"King Solomon's Mines" by H. Rider Haggard. Quiz

Answer: Ingoldsby Legends

"The Ingoldsby Legends" are a collection of stories written by Richard Harris Barham under the pen name Thomas Ingoldsby. They first appeared in magazines of the Victorian period. Quartermain quotes from them every now and then, but mustn't have read them as much as he thinks; he seems to get a little confused with his quotes.

Answer: Evans

Evans is only briefly mentioned. Allan met him on an elephant hunt about thirty years prior to the events of the novel. The poor chap was killed by a wounded buffalo the following year. Not a nice way to go!

Answer: Khiva

Continuing with the brutal animal deaths, Khiva is ripped in two by an elephant. This is not far fetched. Although loved by all in zoos, elephants can and do kill people regularly in the wild.

Answer: Not much. He was frozen to death

Not only frozen but extremely well preserved, Da Silvestra had been there for 300 years. But not doing much. Da Silvestra wrote the original directions to the mines that our heroes were following.

Answer: Fiddles with his false teeth

The Kukuanas have never seen false teeth before and howl with terror. As I bet Good did when eating nuts.

Answer: Very old, you just never actually find out

Gagool's age is never stated, but she does hint that she has lived for many generations of her people. She's a sly one though. I wouldn't trust a thing she says.

Answer: Preserved in stalagmites

The dead kings of the Kukuanas sit around a table, preserved in stalagmites, in the Place of Death. Presiding over them is a colossal figure of Death, hewn from a single great stalagmite. Even our brave Allan is quite overcome and only manages to stay in the cave because, in time honoured tradition, Curtis "caught me by the collar and held me".

Answer: Crushed by a closing rock door

Gagool, in a fiendish last move stabs Foulata and kills her, breaking the heart of Good. But Foulata holds onto Gagool just long enough to slow her down, and the descending rock door crushes her flat. But hey, we have no sympathy.

Answer: A snake

The snake around his body is a (nearly) sure symbol that Umbopa is the rightful king. The chiefs need some more convincing though, and Good, with the aid of his trusty almanac pulls the old "total eclipse of the moon" chestnut out of the bag. Nice thinking chaps!

Answer: The Greys

It's a tough old battle, this one, and The Greys are all but wiped out at the conclusion. Our heroes get knocked about a bit, climaxing with a duel between Henry Curtis and Twala, the outgoing king. Well, he didn't want to be outgoing but after Curtis chops his head off it gets sort of difficult to get respect from the populace.