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4 quizzes and 45 trivia questions.
1.
  "Geomancer" - a fantasy book by Ian Irvine    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Geomancer" is the first in a series of books by Ian Irvine known as "The Well of Echoes". The questions are all multiple choice.
Average, 10 Qns, CVL10122, Sep 17 06
Average
CVL10122
133 plays
2.
  Hammond Innes: The Black Tide    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"The Black Tide" concerns the pollution of the seas by oil, in particular from shipwrecked tankers, and the lack of political will to do anything about it, due to the demand for oil from the general populace.
Difficult, 10 Qns, paper_aero, Jul 19 19
Difficult
paper_aero gold member
Jul 19 19
76 plays
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  Killing Game    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Killing Game" is a little known play written by the great French playwright Eugene Ionesco. Good luck looking up the answers on the Internet because they are not there!
Difficult, 10 Qns, Mr. Turkle, Feb 22 07
Difficult
Mr. Turkle
144 plays
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  "Maria" by Jorge Isaacs    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This is a quiz about the 19th century novel "Maria" by the Colombian author Jorge Isaacs. It's in Spanish, but it has been translated to many languages, including English.
Average, 15 Qns, Chrissy_Snow, May 07 17
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Chrissy_Snow
169 plays
trivia question Quick Question
There are a few themes in this novel. What is the central theme in the novel?

From Quiz ""Maria" by Jorge Isaacs"





Authors H-K: 'I' Trivia Questions
1. The prologue concerns the oil tanker Petros Jupiter striking rocks close to the Longships Lighthouse. Which part of the British Isles is the Longships Lighthouse?

From Quiz Hammond Innes: The Black Tide

Answer: Lands End

The Longships Lighthouse exists. It is built on one of the Longships Islets which are a set of rocks just over a mile from Lands End. At low tide all seven are above water, but at high tide only three can be seen. Added to this, there are two more rocks known as Kettle's Bottom, which are always below water. The Longships Lighthouse sits on the islet Carn Bras, an anglicisation of the Cornish name, which in turn means "big pile of rock". Back to the story, the Petros Jupiter had a design life of 8 years and had been sailing for around twice that. It has struck Kettle's Bottom and oil is beginning to leak out.

2. What does "3rd Man" claim to have committed in the Prologue?

From Quiz Killing Game

Answer: Parricide

As 3rd Man is dying he shouts at the top of his voice "I've been a parricide."

3. Maria is a young girl, who happens to be the main character. How young was she?

From Quiz "Maria" by Jorge Isaacs

Answer: 15 years old

She is a very sweet girl also.

4. What/who is a Geomancer?

From Quiz "Geomancer" - a fantasy book by Ian Irvine

Answer: Someone very skilled in the Secret Arts

A Geomancer is someone very skilled in the Secret Arts and able to draw on the many forces that shape the world.

5. Who dies in the "Hospital Scene"?

From Quiz Killing Game

Answer: Alexander

Alexander dies in bed at peace with his wife, his old friend Emile and Jacques. Alexander is the first in the play not to die of the plague.

6. Efrain was another character in the novel. He was young also, but older than Maria. How old was he?

From Quiz "Maria" by Jorge Isaacs

Answer: 20 years old

Efrain had such a deep love for Maria, he picked her flowers and was very sweet to her, even thought he was her cousin. Efrain studied medicine in Europe, and when he got home from his studies... he got a "surprise", a sad, very sad surprise (explained later).

7. Who were the Aachim at war with?

From Quiz "Geomancer" - a fantasy book by Ian Irvine

Answer: Lyrinx

The Lyrinx were intelligent, usually winged creatures from the void. They were larger and stronger than the Aachim. They were also quite fond of eating the Aachim.

8. Rodin travels to Sheepen Place in Colchester to meet Barty Ferrers in the "Special Enquiries Branch". This is the intelligence department of which organisation?

From Quiz Hammond Innes: The Black Tide

Answer: Lloyds of London

As with much of Hammond Innes's writing, the detail and accuracy of location descriptions is high. The journey from Colchester station to Sheepen Place is spot on. Although I feel that the water tower "Jumbo" is more visible than the town hall spire. The building he goes to still exists as described and, while I am unable to tell if it contained the Intelligence Department of Lloyds, it did produce the daily paper "Lloyd's List" until it became an online only publication in 2013.

9. What is the name of the plague in "Killing Game"?

From Quiz Killing Game

Answer: It Is never revealed

Information about the plague is vague at best, and there are no constant symptoms. It could be argued though that the plague can be caught through greed or fear.

10. At which London club does Trevor Rodin meet Saltley, the Marine Solicitor?

From Quiz Hammond Innes: The Black Tide

Answer: Royal Ocean Racing Club

The Royal Ocean Racing Club exists as Innes's has said in St James Place in London. Rodin never finds out the Christian name of Saltley, just that his initials are C R. Saltley tries to hire Rodin to do some amateur detective work for him.

11. Throughout the play, how many politicians make speeches?

From Quiz Killing Game

Answer: Four

In the second scene (titled 'new scene'), a politician announces to the townspeople that they must barricade themselves indoors if they intend to live through the plague. The next poitician appears in the scene titled "a new scene". He speaks of revolution through revenge. In the following scene, another politician takes the floor to speak about the need to divide what the dead have left behind. The fourth politician speaks in the "final scene". He announces that the plague is over.

12. Who were Efrain's parents?

From Quiz "Maria" by Jorge Isaacs

Answer: Jorge and Manuela

They adopted Maria. Efrain's parents did not want Efrain to marry Maria, but he loved her so much, he tried to do the impossible.

13. What was the miner Joeyn particularly skilled at finding?

From Quiz "Geomancer" - a fantasy book by Ian Irvine

Answer: Crystals

The crystals were very valuable to the Aachim in the war against the Lyrinx and could be used to power clankers (war machines).

14. In the "Night Scene", who commits suicide?

From Quiz Killing Game

Answer: Old Man

A small neighbourhood is in hysterics. The Old Man screams "a society of fools, a city of idiots". Shortly after, the police arrive threatening to shoot if anyone moves. The Old Man calls the police idiots and shoots himself. The police then decide to kill the remaining people who are alive.

15. Why did Efrain's parents adopt Maria?

From Quiz "Maria" by Jorge Isaacs

Answer: her mother died

Her mother had died, and her father thought Efrain's parents could give her a better life.

16. Where did Marnie work?

From Quiz "Geomancer" - a fantasy book by Ian Irvine

Answer: The breeding factory

Marnie lived in the breeding factory and produced 15 children, one of whom was Triaan. The breeding factory was considered very important by the authorities due to the large number of casualties during the war. Females were only rarely sent to the front line.

17. Trevor subsequently travels to Nantes trying to track down the second engineer from the Petros Jupiter. What tattoo is the engineer described as having across his chest?

From Quiz Hammond Innes: The Black Tide

Answer: The word Formidable

Henri Choffel was the second engineer on the Petros Jupiter, but under a false name. Shortly after the shipwreck, Choffel stole a dingy to leave the UK. Rodin believes that he is guilty of scuttling the ship and is indirectly for the death of Karen Rodin. Tracking Choffel as far as Nantes, Rodin meets Choffel's daughter and discovers that Henri Choffel is also a false name as he was originally from Wales. Hearing from another source about the tattoo, Rodin considers the possibility that Choffel was a Welshman who served on HMS Formidable as an engineer during his National Service. As it turns out this is correct.

18. Finish this character's name. The Man In ________.

From Quiz Killing Game

Answer: Black

The Man In Black is a demonic character whom only few can see. Wherever he goes, death comes with him.

19. Who were Maria's parents?

From Quiz "Maria" by Jorge Isaacs

Answer: Sara and Salomon

Sara died when Maria was still young. Lucky for her, she has Efrain's parents to look after her.

20. How did Joeyn die?

From Quiz "Geomancer" - a fantasy book by Ian Irvine

Answer: A roof fall in the mine

Joeyn died as a result of a roof fall in the mine trying to get a particularly powerful crystal for Triaan.

21. How does Prisoner #1 die?

From Quiz Killing Game

Answer: Drowns

Prisoner #1 attempts to escape from prison. He jumps out his cell and into the river below. Everything is going ok until the rats start attacking him and he drowns. Prisoner #2 is then shot dead by the Warden.

22. Maria had a serious illness. What was it?

From Quiz "Maria" by Jorge Isaacs

Answer: Epilepsy

She died, just like her mother. Maria was already dead when Efrain got home, you can all imagine his sadness, but the author does not tell us what happens after. He lets you imagine, or guess, what could happen.

23. What was a clanker?

From Quiz "Geomancer" - a fantasy book by Ian Irvine

Answer: A war machine

Clankers were manned war machines powered by crystals. They were made at the manufactory and the weapons they carried were rock throwing catapults and spear throwers known as javelards.

24. Rodin and Choffel escape from the un-named tanker by dhow. Starting from the Hormuz Strait, where do they manage to beach the boat?

From Quiz Hammond Innes: The Black Tide

Answer: Gwadar, Pakistan

Gadwar is one of the first places in Pakistan after the Iranian border. The story is set in the 1980s when Khomeini had taken over Iran. It probably would not have been a good place for two westerners to land. I said "they" but Choffel was shot as they left the tanker and dies before they reach the Pakistan coast. This causes Rodin some problems as it has been obvious that he blames Choffel for the death of his wife and has a good motive for killing him. What I haven't managed to determine is what happened to the crew who were on the dhow when Choffel first boarded. Despite reading the relevant pages several times they seem to vanish into thin air in the middle of the chapter.

25. There is a scene which has been cut out of the play since it was originally performed. What is the name of that scene?

From Quiz Killing Game

Answer: Cannibals

There are no available editions of the script with this scene included. As a huge fan of the play, all I can do is imagine how good the scene would be!

26. Why didn't Efrain's father want him to marry Maria?

From Quiz "Maria" by Jorge Isaacs

Answer: because they thought that epilepsy was hereditary

Epilepsy wasn't really hereditary, but in that time, they didn't know that.

27. Both missing tankers have been repainted and reflagged. They rendezvous close to Europe, but where?

From Quiz Hammond Innes: The Black Tide

Answer: Salvedge Islands

The Salvedge Islands are a small Portuguese outpost in the Atlantic Ocean. English names for these are the Salvage or Savage Islands. They are real and can be found west of Morocco and north of the Canary Islands. They are designated a nature reserve, but Spanish trawlers have objected to this and confrontations have taken place.

28. In the "Old Man/Old Woman" scene, who dies?

From Quiz Killing Game

Answer: The Old Woman

The Old Man hates life while the Old Woman adores everything in the world. In this cruel scene, it is the Old Woman who dies of the plague, leaving her frail husbund to fend for himself.

29. Where does this story takes place?

From Quiz "Maria" by Jorge Isaacs

Answer: Valle de Cauca, Colombia

The writer used Colombia as a setting, probably because he's a Colombian writer.

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