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1 trivia quiz  The Life of Mary Russell icon
Here's a little quiz about the life of one of my favorite characters ever, Mary Russell created by Laurie R King. Enjoy!
Average 10Q
156 plays
Apr 14 06
MaryRussell226
2 trivia quiz  Works of Laurie King icon
Laurie King has built up a steady following with her intelligent, tightly plotted novels in at least three different series. Test your knowledge of her works.
Difficult 10Q
117 plays
Nov 10 03
Redlass
3 trivia quiz  Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes icon
After his retirement from Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes meets Mary Russell whom he first takes as an apprentice and then as his partner in this series by Laurie R. King. This quiz includes information from the first six books in the series.
Average 10Q
228 plays
Mar 24 03
Julia103 gold

Some sample questions from this category:

* Where did Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes meet for the first time?
* How old was Mary when she first met Sherlock Holmes?
* What name did Mary use while traveling in Palestine?
* Who wrote the title letter in "A Letter of Mary"?
* Which subjects did Mary specialize in while studying at Oxford?
* Which of these names was never used as an alias by Mary Russell?
* What religion was Marjory Childe?
* Where were Ali and Mahmoud Hazr actually from?
* How was Sabine Baring-Gould related to Sherlock Holmes?
* Which of the these people do not appear in any of the Mary Russell books?
* In the debut novel of the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes series, Mary Russell stumbles across the famed detective who immediately mistakes her for a boy. What is the title of this novel?
* In "Folly," this character is pursued by demons real and imagined. She tries to banish them by building a house on a remote island. Who is she?
* In "A Darker Place," Anne Waverley goes undercover for the FBI. She joins a religious community obsessed with transformation and alchemy. What is the name of the community?
* Another of King's detective series is set in San Francisco. In which book are several homeless people killed and the prime suspect is an odd minister named Erasmus who speaks only in quotations?
* In "O, Jerusalem" we meet Ali and Mahmoud, two Bedouin guides. In what subsequent Mary Russel novel do they resurface?
* King's summer of 2004 publication is called "Califa's Daughters" and is set in the near future. She is publishing this book under a different pen name. What is that pen name?
* Roz Hall, a character featured in "Night Work" is a feminist lesbian who works with people who worship the violent Hindu goddess Kali. What is her occupation?
* Laurie King also wrote an introduction to a 2002 re-release of one of Sherlock Holmes' stories. Which story was it?
* How old was Mary when she met Sherlock Holmes?
* Who did Russell tell Holmes she was named after?

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