Night, Night Trivia Quiz

Answer: Terry Pratchett

The 2002 fantasy novel "Night Watch" sees the protagonist Sir Samuel Vimes, commander of the City Watch, transported back in time whilst pursuing a notorious criminal. The book is 29th in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series with the cover of the book parodying Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" painting from 1642.

Answer: John le Carré

The 1993 espionage novel is "The Night Manager" by British writer John le Carré. A former soldier has been working as night manager at various hotels. He volunteers to go under cover in a sting operation against a billionaire arms dealer he has encountered before. A multi-award winning TV adaptation of the novel was first aired in 2005 starring Tom Hiddleston as the former soldier.

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Published in 1934, "Tender Is the Night" was F. Scott Fitzgerald's fourth and final novel. It portrays American expats living in the French Riviera during the 1920s. The novel to some extent reflected his own situation, having lived the expat life in Europe, his wife's mental illness and his own alcohol problem. The title comes from John Keats' 1819 poem "Ode to a Nightingale".

Answer: Yangsze Choo

Malaysian writer Yangsze Choo wrote the 2019 novel "The Night Tiger". Written in English and set in the colonial 1930s of British Malaya, the plot revolves around a dancehall girl, an orphaned house boy and a lost finger. There are also unexplained deaths rumoured to involve a tiger than can transform into a human (or visa-versa).

Answer: Kristin Hannah

American author Kristin Hannah wrote the 2015 historical fiction novel "The Nightingale". It is one of several books inspired by the exploits of Belgian resistance member Andrée de Jongh who led the Comet Line. This was a network of volunteers that helped Allied airmen and soldiers escape to neutral Spain.

Answer: Stephen King

"Night Shift", first published in 1978, was Stephen King's first collection of short stories. It contains twenty stories, some previously unpublished, with a number of them adapted for film or TV. Horror film adaptations include "Children of the Corn" (1984), "Cat's Eye" (1985) and "The Boogeyman" (2023).

Answer: Marisha Pessl

The 2013 mystery thriller "Night Film" from American writer Marisha Pessl is the novel referred to. Her style is to write about hidden clues and puzzles. In this novel a film director has taken her life and a trio investigates. The novel's style of presentation is more multi-media in form than traditional book.

Answer: Erin Morgenstern

Written over the course of several NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) writing competitions, the 2011 fairy tale-type novel "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern is set in a form of Victorian London where a circus is only open during the night hours. The circus is powered by magic with physics-defying acts performed. It is also a trial ground for a couple of magicians.

Answer: Louise Erdrich

Inspired by her grandfather's letters, Louise Erdrich wrote "The Night Watchman". The 2020 novel is set in the 1950s during a period when US was drafting various legislative bills to support the policy of assimilating Native Americans into mainstream society. The protagonist is a night watchman at a jewel bearing factory. The novel won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Answer: John Russo

In this case the film came before the book. American screenwriter John Russo co-wrote the script for the 1968 horror film "Night of the Living Dead". The film mainly drew inspiration from the 1954 novel "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson, which itself has had a few film adaptations. Russo was also the actor who portrayed the first ghoul stabbed in the head in the film.

He then wrote the book "Night of the Living Dead", which was published in 1974.