always found him a very positive character indeed - as I still do. Sticky and nosy don't in the least match the mental image that I, at least, have of him.
     I think both Julian and George get a lot of flak from many, many people; but I tend to come to their defence a bit, because I can see good things about both of them, and often even good, noble motives behind even behaviour which may come out badly at times.

Regards, MIchael.

Are you an English chocolate biscuit, because it is possible that some of us will be at a disadvantage if we have never heard of that particular biscuit?
The only thing I can think of with two halves is a Kit Kat and that is not really a biscuit but a chocolate bar.
Is the person Kit someone or other?
I am trying to remember if there are any Kit characters.

Ah, Snugglepot has given me a clue - Kit Armstrong in "The Boy next Door" . What a clever clue Anita! (if I'm right!) I'm assuming you need a strong arm for Games?

snugglepot wrote:Are you an English chocolate biscuit, because it is possible that some of us will be at a disadvantage if we have never heard of that particular biscuit?

Good point, Snugglepot. Sorry - I didn't think of that, but it's something to bear in mind for the future. You were right with Kit however, but as Daisy knew the book title it's only fair for her to set the next question.

Good thinking about "strong arm"/"Armstrong" Daisy, though what I had in mind was a "Kit" (i.e. a PE kit) also being needed for Games! Over to you!

That's OK, I just did a riddle so I was not wanting to immediately solve another one.
I was curious over the biscuit thing though. I'm surprised that Kit Kat was correct but we don't refer to it as a biscuit and it is found in the chocolate bar aisle, not the biscuit one.
I was thinking about an episode of "Doctor Who" a couple of years ago when he was talking about something called a "jammy dodger" and it looked like a biscuit but I had never heard of it.

My nickname is a kind of seed. I am not often known by my proper name. I appear in a series. Who am I?

Pip (properly Philip) Hilton from the Five Find-Outers series?

Corrrect Courtenay. Over to you.

snugglepot wrote:I was curious over the biscuit thing though. I'm surprised that Kit Kat was correct but we don't refer to it as a biscuit and it is found in the chocolate bar aisle, not the biscuit one.

Even the classification can vary! Sorry about that. Things like KitKats, Penguins and Clubs (i.e. biscuits or wafers with a coating of chocolate) are generally - though probably not always - known as chocolate biscuits here, whereas things like Mars Bars and Cadbury's Dairy Milk which are more chocolatey (though they may contain things like nuts and toffee as well) are generally known as chocolate bars. I don't think there's any hard and fast rule - though my son's school allows chocolate biscuits in packed lunches (KitKats etc) but not chocolate bars (Cadbury's Dairy Milk etc).

Anyway, I'm just glad someone was able to come up with the solution!

Or what about Marks and Spencer's Extremely Chocolatey biscuits, which the packaging claims are "More Chocolate than Biscuit"! (Yum.)

I'll come back with another riddle as soon as I've thought one up.

(By the way, Snugglepot, you might be interested to know that the Penguin biscuit in the UK was the original inspiration for Australia's own legendary Tim Tam. They are almost identical, but I reckon Tim Tams taste slightly better. Just slightly. )

Next riddle:

I feature in one of Enid Blyton's "one-off" novels.

I am one of three siblings.

My game of "pretend" unexpectedly turned into a real adventure that resulted in the discovery of something long-lost.

Who am I, and which book am I in?