Books and plays in which you will find these villains, cads and rascals Quiz

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50 Villains: 50 Books Quiz

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	eab21:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 04:06 GMT		18 points
	5 globes solely for saying "villains, cads, and rascals."

	genghisx:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 05:22 GMT		14 points
	Should be more consistent when it comes to books vs series--ie you have Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, and A Series of Unfortunate Events next to The Hunger Games, The Magician's Nephew, and A Game of Thrones--where the character appears in multiple books. Regardless of that, I'd suggest replacing The Magician's Nephew with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe since it's far more commonly known, was the first book published, and (I would assume) is more widely read--even if The Magician's Nephew comes first chronologically. Similarly to the first thing, it feels inconsistent that you have the formal title of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland along with the familiar titles of The Wizard of Oz and Doctor Faustus. Speaking of which, Marlowe spelled the demon's name "Mephistophilis" in The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus while Goethe used the "Mephistopheles" spelling that you have on the quiz.

	shampoowoody:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 05:27 GMT		-3 points
	should not amon goth be spelled "goethe?" and should not kaspar gutman be spelled "kasper?"

	franzfredric:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 12:54 GMT		1 point
	some great choices. i was in "the birthday party" in college!

	Mongrel:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 13:00 GMT		14 points
	Colonel Kurtz is from the movie Apocalypse Now. Kurtz (no rank) is the character from Heart of Darkness.

	J_Moriarty:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 13:04 GMT		4 points
	Well done on spelling Baratheon correctly. Sadly his name is Joffrey, not Joffery. I really hate to be a pedantic.

	mrmanheim:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 13:47 GMT		3 points
	wow....I never heard of well over half of these. Feeling pretty dumb

	zadie:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 13:53 GMT		8 points
	When I saw "O'Brien" I looked for "Downton Abbey." Right... not a book or play.

	Ubbiebubbie:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 14:15 GMT		5 points
	Villains always get the best names.

	Booger:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 14:21 GMT		14 points
	Inspector Javert is simply misunderstood ;)

	Gillmacs:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 15:57 GMT		-1 points
	Nice quiz. Could I possibly suggest Alexander the Large, rather than just Alex, since it's what he calls himself. Alex is a little vague, even if it is the answer to only one of the questions.

	missyk:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 16:04 GMT		2 points
	Agreed with @ubbiebubbie - villains get awesome names. Miss Trunchbull! Dahl was so wonderfully dark for a children's author. And Shampoowoody - no, Göth or Goeth is the character's name Goethe would be a different pronunciation and, well, name.

	LisaSimpsonOH:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 18:17 GMT		2 points
	What about scoundrels? There aren't enough scoundrels in my life.

	DarkPhalanx:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 19:12 GMT		10 points
	You know, when I saw Miss Coulter listed as one of the villains I was surprised not to find the seminal classics "Godless: the Church of Liberalism" or "Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism"

	SpeedyJohn:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 19:33 GMT		6 points
	I was going to point out that some of these are not villains, per se, but they do fall under the category of "cad" or "rascal." I wouldn't call Milo Minderbinder or Humbert Humbert "villains," and other characters, like Miss Havisham and Javert, are borderline.

	Tanner3:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 19:55 GMT		1 point
	Several of these people are not only not the villains of their respective books, they aren't even classifiable as the antagonists. Humbert and Alex narrated their respective novels. They were the PROtagonists. When you get above children's literature and Silver Age comic books, hero/villain, bad guy/good guy are really often no longer applicable. Things get a little more complicated.

	Snowy:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 20:48 GMT		6 points
	Surely Bill Sikes is would be a better choice for Oliver Twist than Fagin?

	TheFlyingBarney:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 21:17 GMT		9 points
	Following what Tanner3 says above, Miss Havisham isn't really a villain per se in [the book that she's in]. Yes, she's a bit weird and creepy, but you can't help but feel sorry for her by the end...

	BeckyJPM:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 22:08 GMT		6 points
	Aw, I wouldn't say Javert's the villian/cad/rascal of Les Mis. He's an antagonist, I think, but it's definitely the Thenardiers who are villainous/cad-ish/rascally. Great quiz though!

	Propellerhead:	Jan 5th, 2013 at 23:34 GMT		4 points
	I have to agree with the folks above who have stated that Miss Havisham is not a villain. She's certainly off her nut, but there's nothing "evil" or even all that threatening about her.

	dwmdm:	Jan 6th, 2013 at 04:03 GMT		1 point
	Of the books I wasn't sure (gave up instead of starting to guess), I had read- at some point in my life- a total of 6 of them. I'm both embarrassed and concerned.

	RebeccaAMax:	Jan 6th, 2013 at 06:58 GMT		4 points
	Javert isn't a villain and Hugo doesn't treat him as one; he is the opposite of a villain, cad, or rascal. Interesting to see how few people got Trilby (but have probably heard of Svengali).

	Kiyoshi:	Jan 7th, 2013 at 15:38 GMT		2 points
	Did anyone else start looking for "Aladdin" when "Iago" popped up?!

	ChileNoseJam:	May 14th, 2013 at 02:52 GMT		1 point
	In the book (if not so much the musical), Javert isn't really a villain, he just clings to a misguided sense of justice. The real villains are the Thenardiers - "Master of the House" portrayed a humorous side to them in the musical, but in the book they were just out and out nasties.

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