The Works of Jasper Fforde Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jack Spratt and Mary Mary

Jack isn't your typical detective. Not only does he have a happy family but he is also a character from fiction with it being revealed that he is in fact Jack Sprat ("he ate no fat"). Jack also has similarities to the Jack from "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Jack the Giant Killer".
Jack's wife Madeline has trouble coming to terms with Jack being a PDR (Person of Dubious Reality). However as Madeline is actually Madeline Usher from Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" it is assumed she would've taken this better if she'd known the truth about herself.
It is assumed that Mary Mary is a nursery character herself, being featured in the rhyme "Mary Mary Quite Contrary" however this is not revealed in the first two books.

Answer: Female

Although it is assumed that Pickwick is a boy (so named for the Dickens work "The Pickwick Papers") when Pickwick lays an egg it is revealed that Thursday's assumptions were incorrect. Pickwick has a rebellious boy whom they name Alan.

Answer: Landen

Landen was eradicated by the Goliath Corporation because Thursday trapped their employee Jack Shitt in "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe.
Lola and Randolph were the generics living in the house boat.
Gran was Thursday's "Grandmother" (it is later revealed to be a future version of herself) who is there to make sure Thursday doesn't succumb to the mind worm implanted in her brain by Aornis Hades.
According to Fforde, "The Big Over Easy" is the result of the book 'Caversham Heights' featured in "The Well of Lost Plots."

Answer: He was crushed

Although he did fall and he was shot, it is revealed at the end of "The Big Over Easy" that he died when the beanstalk fell on him.

Answer: Stalker and writer

Millon De Floss is revealed to be Thursday's official stalker as well as a particular ally of Thursday's in difficult situations, in particular the Shakespeare clones. He has written Thursday's biography and is also credited with writing most of the excerpts featured at the beginning of chapters in the Thursday Next Series.
His name is a play on the title "Mill on the Floss" by George Eliot.

Answer: 2

Although Thursday believes she has three children, Friday, Tuesday and Jenny. It is revealed that Jenny is in fact a mind worm placed in Thursday's brain by Aornis Hades in revenge for her imprisonment.

Answer: Hamlet

The full quote is "Something's rotten in the State of Denmark". Hamlet, the title character of the Shakespearean play, features in this book as he goes in search of a greater understanding of himself.

Answer: Battenburg

It is known to be loved by everyone who comes in contact with it, including Otto Bismarck, one of the many guests Colonel Next assists through time to protect them for a short while.

Answer: Have award shows

It is noted throughout the series that they cannot smell, know who talking without the proper indication (like in the written word) and change their story lines (unless in the manuscript stage or whilst still in the Well of Lost Plots).
The award show is featured in "Well of Lost Plots" and is an event loved by all in the Book World.

Answer: There is no Chapter 13

None of the books have a chapter 13; there isn't necessarily a reason for it but Fforde wanted to connect all his books in some way. He also said 'It's like when you see an asphalted road going into an empty field. You know there is going to be a housing estate there. That's what Chapter 13 is for me.'