About This Quiz
The "Outlander" series takes fans across centuries and around the globe, from the Scottish Highlands to the New World. Take our quiz to test your knowledge of the history, romance and battles of "Outlander."Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander," known as "Cross Stitch" in the U.K., came out in 1991.
When "Outlander" opens, Claire and her husband Frank Randall are on a second honeymoon in Scotland.
Jamie is part of Clan MacKenzie, a clan from the Scottish Highlands with Castle Leod as its seat.
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To become a Scottish citizen and avoid questioning by Jack Randall, Claire marries Jamie Fraser.
Claire's experience as a nurse makes her the perfect candidate for castle healer — and also draws accusations of witchcraft.
After spotting a scar from a smallpox vaccine on Geillis' arm, Claire knows that Geillis has traveled from the future.
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The couple head to the St. Anne de Beaupre monastery in France for safety.
At the start of the second novel in the series, Claire has returned back to the modern era to 1968 — roughly 20 years after the time depicted in "Outlander."
In "Dragonfly in Amber," Claire is back with Frank and has a daughter named Brianna.
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After Frank dies, Claire reveals to Brianna that Jamie Fraser is her biological father.
After a young boy named Claudel saves his life, Jamie adopts the boy and renames him Fergus.
Jamie hails from Lallybroch, an estate that supports the village of Broch Mordha and dozens of surrounding farmers.
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At the end of the second book in the series, Roger tells Claire that Jamie did not die at Culloden as she feared.
"Voyager," which was published in 1994, opens with Claire learning that Jamie has married Laoghaire.
The pair head to Jamaica to find Ian, who is being held captive by Geillis Duncan.
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In the fourth book in the series, the couple has shipwrecked on the Georgia coast and eventually settles in North Carolina.
The 2001 novel is set during the War of the Regulation, a precursor to the American Revolution.
Brianna marries Roger MacKenzie, whom Jamie once sold to Native Americans.
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As society crumbles, the couple moves to New Bern, the seat of local government and the last stable place in the area.
In "An Echo in the Bone," readers learn that William's true father is Jamie Fraser.
Claire marries Lord John Grey in the 2014 novel.
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"The Exile" retells the first third of the first "Outlander" novel, complete with illustrations.
"The Exile" is written from the point of view of Jamie's godfather, Murtagh Fitzgibbons.
Lord John Grey got his own series, starting with "Lord John and the Hellfire Club" in 1998.
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Grey battles supernatural forces in Jamaica in the 2011 novel "Lord John and the Plague of Zombies."
Diana Gabaldon gave her blessing for a musical based on the series in 2010. It resulted in a CD featuring the song "Say the Words."
"Outlander" premiered on Starz in 2014 and picked up an Emmy nomination for musical composition the next year.
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Irish actress Caitriona Balfe takes on the role of the time-traveling Claire on the show.
True to the roots of the series, Sam Heughan — who plays Jamie on the show — is a native of Scotland.
Claire is mostly absent from the books in the Lord John Grey series, mainly because she is not present when the events in the books take place.
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