1. JG Miller proves his great love for Anne Benedick by travelling to Shipley Hall despite the vegetarian bilge that prevails there. (Money in the Bank, Chapter 6)

2. Gussie Fink-Nottle has been sentenced by Madeline Bassett to a diet of spinach, Brussels sprouts, and broccoli. (Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, Chapter 7)

3. Ivor Llewellyn recounts his sufferings at the hands of Mr Butterwick, who lured him to a health food place. (Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin, US title The Plot That Thickened, Chapter 6)

4. After Tuppy Glossop fails to show proper respect for Angela Travers’s shark, the noted Shakespearean scholar Bertram Wooster draws a parallel between them and Othello and Desdemona. (Right Ho, Jeeves, US title Brinkley Manor, Chapter 7)

Bonus point 1: Egbert Mulliner’s Aunt Serena became a vegetarian after reading an article in the magazine Pure Diet and World Redemption. (“Another Christmas Carol”, collected in The World of Mr Mulliner)

Bonus point 2: George Porter was a vegetarian (and teetotaler). (“Joy Bells for Walter”, US edition of A Few Quick Ones)

Round 392 - 16 April 2009

1. Hugo Carmody relates to his cousin John Carroll the outcome of the Quarrel Scene from Julius Caesar as performed by himself and Ronnie Fish. (Money for Nothing, Chapter 7)

2. Brinkley has plugged J Washburn Stoker with a spud. (Thank You, Jeeves, Chapter 20)

3. Freddie Widgeon is caught in a dispute concerning sausage and mash. (“The Masked Troubadour”, Lord Emsworth and Others)

4. Tuppy Glossop also has a close encounter with vegetables and fruit. (“Jeeves and the Song of Songs”, Very Good, Jeeves)

Bonus point 1: A Mother picks off a passing cyclist with a tomato in “Tried in the Furnace” (UK edition of Young Men in Spats, published in the US in The Crime Wave at Blandings); Teddy Weeks receives Nemesis in the form of an over-ripe tomato between the eyes in “Ukridge’s Accident Syndicate” (Ukridge).

Bonus point 2: Eustace Mulliner has pelted his Aunt Georgiana’s cat Francis, who is stalking the canary William, with cucumber sandwiches. (“Open House”, Mulliner Nights)

Round 393 - 27 April 2009

1. In Chapter XV of Love Among the Chickens Ukridge received support and sympathy from his pal Garny, (A), after receiving an abusive letter from his wife’s Aunt Elizabeth.

2. Frederick Mulliner, (D), was struck speechless by Jane Oliphant’s behaviour when she broke off her engagement to him and became betrothed to a Mr Dillingwater, (C), with a quickness that almost deceived the eye. From “Portrait of a Disciplinarian”, first collected in Meet Mr Mulliner.

3. Molly McEachern’s letter breaking off her engagement to Spennie Dreever, (E), couldn’t have come at a worse time – from Spennie’s point of view, of course, as he desperately needed to touch his uncle, Sir Thomas Blunt, for twenty pounds while the old boy was in one of his rare good moods. From Chapter 23 of A Gentleman of Leisure (US title: The Intrusion of Jimmy).

4. This was Bertie Wooster, thinking hard and bitter thoughts of Corky Pirbright, (F), who had Gussie Fink-Nottle, (G), wrapped around her little finger in Chapter 11 of The Mating Season.

5. Billie Bennett’s chilly and unsympathetic attitude caught Sam Marlowe, (H), by surprise in Chapter 7 of The Girl on the Boat (US title: Three Men and a Maid).

Round 394 - 6 May 2009

1. In Chapter One of Pigs Have Wings, news of Orlo Vosper’s, (A’s), income tax conference in London caused Lord Emsworth, (B), to start (or possibly stare) like a war horse at the sound of a bugle.

2. In Chapter Seven of Hot Water while sunny St Rocque was plunged into chaos and confusion, Mrs J Wellington Gedge, (D), was dealing with her Income Tax difficulties in rainy London.

3. In Chapter Four of Spring Fever Lord Shortlands, (E), was faced with the problem of how on earth to enjoy a fitting celebration of his 52nd birthday on a budget of two and eightpence. His birthday, by the way, was May 12 so, on behalf of everyone at the Wodehouse Quiz, we extend best wishes for a very happy 113th birthday to Shorty and many happy returns!

4. British Income-Tax assessors always looked forward to receiving the annual contributions of Osbert Mulliner, (G), the title character in the short story “The Ordeal of Osbert Mulliner”, which was first collected in Mr Mulliner Speaking.

5. The fertile brain behind this scheme was Algy Martyn’s from Chapter One of Company For Henry (US title: The Purloined Paperweight).

6. The principals in this excerpt from the final page of French Leave are the head waiter “Old Nick”, which takes a good deal less time to say or type than his full name, Nicolas Jules St Xavier Auguste, the Marquis de Maufringneuse et Valerie-Moberanne, and his surtax-paying son Jefferson, the Comte d’Escrignon.

Round 395 - 15 May 2009

1. In the golf story “A Mixed Threesome”, first collected in The Clicking of Cuthbert (US title: Golf Without Tears), a visiting explorer named Eddie Denton and Betty Weston fell in love during their moonlight walks while Betty’s fiancé Mortimer Sturgis kept himself occupied indoors cataloguing vases.

2. In this conversation with Tipton Plimsoll, (A), in Chapter 4 of Full Moon, not even the beauty and brightness of the moon could distract Lord Emsworth, (B), for long from the much more fascinating topic of pigs.

3. The fatal combination of moonlight nights and an ocean cruise worked their magic on Mrs Delancy, (E), and Oofy Prosser’s (D’s) Uncle Horace, (C), in the short story “The Fat of the Land” from A Few Quick Ones.

4. The moonlight did its work again, bringing together Henry Paradene and Kelly Stickney in Chapter Six of Company For Henry (US title: The Purloined Paperweight).

5. The moonlight-enhanced vision of Maudie Stubbs, (F), brought love to the bosom of Lord Emsworth in Chapter 5 of Pigs Have Wings but the presence on the scene of Gally Threepwood, (G), helped cool his lordship’s ardour.

6. For the bonus point, examples of the Taj Mahal by moonlight include Monty Bodkin as viewed by Ivor Llewellyn (Chapter 3 of Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin; US title: The Plot That Thickened), Mr Purkiss as viewed by Bingo Little (the short story “Bingo Bans the Bomb” from Plum Pie) and Jane Benedick as viewed by Bill Hollister (Chapter 10 of Something Fishy; US title: The Butler Did It).

Round 396 - 27 May 2009

1. In Chapter Seven of Full Moon a telegram from Lord Emsworth nonplussed his sister, Lady Hermione Wedge.

2. In Chapter 7 of Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen (US: The Catnappers) Bertie Wooster could only goggle silently at Angelica Briscoe’s mysterious communication.

3. Clarence Chugwater and the sentry, Private William Buggins exchanged coded greetings at the boy scout camp in Chapter 1 of Part Two of The Swoop! Or How Clarence Saved England.

4. In Chapter 10 of Something Fresh (US: Something New) George Emerson’s Blandings Castle vacation was interrupted by an official cipher (spelled in this earlier book ’cypher’) summoning him back to duty with the Hong Kong Police Department.

5. This was a book dedication to someone known only as "FBO", taken from Wodehouse’s foreword to Over Seventy in which he explained why book dedications had fallen out of fashion.

Round 397 - 3 June 2009

1. The speaker is Vladimir Brusiloff ["The Clicking of Cuthbert", from the book bearing the same title].

2. The narrator, Lord Havershot, is not pleased with the meals provided by the Filipino footman [Laughing Gas, ch. 9].

3. Berry Conway (C) does not at first recognise Lord Biskerton [Big Money, ch. 4].

4. The feelings of Packy Franklin are accurately described by Mr Schwertfeger (D) [Hot Water, ch. 17].

Bonus question: the alleged recipient was PG Wodehouse, and the letter was said to come from Obuasie ["My Gentle Readers", from Louder and Funnier; a very similar epistle, with "New York" substituted for "London", can be found in the "Put Me among the Earls" chapter in America, I like you].

Round 398 - 12 June 2009

1. Bingley Crocker explains the intricacies of baseball to Bayliss the butler [Piccadilly Jim, ch. 2].

2. J Hamilton Beamish (A) shows off his knowledge [The Small Bachelor, ch. 4].

3. Cyprian Rossiter subjects Ignatius Mulliner's picture to a spot of art criticism ["The Man Who Gave Up Smoking", from Mr Mulliner Speaking].

4. United Beef (B) tells a story about the Bolivian Land Concession (C) and the Bolivian Land and Oil Syndicate (D), the referee being Mrs Waddington (E) [The Small Bachelor again, ch. 3].

Bonus: this is Cyril, in "Thoughts on the Income Tax" from Louder and Funnier. In the original Vanity Fair column, there is a canary instead of the bullfinch.

Round 399 - 20 June 2009

1. Lionel Spenser (A) baffles Jerry Zoosmeet (B) by baffling about trousers [Frozen Assets, ch. 10].

2. Prudence Whittaker (C) corrects Tubby Vanringham's grammar [Summer Moonshine, ch. 24].

3. The speakers are Albert Peasemarch (D) and Cosmo Wisdom (E), talking about Lord Ickenham (F) [Cocktail Time, ch. 19].

4. Galahad Threepwood (G) corrects the grammar of Vicky Underwood (H) [Sunset at Blandings, ch. 3].

5. Lounger BJ Wilberforce corrects the grammar of a certain Mr PG Wodehouse (J) ["The Theatre" from Over Seventy].

Round 400 - 29 June 2009

1. Jimmy "Bayliss" Crocker (A) may have been right in wondering whether he was a lunatic [Piccadilly Jim, ch. 6].

2. Bertie Wooster is puzzled by the behaviour of Stilton Cheesewright (B) [Joy in the Morning, ch. 3].

3. Sally Fitch, the daughter of the Rev. Herbert Fitch (E), vicar of Much Middlefold (F) in Worcestershire (G), finds out she has been named in the will of her former employer, Miss Letitia Carberry (C), while D is Joe Pickering [Bachelors Anonymous, ch. 5].

4. Sir Watkyn Bassett (J) suspects both Stiffy Byng (H) and Bertie Wooster of being behind the theft of the PC's helmet [The Code of the Woosters, ch. 11].

5. The Duke of Dunstable (K) asks Lady Constance Schoonmaker (M) where he can find the room allotted to Wilbur Trout (L) [A Pelican at Blandings, ch. 7].