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Incompetence Trivia Quiz

"Incompetence" is a detective novel written by Rob Grant that is littered with hilarious jokes and incompetent people. In this book, bad is the new good, so I wish you "bad luck"!

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

Author
kyleisalive

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
198,138

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
178

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who is the woman Harry meets in his hotel room in Paris? Hint

Gina

Lisa

Tonya

Amy

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where does "Incompetence" start? Hint

London

Paris

Rome

Vienna

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the name of the police captain Harry meets in Rome?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Where does the large party where nearly everyone is poisoned occur? Hint

Rome

Paris

Vienna

Brussels

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Question 5 of 10

5. Mamma is legally dead.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. On what day does Harry need to meet Twinkle in Vienna? Hint

Wednesday

Friday

Tuesday

Thursday

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Question 7 of 10

7. At which aplatform does Harry need to board his train to Vienna? Hint

Five

Four

Nine and three quarters

Three

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is not a method of transportation Harry uses during the book? Hint

Tractor

Car

Bus

Plane

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is not one of Harry's aliases? Hint

Cardew Vascular

Harry Pepper

Hinton Wheeler

Harry Tequila

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was behind the murders?

Answer: (First Name Only or First and Last Name)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is the woman Harry meets in his hotel room in Paris?

Answer: Gina

Harry says that Gina is so hot that you could use her to cut through bank vaults. He misses his date with her because he's put into a holding cell in the jail.

2. Where does "Incompetence" start?

Answer: Rome

The book starts with Harry going to investigate a brutal crime scene, where his friend Klingferm is killed when an elevator crashes through the roof of a building.

3. What is the name of the police captain Harry meets in Rome?

Answer: Zuccho

Zuccho is in desperate need of an anger management class. He ends up shooting Harry by the end of the novel and he apologizes for it.

4. Where does the large party where nearly everyone is poisoned occur?

Answer: Paris

Everyone but the interior designer, the chef, the sous-chef, and the hostess are killed at the party.

5. Mamma is legally dead.

Answer: False

Pappa is legally dead until Harry goves him an identity. Apparently, the government mixed up the forms and Pappa's death certificate was mailed to him.

6. On what day does Harry need to meet Twinkle in Vienna?

Answer: Thursday

Harry makes it to Vienna after enduring many events including a horrible train ride, and finding the French Minister of the Interior dead in the back of his rental car.

7. At which aplatform does Harry need to board his train to Vienna?

Answer: Four

Although the train was originally supposed to board at platform five, the lonely station manager changes platforms. It turns out that the train station is not recognized by Railouest, so Harry has to jump onto the train to get to Vienna.

8. What is not a method of transportation Harry uses during the book?

Answer: Bus

Harry rents a car to get halfway to Vienna, he flys by plane to Paris from Rome, and he takes a tractor to the train station from Mamma and Pappa's farm.

9. What is not one of Harry's aliases?

Answer: Hinton Wheeler

Hinton Wheeler is the man who Harry meets in Paris' holding cells. Hinton has been in a hlding cell for three and a half years.

10. Who was behind the murders?

Answer: Klingferm

Klingferm faked his own death in a plot to ruin the "United States of Europe". He made sure that Harry made it to "Disneyland: Austria" so that he could kill him. Harry ends up shooting Klingferm's brain and he lives through the ordeal.

Source: Author kyleisalive

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