Characters from which Work? Trivia Quiz

Answer: An Ideal Husband

First performed in 1895, 'An Ideal Husband' is a story of blackmail and political corruption. Other major characters include The Earl of Caversham, his son Lord Goring, and the blackmailer Mrs Cheveley.

Answer: The Prince and the Pauper

Published in 1881 but set in 16th-Century England, 'The Prince and the Pauper' tells the story of two boys of similar appearance, Tom Canty and Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII and Jane Seymour.

Answer: Diamonds are Forever

Published in 1956, 'Diamonds are Forever' was Fleming's fourth Bond novel. In it we see Bond falling in love for the first time since Vesper Lynd in 'Casino Royale'. Tiffany Case was played by Jill St John in the film, Sean Connery's last as Bond (although he did reprise the role in 1983 in the spoof "Never Say Never Again").

Answer: The House of the Dead

Published in 1861, 'The House of the Dead' tells the stories of convicts in a Siberian prison camp. Dostoevsky had spent four years in such a camp.

Answer: Turandot

First performed at La Scala in Milan in 1926, 18 months after Puccini's death, 'Turandot' tells the story of Princess Turandot, the daughter of the Emperor Altoum.

Answer: Richard III

Written some time around 1591, 'Richard III' is the longest of Shakespeare's histories, and the second-longest of all of his works (after 'Hamlet'). The real life Lady Anne Neville was Princess of Wales during her first marriage, to Edward Earl of Westminster, and then Queen Consort when she married King Richard III.

Answer: Northanger Abbey

Published posthumously in December 1817, six months after the author's death, 'Northanger Abbey' was actually the first novel that Austen completed.

Answer: Rigoletto

First performed in 1851, 'Rigoletto' relates the tragic story of the Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto's beautiful daughter Gilda.

Answer: Our Mutual Friend

First published in serial form in 1864-65, 'Our Mutual Friend' was the last novel that Dickens completed before his death.

Answer: The Trial

Written in 1914-15, although not published until 1925, a year after Kafka's death, 'The Trial' tells the story of a man arrested and prosecuted without ever revealing the nature of his crime to either him or the reader. The 1962 film version of the novel was directed by Orson Welles and starred Anthony Perkins.