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Georgette Heyer has been called the Queen of Regency Romance, a genre which she was largely responsible for creating. Her thrillers and detective stories were less successful.
18 Georgette Heyer quizzes and 229 Georgette Heyer trivia questions.
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  Georgette Heyer - "The Grand Sophy"   best quiz  
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Stuffy Charles Rivenhall's well-ordered world is turned upside down when he falls in love with the grand Sophy.
Easier, 10 Qns, Pagiedamon, Aug 03 09
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  Georgette Heyer - Secrets   great trivia quiz  
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Questions are about secrets and mysteries in Heyer's Regency and Georgian romance novels.
Easier, 10 Qns, bexze, May 09 11
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  Fighting Napoleon with "An Infamous Army"    
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Georgette Heyer's "An Infamous Army"
The classic historical novel "An Infamous Army" was a labor of love for author Georgette Heyer. She had wanted to write about the Battle of Waterloo for years, and she realized her dream in 1937. Can you piece together the story by filling in names?
Average, 14 Qns, lordprescott, Sep 14 23
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  The Alastair Trilogy - 'These Old Shades'   best quiz  
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The 'Alastair' trilogy is said to be made up of 'three of Georgette Heyer's most beloved tales of love, intrigue and adventure'. Sounds about right to me - this quiz is about the first book 'These Old Shades'.
Easier, 10 Qns, Lucia-pazza, Jan 12 08
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  The Alistair Trilogy: 'Devil's Cub', Part two   top quiz  
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The concluding part of the quiz which deals with the further adventures of the fascinating Alastairs, created by Georgette Heyer.
Easier, 15 Qns, Lucia-pazza, Jun 26 08
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  Georgette Heyer and Her Books   top quiz  
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Georgette Heyer's books have been popular for eight decades, and are still in print. This quiz will test your knowlege of the books, and of their author.
Average, 15 Qns, Sallyo, Sep 30 13
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  Georgette Heyer - "Faro's Daughter"   top quiz  
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A classic Regency romance by Heyer, "Faro's Daughter" is the tale of two gamblers who risk all for love.
Average, 10 Qns, pagiedamon, Apr 05 13
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  Georgette Heyer's Rejected Suitors   popular trivia quiz  
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Georgette Heyer's Regency romances end with happy pairings, sometimes more than one of them, but often other suitors are refused along the way. Clues are from the plot, you choose the name of the rejected suitor.
Average, 10 Qns, bexze, Apr 30 19
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  The Alastair Trilogy : 'Devil's Cub', Part One   top quiz  
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More intrigue and romance from the fascinating and turbulent Alastairs, by Georgette Heyer.
Average, 10 Qns, Lucia-pazza, Apr 02 08
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  Historical Novels of Georgette Heyer   top quiz  
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How well do you know Georgette Heyer's historical novels? Test yourself with these details...
Average, 10 Qns, rosC, Jun 17 04
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trivia question Quick Question
What do Harry's siblings call Juanita, in the 'Spanish Bride'?

From Quiz "Georgette Heyer: Name Game"




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  The Regency Novels of Georgette Heyer   great trivia quiz  
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Though she herself didn't like them as much as her more serious historical books, Heyer's Regency fiction remains unrivalled. This quiz is a celebration of Almack's and phaetons, bucks and Bath misses. Enjoy!
Tough, 10 Qns, rosc, May 08 11
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  The Butler Didn't Do It   top quiz  
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Georgette Heyer is famous for her Regency romances, but she also wrote several less well known murder mysteries. This quiz is about them.
Average, 10 Qns, StarStruck60, Nov 28 09
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  Friday's Child    
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So, you fancy yourself a fan of Georgette Heyer? Put your knowledge to the test and see if you are worthy of the name.
Average, 20 Qns, bazolian, Apr 19 11
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  Georgette Heyer - "The Toll-Gate"    
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So, you fancy yourself a fan of Georgette Heyer? Put your knowledge to the test and see if you are worthy of the name.
Average, 20 Qns, bazolian, Feb 10 19
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  Venetia    
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So, you fancy yourself a fan of Georgette Heyer? Put your knowledge to test and see if you are worthy of the name.
Average, 15 Qns, bazolian, Apr 15 12
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  Georgette Heyer: Name Game    
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For a true Georgette Heyer fan, who's read all of her books....The 'Name Game' is certainly a challenge for the uninitiated.
Average, 20 Qns, jliz, Oct 14 07
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  Georgette Heyer - Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle    
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So, you fancy yourself a fan of Georgette Heyer? Put your knowledge to test and see if you are worthy of the name.
Average, 10 Qns, bazolian, May 27 11
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  Georgette Heyer Quotes   great trivia quiz  
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Test your Georgette Heyer knowledge.
Tough, 10 Qns, whatever111, Sep 26 03
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Georgette Heyer Trivia Questions

2. While it is true that "The Toll Gate" does not focus on romance, there is quite a bit of it in this book. How long did Captain John Staple and Nell Stornaway meet before they realized they'd fallen in love?

From Quiz Georgette Heyer - "The Toll-Gate"

Answer: 3 days

When Nell rode over across the field to see John on their 5th meeting in 3 days, John instantly realized that Nell must feel exactly the way that he did and so they shared their first kiss.

3. After his wife's death, who else besides Edward Yardley was permitted by Sir Francis Lanyon to cross the threshold of the Lanyon home?

From Quiz Venetia

Answer: Dr. Bentworth

Dr. Bentworth, Aubrey Lanyon's physician in York was the only one permitted, besides Edward Yardley, to come to Undershaw while Sir Francis was alive.

4. Which novel centres around a missing will and features Frank Amberley?

From Quiz The Butler Didn't Do It

Answer: Why Shoot A Butler?

Whilst on his way to visit relatives, barrister Frank Amberley comes across a parked car with a dead body inside it and a girl attempting to leave the scene of the crime. She swears she didn't do it, he believes her and sets out to find the murderer. Published in 1933, "Why Shoot A Butler?" is Georgette Heyer's second detective novel.

5. Sir Horace calls his darling daughter "my little Sophy". Why is this appellation decidedly comical?

From Quiz Georgette Heyer - "The Grand Sophy"

Answer: Sophy is 5'9" tall

Little Sophy, formally known as Miss Sophia Stanton-Lacy, stands five feet nine inches tall "in her stocking feet". Her height is further enhanced by her glamorous fashion sense, a large mouth, and extremely expressive eyes.

6. What does the word "Faro", from the title "Faro's Daughter", refer to?

From Quiz Georgette Heyer - "Faro's Daughter"

Answer: A popular card game

The term "faro" is in reference to a card game that was very popular in nineteenth-century England. It was originally called Pharaon, but was later reduced to "Faro." (John McLeod, "Faro," 2006). Since Deborah works in a gaming-house, she is one of "faro's daughters," a derogatory term for an honorable lady.

7. While Mary and Vidal are obliged to stay on at the inn in Dieppe to allow the Marquis' injury to begin to heal, what does he discover about her which confirms his determination that they must be married as soon as possible?

From Quiz The Alistair Trilogy: 'Devil's Cub', Part two

Answer: That she is the granddaughter of General Sir Giles Challoner who is one of his father's oldest friends.

This is a revealing chapter where the reader is allowed to glimpse a different side to Lord Vidal who, realising that he has made a terrible mistake and that Mary is a respectable young woman, shoulders what he sees as his responsibilities and determines to marry her. Poor Mary, despite being deeply in love with him and wanting nothing more than to be his wife, is equally determined that Vidal shouldn't ruin his life by marrying beneath him as her own father did.

8. How many highwaymen attacked the coach bearing the Marquis of Vidal to Lady Montacute's Drum?

From Quiz The Alastair Trilogy : 'Devil's Cub', Part One

Answer: Three.

Vidal shot and killed only one of them and appalled his servants by ordering them to drive on and leave the body in the road.

9. What is the Christian (first) name of the Duke of Avon?

From Quiz The Alastair Trilogy - 'These Old Shades'

Answer: Justin

Although 'Alastair' is the family name, the title Justin Alastair inherited was the Dukedom of Avon. He answers to several names throughout the book - 'Justin' 'Avon','Satanas', and, of course, 'Monseigneur'.

10. The Regency ton enjoyed many different kinds of entertainments. What kind of party had Lady Cardross promised to take her sister-in-law to that prevented her going down to the country with her husband?

From Quiz The Regency Novels of Georgette Heyer

Answer: A masqerade in Chiswick

From 'April Lady'. It was to be Letty's first masquerade and she had the prettiest pink domino made for it.

11. In "Sylvester or The Wicked Uncle", Phoebe Marlow does something unforgivable to the Duke of Salford. What does she do?

From Quiz Georgette Heyer - Secrets

Answer: She writes a book featuring a parody of him as the villain Count Ugolino

After an unsuccessful London season, Phoebe writes a satirical novel featuring recognizable characters from London's high society. The villain is Count Ugolino, based on Sylvester, Duke of Salford, whom she dislikes for his arrogance. When he unexpectedly comes to court her, she runs away from home with her neighbor, Tom.

12. Although Venetia eventually finds happiness with a rakish Lord, her father would have preferred her to marry his godson. Who is this "worthy" suitor, the only man permitted to cross her father's threshold?

From Quiz Georgette Heyer's Rejected Suitors

Answer: Edward Yardley

Oswald Denny is a young neighbor who also has a crush on Venetia, Jasper Damerel is the man she loves, and Aubrey Lanyon is her younger brother.

13. What is Beauvallet's first name in the book with the same title?

From Quiz Georgette Heyer: Name Game

Answer: Nicholas (Nick)

Throughout the book Nicholas's shipmates refer to him as 'Mad Nick'!

14. Georgette Heyer used this form of her name for all her books, whether they were detective fiction, thrillers, historical novels or romances, but what was her real name?

From Quiz Georgette Heyer and Her Books

Answer: She was born Georgette Heyer, and became Mrs Ronald Rougier .

Georgette Heyer was named after her father, George, and she had a brother called Boris. After her marriage to Ronald Rougier, Q.C. she always used "Mrs Rougier" in private life.

15. Who said: 'Well, you beautiful, bad-tempered thorn in my flesh'?

From Quiz Georgette Heyer Quotes

Answer: Ivo Spencer Barrasford

16. Why was Isabella Milborne "rusticating" in the country?

From Quiz Friday's Child

Answer: She contracted an odiously childish complaint, namely the measles

Mrs. Milborne, the beauty's mama, quite sensible of the ridiculous nature of her indisposition, had it announced that Isabella was very tired but the truth of the matter is that she contracted the measles which she promptly communicated to two abigails and a youthful pageboy.

17. What is the name of the estate of Sir Peter Stornaway?

From Quiz Georgette Heyer - "The Toll-Gate"

Answer: Kellands

Sir Peter has been living with his granddaughter Helen (Nell) at Kellands since the death of his favorite grandson and heir, Nell's brother Jermyn, who died in 1815 at the battle of Albuera.

18. What is the name of Lord Damerel's estate in Yorkshire?

From Quiz Venetia

Answer: Elliston Priory

The Dennys's home is Ebbersley, the Lanyons lived at Undershaw and the Yardleys are from Netherfold.

19. Under the offices of Phoebe's governess, Miss Battery, Phoebe's novel is sent to press. What is the name of the publishing firm which published Miss Phoebe Marlow's novel "The Lost Heir"?

From Quiz Georgette Heyer - Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle

Answer: Newsham & Otley

Miss Sybilla Battery is related to Mr. Guilbert Otley but is looking only after Phoebe's interests.

20. Which novel opens with a bizarre find by a village policeman?

From Quiz The Butler Didn't Do It

Answer: Death In The Stocks

The local policeman finds a dead body locked into the stocks in the village square. The man has been knifed in the back. Suspicion falls on his half-brother who is his heir and who has no alibi. Scotland Yard are called in but it takes another murder before a cousin of the dead man solves the mystery. "Death In The Stocks" was the first book to feature Sergeant (later Inspector) Hemingway.

21. The Honorable Charles Rivenhall, Sophy's cousin and nemesis, holds complete power over his family. Why?

From Quiz Georgette Heyer - "The Grand Sophy"

Answer: He has saved his family from financial ruin

Charles Rivenhall's father has squandered his wealth and is now burdened by debts and entailed property. Rivenhall has the unexpected good luck of inheriting the entire fortune of a distant cousin, which allows him to save his family AND call the shots. He is never disrespectful to his parents, but he refuses to let them fall into penury again.

22. Why does Mr Ravenscar initially go to Lady Bellingham's gaming-house?

From Quiz Georgette Heyer - "Faro's Daughter"

Answer: To stop his cousin from marrying a gaming-house "wench"

Mr Ravenscar reluctantly goes to the gaming-house to stop his young cousin Adrian from marrying the gaming-house "wench," Deborah Grantham. It is a task that his aunt, Lady Mablethorpe, has thrust upon him, which ultimately goes awry. He has no real interest in this endeavor until he meets Deborah. Most of his subsequent actions have less to do with Adrian's fate, and more to do with his jealousy and attraction towards Deborah.

23. What relationship does Miss Juliana Marling, who is also present at Lady Montacute's Drum, bear to the Marquis of Vidal?

From Quiz The Alastair Trilogy : 'Devil's Cub', Part One

Answer: His cousin.

It is the dearest wish of Julian's mother, Lady Fanny Marling, that Juliana should marry her cousin, Lord Vidal - but Juliana has other ideas and her heart is set on Frederick Comyn.

24. Fashions of dress and hair changed almost as often as they do today. Jenny Chawleigh did her hair in a new style before her first assembly. Her husband approved, but how does he describe it?

From Quiz The Regency Novels of Georgette Heyer

Answer: Quakerish

From 'A Civil Contract': 'Quakerish, but elegant. You look charmingly,' he tells her. Jenny doesn't believe him but when his aunt, the formidable Lady Nassington, agrees, she starts to feel more confident.

25. In "April Lady", Nell tries desperately to keep her husband, Lord Cardross, from finding out what she has done. What secret is she keeping from her husband?

From Quiz Georgette Heyer - Secrets

Answer: She has lent money to her brother, Dysart

Nell has lent money, against her husband's orders, to her brother. In order to pay off a debt to her dressmaker and keep her loan to her brother a secret, she tries to find the money, enlisting her brother's aid. Her sister-in-law, Letitia, takes and sells the necklace. Felix is her friend and admirer, nothing more.

26. "An Infamous Army" features characters from three other Heyer novels. Which novel is the odd one out?

From Quiz Historical Novels of Georgette Heyer

Answer: A Civil Contract

The Marquis of Vidal and his wife appear towards the end of "An Infamous Army", though Vidal's father has died, making them now the Duke and Duchess of Avon. From "Regency Buck", we are reunited with Lord and Lady Worth and Lord Worth's brother, Charles. Harry Smith and Johnny Kincaid from "The Spanish Bride" make fleeting appearances on the battlefield.

27. Can you name one of Ninian Elmore's sisters in 'Lady of Quality'?

From Quiz Georgette Heyer: Name Game

Answer: Lavinia or Cordelia

Ninian doesn't get on with his sisters and is particularly angry when his mother brings one of his sisters to Bath with her to coax him home!

28. Which Heyer heroine wore a dress with coquelicot ribbons when she wanted to discourage a callow suitor?

From Quiz Georgette Heyer and Her Books

Answer: Deborah "Deb" Grantham of "Faro's Daughter".

Deb was the one with the ribbons. She was trying to persuade young Lord Adrian Mablethorpe that she was not his kind of wife.

29. Who said: 'I feel an almost overwhelming interest in the methods of daylight abduction employed by the modern youth.'?

From Quiz Georgette Heyer Quotes

Answer: Justin Alastair

Justin Alastair, Duke of Avon is talking to Mary Challoner about Dominic Alastair abducting her in 'Devil's Cub.'

30. Rose - Nell's former nurse and now her lady's maid - has an unusual admirer and he is quite besotted with her. However, his unconventional profession is keeping her from considering his suit in earnest. What is Jeremy Chirk's profession?

From Quiz Georgette Heyer - "The Toll-Gate"

Answer: A highwayman

Mr. Chirk would give a lot to quit his current profession, buy a snug little farm and turn to "pound dealing" but the luck seems to have eluded him until John comes along.

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