MEMBERS QUIZ
Valentine’s Day Book Quiz
That witty record of 1990s love lives and book publishing, Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding, began life as columns initially serialised in which newspaper?
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James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room certainly doesn’t feature one of the happiest relationships in fiction, but in which city is it set?
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The events of Ian McEwan’s acclaimed novel Atonement are set in motion by the writing of a love letter, of sorts. Another of his novels would win the Booker Prize, but which was it?
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Akwaeke Emezi’s love story You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty was inspired by a song from which artist?
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In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth’s mother, Mrs Bennet, is impressed when she hears how much money Darcy makes a year. How much is it?
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Alice Oseman’s queer teen romance webcomic Heartstopper has spawned multiple sequels and a Netflix series. It began as a spin-off from her debut novel Solitaire, which was centred on which character?
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Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary originally had a subtitle. What was it?
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A tale of elusive love, David Nicholls’ One Day takes place on the same day over twenty years. Which day?
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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie features lovers separated across borders. The story principally takes place in Nigeria, the United States and which other country?
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Olivia Laing’s 2016 book The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone was written after a break-up and includes chapters on various writers and artists as inspiration. But which of these artists does not inspire a chapter in the book?
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In Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day, the butler at Darlington Hall is in love with the housekeeper. What is her name?
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Patricia Highsmith’s 1952 The Price of Salt was later filmed as Carol. Highsmith didn’t want to become known as the author of a lesbian romantic novel, so it was originally published under which pseudonym?
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Graeme Simsion’s bestselling 2013 novel The Rosie Project has since become part of a trilogy. The second was titled The Rosie Effect, but what was the third called?
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Romantic Comedy is a 2023 novel by Curtis Sittenfeld. Her third novel, American Wife, was inspired by the life of former first lady Laura Bush. But which other real-life figure provided the basis of her sixth novel, which was published in 2020?
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Sarah Waters’ racy debut novel Tipping the Velvet was filmed by the BBC in 2002. Rachael Stirling played Nan, but who played her lover, Kitty?
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Exit West by Mohsin Hamid is a fantastical novel about the refugee crisis, following two young lovers fleeing a war-torn city. What is the name of the fictional London ghetto they end up in?
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The sleeper sci-fi hit This is How You Lose the Time War centres on a love story across the divide of a conflict. What was unusual about its writing?
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Following the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People, the necklace worn by Paul Mescal became an online meme. How many followers does the Instagram account @connellschain currently (in February 2024) have?
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E. M. Forster’s novel of homosexual love, Maurice, was written in 1913–14 but wasn’t published in Britain until . . .
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Jen Beagin’s novel Big Swiss follows the story of Greta, who falls in love with the voice of the title character, which she hears while transcribing interviews for . . .
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Valentine's Day Book Quiz
Farewell, My Lovely
Who needs romance anyway? Pass the TBR pile and the biscuits.
Love in a Cold Climate
Well, at least you’re not a lovesick puppy. Console yourself with a good book.
A Spy in the House of Love
A good effort. You are learning the ways of love – and also books.
Enduring Love
The supreme being of romance. Mills & Boon have nothing on you. Sheer animal (bookish) magnetism.
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