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Quiz: Place, Prop, Person – September

A new monthly series for 2020. There are 3 clues – Place, Prop and Person – for each of the September born author’s works. Just guess the right work.

  • Question of

    Euripides – Greece, a poisoned robe, Jason

    • Medea
    • The Trojan Women
  • Question of

    Carlos Ruiz Zafon – Barcelona, a rare book, Daniel

    • The Prisoner of Heaven
    • The Shadow of the Wind
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    DH Lawrence – Austrian Alps, a coal mine, Ursula

    • Women in Love
    • The Rainbow
  • Question of

    O Henry – Alabama, $250, Ebenezer

    • The Ransom of the Red Chief
    • The Gift of the Magi
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    Michael Ondaatje – London, greyhounds, Nathaniel

    • Warlight
    • The English Patient
  • Question of

    Roald Dahl – Norway, a mouse, Luke

    • The Witches
    • The Magic Finger
  • Question of

    Agatha Christie – Essex, poison, Hercule Poirot

    • The Mysterious Affair at Styles
    • The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
  • Question of

    Elizabeth Gaskell – London, a torn dress, Henry

    • Ruth
    • North and South
  • Question of

    James Fenimore Cooper – New York State, a cave, Cora

    • The Last of the Mohicans
    • The Prairie
  • Question of

    William Golding – Southern Ocean, a journal, Edmund

    • Rites of Passage
    • Lord of the Flies
  • Question of

    Stephen King – Maine, a bucket, Ms Desjardin

    • Carrie
    • The Stand
  • Question of

    HG Wells – Surrey, heat ray, Ogilvy

    • War of the Worlds
    • The Time Machine
  • Question of

    Fannie Flagg – Alabama, a train, Idgie

    • Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
    • Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
  • Question of

    Fay Weldon – England, account books, Ruth

    • The Life and Loves of a She Devil
    • After the Peace
  • Question of

    FS Fitzgerald – Long Island, a green light, Daisy

    • The Great Gatsby
    • The Beautiful and the Damned
  • Question of

    William Faulkner – Mississippi, a mill, Lena

    • Light in August
    • The Sound and the Fury
  • Question of

    TS Eliot – Gallowgate, a cup of tea, the guards

    • Skimbleshanks, the Railway Cat
    • The Old Gumbie Cat
  • Question of

    Jane Smiley – Midwest, an empty building, Bo Jones

    • Moo
    • A Thousand Acres
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    Miguel De Cervantes – Spain, a windmill, Sancho Panza

    • Don Quixote
    • La Galatea
  • Question of

    Truman Capote – Manhatten, a cat, Holly

    • Breakfast at Tiffany’s
    • A Christmas Memory

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