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Quiz about Alex Rider 8 Crocodile Tears
Quiz about Alex Rider 8 Crocodile Tears

Alex Rider #8: "Crocodile Tears" Quiz


The 2009 "Alex Rider" book by Anthony Horowitz has just been released, so as soon as I finished reading it I knew I had to make a quiz on it. I've finished, so here's my quiz. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by hstarr. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
hstarr
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
319,409
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
11 / 15
Plays
291
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 82 (0/15), Guest 92 (10/15), Guest 75 (14/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. What is the name of the castle located at Loch Arkaig where Desmond McCain's party is held? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. What is McCain's hand in the Texas Hold 'Em hand which Alex participates in? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Edward Pleasure, Alex, and Sabina escape the underwater off-road vehicle by breaking a window with what object? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. What is the name of the journalist who threatens Alex with exposure? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Where does Alex hide after downloading the information from Straik's office? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Alex takes on one of McCain's men in a knife fight in which section of Greenfields? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. While trapped in a burning studio, Alex escapes through the air ducts. What item does he take from the studio in order to escape? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. In order to get Alex through Heathrow Airport without attracting attention, Myra Beckett knocks out Alex and takes him through on a stretcher.


Question 9 of 15
9. After Alex's kidnapping, he is taken to what African nation? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. While McCain was in prison for fraud, he gained public standing by pretending to convert to what religion?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 11 of 15
11. The altered wheat genes engineered by McCain and Straik will produce what lethal substance? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. McCain's torture for Alex consists of forcing him to hold onto handles so that he will be dangling over a pit of crocodiles.


Question 13 of 15
13. Rahim works for the secret service of what country? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Alex destroys the genetically altered wheat by causing what type of disaster? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. In the final showdown between Alex and McCain, Alex uses which of his gadgets to defeat McCain? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the name of the castle located at Loch Arkaig where Desmond McCain's party is held?

Answer: Kilmore Castle

Kilmore Castle is owned by the wealthy Desmond McCain. He holds his New Year's Eve party here, which Alex and Sabina attend. The Gaelic motto on the front door translates, "You cannot defeat your enemies until you know who they are."
2. What is McCain's hand in the Texas Hold 'Em hand which Alex participates in?

Answer: Four of a kind

At McCain's party, the final poker hand comes down to three players: Alex, McCain, and an accountant - later revealed to be Leonard Straik. After all players go all in, Straik reveals his hand of two pairs, before McCain claims the pot with four of a kind. Unfortunately for him, Alex then reveals his cards: a straight flush in hearts.
3. Edward Pleasure, Alex, and Sabina escape the underwater off-road vehicle by breaking a window with what object?

Answer: Walking stick

Alex is able to help everyone escape from the car by breaking a window, allowing the water pressure to equalize and Sabina to open a door. This permits them to help get the unconscious Edward to the surface.
4. What is the name of the journalist who threatens Alex with exposure?

Answer: Harry Bulman

Bulman comes over to Alex's house and informs him that he plans to release Alex's story to the media. Alex reports this to MI6, who wipe Bulman's identity from all records in order to protect Alex. Bulman is later shot by McCain after telling him who Alex really is.
5. Where does Alex hide after downloading the information from Straik's office?

Answer: Behind a painting

Alex is able to witness the conversation between Straik and McCain; however, the alarm is raised after Straik notices that a memory stick that was in his computer is not in it now.
6. Alex takes on one of McCain's men in a knife fight in which section of Greenfields?

Answer: Poison Dome

Alex is able to defeat the man after knocking him into a bed of poisonous porcupine flowers. Since his protective suit has been cut, the man is stung to death.
7. While trapped in a burning studio, Alex escapes through the air ducts. What item does he take from the studio in order to escape?

Answer: shield

Alex is forced to escape through the air conditioning ducts after the studio is set on fire by bombs. He uses the shield to protect his hands as he moves through the hot metal duct, then kicks out the grate to escape.
8. In order to get Alex through Heathrow Airport without attracting attention, Myra Beckett knocks out Alex and takes him through on a stretcher.

Answer: False

Beckett, who is working for McCain, kidnaps Alex and gives him drugs to partially paralyze him, then disguises him as a mentally disabled person and takes him through the airport in a wheelchair. Alex is unable to cry out since the drugs have attacked his muscles.
9. After Alex's kidnapping, he is taken to what African nation?

Answer: Kenya

McCain, of course, has arranged the kidnapping. He has brought Alex to Kenya in order that he may witness the devastation planned for the world.
10. While McCain was in prison for fraud, he gained public standing by pretending to convert to what religion?

Answer: Christianity

McCain pretended to become a Christian in order that he might have public standing as a disgraced man who had repented. He even set up a fake charity, First Aid, in order to increase his power.
11. The altered wheat genes engineered by McCain and Straik will produce what lethal substance?

Answer: Ricin

McCain's plan is to have the ricin-wheat growing in Kenya, and to cause a sudden plague throughout Africa. He then plans to announce his charity's plans to help the continent (as they are always "first on the scene"), wait for donations to pour in, then pocket the money.
12. McCain's torture for Alex consists of forcing him to hold onto handles so that he will be dangling over a pit of crocodiles.

Answer: True

Fortunately for Alex, a man (Rahim) comes up behind Beckett while she watches Alex from an observation platform and stabs her. She then topples forward into the pit of crocodiles.
13. Rahim works for the secret service of what country?

Answer: India

Rahim works for RAW: the Research and Analysis Wing of the Indian secret service. He helps out Alex three times: when he is trapped under Loch Arkaig, when he is being tortured by McCain and Beckett, and when he is trapped on the flooding dam.
14. Alex destroys the genetically altered wheat by causing what type of disaster?

Answer: Flood

Alex places a bomb (taken from Rahim) into a dam, jamming it between the outlet valves. The bomb goes off five minutes later, destroying the dam and flooding the field in which the wheat is growing. The sudden flood and explosion also cause the deaths of the African guards following Alex, and Alex is almost killed too, but Rahim rescues him.
15. In the final showdown between Alex and McCain, Alex uses which of his gadgets to defeat McCain?

Answer: black gel-ink pen

The pen is equipped with gelignite, with a fuse and timer in the cap, and a detonator in the plunger. After fleeing from several of McCain's shots, Alex takes cover behind a fuel drum. He attaches the pen before rolling it towards McCain, who stops it with his foot before taking aim at Alex. Before he can shoot, the drum explodes, taking McCain with it.
Source: Author hstarr

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