Q 01/05

Which novelist created Ross Poldark in a saga of twelve books published between 1945 and 2002?

A) Daphne du Maurier

B) Winston Graham

C) Rosamunde Pilcher

D) Catherine Cookson

Answer · why

B) Winston Graham

Winston Graham published the first four books between 1945 and 1953, then set the saga aside until 1973.

Q 02/05

Which Irish actor, the dwarf Kíli in The Hobbit films, plays Ross Poldark in the 2015 BBC series?

A) Jamie Dornan

B) Cillian Murphy

C) Aidan Turner

D) Colin O'Donoghue

Answer · why

C) Aidan Turner

Aidan Turner came to the role after three series as the vampire Mitchell in the BBC's supernatural drama Being Human.

Q 03/05

The 1975 Poldark was such a hit that some vicars reportedly rescheduled what to avoid a clash?

A) Choir practice

B) Parish council meetings

C) Bell-ringing practice

D) Church services

Answer · why

D) Church services

Church services were moved or even cancelled in some parishes rather than clash with an episode of the BBC serial.

Q 04/05

Which job does Ross Poldark give the runaway Demelza Carne after meeting her at a market?

A) Scullery maid

B) Lady's companion

C) Governess

D) Stable hand

Answer · why

A) Scullery maid

Scullery maid is her starting point at his run-down house, and four years later the two are married.

Q 05/05

The creator of Poldark also wrote which 1961 thriller, filmed by Alfred Hitchcock with Tippi Hedren?

A) Vertigo

B) Rebecca

C) Marnie

D) Jamaica Inn

Answer · why

C) Marnie

Marnie reached cinemas in 1964 with Sean Connery opposite Hedren, and Hitchcock moved its setting from England to the United States.