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Rebus quiz

Just for fun...

Here are two quizzes to test your Rebus knowledge just for fun. No cheating though - put that book down…

The books

  1. What was the first Rebus book to be published
  2. What is the name of Rebus’ ex-wife?
  3. Name the deadly internet role playing game contact in The Falls?
  4. Under what does DC Siobhan Clarke find her first clue in the Restaurant Bleu in The Falls?
  5. Who is Rebus’ nemesis?
  6. In which pub does Rebus regularly drink and on what street is it?
  7. In which book does the serial killer the Wolfman appear?
  8. In which book does MP Gregor Jack get caught in an Edinburgh brothel?
  9. Rebus’s daughter Samantha is injured in a hit and run accident. In which book does this incident occur?
  10. In which book does the Lord Provost’s daughter disappear?
     

The music

  1. Which Rolling Stones album has the most mentions in the Rebus books?
  2. Name the three book titles taken from classic Rolling Stones albums?
  3. Which musician did Ian recently tour with?
  4. To which group is Rebus referring when he says, ‘If I can’t have The Rolling Stones I’ll always settle for second best’
  5. Which Cure album is the title The Hanging Garden taken from?
  6. Dead Souls was taken from a 1979 Joy Division single, but which writer did Joy Division take the title from?
  7. Which book is brimming with Elvis Presley references including a visit to Heartbreak café and a trip to ‘Edinburgh’s least musical karaoke’?
  8. In A Question of Blood who does Siobhan select as her top three Scottish rock and pop acts?
  9. Name the fictitious bands Ian Rankin invents in Set in Darkness.
  10. In which book does Rebus make up a Cocteau Twins song title?
 
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