AND THE WINNER OF OUR BOOKS QUIZ IS...

WE HAD a terrific response to our Christmas quiz, so congratulations to the winner Trevor Pattrick from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, whose name was drawn from a hat of those many readers who answered all the questions correctly. He receives £1,000 as his prize. Here are the answers:

ON YOUR MARKS

1. Jane Austen 2. Samuel Pepys 3. Harry Potter 4. Vanity Fair 5. Hilary Mantel

WHO WROTE WHAT?

1. Lynda Bellingham 2. Stephen Fry 3. Paul Merton 4. Graham Norton 5. Alan Johnson 6. Clare Balding 7. Torvill & Dean 8. Sophia Loren

ANNIVERSARIES

1. William Shakespeare 2. Mansfield Park 3. Mrs Henry Wood 4. Laurie Lee 5. Dylan Thomas

UNTRANSLATABLES

A3; B 5; C 2; D 4; E 8; F 10; G6; H 7; I 9; J 1.

URBAN AND RURAL

1. A Town Like Alice 2. A Small Town In Germany 3. The Town And The City 4. The City And The Pillar 5. The City And The City 6. The Country Girls 7. No Country For Old Men 8. A Month In The Country 9. In A Country Of Mothers 10. Cry, The Beloved Country

FROM THE PAGES OF THE DAILY MAIL

1 (a) Weep with joy 2 (b) Joseph Montgolfier 3 (c) Napoleon Bonaparte 4 (b) Francois Hollande 5 (c) Mike Rutherford 6 (a) Wilfred Owen 7 (a) Salman Rushdie 8 (c) 40 9 (c) American Hustle