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Quiz about Georgette Heyer and Her Books

Georgette Heyer and Her Books Trivia Quiz

Georgette Heyer's books have been popular for eight decades, and are still in print. This quiz will test your knowlege of the books, and of their author.

A multiple-choice quiz by Sallyo. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Sallyo

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
127,916

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

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Top 10% Quiz

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Question 1 of 15

1. Georgette Heyer used this form of her name for all her books, whether they were detective fiction, thrillers, historical novels or romances, but what was her real name? Hint

"Georgette Heyer" was a pen name for husband and wife team George Hey and Stella Erling.

She was born Eliza Heyer, but she looked like her father, George, and so came to be called "Georgette".

She was born Georgette Heyer, and became Mrs Ronald Rougier .

Georgette Heyer was her real name, and she never married.

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which Heyer heroine wore a dress with coquelicot ribbons when she wanted to discourage a callow suitor? Hint

Mary Challoner of "Devil's Cub".

Deborah "Deb" Grantham of "Faro's Daughter".

Leonie, of "These Old Shades".

Anthea Darracott of "The Unknown Ajax".

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Question 3 of 15

3. Georgette Heyer's son married a divorcee named Suzy who had two little boys. Is this true? Hint

Yes.

Georgette Heyer never had a son.

He married Suzy, but she had no children.

Georgette Heyer had a daughter named Suzy. She never married.

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which Heyer novel includes the following elements? A very tall hero and heroine, a love-struck highwayman, gold coins. Hint

"The Toll-gate"

"Venetia"

"The Unknown Ajax".

"The Talisman Ring".

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Question 5 of 15

5. Georgette Heyer wrote her first novel, "The Black Moth" while quite young. What was her primary purpose in writing this book? Hint

She was sending up the Regency genre.

To make the money to take her mother on holiday.

To amuse her brother, Boris.

Her fiance bet her she couldn't write a book.

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Question 6 of 15

6. "Friday's Child" had a hero usually known by an alcoholic name and heroine with an unusual name. What were they called? Hint

Porter and Hestia

Whiskey (Edmund Whiskin) and Kitts.

Sherry (Viscount Sheringham) and Hero

Viscount Beerbohm (Beer) and Echo Pallaver.

7. Georgette Heyer had a "big book" project to which she returned when she had time. She hoped this would make her reputation as a serious novelist. Not a regency, this book was to be set in a period she called "Armour". Parts of it were published after her death. What was the book? Hint

"Simon the Coldheart".

"My Lord John".

"Bows Against the Barons".

"The Gauntlet".

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Question 8 of 15

8. Sophy Stanton-Lacy is one of Heyer's liveliest heroines. She goes to stay with the Rivenhall family and readjusts their lives. Sophy frequently quotes "Sir Horace" as her mentor. Who is Sir Horace? Hint

Her uncle.

Her father.

Horace, the famous writer.

Her military lover.

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Question 9 of 15

9. Where did Georgette Heyer's surname come from originally?
Hint

Germany

Russia

Italy

Scotland

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Question 10 of 15

10. Why did Mary Challoner elope with Dominic Alistair, The Marquis of Vidal? Hint

She was in love with him.

She wanted to save her sister Sophia's reputation.

Vidal's uncle, Rupert, set them up.

To prevent her mother from embarrassing her at the wedding.

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Question 11 of 15

11. Georgette Heyer depended on someone else to help her work out plots for her detective novels. Who was it? Hint

Her husband, Ronald.

Her brother, Boris.

Her father, George.

Her son, Ian.

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which Heyer heroine shot her hero? Hint

Mary Challoner

Nell Stornaway

Deb Grantham

Hero Wantage

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Question 13 of 15

13. Who wrote Georgette Heyer's biography? Hint

Lady Antonia Fraser

Joan Aiken

Jane Aiken Hodge

Boris Heyer

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which Heyer heroine was an author? Hint

Drusilla Morville of "The Quiet Gentleman".

Abigail Wendover of "The Black Sheep".

Elinor Rochdale of "The Reluctant Widow".

Phoebe Marlow, of "Sylvester".

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Question 15 of 15

15. One Heyer heroine was perfectly happy for her rakish love to have orgies after they married. She offered to share them, or else to retire quietly to bed. Who was she and what was her book? Hint

Lady Serena Carlow, of "Bath Tangle".

Gilly, from "The Foundling".

Venetia, from "Venetia".

Frederica, from "Frederica".

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Georgette Heyer used this form of her name for all her books, whether they were detective fiction, thrillers, historical novels or romances, but what was her real name?

Answer: She was born Georgette Heyer, and became Mrs Ronald Rougier .

Georgette Heyer was named after her father, George, and she had a brother called Boris. After her marriage to Ronald Rougier, Q.C. she always used "Mrs Rougier" in private life.

2. Which Heyer heroine wore a dress with coquelicot ribbons when she wanted to discourage a callow suitor?

Answer: Deborah "Deb" Grantham of "Faro's Daughter".

Deb was the one with the ribbons. She was trying to persuade young Lord Adrian Mablethorpe that she was not his kind of wife.

3. Georgette Heyer's son married a divorcee named Suzy who had two little boys. Is this true?

Answer: Yes.

Georgette Heyer was at first disconcerted when her son married someone who had been married before, but she and Suzy became very good friends and Heyer referred to her daughter-in-law as "the daughter we never had, and thought we didn't want".

4. Which Heyer novel includes the following elements? A very tall hero and heroine, a love-struck highwayman, gold coins.

Answer: "The Toll-gate"

Captain John Staple and his lady, Nell Stornaway, were both unusually tall, and Nell's maid "the most respectable creature" was in love with a highwayman named Jeremy Chirk.

5. Georgette Heyer wrote her first novel, "The Black Moth" while quite young. What was her primary purpose in writing this book?

Answer: To amuse her brother, Boris.

Heyer apparently wrote the novel to amuse her brother. Later in life, she appeared to have a love/hate relationship with the romance genre she helped to establish, but at this point she was neither disillusioned nor typecast.

6. "Friday's Child" had a hero usually known by an alcoholic name and heroine with an unusual name. What were they called?

Answer: Sherry (Viscount Sheringham) and Hero

Hero was named after the girl in the Greek story, but the carelessly friendly Sherry usually called her Kitten. Disappointed in love, Sherry vowed to marry the first female he saw, which turned out to be Hero.

Answer: "My Lord John".

Georgette Heyer died with "My Lord John" still unfinished, but her husband had the existing portions published. "Simon the Coldheart" was an early Heyer title; one she wanted suppressed. "The Gauntlet" was by Robert Welch and "Bows Against the Barons" by Geoffrey Trease.

Answer: Her father.

Sophy respects her father greatly, but she comes unstuck when she tries to organise his indolent fiancee and prevent her from eloping... Sir Horace has changed his mind about the marriage.

9. Where did Georgette Heyer's surname come from originally?

Answer: Russia

The name was originally Russian. You may be interested to know that there are about 60 entries for "Heyer" in the Australian telephone directory!

10. Why did Mary Challoner elope with Dominic Alistair, The Marquis of Vidal?

Answer: She wanted to save her sister Sophia's reputation.

Mary heard that her sister Sophia was planning to run away with Vidal. Dreading the scandal and hoping to save Sophia from ruin, Mary put on a veil and eloped in her sister's place. She hoped this would put Vidal off the whole idea, but instead, he abducted her.

11. Georgette Heyer depended on someone else to help her work out plots for her detective novels. Who was it?

Answer: Her husband, Ronald.

Ronald Rougier, Georgette Heyer's husband, was a barrister, and helped her plot her detective novels. She wrote a dozen or so, but they were never as popular as her romances.

12. Which Heyer heroine shot her hero?

Answer: Mary Challoner

Mary Challoner shot Lord Vidal to preserve her honour after he abducted her. She told him she wasn't sure if the pistol was loaded. It was.

13. Who wrote Georgette Heyer's biography?

Answer: Jane Aiken Hodge

"The Private World of Georgette Heyer" was by Jane Aiken Hodge, published in 1984.

14. Which Heyer heroine was an author?

Answer: Phoebe Marlow, of "Sylvester".

Phoebe Marlow had written a novel about a wicked uncle with unusual eyebrows. Unfortunately Sylvester Rayne, Duke of Salford, owned both the eyebrows and a nephew...

15. One Heyer heroine was perfectly happy for her rakish love to have orgies after they married. She offered to share them, or else to retire quietly to bed. Who was she and what was her book?

Answer: Venetia, from "Venetia".

Venetia Lanyon proposed to Jasper Damerel, suggesting that if he wouldn't marry her she'd build a willow cottage at his gates. It wasn't lack of love that held the couple apart, but Damerel's notion that he was too shopworn to become her husband.

Source: Author Sallyo

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