Books By Binchy Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mountainview

Mountainview is the school where Aiden Dunne is a teacher.

Signora sees it as a positive sign, as her home in Sicily was called Vista del Monte - which means the same in Italian.

The other three are villages from other Binchy novels :

Montfern is from "Firefly Summer", Rossmore is the setting of "Whitethorn Woods" and "Echoes" is set in Castlebay.

Answer: Liffey

They call her after the Liffey River that runs through Dublin.

Answer: Kit McMahon

Kit McMahon is the young 'heroine' from "The Glass Lake."

Benny and Eve are the childhood friends and Nan is the sophisticated girl they meet in college who changes all their lives.

Answer: O'Connors

Aisling O'Connor becomes her best friend and the novel follows their lives for the next twenty years.

The Ryans are the main family in "Firefly Summer."

Clare from "Echoes" is one of the O'Briens.

The Doyles are the family in "Silver Wedding."

Answer: Lena Gray

Helen left her family to be with Louis Gray, the love of her life.

He always called her Helena and when they begin their new life together in London she shortened it to Lena and used his last name.

Ella Brady is the major character in "Quentins".

Grania Dunne is Aiden's daughter from "Evening Class."

Cliona Kelly is from "The Glass Lake" but she is Helen's daughter's friend.

Answer: Patrick O'Neill

Patrick O'Neill is a rich American whose parents came from Montfern.

He returns to visit his roots and buys property in the town and sets a chain of events in motion that affects the lives of all who live there.

John Ryan is the local publican.

Fergus Slattery is the village lawyer.

Kerry 0'Neill is Patrick's son.

Answer: Danny Lynch

David Power is Clare's husband in "Echoes".

Jack Foley is the boy that Benny loves in "Circle Of Friends."

Steve Sullivan is Kit's boyfriend in "The Glass Lake."

Answer: Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather

Cathy Scarlet is married to Neil Mitchell.

Marcella Malone is Tom Feather's girlfriend.

Answer: St Ann

St Ann was the mother of the Virgin Mary and thus the grandmother of Jesus.

She was married to St Joachim and after years of childlessness an Angel visited her and foretold the birth of Mary.

Ann promised to dedicate the child to God and his service.

St Ann is the patron saint of Brittany, Quebec, miners and women in labour.

Answer: Blouse

He was baptised Joseph Matthew but as a child he referred to his shirt as a blouse and the children started calling him Blouse Brennan and the name stuck.