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Georgette Heyer Quotes Trivia Quiz

Test your Georgette Heyer knowledge.

A multiple-choice quiz by whatever111. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
whatever111

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
65,906

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1082

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who said: 'Well, you beautiful, bad-tempered thorn in my flesh'? Hint

Charles Rivenhall

Brigade-Major Harry Smith

Simon of Beauvallet

Ivo Spencer Barrasford

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who said: 'I feel an almost overwhelming interest in the methods of daylight abduction employed by the modern youth.'? Hint

Justin Alastair

Giles Merion

Marcus Drelincourt

Edward Carlyon

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who said: 'A wealthy fribble, three parts idiot, and the fourth - never mind'? Hint

Jasper Damerel

Julian Audley

Sylvester Rayne

Charles Audley

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who said: 'There is a corpse somewhere on the road to town. Mr. Fox does not want it there. Remove it.'? Hint

Captain Gideon Ware

Justin Alastair

Miles Calverleigh

Dominic Alastair

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who said: '...what do you mean by hugging and kissing me wife under me very eyes'? Hint

Miles O'Hara

Ashley Carrington

Jack Carstares

Captain Adam Deveril

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'My dear young greenhead,'said ---, with a touch of asperity, 'one can discover that a female is a dead bore in less than two hours!' Who is ---? Hint

Jasper Damerel

Ashley Carrington

Wilfred Steane

Julian Audley

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who said: 'Now tell me, do my eyes deceive me, or is there a suggestion - the merest hint - of a - really, I fear I must call it a bagginess - about the ankle'? Hint

Julian Audley

Sir Gareth Ludlow

Frederick Standen

Marcus Drelincourt

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who said: 'If someone would have the good-sense to inform me whether I am assisting at a tragedy or a farce I should be grateful'? Hint

Robert Beaumaris

Jack Westruther

Max Ravenscar

Sir Tristam Shield

9. Who said: 'If you can contrive to come out of what would appear to be a catalepsy, assemble the few wits God gave you and attend to me, I trust I may be able to allay your brotherly anxiety'? Hint

Giles Merion

Phillip Jettan

Anthony Verelst

Sir Gareth Ludlow

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who said: 'I hesitate to wound you...but the spectacle of a woman of your name, birth, and tradition, cold-bloodedly offering herself to the highest bidder is not one calculated to impress the world with a very strong notion of her pride'? Hint

Phillip Broome

Sir Richard Wyndham

Captain John Staples

Robert Beaumaris

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who said: 'Well, you beautiful, bad-tempered thorn in my flesh'?

Answer: Ivo Spencer Barrasford

2. Who said: 'I feel an almost overwhelming interest in the methods of daylight abduction employed by the modern youth.'?

Answer: Justin Alastair

Justin Alastair, Duke of Avon is talking to Mary Challoner about Dominic Alastair abducting her in 'Devil's Cub.'

3. Who said: 'A wealthy fribble, three parts idiot, and the fourth - never mind'?

Answer: Sylvester Rayne

The Duke of Salford talking to his mother about Sir Nugent Fotherby in 'Sylvester.'

4. Who said: 'There is a corpse somewhere on the road to town. Mr. Fox does not want it there. Remove it.'?

Answer: Dominic Alastair

The Marquis of Vidal talking to one of the footmen at Lady Montague's drum about a footpad he shot in 'Devil's Cub.'

5. Who said: '...what do you mean by hugging and kissing me wife under me very eyes'?

Answer: Miles O'Hara

Miles O'Hara talking to Jack Carstares in 'The Black Moth.'

6. 'My dear young greenhead,'said ---, with a touch of asperity, 'one can discover that a female is a dead bore in less than two hours!' Who is ---?

Answer: Wilfred Steane

Wilfred Steane to Viscount Desford's younger brother Simon Carrington, about the possiblility of Desford having cast Cherry Steane off in 'Charity Girl'.

7. Who said: 'Now tell me, do my eyes deceive me, or is there a suggestion - the merest hint - of a - really, I fear I must call it a bagginess - about the ankle'?

Answer: Marcus Drelincourt

8. Who said: 'If someone would have the good-sense to inform me whether I am assisting at a tragedy or a farce I should be grateful'?

Answer: Jack Westruther

Jack Westruther addressing the company just after the arrival of Freddy Standen on the scene when Dolph tried to hide again in 'Cotillion'.

9. Who said: 'If you can contrive to come out of what would appear to be a catalepsy, assemble the few wits God gave you and attend to me, I trust I may be able to allay your brotherly anxiety'?

Answer: Sir Gareth Ludlow

Sir Gareth Ludlow talking to Lady Hester Theale's brother in 'Sprig Muslin'.

Answer: Sir Richard Wyndham

Sir Richard Wyndham to his prospective fiancee in 'The Corinthian'.

Source: Author whatever111

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