Quiz about Authors also known as
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Famous authors, less famously known as......

A multiple-choice quiz by Ruma. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Ruma
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
16,376
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
5
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
3 / 5
Plays
2285
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1. Elizabeth Peters, creator of the Victorian Egyptologist and feminist, Amelia Peabody, has delighted readers with her exploits. Along with her husband, the brilliant but irascible Radcliffe Emerson, and her extraordinary son, Ramses, she has solved many mysteries, and been the bete noir of many an antique thief and grave robber.Peters has also written thrillers with her inimitable touch of class under the following name: Hint

Barbara Michaels
Faye Sultan
Barbara Delinsky
Janet Evanovich

2. Who doesn't know Agatha Christie? Her books featuring detectives Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Tuppence and Tommy Beresford and Harley Quin, are famous. Do you know that she also tried her hand at gothic romances under this nom de plume? Hint

Marcia Muller
Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Westmacott
Victoria Holt

3. Ed McBain wrote the gripping series of police detective novels about the detectives of the fictional 87th precinct, and others about Matthew Hope. Few people know that he is also the writer named: Hint

Mike Foley
Robert B Parker
Robert Crais
Evan Hunter

4. Stephen King is the Master of Suspense and Horror. His books include 'The Shining','The Dead Zone' and 'Salem's Lot' to mention just a few. But he has also written under pen names. Which pen name is the one he has used most often?

Answer: (First and last name or last name only)
5. Victoria Holt is famous with gothic romance fans.Her well-known novels include 'Bride of Pendorric', 'On the Night of the Seventh Moon', and 'Shadow of the Lynx'. She also wrote novels based on the lives of famous kings and queens, under the pen name of: Hint

Barbara Cartland
Barbara McCorquodale
Nora Roberts
Jean Plaidy


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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Elizabeth Peters, creator of the Victorian Egyptologist and feminist, Amelia Peabody, has delighted readers with her exploits. Along with her husband, the brilliant but irascible Radcliffe Emerson, and her extraordinary son, Ramses, she has solved many mysteries, and been the bete noir of many an antique thief and grave robber.Peters has also written thrillers with her inimitable touch of class under the following name:

Answer: Barbara Michaels

As Barbara Michaels, she has written 'The Crying Child', 'Prince of Darkness' and 'House of Many Shadows'. As Peters, her books include,'Crocodile in the Sandbank','The Hippopotamus Pool', and 'The Curse of the Pharaohs' to mention a few.
2. Who doesn't know Agatha Christie? Her books featuring detectives Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Tuppence and Tommy Beresford and Harley Quin, are famous. Do you know that she also tried her hand at gothic romances under this nom de plume?

Answer: Mary Westmacott

Mary Westmacott's books include 'Unfinished Portrait','The Rose and the Yew Tree' and 'A Daughter's Daughter'.She didn't achieve an iota of Agatha Christie's fame, by comparison.
3. Ed McBain wrote the gripping series of police detective novels about the detectives of the fictional 87th precinct, and others about Matthew Hope. Few people know that he is also the writer named:

Answer: Evan Hunter

..Very different. Do you know he had more pen-names, too? Including Richard Marsten, Curt Cannon and Ezra Hannon! And that his real name was neither McBain nor Hunter, but Salvatore Lombino!
4. Stephen King is the Master of Suspense and Horror. His books include 'The Shining','The Dead Zone' and 'Salem's Lot' to mention just a few. But he has also written under pen names. Which pen name is the one he has used most often?

Answer: Richard Bachman

The Bachman books include 'The Long Walk', 'Rage', and 'The Running Man'. Tried them?

He has also used the pen name John Swithen.
5. Victoria Holt is famous with gothic romance fans.Her well-known novels include 'Bride of Pendorric', 'On the Night of the Seventh Moon', and 'Shadow of the Lynx'. She also wrote novels based on the lives of famous kings and queens, under the pen name of:

Answer: Jean Plaidy

The Jean Plaidy books include 'Rose without a Thorn', 'The Shadow of the Pomegranate', and 'Royal Road to Forthingay'.She was especially fond of the Tudor and Stuart rulers.
Source: Author Ruma

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