The Books of James Herriot Trivia Quiz

Answer: Helen Alderson

James asked Helen to various things around the town of Darrowby, often going on the advice of his boss' brother, Tristan. These attempts to win Helen's favour seemed to always end in some sort of disaster, although it seems that Helen herself didn't really mind.

Answer: True

Tristan was the brother of James' boss, Siegfried. In the television series based on the books of James Herriot, "All Creatures Great and Small", Tristan was portrayed by the actor Peter Davison. Apparently the kitchen was too far from the dining room to walk.

Answer: The Butcher

It turned out that the "Butcher" only snapped James' tooth in half, leaving the root inside his mouth, as well as causing him to have stitches. James was annoyed at the time because, not only had he already had a previous check-up telling him his teeth were fine, but the tooth that was "removed" was the tooth he used to hold his pipe.

Answer: Boris

Boris the cat. James, Tristan and Mrs Bond then had to spend ages trying to re-catch the cat. Tristan had wreaked havoc trying to capture Boris, having a wonderful time in the process, saying, "That was great Jim. I didn't realise you had so much fun...". Mrs Bond, after this little occurance, said on a different visit, "Mr Herriot, I hope you aren't going to bring that young man with you again."

Answer: Nugent

Mrs Pumphrey, as well as having a pet pig, originally had a pet dog named Tricki Woo, to whom James was the uncle. Although he was teased by Siegfried and Tristan because of it, James realised the advantage of being Tricki Woo's uncle when he was sent hampers, kippers and various other expensive items in the dog's name.

Answer: Jimmy

When James first saw Jimmy, he couldn't believe that a baby could look that strange, so he quickly compared him to another newborn child in the building. According to James: "He's a funny looking thing, isn't he?"

Answer: James addressed the letter to "Master" Tricki Woo

Mrs Pumphrey said: "Tricki adored your charming letter and he will keep it always, but he was very put out about one thing - you addressed it to Master Tricki and he does insist upon Mister. He was dreadfully affronted at first, quite beside himself, but when he saw it was from you he soon recovered his good temper. I can't think why he should have these little prejudices. Perhaps it is because he is an only dog - I do think an only dog develops more prejudices than one from a large family."

Answer: A dead chicken

This was quite an unfortunate occurance. It could, possibly, be blamed on the fact that Siegfried was drunk at the time.

Answer: True

Many people were scared out of their wits by the image of a brown robed figure going towards the Raynes Abbey. One of these people was James. He later found out that it was, in fact, Tristan. Whilst getting a lift home by the Darrowby policeman, Claude, James saw this figure again.

They hopped out of the car, Claude telling James the various things he intended to do to the culprit when he caught him - mainly beat him. The policeman fortunately didn't catch Tristan.

Answer: A dog

Well, I suppose a dog would be the logical choice. Richard Carmody was the student vet who went round with Siegfried and James on the farms. On one of the first visits, Carmody questioned and, in fact, completely disagreed in a rude way, with James' diagnosis of a lame calf. Carmody said, as they were driving away from that particular farm, "You know, that wasn't joint ill." James then wrote, "I made a mental note to try and keep this fellow away from Siegfried; one remark like that and Siegfried would unhesitatingly hurl him out of the car."

Answer: Zoe

Whenever James went to visit Granville Bennett and his wife, Zoe, Granville would offer him large amounts of food and drink, looking offended when James declined. By the time he left each time, James was pretty much a drunken wreck.

Answer: Saturday

One of the disastrous ideas of Tristan.

Answer: Yes

This was during his time in the RAF. He later found out that he would no longer be able to fly because he had to have an operation.

Answer: Three shillings

"The Geography of the World in Twenty-Four Volumes" ended up in the cellar of Skeldale House, because the books didn't smell particularly pleasant.

Answer: False

It was Tristan, not his brother Siegfried, who did this imitation - in the television series it was quite hilarious to watch - just before he, James and two nurses were supposed to be going to a local dance.