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Saturday, September 29, 2012

Jane Austen Name Quiz


It's been a while since I've done a game focusing solely on my favorite Authoress so I had lots of fun putting this game together! This Jane Austen quiz focuses on names of characters used in her six major novels. 

 To Play: Read the rules in each question category below and leave your answers in a comment. There will be only one answer for each question. Guess as many times as you want and I'll respond with your score. 

Scoring: There are 20 questions and each correctly guessed answer is worth 5 points. A total of 100 points can be earned. 


Same Name Questions: 
Rule: Tell what first name is shared by two or more characters.
#1. Charlotte Lucas's father and husband.
#2. Isabella Thorpe and Lucy Steele both have sisters named this.
#3. Maria Rushworth's husband and Catherine Morland's brother.
#4. Mrs. Croft and Miss Grey.
#5. What first name is shared by five men in Persuasion?


Used Once Questions: 
Rule: Each of these names is only used once, tell which novel they appear in.
#6. Anna-Maria
#7. Philip
#8. Julia
#9. Selina
#10. Lewis


Which Novel Questions:
Rule: Name which novel each of these minor characters appears in or is mentioned in.
#11. John Yates
#12. Mr. Shepherd
#13. Dr. Grant
#14. Mrs. Goddard
#15. Mrs. Philips
#16. James Benwick
#17. Mrs. Allen
#18. Mrs. Younge
#19. Miss Morton
#20. William Larkins

Happy Guessing!


30 comments:

  1. #1: William
    #2: Ann
    #3: John
    #4: Sophia
    #5: Charles?

    #8: "Mansfield Park"
    #10: "The Inheretance"

    #12: "Persuasion"
    #15: "Pride and Prejudice"
    #17: "Northanger Abbey"


    ~Johanna


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  2. 1. William
    2. Anne (with or without an e? I'm not sure, haha!)
    3. James
    4. Sophia
    5. Charles (?)
    6. S&S
    7. Emma
    8. Mansfield Park
    9. Emma
    10. Pride and Prejudice
    11. Mansfield Park
    12. Persuasion (?)
    13. Mansfield Park
    14. Emma
    15. Pride and Prejudice
    16. Persuasion
    17. Northanger Abbey
    18. P&P
    19. S&S
    20. Emma

    A couple of guesses in there, but very good fun! And of course a quiz devoted to Jane Austen is perfection itself :)

    ~Abby

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  3. 1. William
    2. Anne
    3. James
    4. Sophia
    5. Charles?

    6. Emma? (Isn't this what Mrs. Weston named her daughter?)
    7. Emma (Phillip Elton)
    8. Mansfield Park? (Julia Bertram)
    9. Either Persuasion or Mansfield Park...
    10. Pride and Prejudice (Sir Lewis de Bourgh)

    11. Mansfield Park
    12. Persuasion
    13. Mansfield Park
    14. Emma
    15. Pride and Prejudice
    16. Persuasion
    17. Northanger Abbey
    18. Pride and Prejudice
    19. Sense and Sensibility
    20. I want to say Mansfield Park

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  4. I love your games, Miss Laurie! Unfortunately I've missed the last few. ):

    Same Name:
    1. William
    2. Anne
    3. James
    4. Sophia
    5. Charles

    Used Once:
    6. Sense and Sensibility
    7. Emma
    8. Mansfield Park
    9. Emma
    10. Pride and Prejudice

    Which Novel:
    11. Mansfield Park
    12. Persuasion
    13. Mansfield Park
    14. Emma
    15. Pride and Prejudice
    16. Persuasion
    17. Northanger Abbey
    18. Pride and Prejudice
    19. Sense and Sensibility
    20. Emma

    A couple of these minor characters names made me think! I may not know my Austen as well as I think I do!

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  5. Johanna,
    Your guesses on questions 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 12, 15 and 17 were correct. Unfortunately your guesses on #3 and #10 were incorrect. Your score is 40 points. Thanks for playing!

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  6. Abby,
    Your guesses on questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 were correct. You answered all of the questions correctly and have gained the maximum score of 100 points! Excellent work!
    So glad you enjoyed this quiz! :)

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  7. Miss Elizabeth Bennet,
    Your guesses on questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 were correct. Your guesses on questions 6, 9 and 20 were incorrect. Your current score is 85 points!
    If you have any other guesses on the ones you miss feel free to comment again.

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  8. Miss Melody Muffin,
    I've missed you playing, glad you can play now! :)
    Your guesses on questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 were correct. You got all of the questions correct so you've got the maximum score of 100 points! Excellent work!

    Seems you do know Jane Austen better than you thought! :)

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  9. I think I will skip the game, as I can't remember enough of the answers. ha
    However, I wanted to tell you that I love your new Fall header and background! So pretty and cozy looking. :-)

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  10. 1- William
    2- Anne
    3- James?
    4- Sophia
    5- FIVE? Hmmm... perhaps Walter? Though I can think of only three...

    6- Sense and Sensibility
    7- ?
    8- Mansfield Park
    9- Northanger Abbey?
    10- Persuasion

    11- Mansfield Park
    12- ?
    13- Mansfield Park
    14- Emma
    15- P&P
    16- Persuasion
    17- Northanger Abbey
    18- P&P
    19- S&S
    20- Ohhhh dear, I can't remember...

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  11. 1.William
    2.Anne or Nancy
    3.James
    4. Sophia
    5. William
    6. Sense and Sensibility-it was one of Sir John and Lady Middleton's daughters
    7. Mansfield Park?
    8.Mansfield Park. Julia Bertram.
    9.Bwahha, this is the obnoxious Mrs. Elton's sister. Emma
    10. Northanger Abbey?
    11.Mansfield Park? The man Julia eloped with?
    12. Persuasion? Was this the father of Elizabeth's low companion?
    13. Mansfield Park. The brother in law of the horrid Crawford siblings
    14.Emma. The proprietress of Harriet's school
    15. Pride and Prejudice. Mrs. Bennet's vulgar sister
    16. Persuasion. Captain Benwick-friend of Captain Wentworth. Engaged to Captain Harville's sister and later the silly Louisa Musgrove
    17.Northanger Abbey, the trifling older companion of Catherine
    18.Pride and Prejudice. The aide of Mr. Wickham's horrible schemes
    19. Sense and Sensibility. The heiress Edward's family wanted him to marry
    20. Emma. Mr. Knightly's steward

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  12. Miss Dashwood,
    Your guesses on questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 were completely correct! Unfortunately your answers on questions 5, 9 and 10 were incorrect.
    I you have any other guesses on them or 7, 12 and 20 feel free to comment again.
    Your score is 70 points! Excellent work! :)

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  13. Livia Rachelle,
    Your guesses on questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 were completely correct! I loved reading you explanations of the character too!
    Unfortunately your answers for questions 5, 7 and 10 were incorrect.
    Your score is 85 points! Thanks for playing! :)

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  14. How delightful! Our favorite Authoress makes another appearance! ;)

    1. William
    2. Anne
    3. La! I don't know! It's been too long since I read NA or MP and I don't see movies of those very frequently! If only I'd already started NA... ah well, perhaps it'll come to me. :P
    4. Sophia
    5. Hmm. Well, I'll take a guess here. Charles?
    6. I do not remember that. o.o How shocking.
    7. Emma? Philip Elton?
    8. Mansfield Park (Julia Bertram)
    9. Emma (the famous sister of Augusta ;))
    10. I don't know this either! Shocking. Dreadful.
    11. Mansfield Park
    12. Persuasion
    13. Mansfield Park
    14. Emma
    15. Pride and Prejudice
    16. Persuasion
    17. Northanger Abbey ("My dear, you tumble my gown," was Mrs. Allen's reply.)
    18. Pride and Prejudice (Look how good I am at not abbreviating! Ha, actually I don't know why I'm not...)
    19. Sense and Sensibility
    20. Okay, not sure here. Emma?

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  15. 2. Anne
    5. William
    8. Mansfield Park
    11. Mansfield Park
    14. Emma
    16. Persuasion
    20. Emma

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  16. Melody,
    Your guesses on questions 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 were completely correct! You had three unanswered questions: 3, 6 and 10. Your score is 85 points!

    Loved your quotes and silliness! Feel free to guess again if you have any other thoughts. :)

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  17. Emily Ruth,
    Your guesses on questions 2, 8, 11, 14, 16 and 20 were correct. Unfortunately your guess on #5 is incorrect. Your score is 30 points. Thanks for playing! :)

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  18. Oh lucky me! I might know three of these...
    1.William
    3.John
    5.Henry?
    6. The Tale of Samuel Whiskers by Beatrix Potter! (jk)I really don't know.
    14.Emma
    15. Pride and Predjudice
    And Miss Morton sound familiar...

    ~Robyn Hoode

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  19. Robyn Hoode,
    Your guesses on questions 1, 14 and 15 were correct. Unfortunately your guesses on #3, #5 and #6 (that made me giggle) were incorrect. Your score is 15 points. Feel free to guess again. Thanks for playing! :)

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  20. 13. Sense and Sensibility
    19. Persuasion
    18. Emma or Mansfield Park
    17. Northanger Abbey

    John Yates sounds familiar too.

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  21. 1- William
    2- Maria
    3- James
    4- Sophie/Sophia
    5- Charles or William

    6-
    7-
    8- Mansfield Park
    9-
    10-

    11- Mansfield Park
    12- Persuasion
    13- Mansfield Park
    14- Emma
    15- Pride & Prejudice
    16- Persuasion
    17- Northanger Abbey
    18- Pride & Prejudice
    19- Sense & Sensibility
    20- Emma

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  22. 1. William.

    2. Anne.

    8. Mansfield Park.

    9. Emma.

    14. Emma.

    15. P&P.

    16. Persuasion.

    17. Wanna say Anne of Green Gables, but that doesn't qualify.

    18. P&P.

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    http://hopefulforhomemaking.blogspot.com

    ~Stephanie

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  24. Hmmm, I might've won last week's quiz, I'm definitely not going to win this one, it's sooo hard (or, I'm not good at names)

    1.William
    2.Anne
    3.John
    4.
    5.William
    6.
    7.
    8.Mansfield Park
    9.
    10.
    11.Mansfield Park
    12.
    13.Emma
    14.Emma
    15.
    16.Persuasion
    17.Northanger Abbey
    18.
    19.Sense and Sensibility
    20.Pride and Prejudice

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  25. Otay, a couple more guesses...

    3. Er... *filters JA guy names through head* James?
    6. I STILL CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING. I'll draw a name out of a hat... Persuasion?
    10. Hmm. Okay, another name-draw... P&P?

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  26. Anonymous,
    Not sure if this is Robyn Hoode again or not. I'll just assume it is and update that score.

    Your recent guesses on questions 19 and 17 were correct. Unfortunately your guesses on 13 and 18 were incorrect.
    Your updated score is 25 points.

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  27. Miss Elizabeth Bennet (The Age of Elegance),
    Your guesses on questions 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20. Your guess on #2 was incorrect.
    Your score is 75 points!

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  28. Charity U,
    Your guesses on questions 1, 2, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16 and 18 were all correct.
    Your score is 40 points!

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  29. birdienl,
    Your guesses for questions 1, 2, 3, 8, 11, 14, 16, 17 and 19 were correct. Your guesses on questions 5, 13 and 20 were incorrect.
    Your score is 45 points. Good work!

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  30. Melody,
    Your recent guesses on questions 3 and 10 were correct. Your guess on #6 was wrong.
    Your updated score is 95 points! Excellent! :)

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