Literary Occupations Trivia

1. This butler, Terry Pratchett's creation in the Discworld series, serves Lady Cybil and Sam Vimes. What is his name?

From Quiz What the Butler Saw

Answer: Willikins

Willikins, apart from being a good butler, is also very handy in close hand-to-hand combat as demonstrated in "Jingo", very skilful with an ice knife as shown in "Thud" and an extremely good shot as seen in "Snuff". Rufus Drumknott is secretary to Lord Vetinari, Rincewind is a failed student in Unseen University and Mustrum Ridcully is the Archchancellor of the University.

From Quiz Helping Hands

Answer: Hannah

The loyal Hannah stays with the family even when they fall on hard times.

From Quiz The Doctor Is Out...Of His Mind!

Answer: Frankenstein

Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein", with the subtitle of "The Modern Prometheus", is one of the most famous horror novels of all time. It focuses on a scientist driven to the brink of insanity by his experiments dealing with the reanimation of a dead human being. It should be noted that Frankenstein is the name of the doctor, not the name of the monster, as is commonly believed by those who have not read the novel.

From Quiz The Colour of Magic

Answer: Sonea

The series starts in the slums of Imardin, where every year the slum dwellers are purged from the city streets. When Sonea's second stone penetrates the magicians' defence shield, both she and the magicians realize that she is capable of magic. The first book deals with her trying to escape the clutches of the magicians until she is persuaded to join them so that she can be trained in how to control her magic powers. The second and third follow her life as a magician. Question from ArthurR.

From Quiz Which Witch

Answer: The Witches of Eastwick

"The Witches of Eastwick" is a 1984 John Updike novel, which tells of three women who acquire their powers after leaving, or being left by, their husbands. Into their lives comes Daryl Van Horne, a devilish man, who seduces them and then betrays them by marrying their young friend, Jenny. A film version in 1987 starred Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and a wonderfully cast Jack Nicholson.

From Quiz Lawyers in Anglo-American Literature

Answer: Constance

The Man of Law was a sergeant or serjeant, one of the highest ranking members of the profession. The story of the tribulations of Constance ("Custance" in Chaucer), a Christian emperor's daughter, who suffers at the hands of pagans in Syria and Britain, was a well known medieval tale. It can also be found in the "Confessio Amantis" of Chaucer's contemporary John Gower.

From Quiz Doctors in Literature

Answer: Virginia

The story of Virginia comes from the third book of Livy's history of Rome. It was re-told and adapted countless times in European literature.

From Quiz The Clergy in English Literature

Answer: The Plowman

"With hym ther was a Plowman, was his brother" (Prologue, line 531). Generally speaking, Chaucer's ecclesiastics are an unedifying bunch. The Friar, the Summoner and the Pardoner see their flock only as a source of money. The Monk and the Prioress are very worldly characters. By contrast, the Parson (a parish priest) is depicted as a genuinely pious man, teaching goodness by example rather than precept, and devoting himself to his parishioners. The Canterbury Tales conclude with the Parson's sermon on the seven deadly sins.

From Quiz Help Wanted

Answer: Strider

Strider, also known as Aragorn, is a character from "The Lord of the Rings". The trilogy written by J.R.R. Tolkien is one of the most loved works of literature for children and adults. Tolkien was a mentor and friend to the famous C.S. Lewis.

From Quiz The Ten Most Famous Literary Characters

Answer: Poison

In my opinion, Romeo and Juliet would be next in line as Shakespeare's most well-known characters.

From Quiz Smoke and Mirrors

Answer: Role of Honour

When Bond receives a large inheritance, nay-sayers crawl out of the woodwork, accusing him of a range of improprieties, which eventually lead to him being kicked out of the Secret Service. Without work, Bond puts the word out that he's "available" and this draws SPECTRE to his door. Initially meeting with Jay Autem Holy, he is eventually introduced to Tamil Rahani and finds himself involved in a plot to disarm the USA's nuclear capacity and provide Russia with a significant advantage in the Cold War. Bond's initial dismissal was a set-up and he denies SPECTRE their victory and, in the process, he captures Rahini. Rahini escapes, but is seriously injured, which leaves him with cancer of the spine and not very long to live. He resurfaces in Gardner's next novel, "Nobody Lives Forever" (1986), where he places a large bounty on Bond's head but is killed by Bond courtesy of a planted "bed bomb". This honourable question has been created by Phoenix Rising team member pollucci19.

From Quiz Helping Hands

Answer: Hannah Gruen

The first Nancy Drew book appeared in 1930. The stories are updated regularly; as of 2012, Nancy is driving a hybrid car and using a cell phone. However, she is still dating Ned Nickerson and hanging out with friends Bess Marvin and George Fayne.

From Quiz Knights' Tales

Answer: Bath

'The Wife of Bath's Tale' is set in the times of King Arthur, and is about a knight who has one year to find the answer to the question 'what is it that most women desire?' or face execution for rape. Eventually, an old woman tells him the answer is 'to have control over her husband', which saves him from death but at the price of marrying the crone. Having surrendered to her will and kissed her, she turns into a beautiful young woman, so his submission is rewarded. 'The Knight's Tale' is a rather more conventional story of courtly love.

From Quiz The Doctor Is Out...Of His Mind!

Answer: War of the Worlds

"The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells is a science fiction novel published in 1898 that was considered by many to be ahead of its time. The story takes place in London in the novel and in California in the 1953 movie that it inspired. This novel about the possible annihilation of mankind by beings from another world was also made into a 60-minute radio program that was narrated by actor and filmmaker Orson Wells. Dr. Forrester, whose name is not known until radio and movie adaptations, is one of the terrified characters, being driven mad by fear of the unknown, who attempts to kill the enemy with biological warfare. The differences in the novel, the movie, the radio presentation, and a subsequent television show, are too many to list.

From Quiz Which Witch

Answer: Paige Winterbourne

Written by Canadian author Kelly Armstrong, these books are set in a supernatural world that is very real and believable. Unlike other books with similar settings, in this world witches and sorcerers are enemies, not natural allies. Paige Winterbourne is the daughter of a deceased witch and coven leader, and is under constant pressure from the elders of the coven to do things "properly". This means not drawing attention to the coven and doing things the way they have always been done. Something Paige seems unable to do.

From Quiz Lawyers in Anglo-American Literature

Answer: Portia

Antonio has borrowed three thousand ducats from the moneylender Shylock, and agreed to pledge a pound of his flesh as security. When he is unable to pay, Shylock gleefully demands his rights and is deaf to all pleas for mercy. But the tables are turned when Portia/Balthazar points out that the bond does not allow him to shed any blood in taking his pound of flesh.

From Quiz Doctors in Literature

Answer: Molière

"Le Malade Imaginaire" was Molière's last work, finished very shortly before his death. Molière was plagued by illness during the last years of his life, and his low opinion of the seventeenth-century medical profession is undoubtedly based on personal experience.

From Quiz The Clergy in English Literature

Answer: Friar Tuck

Tuck appears in the ballad of "Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar," where he gets the better of Robin. The ballad probably dates from the late fifteenth century, though the earliest extant manuscript text was written about two centuries later.

From Quiz Help Wanted

Answer: Helen

Helen of Troy was rumored to be one of the most beautiful woman to ever step foot on the face of the earth. Her radiant face is the only one that "has launched a thousand ships".

From Quiz Smoke and Mirrors

Answer: Two hands

In the novel, the prosthetic hands are merely pincers. How Dr No got them is part of his back story. He was the issue of a German missionary and a Chinese girl. He worked for a Chinese crime syndicate in New York City and stole a million dollars in gold from them. They tracked him down, cut off his hands and shot him through the left side of the chest, but wait! Dr No had dextrocardia - his heart was on the right side of his chest so he survived. And then he met Mr Bond.... This question was written by Phoenix Rising Team Member 1nn1 who uses a pincer grip when writing out Fun Trivia questions.

From Quiz Ready, Aim ... Fire!

Answer: Al Neri

Although a policeman is normally not allowed to become a member of the mafia, aka a made man, an exception is made in Al's case because he served time in prison for manslaughter after killing a drug dealer/pimp with his flashlight. Tom Hagen and Peter Clemenza arrange for his release from prison and appeal to his Sicilian-American roots in recruiting him. He serves Michael in the same capacity as that in which Luca Brasi served Michael's father Vito, and with the same loyalty and devotion. When Michael cleans house to re-establish his family's control of organized crime, it is Neri who kills Moe Greene in Vegas and Emilio Brazini in New York on the courthouse steps while wearing his old policeman uniform. In the movie Neri only kills Brazini, because the two assassinations take place simultaneously, but this is a departure from the novel. This question was created by Phoenix Rising member tazman6619.

From Quiz What the Butler Saw

Answer: Stephano

Appearing in Shakespeare's "Tempest", Stephano is a murderous rebel and drunk who tries to recruit Caliban, by giving him large quantities of alcohol, to the murder of Prospero. Stephano and court jester Trinculo think that they can become masters, only to be brought to order by the magic of Prospero. Antonio is Alonso's brother; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are characters in "Hamlet".

From Quiz Helping Hands

Answer: Jeeves

Jeeves and Wooster were featured in 11 novels and 35 short stories. The characters have been portrayed on film by Arthur Treacher/David Niven and Hugh Laurie/Stephen Fry.

From Quiz Knights' Tales

Answer: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Falstaff is the companion to Prince Hal, the future King Henry V, in the two historical plays and is depicted as fat, braggardly, vain and a coward. He is put aside once the prince becomes king, and does not appear in 'Henry V', although his death is mentioned. In 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' Falstaff is trying to attract the attentions of two different women, Mistresses Page and Ford, in the hope that one of them will solve his financial difficulties. His plans come to naught and Falstaff is publicly humiliated while accepting that he deserved this outcome.

From Quiz The Doctor Is Out...Of His Mind!

Answer: Superman

Lex Luthor first appeared in the April 1940 edition of DC Action Comics #23. He is described as a mad doctor bent on controlling the earth. He uses his intelligence to make futuristic weapons in his quest for world domination. He is Superman's archenemy and they have been battling each other for many decades.

From Quiz The Colour of Magic

Answer: Pug

Pug, who appears in Feist's first book "Magician" (English version 1982) is a 13 year old boy who becomes apprentice to the Magician Kulgan, the court wizard of Castle Crydee, on Midkemia. The world is invaded by a race called the Tsurani from Kelewan through a rift. The rift was created by The Great Ones, as the magicians are known there, and after Pug is captured and becomes a slave, his magical powers are soon recognised by The Great Ones, and he is trained in their magic. He returns to Midkemia and plays a big part in ending the war. In later books he battles demons, and creatures from other dimensions, until he meets Sidi/Leso Varen ("Tear of the Gods" 2000), a dark necromancer, with powers far in excess of his. Although Sidi/Leso Varen dies a number of times, he is not killed. The evil necromancer's powers prevent his soul from dying when his body is destroyed, allowing him to constantly return in other bodies to harass the Conclave. Pug's struggle to permanently destroy Leso Varen becomes a primary story element in the "Conclave of Shadows" trilogy (2002-2004) and the "Darkwar Saga" trilogy (2005-2008). Question from ArthurR.

From Quiz Which Witch

Answer: Anathema Device

This 1990 collaboration between Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is about the birth of the Antichrist, the end of the world, and the efforts of the representatives on earth of both God and Satan to prevent this, because they have become very comfortable with life exactly the way it is. To do this they need Agnes Nutter's book of prophecies, the only remaining copy of which is in the possession of her descendant, Anathema Device.

From Quiz Lawyers in Anglo-American Literature

Answer: Samuel Pickwick

The unscrupulous lawyers Dodson and Fogg persuade Pickwick's landlady, Mrs Bardell, to sue on the strength of a few innocuous notes written by Pickwick. Pickwick loses the case but refuses to pay damages or Mrs Bardell's costs, preferring to be incarcerated in a debtor's prison. Of course, all turns out for the best in the end.

From Quiz Doctors in Literature

Answer: Manette

Dr Manette was imprisoned by the Marquis Saint-Évremonde to prevent him from revealing the truth about the nobleman's treatment of a peasant family. After eighteen years of solitary confinement he has lost his senses and his memory, but he is gradually restored to health and sanity by the love of his daughter Lucie.

From Quiz The Clergy in English Literature

Answer: Friar Lawrence

Friar John is Lawrence's companion who is unable to deliver Lawrence's message about the sleeping draught to Romeo. The other two choices are imaginary.

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