Trivia Quiz: P.G. Wodehouse

P.G. Wodehouse is often referred to as the father of British humor. He's also created many famous characters, most notable amongst them the familiar image of the brilliant manservant. Test yourself to see how much you know about his life and work.


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Question 1: What does P.G. stand for, anyway?

 A: Penfield Gaston
 B: Paul Grosvernor
 C: Pelham Grenville
 D: Percy Grosbardier

Question 2: What was the nickname by which Wodehouse's friends called him?

 A: Puck
 B: Pinky
 C: Pidge
 D: Plum

Question 3: How many novels did Wodehouse write in his lifetime?

 A: 73
 B: 90
 C: 96
 D: 127

Question 4: What magazine did Wodehouse begin writing for in 1914 that helped to kick off his career as a writer?

 A: American Mercury
 B: The New Yorker
 C: Harper's Bazaar
 D: Vanity Fair

Question 5: What did Wodehouse do with pages of his stories as he wrote them?

 A: Pin them on his wall at spots relevant to how happy he was with them
 B: Shuffle them up whenever he started writing to keep from getting too used to them
 C: Give them to his publisher one at a time to prove he was working
 D: Stack them alphabetically by the first letter on each page

Question 6: Along with Bertie Wooster, what other character -- Wooster's now-famous valet -- is one of Wodehouse's most enduring characters?

 A: Carruthers
 B: Alfred
 C: Jeeves
 D: Jones

Question 7: What was the name of the castle at which Wodehouse set many of his stories?

 A: Piltsdown Pile
 B: Hurlbutt Hall
 C: Blandings
 D: Fawlty Towers

Question 8: What happened when the Germans used Wodehouse novels to prepare their espionage agents to infiltrate England during WWII?

 A: A spy became butler to the royal family
 B: An undercover agent showed up in Cambridgeshire wearing spats
 C: The agent defected and opened a pub in Devonshire
 D: An agent was captured after attempting to use a passport with the name "Bertie Wooster"

Question 9: What is the name of the club where Bertie Wooster and other young rich men wasted much of their time?

 A: The Pink Elephant
 B: The Drones
 C: Toad Hall
 D: Manderley

Question 10: In what way did Wodehouse often test the behavior and personality of Londoners?

 A: Pretending he had fallen and seeing who would help him up
 B: Insulting someone at random and testing their reaction
 C: Wearing ugly clothes and seeing who commented
 D: Dropping a stamped addressed letter out his window and seeing who mailed it



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