Alex Rider #9: Scorpia Rising

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1. The book opens with Scorpia operative Zeljan Kurst meeting a dying man in the British Museum. The man wants Scorpia to retrieve artifacts stolen from which ancient land? Babylon Rome Greece Egypt

2. What is the name of Scorpia's operation centered on Alex Rider? Troubadour Hailstorm Horseman Minefield

3. Which member of Scorpia's executive board is shot aboard Le Debiteur? Brendan Chase Giovanni Grimaldi Levi Kroll Zeljan Kurst

4. A villain escapes from a high-security prison in Gibraltar. This villain was introduced in which Alex Rider book? Ark Angel Eagle Strike Skeleton Key Point Blanc

5. Alex has a role in Brookland's drama production of what musical? Bye Bye Birdie Grease Fame Blood Brothers

6. Alex is the only student wounded when a sniper attacks Brookland School. True False

7. What is Alex's alias in Cairo? Alex Watson Alex Tanner Alex Shaw Alex Jordan

8. In the last Model UN before Alex joined the politics set, which country declared war on everyone else? Germany Belgium China Holland

9. Alex finds a copy of which newspaper inside Gunter's desk? Chicago Tribune New York Times Washington Post Wall Street Journal

10. Alex's alias at Cairo College is blown by another student. True False

11. What is the name of the CIA agent who waterboards Alex after the House of Gold explodes? Franklin Lewinsky Craig Barnes

12. According to the delivery man, what is Smithers' first name? Derek Mark Albert John

13. Smithers' last gadget is what type of suit? exploding suit fat suit para-suit (parachute suit) invisible suit

14. At Razim's compound, whose death causes Razim to comment, "It seems that I have completely underestimated the power of emotional pain"? Answer: (One of the characters who's been in all nine books)

15. Gunter is killed by what animal concealed in a cigarette pack? scorpion spider wasp hornet

16. What conceals the switch to the secret passage in Assembly Hall? Thermostat light switch coat hook flower stand

17. Who shoots Julius with a Tokarev pistol? Alex Ali Manzour Gunter Razim

18. Razim dies by being smothered in a pile of what? Answer: (One word, Razim used this for brick-making)

19. At the end of the book, who is the head of MI6 Special Operations? Smithers Mrs. Jones Alan Blunt Crawley

20. At the end of the book, Alex is on a plane to what U.S. city? San Francisco New York Washington, D.C. Miami