What the Butler Saw Trivia Quiz

Answer: Willikins

Willikins, apart from being a good butler, is also very handy in close hand-to-hand combat as demonstrated in "Jingo", very skilful with an ice knife as shown in "Thud" and an extremely good shot as seen in "Snuff". Rufus Drumknott is secretary to Lord Vetinari, Rincewind is a failed student in Unseen University and Mustrum Ridcully is the Archchancellor of the University.

Answer: Crichton

Crichton appears in Barrie's play "The Admirable Crichton". At the beginning of the play, Crichton is the archetypal servant who frowns upon his master's view that class divisions are artificial. The Loam family are shipwrecked on a tropical island and Crichton is the only one that has the ability to survive in adverse conditions. Ernest Woolley is Lord Loam's nephew. Tootles and Curly are two of the lost boys in "Peter Pan".

Answer: Stephano

Appearing in Shakespeare's "Tempest", Stephano is a murderous rebel and drunk who tries to recruit Caliban, by giving him large quantities of alcohol, to the murder of Prospero. Stephano and court jester Trinculo think that they can become masters, only to be brought to order by the magic of Prospero. Antonio is Alonso's brother; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are characters in "Hamlet".

Answer: John Parker

Appearing in "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", Parker, who has a criminal past, appears to be the prime suspect of the murder of his employer. Hercule Poirot, who investigates the case, finds the real culprit. Ralph Paton is Roger Ackroyd's stepson; Eric Idle and Terry Jones are members of the "Month Python" comedy team.

Answer: Sebastian Beach

Beach appears in a series of stories that take place in the castle. He is a well built man, who likes to drink port and the occasional drop of brandy. Reginald Jeeves, another creation of Wodehouse, is the valet of Bertie Wooster. Sebastian Bach is a Canadian heavy metal singer and Reginald Dwight is the real name of Elton John.

Answer: Poole

Mr Poole appears in the novella "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" and he is very loyal towards his master, but after noticing his strange behaviour, goes to Jekyll's lawyer and close friend, Gabriel Utterson, to express his suspicion that Mr Hyde has murdered his master and lives in his house.

Inspector Newcomen of Scotland Yard is the investigator of the case. Watson and Lestrade are creations of Arthur Conan Doyle.

Answer: Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" has Merriman as the butler at Manor House, Woolton, who takes great pleasure in intruding, with necessary announcements, into conversations between ardent or fighting lovers. G.B. Shaw is also Irish, Ibsen is Norwegian and H.G. Wells is English.

Answer: Ben Jonson

Jeremy is butler to Lovewit in Ben Jonson's "The Alchemist". Taking advantage of his master's absence due to the plague, Jeremy turns himself into "Face", a con-man, who turns Lovewit's house into a bogus alchemist's den. He cheats a series of gullible people before his master returns and normality is re-established. Christopher Marlowe is English, Baillet and Bardin are French.

Answer: Wilkie Collins

"The Moonstone", by Wilkie Collins, is considered to be the first detective novel written in English. Betteredge, butler to Lady Verinder, is the introductory narrator of the novel, which deals with he disappearance of a fabulous diamond. Anthony Trollope is also English, Jules Verne is French and Nathaniel Hawthorne is American.

Answer: Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Japan but moved to England when he was five years old. In "The Remains of the Day", Stevens is the butler at Darlington Hall. The story is told in a series of flashbacks, as Stevens reminisces the good old days at the service of Lord Darlington. Salman Rushdie is the author of "The Satanic Verses", Tracy Kidder authored "Strength in What Remains" and Vincent Zandri wrote "The Remains".