The Dan Brown Novels Trivia Quiz

Answer: Leonardo Vetra

Leonardo Vetra is killed in 'Angels and Demons' to steal the anti-matter canister. The other options are the victims in other novels, Jacques Sauniere in 'Da Vinci Code', Ensie Tankado in 'Digital Fortress' and Charles Brophy in 'Deception Point'.

Answer: Angels and Demons

The novel 'Angels and Demons' does not have an epilogue, unlike the other three novels. It ends with Chapter 137.

Answer: Controller

The villain in 'Deception Point' is the controller and head of a United States Delta Force. The Teacher is the villain in 'Da Vinci Code', Janus in 'Angels and Demons' and North Dakota in 'Digital Fortress'.

Answer: Hulohot

Hulohot is the killer in 'Digital Fortress'. The Hassassin is the killer in 'Angels and Demons', Silas in 'Da Vinci Code' and Delta One in 'Deception Point'. Each of these killers meet with a gory end; Hulohot falls off a staircase, the Hassassin is thrown off a tower, Silas is shot dead and Delta One is drowned.

Answer: Maximilian Kohler

Kohler is the head of CERN whom we are led to believe is the villain Janus, but it is revealed later that he is innocent. The red herrings in other books are Bezhu Fache in 'Da Vinci Code', Marjorie Tench in 'Deception Point' and Greg Hale in 'Digital Fortress'.

Answer: Leigh Teabing

Leigh Teabing who is a friend of the hero Langdon, turns out to be the 'Teacher' who had masterminded the killing of the curator Jacques Sauniere. Strathmore is the villain in 'Digital Fortress' who is in love with the heroine Susan. Pickering is the villain in 'Deception Point' who is the heroine Rachel's boss and Camerlengo Ventresca who pretends to be the saviour of Christianity is Janus the villain in 'Angels and Demons'. At the end of the story; Teabing is arrested by the police, Strathmore dies in the burning Crypto, Pickering is drowned and Ventresca immolates himself.

Answer: Caesar box

The Caesar box is the code featured in 'Digital Fortress'. This code referred to an arrangement of 64 letters in 8 rows and 8 columns, that was originally created by Julius Caesar. The Fibonacci sequence is the code referred to in 'Da Vinci Code', Segno refers to 'the sign' which is a code for 503 or DIII which in turn refer to Galileo's 'Diagramma', which contains reference to the Illuminati lair in 'Angels and Demons'. Morse code is the code used by Rachel Sexton by striking the iceberg on which they are stuck in 'Deception Point'; this is eventually picked up by a submarine which saves them.

Answer: A screensaver password

In 'Deception Point', Gabrielle is searching for a password to open Senator Sexton's system. In 'Da Vinci Code' there is a search for a code to open the cryptex. In 'Digital Fortress' the search is for the pass key to stop the virus from weakening the defences of the NSA databank and in 'Angels and Demons', a code has to be unraveled to find out the location of the Illuminati lair.

Answer: The Priory of Sion

The Priory of Sion is the secret society featured in 'Da Vinci Code' which was supposed to be headed once by Leonardo Da Vinci. The Illuminati is the ancient secret society in 'Angels and Demons'. The National Security Agency (NSA) and National Reconnaissance Organisation (NRO) are top secret organisations featured in 'Digital Fortress' and 'Deception Point' respectively.

Answer: Michael Tolland

Michael Tolland is the hero in 'Deception Point'. The heroes and heroines of the four Dan Brown novels are Robert Langdon/Sophie Neveu (Da Vinci Code), Robert Langdon/Vittoria Vetra (Angels and Demons), Rachel Sexton/Michael Tolland (Deception Point) and Susan Fletcher/David Becker (Digital Fortress).