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The Luck In The Head Trivia Quiz

"The Luck In The Head" is my favorite book, and probably one of the least known books out there. Written by M. John Harrison and Ian Miller, it is very interesting and graphic. Here's a quiz for those of you who have read the book.

A multiple-choice quiz by poopieduck. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
poopieduck

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
131,352

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
10 / 20

Plays
149

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 20

1. Where is the story set? Hint

Uroconia

Iriconium

Uroconium

Phiriconium

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Question 2 of 20

2. "Blink your eyes in Uroconium and you experience a still frame from your own ... The city is that old" Hint

worst dream

bad dreams

worst nightmare

bad nightmares

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Question 3 of 20

3. The people of the book love what place? Hint

the gorges

the colliseum

the arena

the museum

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Question 4 of 20

4. Who is the main character of this book? Hint

Ardvark Crome

Abbott Crome

Arnold Crome

Ardwick Crome

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Question 5 of 20

5. What would Crome do every morning for two or three hours? Hint

paint

stare out at the city

draw

write

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Question 6 of 20

6. For how long was Crome in the city before he began to have dreams? Hint

3 months

1 year

4 years

3 years

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Question 7 of 20

7. Crome had a dream in which he was watching a ceremony called the Luck In The Head. What time and day did this ceremony take place? Hint

the night of the Eve Of Assumption

In the morning of the Eve Of Assumption

The morning of Assumption day

The morning of the city parade

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Question 8 of 20

8. "In this ceremony women race between the fences for a small white animal known as 'The Lamb', which is decorated with..." What is the "Lamb" decorated with? Hint

strips of rag

medallions

all of these

paper ribbons

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Question 9 of 20

9. What happens to this lamb after the ceremony is over? Hint

It is dropped and left where the women had seized it

Its is killed and split between all the women

it is paraded the next day on a pole, and then made into pies

It is taken to a farm where it can live

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Question 10 of 20

10. What three words did Crome repeat several times after his dream had ended? Hint

"It's not mine"

"It's yours"

"It's mine"

"That was scary!"

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Question 11 of 20

11. What color light were the clowns capering in when Crome awoke from his dream? Hint

red

green

blue

dim gray

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Question 12 of 20

12. Where did Crome find his friend Ansel Verdigris eating gooseberries? Hint

The Unler-Main-Kai

Mecklenburgh Square

Proton Alley

Luitpold Cafe

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Question 13 of 20

13. How many times was the sheet of paper folded that Verdigris gave to Crome? Hint

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Question 14 of 20

14. What was the name of the Queen who wears a wig and a wooden crown, who was carried throughout the city on Fridays, whose predecessors were the Analeptic Kings? Hint

The Analeptic Queen

Missy Viola

Mammy Vooley

Mam Vuley

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Question 15 of 20

15. What was the painting that Crome had haning in his room above his washstand originally called by the painter (by Kristodulos Fleece)? Hint

"Children dancing around a skeleton cry flowers"

"The children who weep roses"

"The children who love the gods"

"Children Beloved of the Gods have the power to weep roses"

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Question 16 of 20

16. What is Ansel Verdigris supposed to see that Crome has touched? Hint

a sword from under the ground

a sword from the kings

a sword from the queen

a sword from a cave

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Question 17 of 20

17. What did the woman with the insect's head tell Crome he had to do to stop his dreams? Hint

kill the kings

take sleeping pills

kill Ansel Verdigris

kill the mammy

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Question 18 of 20

18. How does Ansel Verdigris die, and is he happy about it? Hint

no, and the woman with the insects head kills him

no, and the mammy kills him for betraying Crome

yes, and the woman with the insects head kills him

yes, and Crome kills him

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Question 19 of 20

19. In the beginning, the Mammy was deciding to change the city's name, although we don't find out what the city is changed to until the end. What is the new name of the city? Hint

Uroconium, new and improved

Montrouge

Mammy Vooley's city of Viraco

Vira-Co, the city in the waste

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Question 20 of 20

20. These three words or chants were repeated many times throughout the book. Hint

Ow low low

Ou Lou Lou

loo loo

ev heg

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where is the story set?

Answer: Uroconium

The story was set in Uroconium. It is stated on the first page, where the author describes the setting for the story.

2. "Blink your eyes in Uroconium and you experience a still frame from your own ... The city is that old"

Answer: worst dream

3. The people of the book love what place?

Answer: the arena

Its people love the arena. They are burning or quartering someone every night for political or religious crimes. They haven't much time for anything else.

4. Who is the main character of this book?

Answer: Ardwick Crome

5. What would Crome do every morning for two or three hours?

Answer: write

He strapped himself into his bed with three broad leather straps that his father had given him. He found that unfair confinement helped him to write.

6. For how long was Crome in the city before he began to have dreams?

Answer: 3 years

7. Crome had a dream in which he was watching a ceremony called the Luck In The Head. What time and day did this ceremony take place?

Answer: In the morning of the Eve Of Assumption

8. "In this ceremony women race between the fences for a small white animal known as 'The Lamb', which is decorated with..." What is the "Lamb" decorated with?

Answer: all of these

9. What happens to this lamb after the ceremony is over?

Answer: it is paraded the next day on a pole, and then made into pies

"The 'Lamb' is paraded all the next day through the villages of Iron Chyme, Lymm and Ivy Throne, before being made into pies. It is good luck to obtain the pie made from the head."

10. What three words did Crome repeat several times after his dream had ended?

Answer: "It's not mine"

He repeats this many many times as he is drifting back to sleep, and when he is coming out of his dream.

11. What color light were the clowns capering in when Crome awoke from his dream?

Answer: green

"In the arena, clowns were capering in the greenish light"

12. Where did Crome find his friend Ansel Verdigris eating gooseberries?

Answer: Luitpold Cafe

Crome searched these other places to find whoever wrote the note to him, but he had found Ansel in the Cafe.

13. How many times was the sheet of paper folded that Verdigris gave to Crome?

Answer: 3

14. What was the name of the Queen who wears a wig and a wooden crown, who was carried throughout the city on Fridays, whose predecessors were the Analeptic Kings?

Answer: Mammy Vooley

Mammy Vooley sits alone all day in a wooden chair in an alcove in the Labyrinth at Cheminor. At night she can be heard singing to herself in different voices. She catches Crome standing, while everyone else is bowing to the queen.

15. What was the painting that Crome had haning in his room above his washstand originally called by the painter (by Kristodulos Fleece)?

Answer: "Children Beloved of the Gods have the power to weep roses"

Before the woman with the insects head arrived in Crome's rooms, the painting originally was called "Children Beloved of the Gods have the Power to weep Roses" and had dancers winding themselves around the tallest girl in a spiral. After the woman with the insect's head arrived, the painting was distorted and the dancers were dancing in the shadow of the lamb's head.

16. What is Ansel Verdigris supposed to see that Crome has touched?

Answer: a sword from under the ground

Ansel Verdigris betrayed his friendship with Crome and was ordered to see that Crome had touched the sword from under the ground.

17. What did the woman with the insect's head tell Crome he had to do to stop his dreams?

Answer: kill the mammy

18. How does Ansel Verdigris die, and is he happy about it?

Answer: yes, and Crome kills him

Verdigris was hit in the head with the sword and his arm was cut off by Crome. He was laughing and pointing at his own head and arm, and said that it was what he wanted.

19. In the beginning, the Mammy was deciding to change the city's name, although we don't find out what the city is changed to until the end. What is the new name of the city?

Answer: Vira-Co, the city in the waste

At the end of the book, Mammy vooley says that the city willed be called "Vira-Co", and also that it was the city in the waste.

20. These three words or chants were repeated many times throughout the book.

Answer: Ou Lou Lou

It is repeated many different times throughout the book where the civilians are chanting this 'Ou Lou Lou' song, which is referred to as "that sacred song." Although "ev heg" is stated a couple of times, it is not as noticeable as "ou lou lou."

Source: Author poopieduck

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