Career of Evil Quiz – Robert Galbraith

Career of Evil really puts Robin’s driving skills in the spotlight…but what else did we uncover in this gripping tale? To get the most enjoyment out of this quiz (and a better result!), we recommend reading the book before attempting!

Question 1 of 20

She approached the courier standing outside the door to the office. He had a clipboard in one gloved hand and a long rectangular package in the other. ‘Is that for Ellacott?’ Robin asked.

Robin is expecting delivery of a pack of disposable cameras. Are they for:

A stripper who helping her spy on a client’s mistress, to take photos without leaving a digital trail

Strike, because he hates taking photographs with his phone

Her wedding guests to use at her wedding

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Question 2 of 20

Acid rose in her throat. A leg. She had just been given a leg. She had just carried a leg calmly upstairs, a woman’s leg in a box. Whose leg was it? Where was the rest of her?

What OTHER body part arrives in the post, addressed to Robin, later in the book?

A finger

A toe

An ear

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Question 3 of 20

‘I was nearly christened B Strike,’ he said and Robin choked on her water. He laughed as she coughed into a napkin. ‘Let’s face it, Cormoran’s not much bloody better.

What does the B in C.B. Strike stand for?

Blue

Boscastle

Bloom

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Question 4 of 20

She had read the Wikipedia entry before … Jeff Whittaker (b.1969) is a musician best known for his marriage to 1970s supergroupie Leda Strike…Whittaker played guitar and wrote lyrics for a succession of thrash metal bands in the late 80s and early 90s.

What band was Whittaker with at the time when he met and became involved with Leda Strike?

Annihilator

Necromantic

Megadeath

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Question 5 of 20

‘He was invalided out,’ said Strike, his dark eyes meeting Robin’s blue-grey ones. ‘He got off scot-free, with a payout and pension to boot, and off he went, Brittany in tow.’

What condition takes Noel Brockbank out of the army?

Psoriatic arthritis

Schizophrenia

Epilepsy

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Question 6 of 20

Returning to the car park via a short street where golden roses bloomed, Strike thought again about the tattoo on that powerful forearm.

What does the murder suspect’s rose tattoo represent?

England national rugby union team

Melrose Rugby Football Club

East Bierly Cricket Cub

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Question 7 of 20

Remembering Matthew’s flat refusal to believe that it had been * **’s curly mane she had been admiring, rather than Strike’s short and frankly pube-like hair, she made an angry stab to the end of the package.

Whose hair were Robin and Sarah Shadlock discussing in front of Matthew?

Rugby flanker Jacques Burger

One Direction singer Harry Styles

Actor Kit Harington

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Question 8 of 20

Strike pulled on a seatbelt as they accelerated away from the pavement, looking around at the interior of the car. Shabby and scuffed, a pungent fug of Wellington boot and Labrador certainly pervaded.

What kind of car does Robin acquire from her parents?

A Jeep Grand Cherokee

A Land Rover

A Ford Ranger Pickup

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Question 9 of 20

If she had to be at home, she supposed she would watch the wedding.

Robin watches the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, while working from home on the murder of Kelsey Platt. Who designed Kate’s wedding dress in 2011?

Vera Wang

Jenny Packham

Sarah Burton

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Question 10 of 20

She looked down at the laptop. There in the middle of a glowing white screen of text was a large boxed definition: ‘Acrotomophilia, noun.  A paraphilia in which sexual gratification is derived from fantasies or acts involving an amputee.’

Dendrophilia is another paraphilia. What is the subject of erotic interest for dendrophiliacs?

Trees

Triangles

Teeth

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Question 11 of 20

She had seen it in his face. An expression she had never noticed before passed across it like a shadow. Guilt seemed to slide physically over the high cheekbones, the clean jaw, the hazel eyes she had adored for years.

Matthew confesses he was cheating with Sarah Shadlock in the past. When was this?

While he was at university.

When Robin first moved to London and began working for Strike.

When their wedding was first postponed.

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Question 12 of 20

It had been Strike’s suggestion that she use her middle name. (‘Makes you sound like a poncy southerner.’) Robin handed over the business card, looked boldly into Holly’s heavily kohled eyes and repeated: ‘Venetia Hall. I’m…

Who does Robin pose as, to extract information?

A broadsheet journalist

A personal injury lawyer

A benefit fraud investigator

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Question 13 of 20

He was supposed to be going out with Elin this evening. His girlfriend of two months was in the throes of a divorce that was proceeding with the chilly brinkmanship of a grandmaster chess tournament.

What is Elin’s job?

Professional violinist

Programme director

Radio presenter

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Question 14 of 20

Of the policemen whom Strike had managed to offend and upstage during his two most famous detective triumphs, * had been the most comprehensively outclassed and was consequently the most deeply embittered.

Which policeman with a grudge against Strike takes over the Kelsey Platt case?

Roy Carver

Richard Anstis

Donald Laing

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Question 15 of 20

‘What did she tell lies about?’ asked Strike. ‘Anything,’ said Hazel, with a slightly wild gesture. ‘If it was Tuesday she’d say it was Wednesday’

Which name does Kelsey Platt claim her boyfriend shares with a favourite pop star?

Justin

Niall

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Question 16 of 20

Strike was sure that Shanker would mourn his passing were he to die, but he was equally certain that Shanker would rob his body of all valuables if left alone with it.

Who introduced Strike to Shanker?

Strike’s ex, Charlotte

His sister, Lucy

His mother, Leda

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Question 17 of 20

Wearing a black T-shirt with a multi-coloured cartoon pony stretched across an ample chest… Tempest had already ordered herself a glass of wine.

What does key witness Tempest have that she doesn’t need

A prosthetic hand

A wheelchair

A disabled badge

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Question 18 of 20

The rattling Land Rover devoured the miles with stoic competence, but the journey north had begun to seem interminably long before the first signs to ********** appeared.

Where do Strike and Robin not stop on their investigative road trip?

Masham

Market Harborough

Barrow-in-Furness

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Question 19 of 20

‘Yeah,’ said Robin. ‘She taught us it’s not about clever throws when you’re an ordinary woman. It’s about reacting smartly and fast. Never let yourself get taken to a second location. Go for the weak spots and then run like hell.

Robin’s prior self-defence classes come in useful. To which body part of her attacker does she deal a blow?

Eyes and chin

Groin and side of the neck

Pulmonary plexus

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Question 20 of 20

He didn’t want to spoil her day. At the first request to leave, he vowed inwardly, he would do so.

What happens when Strike arrives at the church for Robin’s wedding?

He crashes in, noisily interrupting the vows

Matthew threatens him, and Robin intervenes

The church is empty, the ceremony over

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She approached the courier standing outside the door to the office. He had a clipboard in one gloved hand and a long rectangular package in the other. ‘Is that for Ellacott?’ Robin asked.

Robin is expecting delivery of a pack of disposable cameras. Are they for:

Acid rose in her throat. A leg. She had just been given a leg. She had just carried a leg calmly upstairs, a woman’s leg in a box. Whose leg was it? Where was the rest of her?

What OTHER body part arrives in the post, addressed to Robin, later in the book?

‘I was nearly christened **** B**** Strike,’ he said and Robin choked on her water. He laughed as she coughed into a napkin. ‘Let’s face it, Cormoran’s not much bloody better.

What does the B in C.B. Strike stand for?

She had read the Wikipedia entry before … Jeff Whittaker (b.1969) is a musician best known for his marriage to 1970s supergroupie Leda Strike…Whittaker played guitar and wrote lyrics for a succession of thrash metal bands in the late 80s and early 90s.

What band was Whittaker with at the time when he met and became involved with Leda Strike?

‘He was invalided out,’ said Strike, his dark eyes meeting Robin’s blue-grey ones. ‘He got off scot-free, with a payout and pension to boot, and off he went, Brittany in tow.’

What condition takes Noel Brockbank out of the army?

Returning to the car park via a short street where golden roses bloomed, Strike thought again about the tattoo on that powerful forearm.

What does the murder suspect’s rose tattoo represent?

Remembering Matthew’s flat refusal to believe that it had been ***** ******’s curly mane she had been admiring, rather than Strike’s short and frankly pube-like hair, she made an angry stab to the end of the package.

Whose hair were Robin and Sarah Shadlock discussing in front of Matthew?

Strike pulled on a seatbelt as they accelerated away from the pavement, looking around at the interior of the car. Shabby and scuffed, a pungent fug of Wellington boot and Labrador certainly pervaded.

What kind of car does Robin acquire from her parents?

If she had to be at home, she supposed she would watch the wedding.

Robin watches the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, while working from home on the murder of Kelsey Platt. Who designed Kate’s wedding dress in 2011?

She looked down at the laptop. There in the middle of a glowing white screen of text was a large boxed definition: ‘Acrotomophilia, noun. A paraphilia in which sexual gratification is derived from fantasies or acts involving an amputee.’

Dendrophilia is another paraphilia. What is the subject of erotic interest for dendrophiliacs?

She had seen it in his face. An expression she had never noticed before passed across it like a shadow. Guilt seemed to slide physically over the high cheekbones, the clean jaw, the hazel eyes she had adored for years.

Matthew confesses he was cheating with Sarah Shadlock in the past. When was this?

It had been Strike’s suggestion that she use her middle name. (‘Makes you sound like a poncy southerner.’) Robin handed over the business card, looked boldly into Holly’s heavily kohled eyes and repeated: ‘Venetia Hall. I’m…

Who does Robin pose as, to extract information?

He was supposed to be going out with Elin this evening. His girlfriend of two months was in the throes of a divorce that was proceeding with the chilly brinkmanship of a grandmaster chess tournament.

What is Elin’s job?

Of the policemen whom Strike had managed to offend and upstage during his two most famous detective triumphs, ******* ****** had been the most comprehensively outclassed and was consequently the most deeply embittered.

Which policeman with a grudge against Strike takes over the Kelsey Platt case?

‘What did she tell lies about?’ asked Strike. ‘Anything,’ said Hazel, with a slightly wild gesture. ‘If it was Tuesday she’d say it was Wednesday’

Which name does Kelsey Platt claim her boyfriend shares with a favourite pop star?

Strike was sure that Shanker would mourn his passing were he to die, but he was equally certain that Shanker would rob his body of all valuables if left alone with it.

Who introduced Strike to Shanker?

Wearing a black T-shirt with a multi-coloured cartoon pony stretched across an ample chest… Tempest had already ordered herself a glass of wine.

What does key witness Tempest have that she doesn’t need

The rattling Land Rover devoured the miles with stoic competence, but the journey north had begun to seem interminably long before the first signs to ********** appeared.

Where do Strike and Robin not stop on their investigative road trip?

‘Yeah,’ said Robin. ‘She taught us it’s not about clever throws when you’re an ordinary woman. It’s about reacting smartly and fast. Never let yourself get taken to a second location. Go for the weak spots and then run like hell.

Robin’s prior self-defence classes come in useful. To which body part of her attacker does she deal a blow?

He didn’t want to spoil her day. At the first request to leave, he vowed inwardly, he would do so.

What happens when Strike arrives at the church for Robin’s wedding?

‘I was nearly christened B Strike,’ he said and Robin choked on her water. He laughed as she coughed into a napkin. ‘Let’s face it, Cormoran’s not much bloody better.

Remembering Matthew’s flat refusal to believe that it had been * **’s curly mane she had been admiring, rather than Strike’s short and frankly pube-like hair, she made an angry stab to the end of the package.

She looked down at the laptop. There in the middle of a glowing white screen of text was a large boxed definition: ‘Acrotomophilia, noun.  A paraphilia in which sexual gratification is derived from fantasies or acts involving an amputee.’

Of the policemen whom Strike had managed to offend and upstage during his two most famous detective triumphs, * had been the most comprehensively outclassed and was consequently the most deeply embittered.