1. Who, at just 25 years old, was the Orange prize’s youngest winner?

   1. Linda Grant

   2. Zadie Smith

   3. Tea Obrecht

   4. Lionel Shriver

2. Which corporation was originally lined up to sponsor the Orange prize, but withdrew after negative press calling it sexist?

   1. Mitsubishi

   2. Parker Pens

   3. Rightguard

   4. Natwest

3. "The Orange prize is a sexist prize. You couldn't found a prize for male writers. The Orange prize assumes there is a feminine subject matter – which I don't believe in.” Said who?

   1. AS Byatt

   2. Auberon Waugh

   3. Germaine Greer

   4. Lily Allen

4. With sales of over 600,000 copies to its name, which Orange prize winner was voted the nation’s favourite of all time?

   1. Small Island by Andrea Levy

   2. We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

   3. A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore

   4. Bel Canto by Ann Pratchett

5. What did Daisy Goodwin, who judged the Orange in the year that Barbara Kingsolver won, object to after reading the 100-odd novels submitted for the prize?

   1. “Too much sex. These characters were constantly at it in the books submitted this year – I needed to have a cold shower after reading.”

   2. “Where were all the men? This might be a prize for women writers but that shouldn’t stop authors tackling male preoccupations as well as female.”

   3. "There are a lot of books about Asian sisters. There are a lot of books that start with a rape. Pleasure seems to have become a rather neglected element in publishing."

   4. "Reading 120 books I did find myself thinking, 'Oh god, not another dead baby'. There were a hell of a lot of abused children and family secrets."

6. Which female novelist co-founded the Orange prize in the wake of the 1991 Booker, which failed to shortlist Margaret Atwood and Angela Carter?

   1. Joanna Trollope

   2. Jilly Cooper

   3. Margaret Atwood herself

   4. Kate Mosse

7. Which Orange prize winner is the following extract from? “What a strange old book [the Bible] was. How oddly holiness situated itself among the things of the world, how endlessly creation wrenched and strained under the burden of its own significance.”

   1. Home by Marilynne Robinson

   2. The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville

   3. Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels

   4. Larry's Party by Carol Shields

8. Whom did Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie beat to win the Orange in 2007 with her novel Half of a Yellow Sun?

   1. Anita Desai

   2. Kiran Desai

   3. Ali Smith

   4. Sarah Waters

9. Which judge caused controversy by saying that “As a judge in this year's Orange prize, it's hard to ignore the sheer volume of thinly disguised autobiographical writing from women on small-scale domestic themes such as motherhood, boyfriend troubles and tiny family dramas”?

   1. India Knight

   2. Jacqueline Wilson

   3. Muriel Gray

   4. Sophie Dahl

10. For which novel did Zadie Smith win the Orange?

    1. On Beauty

    2. White Teeth

    3. The Autograph Man

    4. She hasn't won it

Solutions

1:C, 2:A, 3:A, 4:B, 5:C, 6:D, 7:A, 8:B, 9:C, 10:A

Scores

1. 5 and above.

   Oh dear. Perhaps it's time for another read or some revision for next time.

2. 8 and above.

   Almost! It's good to know the author's name as well as the book title. And vice versa.

3. 10 and above.

   You're true blue (or orange!) You really know your stuff.