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QUIZ 186 – Plays and Playwrights

      1 Brighton Beach Memoirs (1982) and Biloxi Blues (1984) are semi-autobiograpical works by which playwright?

      2 Which British author wrote the play The Second Mrs Tanqueray (1893)?

      3 The play Festen (2004) is based on a film in which language?

      4 What are the names of the two main characters in Waiting for Godot?

      5 In the 1945 JB Priestly play An Inspector Calls, what is the name of the inspector?

      6 What is the title of the Sir Tom Stoppard play about two minor characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet?

      7 What nationality was playwright Dario Fo?

      8 Who wrote the Greek tragedy Antigone?

      9 In the 1959 play Billy Liar, what was Billy’s surname?

      10 Who wrote Art (1994)?

      11 Which 1996 play features sisters Teresa, Mary and Catherine gathered for the funeral of their mother Vi?

      12 Which play with a script by Jack Thorne won the Laurence Olivier award for Best New Play in 2017?

      13 Who wrote Murder in the Cathedral (1935)?

      14 Which playwright was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005?

      15 Which Sir Terence Rattigan play deals with the events following the theft of a five-shilling postal order?

      16 Who wrote the 1960s works After the Fall and The Price?

      17 John Osborne’s 1956 play Look Back in Anger premiered at which London theatre?

      18 What nationality was playwright Edward Albee?

      19 What was the name of William Shakespeare’s mother?

      20 Who wrote The Seagull (1895)?

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QUIZ 187 – Pot Luck

      1 Which bridge in the north-east of England is the world’s first tilting bridge?

      2 Which company was granted the first registered trademark in 1876?

      3 Who flew from Newfoundland to Clifden in Ireland in 1919?

      4 What was the first name of KFC founder Colonel Sanders?

      5 A mash tun is used in making which drink?

      6 Which bid in solo whist declares a hand that will win no tricks?

      7 Which former The X Factor contestant won 2009’s Dancing on Ice?

      8 In which year did the Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix become a night race?

      9 When does a noctilucent cloud appear?

      10 In which country is Murlough Nature Reserve?

      11 What does “gsm” stand for in relation to paper and card?

      12 The Home Insurance Building in Chicago became the world’s first what in 1885?

      13 The International or European Article Number is a standard for what identification?

      14 Which stately home on Anglesey contains a mural painted by Rex Whistler?

      15 In which decade were the Blackpool Illuminations first lit?

      16 Which inventor filed 1093 patents in his lifetime?

      17 Who wrote The Shell Seekers (1987) and September (1990)?

      18 Which medal was awarded to Tenzing Norgay?

      19 What was Greta Garbo’s real surname?

      20 Who directed the 2015 film The Martian?

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QUIZ 188 – Education

      1 Which famous girls’ school near Brighton was founded by the Lawrence sisters in 1885?

      2 The TV series Glee was set mainly in which fictional school?

      3 The London School of Economics and Political Science was founded in 1875 by members of which society?

      4 Which is the world’s oldest university museum?

      5 What does ROSLA stand for in an academic context?

      6 Which English university was founded in 1209?

      7 The 1940s novels about St Clare’s boarding school were written by which author?

      8 What was the title of the 1970s Please Sir! spin-off series?

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