Books Quiz -
Fictional Places 2 (Answers)
There are fictional places as varied as the Delectable Mountains in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress and Hades in both Homer’s Odyssey and Vergil’s Aeneid. There are schools such as Greyfriars attended by Billy Bunter, the infamous Grange Hill or J.K. Rowling’s school of witchcraft and wizardry, Hogwarts. And who can forget Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Lost World, Skull Island, inhabited by the giant ape King Kong or the mystical Shangri-La in James Hilton's Lost Horizon?
This is the second in our series of three quizzes on fictional places of literature, film, stage, TV and radio. You can find memorable locations in a variety of dramas, comedies, fantasies and thrillers but how many of them can you remember? Have a go at this quiz and test your knowledge of fictional homes, towns, villages, islands and countries.
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Weatherfield is said to be based on Salford, a rundown area of Manchester when Coronation Street began, but regeneration has revived its fortunes
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He moves to the city of Metropolis to work as a reporter on the Daily Planet
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There were only 3 series of Father Ted, broadcast between 1995-1998 when the star, Dermot Morgan, sadly passed away
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Walmington-on-Sea was supposed to be a seaside resort in Kent
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Made in 1952, High Noon starred Gary Cooper alongside Grace Kelly
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The first episode of Postman Pat was broadcast in 1981 and 166 more have followed so far (2015)
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Oceania is (allegedly) at war with Eastasia and Eurasia
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Peterhouse is a real Cambridge college, founded in 1284
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Ripping Yarns was the creation of the Monty Python members, Michael Palin and Terry Jones
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There are a total of 54 87th Precinct mysteries
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