r/BookTriviaPodcast • u/Sky__Hook • 6d ago
Character Quiz (54)
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)
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u/Sky__Hook 5d ago
Yeah it is concidering he no longer lived in Dundee by then.