The Inaugural BGO Book Quiz

[Bill]

To commemorate the newly updated Top 50s for both Fiction and Non-Fiction (Children & Young Adults to follow), I thought I would institute the inaugural BGO Book Quiz. This quiz is based around those charts, and is my unsubtle way of directing traffic to the Top 50s, where there are Amazon links and publishers' descriptions for every single entry. (The long-term future of this site depends on its members using these links to buy online, as they are our only means of funding and this site is expensive to maintain. So the next time you shop at Amazon, please use a link from this site.)

So, to the rules, or rule. No poster can answer more than one question in a row. You must wait for another member to post an answer before you can answer another question. (Otherwise one person could answer them all and ruin it for everyone.) I will return regularly to say whether answers are right or wrong, then when they are all answered correctly, I will write a post containing all the answers.

Hope you enjoy it.

1. Name the four Booker Prize winners who have books in the Fiction Top 50s.

2. Which League Of Gentleman has a new entry in Fiction Hardback chart with a novel centred around a gentleman named Lucifer Box.

3. Whose book came out one month to the day after its subject’s death?

4. Whose new entry in the Paperback Fiction chart has the same title as a current musical duo who glory in the names W and Hotel?

5. Which TV personality is the only writer to have books in both the Top 20 of the Hardback Fiction and Hardback Non-Fiction charts?

6. Which writer has the most entries in all of the Top 50s, with a total of eight?

7. What is the difference between books by Asne Seierstad and Richard Horne, and books by Celia Haddon and Simon Whaley, in the Non-Fiction Paperback Top 50?

8. What is the connection between the writer of Flaminals in the Hardback Non-Fiction chart and the title of Maggie Alderson’s new entry in the Paperback Fiction chart?

9. Which current Prime Minister has a daughter with two books in the Paperback Fiction Top 50?

10. What – apart from the fact that their books were in the Top 10 for most of 2004 – links Lynne Truss and Mark Haddon in this month’s charts?

11. FIVE SONGS USED AS BOOK TITLES: Which Spice Girls song is in the Paperback Non-Fiction chart?

12. Which track from Let It Be is in the Hardback Non-Fiction chart?

13. Which Hollies hit is in the Paperback Fiction chart?

14. Streetband’s only hit is in the Paperback Non-Fiction chart – what is it called and who was lead singer on the single?

15. Which song made famous by a pair of bespectacled twins borrowed its title from an entry in the Hardback Non-Fiction chart?

16. If you multiply the number of people you meet in heaven by the number of Colemanballs, then subtract the number of ways to kill a slug, then add the number of ways you can change your life, what do you end up with?

17. What is the name of the condition at the centre of the novel Enduring Love, which causes its victim to fixate on one person, and become convinced that that person is in love with you?

18. Which Upstairs Downstairs and A Bit Of A Do actress suffered from this condition a few years ago, and who was her unwitting love object?

19. What links the title of Jimmy Nail’s autobiography with the short-lived groups Wigan’s Ovation and Wigan’s Chosen Few?

20. The shortest title in any of the Top 50s has just four letters – oddly enough, it is a two word title. What it it?

[happyfriday]

9. Which current Prime Minister has a daughter with two books in the Paperback Fiction Top 50?




answer: The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, Daughter is Cecelia Ahern author of "P.S I Love You" and "Where Rainbows End"

[Bill]

Correct. We're under way.

[My Friend Jack]

14. Streetband's only hit was "Toast" and the singer was Paul Young.

[Granny weatherwax]

3. Whose book came out one month to the day after its subject’s death?









John Peel: a life in music by Michael Heatley?

[Bill]

MFJ correct on both counts.

GW right subject, wrong author.

[My Friend Jack]

Does that mean I can answer another one or do I need to wait for the full answer? I'll wait...

[Granny weatherwax]

Ah, was it the one by Mick Wall?

[My Friend Jack]

Hope so, GW!

12. The Two Of Us (Sheila Hancock)?

[Bill]

Yes, it was the one by Mick Wall, so you're home free, MFJ. And correct of course!

[Queen of Wands]

2. The League of Gentleman star also in the book charts is marvellous Mark Gatiss.

[Claire]

16. If you multiply the number of people you meet in heaven by the number of Colemanballs, then subtract the number of ways to kill a slug, then add the number of ways you can change your life, what do you end up with?


I'll go for the maths one - I feel on fairly safe ground there....

5 people I'll meet in heaven multiplied by Colemanballs No 12 is 60.
Subract 50 Ways to kill a slug is 10.
Plus 7 days to change my life, (I'm guessing you meant days rather than ways, or I'm stuck)

Gives a grand total of 17.

(Can you tell I was a teachers pet at school?? I could hear my maths teacher in my head, saying, "Always show your workings...." - and I just had to obey :rolleyes: :D )


(The long-term future of this site depends on its members using these links to buy online, as they are our only means of funding and this site is expensive to maintain. So the next time you shop at Amazon, please use a link from this site.)

I very rarely buy books from Amazon - I rarely buy new books at all, for that matter, I normally get them from the library or second hand - but I'd be happy to support the site if it were possible to do so in other ways. Any thoughts?

[Bill]

Correct, QoW, and correct Claire (including working).

I do have the option with this software of introducing a (purely voluntary) subscription, of say, £5 or £10 - either annually or as a one-off payment. A couple of forums that I am a member of do this - one of which only allows subscribers to use avatars - but I feel it is a little early in this forum's life to be asking people for money.

Over the next few days, we will be adding some advertising banners to the main page, with links to online bookshops in some of the more popular forums. These will be unobtrusive at the top of a page. One of my affiliates is abebooks, which specialise in rare and second-hand books as well as new books.

[My Friend Jack]

Good idea, Claire. Maybe something like the HNA? facility to become a subscriber (not that I've ever managed to get the darn thing to work)?

Anyway, back to the quiz.

19. "Northern Soul" is the link - the title of Jimmy's book as well as being the style of music that the 2 Wigan groups were cashing in on. Northern Soul was (and still is) mainly obscure American recordings from the 1960s, usually recorded in or near Detroit or, at least, influenced by the Detroit sound (typified by Motown). The name Northern Soul was coined in the UK because this particular style of music was especially popular in the north of England, and in particular in Wigan, where it was featured at a venue called the Wigan Casino - which is where the 2 groups referenced in the question got their name from.

As you might be able to tell, I'm a bit of a fan!

[Royal Rother]

15. Letter From America - Proclaimers

[My Friend Jack]

13. Just One Look

[Bill]

MFJ, you are of course more than correct, but did you know that Wigan's Chosen Few were from Canada and not Lancashire, and that Wigan's Ovation didn't really exist, but were a bunch of session musicians? You probably did. ;)

Edit - while I was typing this, two more correct answers were added.

So to sum up, here are the correct answers so far.

1. Name the four Booker Prize winners who have books in the Fiction Top 50s.

2. Which League Of Gentleman has a new entry in Fiction Hardback chart with a novel centred around a gentleman named Lucifer Box.
- Mark Gatiss (Queen of Wands)

3. Whose book came out one month to the day after its subject’s death?
- Mick Wall's biog of John Peel (Granny weatherwax)

4. Whose new entry in the Paperback Fiction chart has the same title as a current duo who glory in the names W and Hotel?

5. Which TV personality is the only writer to have books in both the Top 20 of the Hardback Fiction and Hardback Non-Fiction charts?

6. Which writer has the most entries in all of the Top 50s, with a total of eight?

7. What is the difference between books by Asne Seierstad and Richard Horne, and books by Celia Haddon and Simon Whaley, in the Non-Fiction Paperback Top 50?

8. What is the connection between the writer of Flaminals in the Hardback Non-Fiction chart and the title of Maggie Alderson’s new entry in the Paperback Fiction chart?

9. Which current Prime Minister has a daughter with two books in the Paperback Fiction Top 50?
- Bertie Ahern (happyfriday)

10. What – apart from the fact that their books were in the Top 10 for most of 2004 – links Lynne Truss and Mark Haddon in this month’s charts?

11. FIVE SONGS USED AS BOOK TITLES: Which Spice Girls song is in the Paperback Non-Fiction chart?

12. Which track from Let It Be is in the Hardback Non-Fiction chart?
- The Two Of Us (My Friend Jack)

13. Which Hollies hit is in the Paperback Fiction chart?
- Just One Look (My Friend Jack)

14. Streetband’s only hit is in the Paperback Non-Fiction chart – what is it called and who was lead singer on the single?
- Toast by Nigel Slater / Paul Young (My Friend Jack)

15. Which song made famous by a pair of bespectacled twins borrowed its title from an entry in the Hardback Non-Fiction chart?
- Letter From America (Proclaimers / Alistair Cooke)

16. If you multiply the number of people you meet in heaven by the number of Colemanballs, then subtract the number of ways to kill a slug, then add the number of ways you can change your life, what do you end up with?
- 17 (Claire)

17. What is the name of the condition at the centre of the novel Enduring Love, which causes its victim to fixate on one person, and become convinced that that person is in love with you?

18. Which Upstairs Downstairs and A Bit Of A Do actress suffered from this condition a few years ago, and who was her unwitting love object?

19. What links the title of Jimmy Nail’s autobiography with the short-lived groups Wigan’s Ovation and Wigan’s Chosen Few?
- Northern Soul (My Friend Jack)

20. The shortest title in any of the Top 50s has just four letters – oddly enough, it is a two word title. What it it?

Only 11 more to get... :cool:

[My Friend Jack]

Bill - yes, you posted yours while I was still typing mine.

Actually, I didn't know that WCF were Canadian. I can never remember which of the 2 groups did "Footsie" and which did "Skiing In The Snow." Not sure if I'm right about this, but I think that Footsie used an old backing track but had new handclaps and shouts added. Skiing In The Snow was a remake of a genuine NSoul record - can't recall who did the original, but I know it's on one of the Talcum Soul CDs!

[Claire]

20. The shortest title in any of the Top 50s has just four letters – oddly enough, it is a two word title. What it it?

So Me, by Graham Norton. Do I get an extra point for Star by Pamela Anderson, which is equally short?? (See, I'm a pedant as well as a teacher's pet - there's no hope for me, I'm afraid :rolleyes: )

[Bill]

No, but I get a black mark for not having spotted that. :o

[Claire]

But you can award yourself several gold stars for such a good quiz, though. I'm stumped by some of them.

[My Friend Jack]

8. Maggie's book is entitled Handbags and Gladrags, which is also the name of the song used as the theme to The Office TV show which starred Ricky Gervaise who wrote Flanimals.

[My Friend Jack]

Claire's right, BTW - excellent quiz! The rule about waiting for someone else to answer before getting another go is a good idea as well.

[Opal]

4. Whose new entry in the Paperback Fiction chart has the same title as a current band whose lead singer is Brandon Flowers?


I thought he was in The Killers, but can't find that on the chart... the closest I can get is The Kills by Linda Fairstein. Am I right? :confused:

[Bill]

Oh no, another mistake by me! The Kills are a British male/female duo I saw supporting Franz Ferdinand at the Brixton Acadmy. The Killers are a Las Vegas band fronted by Brandon Flowers. Let's just re-write history and pretend I got that right.

Yes, Fiona, that's correct, well done. :eek:

[Opal]

The long-term future of this site depends on its members using these links to buy online, as they are our only means of funding and this site is expensive to maintain. So the next time you shop at Amazon, please use a link from this site.)

I'm just curious as to how this works. Do you only get the money if we buy a book that is directly linked to, or does it still work if we follow a link then go and buy another book? I'm planning to buy a fair amount of books/dvds in the near future, and if buying them off Amazon will help out BGO then I'm all for it! :)

[Bill]

Much appreciated. :D

As long as you follow a link from this site, and make your purchases in the same visit, then we get a small percentage. You don't necessarily have to buy the item you originally linked to.

As I've said elsewhere, please don't be discouraged if sometimes the first Amazon page you reach claims the item is unavailable or will take 1 or 2 weeks to arrive. If you click on the underlined title, you should reach a page that says the item will arrive a lot sooner. From there, you can go wherever you like within Amazon - and not just books - and as long as you go then through to Checkout and complete your purchase, then we will benefit.

Thanks.

[Claire]

Which writer has the most entries in all of the Top 50s, with a total of eight?

I'm feeling a bit lazy about doing a proper count - but is it Alexander McCall Smith?

[Bill]

It is, Claire.

Nine to go, I think. I'm too lazy to do a proper count. :)

[Claire]

:p

[Royal Rother]

I'm too lazy to see which ones are left. ;) Could you do the honours Bill?

[Bill]

Cuh, I dunno. :rolleyes:

1. Name the four Booker Prize winners who have books in the Fiction Top 50s.

2. Which League Of Gentleman has a new entry in Fiction Hardback chart with a novel centred around a gentleman named Lucifer Box.
- Mark Gatiss (Queen of Wands)

3. Whose book came out one month to the day after its subject’s death?
- Mick Wall's biog of John Peel (Granny weatherwax)

4. Whose new entry in the Paperback Fiction chart has the same title as a current duo who glory in the names W and Hotel?
- The Kills (Fiona1984)

5. Which TV personality is the only writer to have books in both the Top 20 of the Hardback Fiction and Hardback Non-Fiction charts?

6. Which writer has the most entries in all of the Top 50s, with a total of eight?
- Alexander McCall Smith (Claire)

7. What is the difference between books by Asne Seierstad and Richard Horne, and books by Celia Haddon and Simon Whaley, in the Non-Fiction Paperback Top 50?
-One (Claire / Blodwyn Pigs Might Fly)

8. What is the connection between the writer of Flaminals in the Hardback Non-Fiction chart and the title of Maggie Alderson’s new entry in the Paperback Fiction chart?
- Alderson's novel is called Handbags and Gladrags, which is the theme of The Office, written by and starring Flaminals writer Ricky Gervais (My Friend Jack)

9. Which current Prime Minister has a daughter with two books in the Paperback Fiction Top 50?
- Bertie Ahern (happyfriday)

10. What – apart from the fact that their books were in the Top 10 for most of 2004 – links Lynne Truss and Mark Haddon in this month’s charts?

11. FIVE SONGS USED AS BOOK TITLES: Which Spice Girls song is in the Paperback Non-Fiction chart?

12. Which track from Let It Be is in the Hardback Non-Fiction chart?
- The Two Of Us (My Friend Jack)

13. Which Hollies hit is in the Paperback Fiction chart?
- Just One Look (My Friend Jack)

14. Streetband’s only hit is in the Paperback Non-Fiction chart – what is it called and who was lead singer on the single?
- Toast by Nigel Slater / Paul Young (My Friend Jack)

15. Which song made famous by a pair of bespectacled twins borrowed its title from an entry in the Hardback Non-Fiction chart?
- Letter From America (Proclaimers / Alistair Cooke) (Royal Rother)

16. If you multiply the number of people you meet in heaven by the number of Colemanballs, then subtract the number of ways to kill a slug, then add the number of ways you can change your life, what do you end up with?
- 17 (Claire)

17. What is the name of the condition at the centre of the novel Enduring Love, which causes its victim to fixate on one person, and become convinced that that person is in love with you?

18. Which Upstairs Downstairs and A Bit Of A Do actress suffered from this condition a few years ago, and who was her unwitting love object?
- Nicola Pagett (Royal Rother)

19. What links the title of Jimmy Nail’s autobiography with the short-lived groups Wigan’s Ovation and Wigan’s Chosen Few?
- Northern Soul (My Friend Jack)

20. The shortest title in any of the Top 50s has just four letters – oddly enough, it is a two word title. What it it?
- So Me (Claire)

So that leaves 1, 5, 7, 10, 11, 17 and 18 waiting for answers.

[Claire]

7. What is the difference between books by Asne Seierstad and Richard Horne, and books by Celia Haddon and Simon Whaley, in the Non-Fiction Paperback Top 50?


Asne Seierstad and Richard Horne have books with 101 in the title - while Celia Haddon and Simon Whaley have books with 100 in the title.

(Worked everso hard on that one, I promise :D )

[Bill]

So therefore the answer is...?

Actually, I'm afraid you're disqualified from answering, Claire, having done all the hard work, because you are the last person to answer a question!

[Blodwyn Pigs Might Fly]

The difference between 101 and 100 is, presumably, 1.

Claire, you can answer a question now!

[Claire]

Claire, you can answer a question now!

But, but.....I can't....I don't know any more of the answers :confused:

[Royal Rother]

18. Nicola Pagett - was John Major her love object?

And Bill, cuh, I dunno, aren't I going to get a namecheck for getting Q15 right? ;)

[Bill]

Er, yes (see edited quiz above).

Nicola Pagett is correct, but John Major isn't, although you're right that it's a politician.

BPMF is right that the answer is one, although Claire did the hard work.

[Deinonychus]

11 'Who Do You Think You Are?' is the Spice Girls title. (I'd have gone for Candlewick Green/St Etienne myself, but there y'go..!)

[Royal Rother]

Nicola Pagett is correct, but John Major isn't, although you're right that it's a politician.


Ooo! I can't remember. Dennis Skinner? Anybody help? (This is Q18 folks)

[Claire]

Alastair Campbell?

I'm afraid I googled for it, though. Is that allowed? I wouldn't have had a clue, otherwise...

[Bill]

Alistair Campbell is correct.

Another update:

1. Name the four Booker Prize winners who have books in the Fiction Top 50s.

2. Which League Of Gentleman has a new entry in Fiction Hardback chart with a novel centred around a gentleman named Lucifer Box.
- Mark Gatiss (Queen of Wands)

3. Whose book came out one month to the day after its subject’s death?
- Mick Wall's biog of John Peel (Granny weatherwax)

4. Whose new entry in the Paperback Fiction chart has the same title as a current duo who glory in the names W and Hotel?
- The Kills (Fiona1984)

5. Which TV personality is the only writer to have books in both the Top 20 of the Hardback Fiction and Hardback Non-Fiction charts?
- Alan Titchmarsh (Deinonychus)

6. Which writer has the most entries in all of the Top 50s, with a total of eight?
- Alexander McCall Smith (Claire)

7. What is the difference between books by Asne Seierstad and Richard Horne, and books by Celia Haddon and Simon Whaley, in the Non-Fiction Paperback Top 50?
-One (Claire / Blodwyn Pigs Might Fly)

8. What is the connection between the writer of Flaminals in the Hardback Non-Fiction chart and the title of Maggie Alderson’s new entry in the Paperback Fiction chart?
- Alderson's novel is called Handbags and Gladrags, which is the theme of The Office, written by and starring Flaminals writer Ricky Gervais (My Friend Jack)

9. Which current Prime Minister has a daughter with two books in the Paperback Fiction Top 50?
- Bertie Ahern (happyfriday)

10. What – apart from the fact that their books were in the Top 10 for most of 2004 – links Lynne Truss and Mark Haddon in this month’s charts?

11. FIVE SONGS USED AS BOOK TITLES: Which Spice Girls song is in the Paperback Non-Fiction chart?
- Who Do You Think You Are? (Deinonychus)

12. Which track from Let It Be is in the Hardback Non-Fiction chart?
- The Two Of Us (My Friend Jack)

13. Which Hollies hit is in the Paperback Fiction chart?
- Just One Look (My Friend Jack)

14. Streetband’s only hit is in the Paperback Non-Fiction chart – what is it called and who was lead singer on the single?
- Toast by Nigel Slater / Paul Young (My Friend Jack)

15. Which song made famous by a pair of bespectacled twins borrowed its title from an entry in the Hardback Non-Fiction chart?
- Letter From America (Proclaimers / Alistair Cooke) (Royal Rother)

16. If you multiply the number of people you meet in heaven by the number of Colemanballs, then subtract the number of ways to kill a slug, then add the number of ways you can change your life, what do you end up with?
- 17 (Claire)

17. What is the name of the condition at the centre of the novel Enduring Love, which causes its victim to fixate on one person, and become convinced that that person is in love with you?

18. Which Upstairs Downstairs and A Bit Of A Do actress suffered from this condition a few years ago, and who was her unwitting love object?
- Nicola Pagett (Royal Rother), Alistair Campbell (Claire)

19. What links the title of Jimmy Nail’s autobiography with the short-lived groups Wigan’s Ovation and Wigan’s Chosen Few?
- Northern Soul (My Friend Jack)

20. The shortest title in any of the Top 50s has just four letters – oddly enough, it is a two word title. What it it?
- So Me (Claire)

So, four to go. 1, 5 and 10 can all be gleaned from a study of the four Top 50s on these forums.

[Deinonychus]

Number 5 then must be the bewilderingly-popular personality-vacuum that is Alan Titchmarsh..?

[Bill]

Correct, Deinonychus...

Three to go. Come on, it's so close you can almost smell it. Think of Matthew Hoggard trudging back to his mark for one last effort! Who was that who said, 'Who?'?

[My Friend Jack]

17. Infatuation? The bit about being convinced the other person feels for you doesn't really fit in, though.

[My Friend Jack]

10. I've had a look at the links and I'm darned if I can work out the answer! However, there was a hilarious typo (well, I assume it was a typo) on the Amazon link for the L Truss book. Unfortunately, it's been corrected now, and I'm beginning to think I must have imagined it. Do you know anything about this, Bill?

[Bill]

No, pray tell us more, MFJ.

Or it could actually be a clue to the answer to No 10, which lies within the Non-Fiction charts.

No 17 is a medical condition, in a similar way that Munchauser's Syndrome By Proxy is a medical condition, in that some might deny its existence. Sorry if that doesn't help!

[My Friend Jack]

Re 10. Bill, I'm not sure whether (i) you're trying to give me a subtle clue, (ii) you're having a gentle laugh at my expense, or (iii) you're not aware of the temporary typo.

I'll have another think in the morning. ;)

[Bill]

i) and iii). Never ii). :cool:

[Claire]

The Enduring Love one....

Is it erotomania?

Apparently there's a case study of someone with "De Clerambault's Syndrome", which is a form of erotomania, at the back to the novel. It's actually fictitious, but many experts took it to be a real one. I've read the novel and loved it, but I don't remember the case study at all :confused:

[Bill]

You have stumbled upon the answer I was looking for, Claire: de Cleramabault's Syndrome.

So just 1 and 10 left. A quick study of the Top 50s should give them away.

[Claire]

(Whispering to My Friend Jack.....Is this (http://www.bookgrouponline.com/forum/showthread.html?t=239) the typo you mean.....Still don't quite know the answer to the whole question, though, or where the other chap comes into it :confused: )

And, er....I seem to have become a "founding member" :confused: Sounds very grand and important, which is always nice.....but how did that happen!? :confused:

[Bill]

Claire, everyone who joins up to January 31st is awarded the title 'Founding Member'. You have had that nomenclature for some time, but clearly haven't noticed. :)

Your link is more than a clue to No 10!

[Claire]

Cool - I do feel swanky! I noticed being a new member, and then a member, but hadn't noticed the final bit.


Still puzzled by no. 10, though, (and not allowed to answer, anyway)

[My Friend Jack]

Yes, Claire, that's the typo I meant, although I swear that that title appeared on the genuine link to the Lynne Truss book yesterday!

I'm completely out if inspiration on Number 10. A WAG, though... have they both attracted parody books?

[Claire]

Me too, My Friend Jack. Mark Hadden is the "Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime" isn't he? I did look for a spoof of some sort, but couldn't find anything.....and it doesn't really seem the type of book that would attract a spoof either.

:confused:

[Deinonychus]

Parodies, yes. 'The Curious Incident Of The WMD In Iraq' by Rohan Candappa being a parody of the title 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time' by Mark Haddon. 'Eats, Shites and Leaves: Crap English and How To Use It' by Antal Parody being a parody of Lynne Truss's book.

Boy, I hope this is right.

[Bill]

A comprehensive correct answer from Deinonychus, but I'll have to award that equally to the dinosaur and My Friend Jack.

One question to go...

1. Name the four Booker Prize winners who have books in the Fiction Top 50s.

I suggest some symbolic co-operation, reminscent of the two runners in the first ever London Marathon holding hands and crossing the line together. In other words, you can name the Booker Prize winners one by one if you don't know them all.

[My Friend Jack]

OK, I'll start.

Ian McEwan.

[Claire]

Go on then - I'll hold hands with you, My Friend Jack. (I think they're cleanish ;) )

Yann Martel

[Bill]

Yes and yes. Two more.

[My Friend Jack]

Ah - yes- of course - one that I might actually read! Roddy Doyle.

[Claire]

And Alan Hollinghurst.....

Hurrah!!

[Bill]

The Inaugural BGO Quiz is complete. Well done to all of those who got answers right. Here is the quiz again, with all the answers:

1. Name the four Booker Prize winners who have books in the Fiction Top 50s.
- Ian McEwan, Roddy Doyle (My Friend Jack), Yann Martel, Alan Hollingshurst (Claire)

2. Which League Of Gentleman has a new entry in Fiction Hardback chart with a novel centred around a gentleman named Lucifer Box.
- Mark Gatiss (Queen of Wands)

3. Whose book came out one month to the day after its subject’s death?
- Mick Wall's biog of John Peel (Granny weatherwax)

4. Whose new entry in the Paperback Fiction chart has the same title as a current duo who glory in the names W and Hotel?
- The Kills (Fiona1984)

5. Which TV personality is the only writer to have books in both the Top 20 of the Hardback Fiction and Hardback Non-Fiction charts?
- Alan Titchmarsh (Deinonychus)

6. Which writer has the most entries in all of the Top 50s, with a total of eight?
- Alexander McCall Smith (Claire)

7. What is the difference between books by Asne Seierstad and Richard Horne, and books by Celia Haddon and Simon Whaley, in the Non-Fiction Paperback Top 50?
-One (Claire / Blodwyn Pigs Might Fly)

8. What is the connection between the writer of Flaminals in the Hardback Non-Fiction chart and the title of Maggie Alderson’s new entry in the Paperback Fiction chart?
- Alderson's novel is called Handbags and Gladrags, which is the theme of The Office, written by and starring Flaminals writer Ricky Gervais (My Friend Jack)

9. Which current Prime Minister has a daughter with two books in the Paperback Fiction Top 50?
- Bertie Ahern (happyfriday)

10. What – apart from the fact that their books were in the Top 10 for most of 2004 – links Lynne Truss and Mark Haddon in this month’s charts?
- Both wrote books whose titles are parodied in Top 50 non-fiction books (My Friend Jack / Deinonychus)

11. FIVE SONGS USED AS BOOK TITLES: Which Spice Girls song is in the Paperback Non-Fiction chart?
- Who Do You Think You Are? (Deinonychus)

12. Which track from Let It Be is in the Hardback Non-Fiction chart?
- The Two Of Us (My Friend Jack)

13. Which Hollies hit is in the Paperback Fiction chart?
- Just One Look (My Friend Jack)

14. Streetband’s only hit is in the Paperback Non-Fiction chart – what is it called and who was lead singer on the single?
- Toast by Nigel Slater / Paul Young (My Friend Jack)

15. Which song made famous by a pair of bespectacled twins borrowed its title from an entry in the Hardback Non-Fiction chart?
- Letter From America (Proclaimers / Alistair Cooke) (Royal Rother)

16. If you multiply the number of people you meet in heaven by the number of Colemanballs, then subtract the number of ways to kill a slug, then add the number of ways you can change your life, what do you end up with?
- 17 (Claire)

17. What is the name of the condition at the centre of the novel Enduring Love, which causes its victim to fixate on one person, and become convinced that that person is in love with you?
- De Clerembault's Syndrome

18. Which Upstairs Downstairs and A Bit Of A Do actress suffered from this condition a few years ago, and who was her unwitting love object?
- Nicola Pagett (Royal Rother), Alistair Campbell (Claire)

19. What links the title of Jimmy Nail’s autobiography with the short-lived groups Wigan’s Ovation and Wigan’s Chosen Few?
- Northern Soul (My Friend Jack)

20. The shortest title in any of the Top 50s has just four letters – oddly enough, it is a two word title. What it it?
- So Me (Claire)