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A-Z Wodehouse Trivia Quiz


A-Z quiz on the various colourful characters appearing in the novels written by the inimitable P G Wodehouse.

A multiple-choice quiz by deepakmr. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
deepakmr
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
285,341
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
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Question 1 of 25
1. A is for Alaric, Duke of Dunstable who likes to drop in at Blandings without invitation. Who among the following is Alaric's rich nephew who is a member of the Drones? Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. B is for Bertie Wooster, one of the most popular characters created by Plum. Bertie keeps getting engaged and has to rely on Jeeves to get out of his entanglements. Who among the following was not engaged to Bertie? Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. C is for Constance Keeble, the chatelaine of Blandings Castle. Who is the American businessman who woos Connie and marries her? Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. D is for Dahlia Travers, aunt of Bertie Wooster. Who among the following is engaged to Dahlia's daughter Angela? Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. E is for Eve Halliday who is engaged (and presumably married) to Psmith. Which of Plum's novels features Eve? Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. F is for Fredrick Twistleton, Earl of Ickenham. Lord Ickenham, or Uncle Fred, as he is popularly known, is featured in which of the following Blandings novels? Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. G is for Galahad Threepwood or Gally, the dapper younger brother of Lord Emsworth. Who among the following was not one of Gally's numerous sisters? Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. H is for Harold Pinker. The Rev. Harold Pinker, also known as 'Stinker'. To whom is Harold engaged? Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. I is for Ivor Llewellyn, a Hollywood magnate and President of the Superba-Llewllyn Motion Corporation. Which of these novels does not feature Llewellyn? Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. J is for Jeeves, man Friday of Bertie Wooster. Which was the first full-length Jeeves novel written by Wodehouse? Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. K is for 'Kipper' Herring, another of Wooster's chums who studied with him at school. Who is the bubbly red-head to whom Kipper is engaged? Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. L is for Linda Gilpin, niece of the Duke of Dunstable. She is engaged to one of Gally's godsons; what is his name? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. M is for Mulliner. Mr. Mulliner is a well-known raconteur, who entertains customers at the Angler's rest with stories about his family. Who is his nephew, well-known for mimicking a hen laying an egg? Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. N is for Niagara Donaldson, the daughter of an American businessman. How do we know her better? Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. O is for Ogden Ford. This obnoxious child is the target of many a kidnapper. In which novel do we meet him? Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. P is for Percy Pilbeam, the nosy detective and proprietor of the Argus Inquiry Agency. In 'Heavy Weather', Pilbeam hires Monty Bodkin as a detective; why does he do it? Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. Q is for Queen of Matchingham. Who is the Queen of Matchingham? Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. R is for Rupert Baxter, the efficient secretary of Lord Emsworth. Baxter had been sacked by Emsworth, because he had thrown pots at Emsworth. What was the reason for Baxter throwing pots at Emsworth? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. S is for 'Soapy' Molloy, a con artist, who, along with his wife Dolly, is featured in many of Plum's novels. In which of these novels do we meet Soapy? Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. T is for Tilbury. Lord Tilbury, or 'Stinker' Pyke, is the proprietor of the Mammoth Publishing Company and owns a number of magazines. Which of the following novels do not feature Lord Tilbury? Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. U is for Ukridge. Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge is involved in entrepreneurial ideas which always go bust. What is the name of Ukridge's friend who is also the narrator of the stories? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. V is for Veronica Wedge, the stunningly beautiful daughter of Hermione Wedge. Whom does Veronica marry? Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. W is for Watkyn Basset. Sir Watkyn Basset is the owner of Totleigh Towers. Who is Watkyn's daughter Madeline engaged to in the novel 'Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves'? Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. No X, we move on to Y for Yaxley. Lord Yaxley is featured in one of the short story collections of Plum. Whom is Lord Yaxley related to? Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. Z is for Zenobia 'Nobby' Hopwood, a friend of Bertie who is engaged to Boko Fittleworth. In which novel do we meet Zenobia and Boko? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. A is for Alaric, Duke of Dunstable who likes to drop in at Blandings without invitation. Who among the following is Alaric's rich nephew who is a member of the Drones?

Answer: Horace Davenport

Horace 'Pendlebury' Davenport is the rich nephew of the Duke of Dunstable, engaged to Valerie Twistleton, Lord Ickenham's niece. We meet Horace in 'Uncle Fred in the Springtime'. Ricky Gilpin is one of Alaric's impoverished nephews. Pongo is Ickenham's nephew and Ronnie Fish is Lord Emsworth's nephew.
2. B is for Bertie Wooster, one of the most popular characters created by Plum. Bertie keeps getting engaged and has to rely on Jeeves to get out of his entanglements. Who among the following was not engaged to Bertie?

Answer: Sue Brown

Bertie was engaged among others to Madeline Basset, Honoria Glossop and Florence Craye. However, he was never engaged to Sue Brown. Ronnie Fish was engaged to Sue Brown ('Summer Lightning' and 'Heavy Weather').
3. C is for Constance Keeble, the chatelaine of Blandings Castle. Who is the American businessman who woos Connie and marries her?

Answer: James Schoonmaker

James Schoonmaker, a friend of Lord Ickenham, is an American business magnate in love with Connie. He is spurred on by Ickenham and finally proposes and gets married to Connie ('Service with a Smile'). Gregory Parsloe is Connie's neighbour and Baxter and Carmody were Lord Emsworth's secretaries.
4. D is for Dahlia Travers, aunt of Bertie Wooster. Who among the following is engaged to Dahlia's daughter Angela?

Answer: Tuppy Glossop

Angela, daughter of Dahlia Travers, is engaged to Tuppy Glossop, nephew of the eminent loony doctor Roderick Glossop. Their romance is featured in 'Very Good Jeeves' and 'Right Ho Jeeves'.
5. E is for Eve Halliday who is engaged (and presumably married) to Psmith. Which of Plum's novels features Eve?

Answer: Leave it to Psmith

'Leave it to Psmith' is a novel featuring Psmith in Blandings Castle. Eve Halliday worked for Lord Emsworth cataloguing his library. Eve's friend Phyllis (daughter of Joseph Keeble) was married to Psmith's friend Mike Jackson. Psmith visits Blandings pretending to be the poet Ralston McTodd. Eve falls in love with him and after all the typical Wodehouse twists and turns they get engaged.
6. F is for Fredrick Twistleton, Earl of Ickenham. Lord Ickenham, or Uncle Fred, as he is popularly known, is featured in which of the following Blandings novels?

Answer: Service with a Smile

Fredrick Twistleton, Lord Ickenham, is featured in 'Service with a Smile'. In this novel, he visits Blandings to help his godson get married to Myra Schoonmaker. 'Pelican at Blandings' features Galahad and 'Uncle Dynamite' and 'Cocktail Time' are other Ickenham novels that do not feature Blandings Castle. Ickenham also appears in Blandings in 'Uncle Fred in the Springtime'.
7. G is for Galahad Threepwood or Gally, the dapper younger brother of Lord Emsworth. Who among the following was not one of Gally's numerous sisters?

Answer: Agatha

Galahad Threepwood was disliked by most of his sisters especially Constance, Julia and Hermione. Agatha Spensor Gregson was Bertie Wooster's aunt.
8. H is for Harold Pinker. The Rev. Harold Pinker, also known as 'Stinker'. To whom is Harold engaged?

Answer: Stephanie Byng

Harold Pinker is one of Bertie's old chums and is engaged to Stephanie 'Stiffy' Byng, niece of Sir Watkyn Basset. We meet them first in 'Code of the Woosters' and again in 'Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves' where Jeeves helps Pinker to secure a vicarage.
9. I is for Ivor Llewellyn, a Hollywood magnate and President of the Superba-Llewllyn Motion Corporation. Which of these novels does not feature Llewellyn?

Answer: A Damsel in Distress

Ivor Llewllyn is featured in two of the Monty Bodkin novels - 'Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin' and 'Luck of the Bodkins'. He is also featured in 'Bachelors Anonymous' wherein he gets married (yet again). Llewelyn is not featured in the Wodehouse classic 'Damsel in Distress'.
10. J is for Jeeves, man Friday of Bertie Wooster. Which was the first full-length Jeeves novel written by Wodehouse?

Answer: Thank You Jeeves

'Carry on Jeeves' is a short-story collection where we first meet Jeeves. But 'Thank You Jeeves' is the first full-length Jeeves-Wooster novel written by Plum. This novel also features Marmaduke Chufnell, Roderick Glossop and Washburn Stoker. In a preface to this novel, Wodehouse also mentions his experience writing this novel using a dictaphone.
11. K is for 'Kipper' Herring, another of Wooster's chums who studied with him at school. Who is the bubbly red-head to whom Kipper is engaged?

Answer: Bobbie Wickham

'Kipper' or Reginald Herring is featured in 'Jeeves in the Offing'. In this novel, Kipper is engaged to the redoubtable red-head Roberta 'Bobbie' Wickham.
12. L is for Linda Gilpin, niece of the Duke of Dunstable. She is engaged to one of Gally's godsons; what is his name?

Answer: Johnny Halliday

We meet Linda Gilpin and Johnny Halliday in 'Pelican at Blandings'. Linda is the niece of Alaric, Duke of Dunstable and sister of Ricky Gilpin. Alaric had made her a ward of court to prevent her from marrying without his permission. Galahad has to use all his wiles to ensure a happy ending.
13. M is for Mulliner. Mr. Mulliner is a well-known raconteur, who entertains customers at the Angler's rest with stories about his family. Who is his nephew, well-known for mimicking a hen laying an egg?

Answer: Archibald Mulliner

Archibald Mulliner is a nephew of Mr. Mulliner who is known for his imitations of a hen laying eggs. He is engaged to Aurelia Cammerliegh.
14. N is for Niagara Donaldson, the daughter of an American businessman. How do we know her better?

Answer: As Freddie Threepwood's wife

Niagara 'Aggie' Donaldson is the daughter of Mr.Donaldson, a dog biscuit king. Niagara is married to the Hon. Freddie Threepwood, Lord Emsworth's younger son. We first hear of their romance in the short story 'The Custody of the Pumpkin'.
15. O is for Ogden Ford. This obnoxious child is the target of many a kidnapper. In which novel do we meet him?

Answer: The Little Nugget

'The Little Nugget' is Ogden Ford, an obnoxious kid and son of a wealthy father, who is a popular target for kidnappers. Peter Burns is the hero of this novel, who is appointed by Ogden's mother to kidnap the little nugget.
16. P is for Percy Pilbeam, the nosy detective and proprietor of the Argus Inquiry Agency. In 'Heavy Weather', Pilbeam hires Monty Bodkin as a detective; why does he do it?

Answer: Because he is paid by Monty

In 'Heavy Weather', Pilbeam meets Monty Bodkin. Bodkin needed to keep a job for a year to win the hand of Gertude Butterwick. After being sacked by Emsworth, Monty approaches Pilbeam and offers to pay him to be employed. Pilbeam jumps at the offer and offers a detective job to Monty.
17. Q is for Queen of Matchingham. Who is the Queen of Matchingham?

Answer: Gregory Parsloe's pig

Queen of Matchingham and Pride of Matchingham are pigs belonging to Gregory Parsloe, Lord Emsworth's arch rival. Lord Tilbury's pig is Buckingham Boy and Lord Emsworth's prize pig is of course the Empress of Blandings.
18. R is for Rupert Baxter, the efficient secretary of Lord Emsworth. Baxter had been sacked by Emsworth, because he had thrown pots at Emsworth. What was the reason for Baxter throwing pots at Emsworth?

Answer: Baxter was trapped outside the house and wanted to be let in

We first meet the efficient Baxter in 'Something Fresh'. We meet him later in many of the Blandings stories including 'Leave it to Psmith', 'Uncle Fred in the Springtime', 'Summer Lightning' and 'Crime Wave at Blandings'. In the novel 'Leave it to Psmith', Baxter is trapped outside when he is searching for a necklace hidden in a pot.

He wanted to draw the attention of someone and so was throwing pots at the window. Unfortunately, Emsworth thinks he is mad and sacks him.
19. S is for 'Soapy' Molloy, a con artist, who, along with his wife Dolly, is featured in many of Plum's novels. In which of these novels do we meet Soapy?

Answer: Ice in the Bedroom

Thomas Molloy, known as 'Soapy' Molloy, is married to Dolly. Soapy also has a rival in Alexander 'Chimp' Twist, who tries hard to outwit Soapy. Soapy, Dolly and Twist are featured in books like 'Ice in the Bedroom', 'Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin', 'Money in the Bank', 'Sam the Sudden', etc.
20. T is for Tilbury. Lord Tilbury, or 'Stinker' Pyke, is the proprietor of the Mammoth Publishing Company and owns a number of magazines. Which of the following novels do not feature Lord Tilbury?

Answer: The Indiscretions of Archie

George Alexander Pyke is Lord Tilbury, proprietor of the Mammoth Publishing Company. He is featured in 'Sam the Sudden' (where he employs Sam Shotter), 'Heavy Weather' (where he visits Blandings to steal Galahad's book) and in 'Service with a Smile' (where he conspires with Dunstable to steal Emsworth's prize pig). Tilbury is not featured in 'Indiscretions of Archie'.
21. U is for Ukridge. Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge is involved in entrepreneurial ideas which always go bust. What is the name of Ukridge's friend who is also the narrator of the stories?

Answer: Corcoran

James 'Corky' Corcoran is Ukridge's friend who is also the narrator of the Ukridge stories.
22. V is for Veronica Wedge, the stunningly beautiful daughter of Hermione Wedge. Whom does Veronica marry?

Answer: Tipton Plimsoll

Tipton Plimsoll is a rich American who falls in love with Veronica, the stunningly beautiful daughter of Col. Egbert Wedge and Hermione. Galahad is responsible for ensuring that their love story ends happily ('Galahad at Blandings').
23. W is for Watkyn Basset. Sir Watkyn Basset is the owner of Totleigh Towers. Who is Watkyn's daughter Madeline engaged to in the novel 'Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves'?

Answer: Gussie Fink-Nottle

Bertie's friend Gussie Fink-Nottle is a shy newt fancier who is love with Madeline Basset, Sir Watkyn's daughter. Due to a concatenation of circumstances, when Bertie goes to plead Gussie's case, Madeline mistakes it for a proposal ('Right Ho Jeeves'). So Bertie is always in danger of getting hitched to Madeline if she breaks up with Gussie.

In 'Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves', Bertie rushes to Totleigh Towers when he learns that Gussie's engagement is on the rocks. Gussie runs away with Watkyn's cook and Jeeves has to step in to save Bertie from disaster.
24. No X, we move on to Y for Yaxley. Lord Yaxley is featured in one of the short story collections of Plum. Whom is Lord Yaxley related to?

Answer: Bertie Wooster

Lord Yaxley is George Wooster, uncle of Bertie Wooster. Lord Yaxley is featured in the short story 'Indian Summer of an Uncle'. This short story is part of the collection 'Very Good Jeeves'. In this story, Lord Yaxley gets entangled with a chorus girl and Aunt Agatha forces Bertie to break off the alliance and it is left to Jeeves to sort out the confusion favourably for all parties (except Aunt Agatha of course!).
25. Z is for Zenobia 'Nobby' Hopwood, a friend of Bertie who is engaged to Boko Fittleworth. In which novel do we meet Zenobia and Boko?

Answer: Joy in the Morning

Zenobia Hopwood (featured in 'Joy in the Morning') is the ward of Lord Worplesdon, who is Bertie's uncle and husband of Aunt Agatha. Zenobia is in love with Boko Fittleworth, but unfortunately Lord Worplesdon cannot stand the sight of Boko. It is up to Jeeves to unite the two lovers and also to save Bertie again from marriage with Florence.
Source: Author deepakmr

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