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Oh No You Don't! Trivia Quiz

"I should like to see you try" is often quoted between the "Lord of Scoundrels" and his Lady in Loretta Chase's acclaimed, award-winning 1995 romance.

A multiple-choice quiz by filomena20. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
filomena20

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
379,128

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
93

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Question 1 of 10

1. As the Rue de Provence is one of the streets mentioned, you will know that the novel's action begins in which of these locations? Hint

1828 Paris

1830 Bath

1828 London

1830 Yorkshire

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Question 2 of 10

2. Lord Sebastian Ballister was the only child of his English father's second marriage. With the surname Usignuolo, Sebastian's mother's family was NOT English, but what nationality? Hint

French

Spanish

Portuguese

Italian

3. As a lonely, miserable child sent to board at Eton aged 8 years, Dain grew up to be a complex character. Contrary to family tradition, Dain's cold and distant father attempted to send him to which university?

Hint

Oxford

Harvard

The Sorbonne

Cambridge

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Jessica, no woman does who can regard men objectively." During a discussion of marriage, who says this when Jessica says she doesn't want a husband? Hint

Lila Beaumont

Le Comte d' Esmond

Lord Dain

Genevieve, Lady Pembury

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Question 5 of 10

5. Jessica Trent and Lady Pembury arrive in to Paris MAINLY to do what? Hint

Attend a series of concerts

Celebrate Genevieve's birthday

Rescue Bertie from Lord Dain's negative influence

Purchase stock for Jessica's London shop

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Question 6 of 10

6. The "Lord of Scoundrels" and Jessica Trent first meet where?

Hint

In a Parisian shop

At a ball

In a Parisian coffee shop

At a museum

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Question 7 of 10

7. At Champtois' shop, Jessica buys two items. ONE is a birthday gift for Genevieve. The SECOND, a Holy object of veneration, is what?

Hint

A rare Faberge egg

A rare antique book

A rare bejewelled fan

A rare Russian icon

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Question 8 of 10

8. Aware that Dain desperately covets her bargain purchase, Jessica offers to give him this item if he will agree to send Bertie home. Where is this offer made? Hint

At a museum

In a Parisian shop

In a Parisian coffee shop

At a ball

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Whence arises this philosophical profundity?" During a discussion of whether the Almighty is a female, Jessica says this to whom? Hint

Le Duc d' Albonville

Lord Dain

Bertie

Le Comte d' Esmond

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Question 10 of 10

10. After Dain and Jessica marry in London, they live at Althcourt, his ancestral estate. Althcourt is in an English South West county, often regarded as the home of the quintessential English tea. Which county is this? Hint

Dorset

Wiltshire

Cornwall

Devon

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. As the Rue de Provence is one of the streets mentioned, you will know that the novel's action begins in which of these locations?

Answer: 1828 Paris

In an amusing scene between the heroine and her hero, she suggests that he should button up his trousers as they walk through the streets of Paris. While Dain is not modest, he is aware that Paris is the "most sartorially critical city in the world."

2. Lord Sebastian Ballister was the only child of his English father's second marriage. With the surname Usignuolo, Sebastian's mother's family was NOT English, but what nationality?

Answer: Italian

After his wife and first four children had died of illness, Dain's 42 year old father married Lucia Usignuolo (17), of a Florentine family.

Answer: Cambridge

Thinking of himself as dark and hard, Dain identified with his home county Dartmoor, a land of hilly, rocky moors. While the Ballisters had always attended Oxford, Dain's father tried to send him to Cambridge.

4. "Jessica, no woman does who can regard men objectively." During a discussion of marriage, who says this when Jessica says she doesn't want a husband?

Answer: Genevieve, Lady Pembury

In her youth, Genevieve, now 70, was a celebrated Femme Fatale in Paris. Young at heart, she has encouraged her grandchildren to call her by her first name. She and Jessica are very close, and Genevieve has very frankly instructed Jessica about intimate relationships.

5. Jessica Trent and Lady Pembury arrive in to Paris MAINLY to do what?

Answer: Rescue Bertie from Lord Dain's negative influence

As Jessica's family is not wealthy, Bertie's involvement with Lord Dain is of great concern. While Dain can afford a wasteful and extravagant lifestyle, Bertie cannot.

6. The "Lord of Scoundrels" and Jessica Trent first meet where?

Answer: In a Parisian shop

The shop proprietor Champtois is described as a "purveyor of antiques and artistic curiosities".

7. At Champtois' shop, Jessica buys two items. ONE is a birthday gift for Genevieve. The SECOND, a Holy object of veneration, is what?

Answer: A rare Russian icon

Dain cannot believe that Miss Trent spotted this treasure which had been overlooked by him in Champtois' shop.

8. Aware that Dain desperately covets her bargain purchase, Jessica offers to give him this item if he will agree to send Bertie home. Where is this offer made?

Answer: In a Parisian coffee shop

Despite Dain's sarcastic, insulting behaviour where he scandalously unbuttons her glove in the coffee-shop, Jessica is not intimidated and refuses to sell him the icon.

9. "Whence arises this philosophical profundity?" During a discussion of whether the Almighty is a female, Jessica says this to whom?

Answer: Bertie

Not the brightest "light-bulb in the box", Bertie has memorised a quote about women from his idol Dain. Jessica makes fun of her brother when she asks him this question and, as he doesn't understand her, she has to ask the question in simpler terms.

Answer: Devon

Althcourt is one of many estates Dain inherited upon his father's death. Having a knack for making money, he restores the debt-ridden Althcourt to rights and then leaves to live in Paris.

Source: Author filomena20

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