Time Portals Series Quiz

Here is a quiz for literary detectives who have read all three of the books in the Time Portals series: Time Portals of Norwich, Time's Revenge and Time's Paradox.

Please note that, in order to successfully answer all of these questions, you will need to have not only read all the books but, for some questions, be prepared to undertake a bit more research outside the books for the answers. Some of the questions have multiple answers.

In the questions below, the following book abbreviations have been used:

The Questions

  1. Near the end of TPoN, Cassie tries to walk along Elm Hill but it's blocked as it's being used for filming scenes from a TV comedy show. When was this and who are the people filming? In what TV programme did the filmed scenes finally appear?
  2. In which novel and what situation does Cassie channel Arnold Schwarzenegger and what does she say?
  3. Georgia also channels Yoda from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Which novel and what does she say?
  4. Where do we encounter the second-person pronoun mentioned three times in a very short sentence? Who is saying it and in response to what?
  5. What in particular happened to a dumbo to make Kay fancy some chips? In which books and chapters do we encounter aspects of this event?
  6. In TP, which four (rather more famous!) TV/Film/Book franchises are referenced?
  7. In TPoN Cassie encounters two Norwich fires that occur on August 1st. They weren't the only ones on that date in Norwich. Can you find the years and locations of two others?
  8. In TP Cassie channels Frank Drebin during one of her battles with Laurence. What does she say, who does she say it to and where does the original reference come from?
  9. Who says or thinks: "Oh God, I really miss the Internet" and when?
  10. In Diversion: Picnic in TP, Kay and a Cassie clone enter Rixy's Cafe Americano and then queue up to go through to the People's nightclub. When Kay asks about the bands playing that night, the answer she receives is: "Rumblestrips. Some punk band on first." What was the name of the punk band and what was the month and year of this event? Bonus points if you can give all three possible dates in that month that this might have been.
  11. In TR, what is the name of the (sub)species of archaic human to which Cassie's tribe belong? In which of the three books is this name mentioned? From where is the name derived and when was it first used?
  12. In TP, when we meet Charlie, some of the "zebra" gibberish he utters contains the extremely distorted lyrics of a song released a year before the date to which he sends Cassie. The re-release of this song later charted in 1972. What was that song and who was the artist? What might be the significance of the song's title to the Time Portals series?

Think you know all the answers? Please let me know via the Contact page (select the Other option from the Reason for contact list). Prizes of discount vouchers for use on this site will be awarded for getting everything correct or maybe even if you get most questions correct and can also offer extra information about the answers to questions 1, 7, 10, 11 and 12.

Good luck!