The Times is having a Wodehouse Quiz, with a lucky person to win a fifty books from the Everyman Wodehouse collection, and (count 'em) six Bollinger champagnes. The deadline for submissions is about two and a half hours, and I sent in my answers (in bold red).
1. Book Titles. Complete the titles of these British editions of Wodehouse novels:
a Pearls, Girls and . . .
Monty Bodkin
b The . . . Bachelor
Small
c Stiff . . ., Jeeves
Upper Lip
2. Middle names. Provide the middle name of these characters:
a Stanley . . . Ukridge
Featherstonehaugh
b Thomas . . . Travers
Portarlington
c George . . . Wellbeloved
Cyril
3. Stately homes. Where did the following live?
a The 9th Earl of Emsworth
Blandings Castle
b Sir Watkyn Bassett
Totleigh Towers
c The 7th Earl of Marshmoreton
Belpher Castle
4. Quotations. Complete the following:
a “It is never difficult to tell the difference between . . . and a ray of sunshine”
...a Scotsman with a grievance
b “If not actually disgruntled, he was far from . . .”
...being gruntled
c “Inherited wealth, of course, does not make a young man nobler or more admirable; but . . .”
...the young man does not always know this
5. Marriages. Whom did the following marry?
a Sally Painter
Reginald "Pongo" Twistleton
b Veronica Wedge
Tipton Plimsoll
c Rosie M. Banks
Bingo Little
1. Book Titles. Complete the titles of these British editions of Wodehouse novels:
a Pearls, Girls and . . .
Monty Bodkin
b The . . . Bachelor
Small
c Stiff . . ., Jeeves
Upper Lip
2. Middle names. Provide the middle name of these characters:
a Stanley . . . Ukridge
Featherstonehaugh
b Thomas . . . Travers
Portarlington
c George . . . Wellbeloved
Cyril
3. Stately homes. Where did the following live?
a The 9th Earl of Emsworth
Blandings Castle
b Sir Watkyn Bassett
Totleigh Towers
c The 7th Earl of Marshmoreton
Belpher Castle
4. Quotations. Complete the following:
a “It is never difficult to tell the difference between . . . and a ray of sunshine”
...a Scotsman with a grievance
b “If not actually disgruntled, he was far from . . .”
...being gruntled
c “Inherited wealth, of course, does not make a young man nobler or more admirable; but . . .”
...the young man does not always know this
5. Marriages. Whom did the following marry?
a Sally Painter
Reginald "Pongo" Twistleton
b Veronica Wedge
Tipton Plimsoll
c Rosie M. Banks
Bingo Little
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