1. Who won the first Man Booker prize in 1969, and with which novel?

   1. Iris Murdoch, The Sea, the Sea

   2. Bernace Rubens, The Elected Member

   3. Paul Scott, Staying On

   4. PH Newby, Something to Answer For

2. The prize for the winner is £50,000, but the shortlisted authors don't go home empty handed. What do they receive?

   1. £50 worth of book vouchers to spend at Waterstone's

   2. £2,500 and a leather bound copy of his or her own book

   3. A Man Booker goody bag

   4. £2,000 and a personalised fountain pen

3. Only one unfinished book has been shortlisted for the prize, in 1976. Which one was it?

   1. RC Hutchinson's Rising

   2. Andre Brink, An Instant in the Wind

   3. Brian Moore, The Doctor's Wife

   4. William Trevor, The Children of Dymouth

4. Which Booker winner did not turn up to collect their prize – despite winning twice?

   1. Ian McEwan

   2. Peter Carey

   3. JM Coetzee

   4. Zadie Smith

5. Which Booker winner starts with this sentence? "Peter Crowther's book on the election was already in the shops."

   1. The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst

   2. The Old Devils, Kingsley Amis

   3. The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje

   4. The Life and Times of Michael K, JM Coetzee

Solutions

1:D, 2:B, 3:A, 4:C, 5:A

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Time to dig out your library ticket

2. 3 and above.

   Not bad. You must be a public transport reader

3. 5 and above.

   Congratulations! You are prize bookworm…