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Maeve Binchy wrote a series of short stories about the passengers of the Lilac Bus.
Author - Maeve Binchy
Travel to small Irish towns through Maeve Binchy’s stories. This quiz checks how well you know her warm characters, relationships and everyday dramas.
1 .
What colour is the bus in the title of Binchy's 1984 short story collection?
Indigo
Lavender
Lilac
Violet
The stories are all about a group of seven people from the village of Rathdoon, who work in Dublin and return home every weekend on the Lilac Bus
2 .
The 1997 novel Evening Class features a group of students studying what?
French
Italian
Spanish
Turkish
The setting is the Mountainview School, Dublin
3 .
In which Binchy novel does the glamorous Helen marry Martin, though still pining for Louis?
The Glass Lake
The Glass Pond
The Glass River
The Glass Stream
It's set in the Irish village of Lough Glass
4 .
Which 1988 novel centres around an anniversary party?
Silver Wedding
Ruby Wedding
Golden Wedding
Diamond Wedding
Silver Wedding tells the story of Deirdre and Desmond Doyle, their family and friends and some guilty secrets
5 .
Binchy was born in which small town near Dublin?
Dalkey
Doolin
Drogheda
Dundrum
Dalkey is the hometown of two Irish novelists: Maeve Binchy and Hugh Leonard. It is also popular with musicians with Bono, The Edge, Enya, Chris de Burgh and Van Morrison all owning houses there
6 .
Before becoming a full-time writer, Binchy was a journalist on which newspaper?
The Irish Mail
The Irish Post
The Irish Telegraph
The Irish Times
As well as being a journalist, Maeve also worked as a teacher of history, Latin and French
7 .
Who played Marilyn in the 2005 version of Tara Road?
Brenda Fricker
Keira Knightley
Andie McDowell
Emma Thompson
Brenda Fricker is in the film but she plays Mona, not Marilyn
8 .
Minnie Driver played Bernadette 'Benny' Hogan in a 1995 film version of which Binchy novel?
Circle of Fame
Circle of Fire
Circle of Forgiveness
Circle of Friends
Driver put on 30 lbs for the role
9 .
What is the title of Binchy's first novel, published in 1982?
Light a New Candle
Light an Old Candle
Light a Penny Candle
Light a Twopenny Candle
Before Light a Penny Candle Maeve had had two books of short stories published - Central Line in 1978 and Victoria Line in 1980
10 .
Binchy's novel Tara Road features two women, who have never met, who trade houses. One is Irish; what nationality is the other?
American
Canadian
English
Scottish
Tara Road was made into a film in 2005 in which Maeve Binchy can be seen in the first scene at Colm's restaurant
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