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Anthony Burgess Trivia Quiz

Some questions on the fiction of the late great British novelist Anthony Burgess.

A multiple-choice quiz by gormless1. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
gormless1

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
33,339

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
353

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Question 1 of 10

1. What's the name of Ken Toomey's manservant, at the beginning of 'Earthly Powers'? Hint

Wasim

Sirhan

Bashir

Ali

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who, watching three televisons at once, inspired 'The End of the World News'? Hint

Muammar Gaddafi

Leonid Brezhnev

Margaret Thatcher

Jimmy Carter

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Question 3 of 10

3. What's the beer many characters drink in the Malayan Trilogy novels? Hint

Bintang

Kirin

Kerala

Tiger

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the poet Enderby doing at the beginning of 'Inside Mr Enderby'? Hint

Eating

Driving

Walking

Sleeping

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Question 5 of 10

5. In 'Honey for the Bears', which Russian city does Paul Hussey set sail for? Hint

Moscow

Leningrad

Tbilisi

Sverdlovsk

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the name of the hero in MF? Hint

Merrick Faberge

Miles Faber

Mike Farnley

Malick Frunze

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Question 7 of 10

7. In 'Beard's Roman Women', what is Beard's first name? Hint

Roy

Reginald

Ronald

Richard

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Question 8 of 10

8. How old is 'A Clockwork Orange's' Alex? Hint

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 'A Clockwork Orange', what's the language Alex and his friends speak? Hint

Nadsat

Russian

Ingsoc

Esperanto

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Question 10 of 10

10. Back to Enderby: what's the name of the wife he acquires after his London luncheon? Hint

Vivienne

Victoria

Valmai

Vesta

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What's the name of Ken Toomey's manservant, at the beginning of 'Earthly Powers'?

Answer: Ali

'It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite, when my manservant announced the archbishop was here to see me...'

2. Who, watching three televisons at once, inspired 'The End of the World News'?

Answer: Jimmy Carter

Carter and his family were watching 3 TVs in the White House

3. What's the beer many characters drink in the Malayan Trilogy novels?

Answer: Tiger

'Time for a Tiger'

4. What is the poet Enderby doing at the beginning of 'Inside Mr Enderby'?

Answer: Sleeping

Asleep, he is visited by literature students from the future...

5. In 'Honey for the Bears', which Russian city does Paul Hussey set sail for?

Answer: Leningrad

He hopes to sell dralon dresses to Russians.

6. What is the name of the hero in MF?

Answer: Miles Faber

Published 1971

7. In 'Beard's Roman Women', what is Beard's first name?

Answer: Ronald

8. How old is 'A Clockwork Orange's' Alex?

Answer: 15

And he loves Beethoven, of course

9. In 'A Clockwork Orange', what's the language Alex and his friends speak?

Answer: Nadsat

'...his three droogs tolchock an old veck...'

10. Back to Enderby: what's the name of the wife he acquires after his London luncheon?

Answer: Vesta

Vesta Bainbridge, editor of FEM

Source: Author gormless1

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