Authors H-K: 'H' Trivia

1. The novel "Power Without Glory" was written by Frank Hardy. What year was it published?

From Quiz Power Without Glory

Answer: 1950

Frank Hardy was considered a Communist Australian who wrote "Power Without Glory", published in 1950. It was considered a historical novel. A court order to suppress the publication of the novel was issued and Hardy was charged with criminal libel. Sense prevailed, Hardy was cleared and the novel was published.

From Quiz 'Five Quarters of the Orange' by Joanne Harris

Answer: Fruit

Framboise's mother, Mirabelle, is a keen cook and each of her children is named for a fruit. 'Framboise' is French for 'raspberry'. Reinette, her older sister, is named after a variety of greengage and her brother, Cassis, is named after the French word for 'blackcurrant'. Each fruit is also associated with a different recipe: blackcurrant cake, raspberry liqueur and greengage tart. Framboise herself has two daughters with food-related names, Pistache ('pistachio') and Noisette ('hazelnut'). She owns a crêperie in Les Laveuses, the village where she lived as a child; the crêperie is called Crêpe Framboise, after the house special, a crêpe with raspberry coulis. Cassis is an alcoholic, and is dead by the time the present day section of the story takes place, while Reinette is mentally ill and in an institution.

From Quiz "Horns" by Joe Hill

Answer: They cause people to reveal their inner base desires.

Ignatius Perrish is born into a rich family; his father is a musician and his brother is a TV host. However, he is struggling to cope a year on from his girlfriend Merrin's murder. One morning after waking with a hangover, he discovers the beginnings of horns growing from his head and becomes very confused when the woman he is living with, Glenna, doesn't seem to notice, and instead becomes very frank with him, saying things that people usually keep to themselves. He discovers that whenever he encounters someone, they reveal their desires, for example the receptionist who would like to chew out the mother of a screaming child, or the priest who tells Ig that the best thing would be for him to kill himself. Ig also discovers that if he touches a person, he suddenly knows much of their lives.

From Quiz "Magic Hour" by Kristin Hannah

Answer: Charges dismissed

The judge ruled Julia have the charges against her dismissed because her patient did not give enough specific information that would have forced Julia to alert other people.

From Quiz A Day at the Hospital or "Weekends at Bellevue"

Answer: Two physician certificate

An on call psychiatrist has to fill out this form when admitting a psych patient. It's an involuntary admission lasting for up to sixty days.

From Quiz "The Woman in Black" by Susan Hill

Answer: Arthur

Arthur Kipps is a young lawyer working in London, supporting his fiancée Stella. One November, his boss Mr Bentley assigns him the task of traveling to a small village called Crythin Gifford somewhere on England's east coast, in order to arrange the papers of the recently deceased Alice Drablow. Kipps is at first quite happy to do the task, proud that Mr Bentley is entrusting him with something on his own, and hopes that he can work his way up through the firm.

From Quiz And It's No, Nay, Never...

Answer: Winning His Spurs

Cuthbert de Lance is an English lad and the protagonist of the book "Winning His Spurs". Cuthbert, having been recruited into the service of the Earl of Evesham at the age of 15, departs with the army of King Richard to reconquer Jerusalem. After many adventures, he returns to England. He recaptures his castle, which had been bestowed upon one of the favorites of King John. However, he goes on one last quest to rescue King Richard before giving up his roving ways and settling down.

From Quiz "Kat's Fall" by: Shelley Hrdlitschka

Answer: she was accused of dropping baby Kat off a balcony

She was a drug addict, so no one was too surprised. Her daughter survived because she landed in bush, but she still went to prison, for attempted murder.

From Quiz The Boys' Own Historian

Answer: Sarci

Beric is the chief of the Sarci, a tribe of Britons. They in turn are ruled by King Prasutagus, who dies at the beginning of the book. Beric trains the Sarci in the Roman mode of fighting, and wins some notable victories. When the Romans defeat Beric, he commences guerrilla warfare with them, and has many more hairs-breadth escapes.

From Quiz 20th Century Ghosts

Answer: Buttonboy

Eddie Carroll writes for an anthology known as 'Best New Horror' and, frustrated with the monotony of his job, he's interested when he receives a note from an English professor, Edward Noonan, who claims that a certain short story, 'Buttonboy', was perverse enough to disgust readers out of memberships with other magazines. Carroll is instantly intrigued and begins to read. The story itself concerns a woman degraded and abused by a ten-foot-tall man and her experiences with a man named Jim whose eyes are wired shut and pierced by smiley-faced buttons. After ten years of disfiguration, that which haunts her returns to claim her. Carroll is thrilled with the story, considering it a wonderfully-written piece. He takes it upon himself to contact Edward via email, asking for contact info for Peter Kilrue, the author. Contacting Peter proves to be tough; no one seems to know where the eccentric man is, not even past employers. After attending a fantasy convention in New York, Carroll is directed to the man's house only to be introduced to his brothers. Carroll is unnerved by what he finds in the residence-- a frail woman in a bed; chains in the wheelhouse-- when he goes to his car, he forgets his keys with his jacket in the house and makes a break for the forest. A chainsaw can be heard in the distance and all he can do is keep running.

From Quiz Quotes from "Crunch Time!"

Answer: Ronald 'Dee' Mann

Name: Ronald 'Dee' Mann Club: Melbourne The Outerworld, where the AFL mascots live, is de-animating. Ronald says this because he thinks that the de-animation might be caused by a new brand of football called the Glowball Domination League. Ronald is described as being a sly and cheeky-looking devil.

From Quiz Jean Hegland's "Into the Forest"

Answer: Christmas

Her older sister Eva gives her a blank notebook. She writes early on that she believes the crises caused by war, oil shortages, government, ozone, and less food will end and their lives will resume as normal.

From Quiz "Hinds' Feet On High Places" by Hannah Hurnard

Answer: Aunt Dismal Forebodings

Aunt Dismal Forebodings takes in Much-Afraid who is brought up with her cousins Gloomy, Spiteful, and Craven Fear.

From Quiz "The Endless Steppe", by Esther Hautzig

Answer: Vilna

Esther and the Rudomin family live in Vilna, in northeastern Poland. (Today it is called Vilnius and is part of Lithuania.) Her family is wealthy and they have a beautiful house and garden.

From Quiz The Raw Shark Texts

Answer: The First Eric Sanderson

The First Eric Sanderson writes a note to himself in fear of a recurrence of his amnesia.

From Quiz Mary H Herbert's 'Dark Horse'

Answer: She was trapped in mud with wolves about to attack.

Gabria was relieved at first when she heard the wolves going away from her toward something else, until she realised they were hunting a horse. Horses are special to the clans and a clansman wouldn't leave a horse in trouble. She does have a foal later, which is born dead.

From Quiz "Invitation to the Game" by Monica Hughes

Answer: Her Journal

Lisse runs back to the dormitory and is just in time to save her journal from the clutches of the cleaning robot. After being safe at school since she was a small child, the thought of the last day, and being out in the world alone is terrifying to her.

From Quiz Mo Hayder : The Jack Caffrey Books

Answer: Ivan Penderecki

Penderecki lives behind the house in which Jack grew up. A railway lines separates the houses, yet Jack continually spies on the aging peodophile. The subject is dominant in Hayder's second book 'The Treatment'. In this book, the reader also discovers what happened to Ewan.

From Quiz Boston Jane

Answer: The Lady Luck

Jane went on the ship to go to the frontier to meet her berothed. Mary, her friend, went along with her in hope of opening a boarding house there, because she loved to cook.

From Quiz Pretty Little Devils

Answer: Lakshmi

The Pretty Little Devils, or PLDs, are the coolest girls in school. The members are Sylvia, the leader, Carolyn and Meg, the groupies, and Ellen, the nerd. They're popular and everyone wants to be one of them, especially Hazel Meyers. But she knows she could never get in, because her group of friends are proclaimed "high school C-listers". One such C-lister is Lakshmi, whose mom works at the school and gets gossip for her nerdy daughter.

From Quiz "The Last Legionary" books by Douglas Hill

Answer: Oni Wolda

Keill's ship had engine problems so he was late in responding to the emergency recall message from Moros. He arrived just in time to witness the death of his planet and every living thing on it, and in spite of his childhood friend Oni Wolda's desperate warning, received a dose of radiation which would have killed him within weeks if not for the intervention of the mysterious Overseers.

From Quiz With Thunder You Come

Answer: Lara's mother

Lara's mother dies, forcing her to live with her father and his wife.

From Quiz The Mysteries of Tony Hillerman

Answer: Navajo Tribal Police

Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee both chose police work as a career. The Navajo Nation is a sovereign reservation occupying a large swath of northern New Mexico and Arizona; the exact legal amount of sovereignty that they practice is a complicated and contentious question. The Nation runs its own police force and enacts its own laws, but these have to be approved by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs. The fractious relationship between the Navajo authorities, the federals, and the state authorities is often touched upon in the novels. The Navajo Tribal Police were established in 1959, and are funded by a combination of federal grants and tribal money. Because jurisdictional issues are so complex, the 300-odd cops must not only be certified as Navajo police officers, but also as federal agents and State Peace Officers in three states (Arizona, New Mexico and Utah).

From Quiz "Fly By Night" by Frances Hardinge

Answer: fly-born

Mosca was born under the god of flies. Her name means 'fly born'.

From Quiz Karen Harper's Elizabeth I Mysteries

Answer: Privy Plot Council

Some of the members are Kat Ashley, William Cecil, Meg Milligrew, Stephen Jenks, and Ned Topside.

From Quiz Paris Hilton; "Confessions of an Heiress"

Answer: Carmen Electra

This quote is located on the inside front cover of the book and precedes Paris Hilton's introduction.

From Quiz Mein Kampf

Answer: My Struggle

Hitler was inspired to write this biography after reading Henry Ford's "My Life and Work", and "The International Jew". Here, Hitler found that American car-manufacturer thought there was a Jewish conspiracy to take over the world.

From Quiz Heller, Zoe

Answer: Steven Connolly

Steven Connolly is a pupil in Year 11. Sheba, who is a teacher at the school, has an affair with him.

From Quiz Lori Herter's "DeMorrissey Vampire" series

Answer: Singing in the Rain

He would often dance along with Gene Kelly while watching the movie, practicing his dance moves.

From Quiz Eerie Tales of Terror and Dread

Answer: 10 years

Roddy Abel started out very down on his luck at the beginning of this story. He couldn't get a job and had no place to live. But that all changed when he met a certain elderly man who took Roddy to lunch. They made a bargain that Roddy would have all the wealth and power he wanted for ten years. For those ten years, Roddy became the most famous deejay in the world. But when the ten years were up, the man came back to collect his debt, the debt being Roddy's soul.

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