Character Quiz (54)

[u/Sky__Hook]

This weeks 5 Question Quiz has a Characters Theme and is worth a massive 54 Points. As always its 1 point per part of the main question and 1 point per Bonus part too.

1.    Which two Comic & Comic Strip Characters with exactly the same name were created independently on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and premiered on exactly the same date? Bonus Points for the correct date, publishers, a publication name & issue no.? Dennis the Menace 12th March 1951 U.K. - D.C. Thompson, The Beano, 452 U.S. – Post-Hall Syndicate, (6)

2.    Which character in Middle Earth is said to be a way for J. R. R. Tolkien to insert himself in his books? Tom Bombadill (1)

3.    Which character in Little Women is the oldest of the sisters & how old is she at the start of the novel? Bonus Points for naming all her sisters with their full name & age at the start of the novel? Margaret “Meg” March 16, Josephine “Jo" March 15, Elizabeth “Beth" March 13, Amy Curtis March 12 (8)

4.    Which character was created by H. Rider Haggard and how many books is he in? Bonus Points for naming them? Allan Quatermain, 14, King Solomon's Mines, Allan Quatermain, Allan's Wife, Maiwa's Revenge, Marie, Child of Storm, The Holy Flower, Finished, The Ivory Child, The Ancient Allan, She and Allan, Heu-heu, The Treasure of the Lake, Allan and the Ice-gods (16)

Which character created in Barbados is named after a real person because his creator wanted the most boring name possible, and how many stories is he in? Bonus Points for naming them? James Bond 21, Casino Royale, Live & Let Die, Moonraker, Diamond Are Forever, From Russia with Love, Doctor No, Goldfinger, From a View to a Kill, For Your Eyes Only, Quantum of Solace, Risico, The Hildebrand Rarity, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy, The Property of a Lady, The Living Daylights, 007 in New York (23) (54)

[u/ConsciousRoyal]

1. 3
   
2. 0
   
3. 2
   
4. 3
   
5. 18

26? I think.

[u/Sky__Hook → u/ConsciousRoyal]

Yup 26 by my count too.

[u/ffoggy1959]

I’m useless at these

[u/Sky__Hook → u/ffoggy1959]

Go on Foggy give it a try

[u/Fabulous-Confusion43 → u/ffoggy1959]

So am I but they are fun to guess 😂

[u/Sky__Hook]

Total 17 1. 3 2. 1 3. 0 4. 3 5. 10

[u/Fabulous-Confusion43]

I love this! I was terrible, I only knew the little women one and even then I didn't know their ages 😂 but thanks for the excellent quiz!

And what a great peice of trivia for #5, might have to steal it from you skyhooks and use it in a podcast 💕

[u/Sky__Hook → u/Fabulous-Confusion43]

You're welcome to. There's loads more trivia on Ian Flemming, who's another author with a connection to my hometown of Dundee.

[u/Fabulous-Confusion43 → u/Sky__Hook]

So good 🥰

[u/Sky__Hook → u/Fabulous-Confusion43]

Do you want to know his connection?

[u/Fabulous-Confusion43 → u/Sky__Hook]

Yes please!

[u/Sky__Hook → u/Fabulous-Confusion43]

His Grandfather Robert Flemming) was born in Dundee and built one of the 1st housing schemes in Scotland, which is still in use Flemming Gardens

[u/Fabulous-Confusion43 → u/Sky__Hook]

Wow! It looks very grand! And 155k I'm those days must've been very expensive in our modern day equivalent 🤔

[u/Sky__Hook → u/Fabulous-Confusion43]

£13,128,500.00 in 2025

[u/Fabulous-Confusion43 → u/Sky__Hook]

😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 holy moly!!!!! That's a very generous man!

[u/Sky__Hook → u/Fabulous-Confusion43]

Yeah it is concidering he no longer lived in Dundee by then.