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Quiz about Fifth Business
Quiz about Fifth Business

Fifth Business Trivia Quiz


How much do you know about who killed Boy Stanton? This is the quiz on first part of the trilogy by Robertson Davies.

A multiple-choice quiz by jenmolly. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
jenmolly
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
251,886
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
303
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which town did Ramsey and Boy Stanton grow up in? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Ramsey goes off to serve in which war? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What does Ramsey lose at Passchendale? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who is the person to throw the snowball at Mrs Dempster? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Ramsey and Boy were romantically involved with the same person.


Question 6 of 10
6. This is the topic that became Ramsey's lifelong obsession. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What was the name of Boy's first wife? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. From whom does Paul first learn magic tricks? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What is the name of Paul's magician mentor in Le Grand Cirque Forain de St Vite? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Who does Ramsey fight in a hotel room while he travels with Magnus Eisengrim and his troupe? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which town did Ramsey and Boy Stanton grow up in?

Answer: Deptford

Deptford is the name of the trilogy. Pembroke is the quiz author's boyfriend's home town and Bowles Corner is the name of a town that Deptford citizens "look with pitying amusement on."
2. Ramsey goes off to serve in which war?

Answer: WW I

He goes off to France and ends up fighting in the Third Battle of Ypres.
3. What does Ramsey lose at Passchendale?

Answer: His leg

He had his leg blown off.
4. Who is the person to throw the snowball at Mrs Dempster?

Answer: Boy Stanton

One might say this solitary snowball, snowballed into the finale of his death.
5. Ramsey and Boy were romantically involved with the same person.

Answer: True

Before Boy came home to marry Leola, Ramsey and Leola were involved.
6. This is the topic that became Ramsey's lifelong obsession.

Answer: Saints

He wrote prolificly about saints. His books were titled, 'A Hundred Saints for Travellers', 'Forgotten Saints of Tyrol' and 'Celtic Saints of Britain and Europe'.
7. What was the name of Boy's first wife?

Answer: Leola

Caroline is the daughter, Lisel is the name of the Swiss woman who befriended Paul and Ramsey. Denyse is Boy's second wife.
8. From whom does Paul first learn magic tricks?

Answer: Ramsey

Ramsey taught him card tricks and coin manipulation as a tiny child. Faustus LeGrand was Paul's first stage name and Le Solitare was the man who taught Paul magic after he left Deptford.
9. What is the name of Paul's magician mentor in Le Grand Cirque Forain de St Vite?

Answer: Le Solitaire

The bearded lady thought that Paul regarded Le Solitaire as his father in art.
10. Who does Ramsey fight in a hotel room while he travels with Magnus Eisengrim and his troupe?

Answer: Lisel

When he first sees her, Ramsey thinks Lisel "was certainly the ugliest human creature I had ever seen."
Source: Author jenmolly

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