John Le Carré Quiz

John Le Carré Quiz Questions

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1. What was John le Carré’s original name?
a) Alfred George Gardiner
b) George Eliot
c) George Sand
d) David John Moore Cornwell

2. When was John le Carré born?
a) 6 January 1924
b) 4 April 1936
c) 25 August 1933
d) 19 October 1931

3. Where was John le Carré born?
a) Poole
b) Bonn
c) Coventry
d) Dover

4. Which college did John le Carré attend?
a) Peterhouse College
b) Lincoln College
c) St. John’s College
d) Trinity College

5. Which was John le Carré’s first novel?
a) A Delicate Truth
b) Single & Single
c) Call for the dead
d) The Russia House

6. Who was the lead character in The Spy Who Came In from the Cold?
a) Alec Leamas
b) Hans-Dieter Mundt
c) Control
d) Fiedler

7. Which John le Carré novel was published in 1974?
a) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
b) Not One More Death
c) Spy Master
d) The Pigeon Tunnel

8. When was The Tailor of Panama published?
a) 1972
b) 1996
c) 1984
d) 1980

9. When did John le Carré die?
a) 15 March 2015
b) 19 June 2018
c) 24 September 2012
d) 12 December 2020

10. Where did John le Carré die?
a) Exeter
b) Leeds
c) Truro
d) York

John Le Carré Quiz Questions with Answers

1. What was John le Carré’s original name?
d) David John Moore Cornwell

2. When was John le Carré born?
d) 19 October 1931

3. Where was John le Carré born?
a) Poole

4. Which college did John le Carré attend?
b) Lincoln College

5. Which was John le Carré’s first novel?
c) Call for the dead

6. Who was the lead character in The Spy Who Came In from the Cold?
a) Alec Leamas

7. Which John le Carré novel was published in 1974?
a) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

8. When was The Tailor of Panama published?
b) 1996

9. When did John le Carré die?
d) 12 December 2020

10. Where did John le Carré die?
c) Truro