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He’s been a novelist, comics guru, TV showrunner and more – but how well do you know neil gaiman’s worlds?

How well do you know the works of dream king Neil Gaiman?

question 1

What is unusual about The Other Mother’s eyes in both the novel and the film adaptation of Coraline?

question 2

Which cult comic series saw Gaiman take over the writing duties after Alan Moore left?

question 3

Who directed (and co-wrote the screenplay, along with Jane Goldman) of the 2007 film adaptation of Stardust?

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Which TV series, for which Gaiman wrote one episode in 1998, is this?

question 5

Name the issue of The Sandman that won a World Fantasy Award in 1991.

question 6

What was the name of Gaiman’s first solo novel, published in 1996?

question 7

In American Gods, Mr Wednesday is, in fact, an aspect of which Norse deity?

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Name the artist who painted this cover for The Sandman.

question 9

In Gaiman’s 2011 Doctor Who episode “The Doctor’s Wife”, whose consciousness does Idris become a host for?

question 10

What is the name of Gaiman’s – as yet unreleased – sequel novel to Neverwhere?

question 11

What real-world disease was short comic Death Talks About Life designed to raise awareness of?

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Name the Sandman character carrying some books here.

question 13

Which singer – and friend of Gaiman’s – has a song lyric about, “Me and Neil... hangin’ out with the dream king”?

question 14

In Sandman, for how many years was Morpheus imprisoned by The Order of the Ancient Mysteries?

question 15

Who is the boy magician at the heart of comic series Books Of Magic?

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What’s the name of this actress, one of the stars of the TV adaptation of American Gods?

question 17

Which long-running anthology strand in 2000 AD was a home for Gaiman’s first published comics?

question 18

What was Gaiman’s original working title for the book that eventually became Good Omens?

question 19

In the TV version of Neverwhere, the Angel Islington was played by which future Doctor Who?

question 20

Including Death and Dream, how many members make up The Endless in Sandman?