Diana Gabaldon Trivia

1. The Minister's cat is a 'fraidycat! What word is missing from this quote by Roger Wakefield? "The Minister's cat is scared stiff of that place. He wouldn't set foot up there if it were knee-deep in ______."

From Quiz "Drums of Autumn" LOL Quiz

Answer: sardines

Roger taught Brianna the Minister's Cat game on the car ride to the Celtic festival where he was performing. In "Drums" and later books Roger and Bree use the game to open communication between them when they are feeling emotionally stressed. In this particular instance, Bree was asking Roger if he had been back to Craigh na Dun since her mother, Claire, disappeared through the standing stones the previous year.

From Quiz "A Breath of Snow and Ashes" Prologue - Chapter 10

Answer: God / the Devil

The Prologue to "A Breath of Snow and Ashes" reads: "Time is a lot of the things people say that God is. There's the always preexisting, and having no end. There's the notion of being all powerful--because nothing can stand against time, can it? Not mountains, not armies. "And time is, of course, all-healing. Give anything enough time, and everything is taken care of: all pain encompassed, all hardship erased, all loss subsumed. "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Remember, man, that thou art dust; and unto dust though shalt return. "And if Time is anything akin to God, I suppose that Memory must be the Devil." Diana Gabaldon describes her writing technique as "kerneled"; she writes in bits and pieces and then arranges them in suitable order to tell the story. Occasionally she writes something that seems to fit outside the plotline, what Gabaldon calls "the Voice of the story" because it isn't written from the point of view of a particular character, as are all of the other passages. These become the prologues to her books.

From Quiz The Formidable Stephen Bonnet

Answer: Sligo

When Roger is sailing to the American Colonies with Bonnet, he comes to hear a bit of Bonnet's life story. Both Bonnet's parents died when he was young and living in Sligo.

From Quiz "Voyager"-Third Book in "Outlander" Series

Answer: Melton

Lord Melton give Jamie the chance to live after Culloden, since Jamie had previously given Lord Melton's youngest brother, Lord John Grey, the same opportunity to live at the start of the war.

From Quiz Dragonfly In Amber

Answer: Dougal and his dirk

Rupert did get a musket wound from one of the battles and was going to die, but he said he would rather "die by (Dougal's) hand,...not in the hands of a stranger."

From Quiz "Drums of Autumn"- Book 4

Answer: Gavin Hayes

Jamie knew Gavin from his time in jail; Gavin, like the rest of the inmates, was sent to America while Jamie was sent to Helwater.

From Quiz Through The Stones

Answer: James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser

However he went by several other names, such as Jamie Roy.

From Quiz "Voyager" by Diana Gabaldon

Answer: Clarence

The Duke's name is Clarence Marylebone, which is revealed to Jamie and Claire by Mayer.

From Quiz "Drums of Autumn" by Diana Gabaldon

Answer: William, 9th Earl of Ellesmere

Ian and William were trying to remove a rattlesnake from the privy.

From Quiz "Outlander" and "Outlander" Series Quiz

Answer: May 1, 1721

There is some dispute over this, because conflicting years are inferred in different books. I posed the question to Herself (Diana Gabaldon), and her reply was that Jamie's birth year is 1721, despite the discrepancies. Also, in book five "The Fiery Cross," Jamie celebrates his 50th birthday on May 1, 1771.

From Quiz Diana Gabaldon's 'Outlander' Saga

Answer: The 1700's

The book begins in 1945, and then Claire winds up in Scotland in the year 1743.

From Quiz The Formidable Stephen Bonnet

Answer: Inverness

While helping to build a foundation for a building in Inverness, the other workers are jealous of his hard work, strength, and charm with the ladies. They come close to killing him as a sacrifice for the hearth. After this he knows that his only chance for survival is to take to the sea for good.

From Quiz "Voyager"-Third Book in "Outlander" Series

Answer: Mac Dubh

In prison Jamie is looked to as the Chief, and called "Mac Dubh" which means "James, son of the Black One".

From Quiz Dragonfly In Amber

Answer: Kincaid

After the battle many were wounded, but only Kincaid died "slowly from the wounds that riddled his belly and chest, of a slow internal seepage that couldn't be halted."

From Quiz "Dragonfly in Amber" General Knowledge

Answer: Madonna

Because her aura is blue, like the Virgin's cloak, like his own. Raymond was the apothecary Claire visited in Paris, who later helped her to heal after she miscarried Faith.

From Quiz "Drums of Autumn"- Book 4

Answer: Sally Ann

While on the "Sally Ann" they are hijacked by river pirates captained by Stephen Bonnet, the man who Jamie had saved from hanging, and he steals the gems and one of Claire's wedding rings. Ungrateful sod!

From Quiz Through The Stones

Answer: Beauchamp

The correct one is Beauchamp, however it is pronounced Beecham.

From Quiz "Voyager" by Diana Gabaldon

Answer: Faith

Faith Fraser was born before Claire returned to the 1940s. She was stillborn.

From Quiz "Drums of Autumn" by Diana Gabaldon

Answer: We don't know

Brianna doesn't know if the baby is Roger's or Stephen's.

From Quiz "Outlander" and "Outlander" Series Quiz

Answer: Alexander Malcolm

From Book III: "Voyager". Alexander Malcolm are two of Jamie's middle names. (James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser; as if you had forgotten!)

From Quiz Diana Gabaldon's 'Outlander' Saga

Answer: She walks into an ancient Druid stone circle

Claire accidently walks into a stone circle. She feels as if she is being torn apart and faints. When she comes to, she realizes that things look a lot different.

From Quiz The Formidable Stephen Bonnet

Answer: Danu

Danu is the goddess of luck, and as he has remained alive through so many misfortunes, Bonnet acknowledges this to be Danu's doing.

From Quiz "Voyager"-Third Book in "Outlander" Series

Answer: Geneva Dunsany

Geneva didn't want her "maidenhood to be given to a disgusting, depraved old monster like Ellesmere" who was to be her husband. So she blackmailed Jamie into sleeping with her.

From Quiz Dragonfly In Amber

Answer: Faith

Mother Hildegrade baptised the baby girl Faith Fraser. "Mother Hildegrade has a very odd sense of humor."

From Quiz "Dragonfly in Amber" General Knowledge

Answer: Claudel & Fergus

To avoid an assassination attempt Jamie inadvertently took refuge in Madame Elise's brothel, in the possession of a "verra large sausage" that he had purchased, weaponless, as a means of self defence. Claudel showed Jamie an alternate exit by which the two of them escaped, and later on christened him "Fergus" because the boy didn't think that Claudel was a very manly name.

From Quiz "Drums of Autumn"- Book 4

Answer: aconite

Aconite can be safely taken in a homeopathic dose. Arnica is excellent for bruising. Thuja is used for warts.

From Quiz Through The Stones

Answer: Faith

Faith was buried in the L'Hopital des Anges graveyard in France.

From Quiz "Voyager" by Diana Gabaldon

Answer: Mandarin of letters

From Quiz "Drums of Autumn" by Diana Gabaldon

Answer: Ulysses

Ulysses was born free, but was claimed as a slave when his mother died. He was then sold to a travelling school teacher, who named him Ulysses and taught him to read and write. Hector Cameron bought him when the teacher died and gave him to Jocasta when she became blind.

From Quiz "Outlander" and "Outlander" Series Quiz

Answer: Geillis Duncan

From Book III: "Voyager."

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