Emily and Emma

This week's brainteaser is about the names Emily and Emma - and especially people with those names.

1. Which Emily wrote the 1847 novel "Wuthering Heights"?
   Emily Brontë.
2. Which British actress called Emma was married to Kenneth Branagh from 1989 to 1995?
   Emma Thompson.
3. Which Emily was an American writer who found lasting fame with "Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home" (1922) which sold more than a million copies?
   Emily Post.
4. Which Emma was the heroine of Gustave Flaubert's famous novel of provincial frustration and bourgeois ennui? She sought to realize her dreams of romantic love through extramarital affairs.
   Emma Bovary (Madame Bovary).
5. Which 19th-century American poet called Emily was born in Massachusetts, lived a secluded life and was known as "the nun of Amherst"?
   Emily Dickinson.
6. Which English Lady named Emma was the mistress of Lord Nelson?
   Lady Emma Hamilton.
7. What was the surname of the heroine of Jane Austen's novel Emma: was it Whitehouse, Woodhouse or Woodford?
   Woodhouse.
8. In American politics, what was "Emily's list", launched in 1985?
   A group to raise funds for women wishing to become Democratic candidates.
9. Which English soprano named Emma, born in 1949, has become a specialist in early music with her pure, vibrato-free voice?
   Emma Kirkby.
10. The British suffragette Emily Davison died in 1913. What caused her death?
    She fell under the hoofs of the king's horse at the Epsom Derby.

Questions set by Tony Augarde, author of "The Oxford Guide to Word Games"

How did you do?

0 - 1    Mmmm, not exactly brilliant.
2 - 5    A reasonable stab.
6 - 8    A good showing. But there's still room for improvement!
9 - 10  You really know your stuff. Well done!