Can You Recall the Details of Jules Verne's "Around the World in Eighty Days"?

Phileas Fogg and the Bank Robbery

• Phileas Fogg walked to the Reform Club after his morning routine of walking 575 steps with each foot and had breakfast consisting of a side-dish, broiled fish, roast beef, tart, and tea.
• He spent most of his day reading newspapers until dinner time with his usual whist partners at the club.
• Fogg joined the conversation about a recent robbery of £55,000 from the Bank of England where the thief had taken advantage of the bank's lack of security measures.
• The bank had a touching confidence in the honesty of the public and did not have guards or gratings to protect its treasures.
• The package of notes was taken from the principal cashier's table while he was registering the receipt of three shillings and sixpence.
• The robbery was discovered when the package of notes was not found at five o'clock and was passed to the account of profit and loss.
• Detectives were sent to Liverpool, Glasgow, Havre, Suez, Brindisi, New York, and other ports to find the thief, and a judicial examination was entered upon.
• The Daily Telegraph reported that the thief was a gentleman, and Gauthier Ralph, one of Fogg's whist partners, believed that skilled detectives would catch the thief.
• Andrew Stuart, another whist partner, asked if they had the thief's description, but Ralph replied that he was not a robber.
• Fogg emerged from behind his newspaper and made the remark that the thief was a gentleman, which caught the attention of his friends.
• Fogg's routine was disrupted when he decided to take a bet that he could travel around the world in 80 days, starting from that day, and left the club that night with his newly hired French servant, Passepartout.
• The robbery was a significant event in London at the time, and Fogg's involvement in the conversation foreshadows his upcoming journey and the challenges he will face.

Put your knowledge of Jules Verne's "Around the World in Eighty Days" to the test with this quiz about Phileas Fogg and the Bank Robbery. From Fogg's peculiar routine to his involvement in the discussion about the bank robbery, this quiz will challenge your memory of the book's details. See if you can recall Fogg's whist partners and their opinions on the thief, and how his decision to take a bet on traveling around the world in 80 days