Monday, September 5, 2011

Period Drama Week - Monday: Period Drama Trivia Challenge



Our next event for Period Drama Week will be the Period Drama Trivia Challenge! Here I have fifty questions about different period dramas. See how many you can answer!

Rules:
  • You get one chance to submit your answers.
  • Go through as many questions as you can. If you don't know an answer, try to guess. You will not be deducted for wrong answers. You can leave the question blank if you do not know.
  • Comment your questions in this post. I will not publish the comments, but I will record your answers. I will post a comment with how many everyone got right/wrong. It may help to subscribe to this post in the comments so you can see how many you've gotten right/wrong.
  • The winners will be the top five people with the most correct. If there are more people who are in the top five than five, the rule of first-come-first-served will apply. For the five winners, I will make a special button for each one so they can post it on their sidebars. I will post those buttons in the concluding post for Period Drama Week, so you can pick it up then! The size will be 200 pixels by 200 pixels and will include your name/username/or blog name even and "Winner of Period Drama Trivia Challenge. If you want it to be bigger or smaller, let me know: I won't go smaller than 150 px by 150 pixels or bigger than 300 pixels by 300 pixels.
  • Submit your answers by Friday at 11:55.
  1. Which two period dramas were Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in together?
  2. Name the three Jane Austen adaptations that were released in 1995.
  3. What author wrote the novels The Way We Live Now, He Knew He Was Right, and the books that became The Barchester Chronicles?
  4. Who wrote the screenplay for Emma (2009)?
  5. What three Pride and Prejudice (1995) actors/actresses were in The King's Speech?
  6. How many adaptations of Sense and Sensibility (not spin-offs or modern retellings) were there from 1970 to the present?
  7. How many versions were there of North and South (by Elizabeth Gaskell)?
  8. Name three period dramas that Michael Gambon was in.
  9. Name three period dramas that Colin Firth was in.
  10. Who wrote the screenplay to North and South?
  11. Who wrote the screenplay to Wives and Daughters?
  12. In Little Dorrit, what was Pet's real name?
  13. What was at stake in Cranford? In Cranford (2007), finish the quote: "There is ____ at stake!"
  14. In North and South (2004), what did John Thornton mention before first proposing to Margaret Hale?
  15. What did Roger Hamley send to Molly Gibson in Wives and Daughters?
  16. What was the name of Osborne Hamley's wife in Wives and Daughters?
  17. What was the name of the county that the Bennets lived in in Pride and Prejudice?
  18. Who were Lady Bertram's sisters in Mansfield Park?
  19. What were the maiden names of the sisters in Question 18?
  20. What was Mrs. Bennet's maiden name in Pride and Prejudice?
  21. In He Knew He Was Right, what was Emily Trevelyan's maiden name?
  22. What were the names of the sisters fighting over Mr. Gibson in He Knew He Was Right?
  23. Who were the four living members of the Carbury family in The Way We Live Now?
  24. Where was Mrs. Elton originally from in Emma?
  25. What was Mrs. Elton's maiden name?
  26. Name three period dramas that Romola Garai was in.
  27. True or False? The name of the Dashwood's original home in Sense and Sensibility was Morland.
  28. Who was Isabella Thorpe engaged to in Northanger Abbey?
  29. What is the name of the family that owns Downton Abbey?
  30. Who were the three women that were trying for Doctor Harrison's affections in Cranford?
  31. Who was Doctor Harrison actually in love with?
  32. What was the name of Lady Catherine de Bourgh's husband in Pride and Prejudice?
  33. How old was Margaret Dashwood in the 1995 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility?
  34. How old was Margaret Dashwood in the book Sense and Sensibility?
  35. What was Mrs. Weston's first name in Emma?
  36. Who is the heir of Kellynch Hall (full name, please)?
  37. Who is the butler at Downton Abbey (full name again)?
  38. Who is the house keeper at Downton Abbey (again, full name)?
  39. Who are Mr. Darcy's cousins that are present in Pride and Prejudice?
  40. What was the name of the woman that Paul Montague was engaged to in The Way We Live Now?
  41. What was the name of the new bishop in The Barchester Chronicles (or Barchester Towers for the book)?
  42. What was the name of the chaplain for the bishop in #41?
  43. What was Henry Tilney's occupation in Northanger Abbey?
  44. How many children were in Catherine Morland's family in Northanger Abbey?
  45. How old were Elizabeth Elliot and Anne Elliot at the beginning of Persuasion (not counting the flashbacks)?
  46. What was the "North" town in North and South? What was the "South" town?
  47. What was the name of Charles, Henrietta, and Louisa Musgrove's brother who served in the navy?
  48. What was the name of the boy that Mr. Carter was teaching how to read in Cranford (2007)?
  49. How many children do Isabella and John Knightley have in Emma?
  50. Why is Molly Gibson in Wives and Daughters called Molly instead of her Christian name? What was her Christian name?
  51. Not a Trivia Question - If you are in the top five, which character from a period drama would you like to have for your button? Would you prefer your name/username or blog name in the button?
Comment your answers below. Good luck everyone!




God Bless,
 God Bless, Miss Elizabeth Bennet

14 comments:

  1. How delightful! This quiz was just the right challenge! :)

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  2. Looking at the first 3 questions, this is going to be SO MUCH FUN!!!! WHEEEEE!

    But I'll have to do it a bit later. :) Presently I have to get off. tehe

    Looking forward to it!

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  3. Okay, here are the answers I've gotten so far:

    Miss Laurie -- 72% Correct (14 Wrong

    Jemimah -- 32% (34 Wrong)


    So far in the top 5:
    Miss Laurie
    Jemimah
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    Keep the Answers Coming!

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  4. Did you get my answers? (I'm not sure of the time difference for when it says people comment)

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  5. Charity U -- 16% (42 Wrong)

    So far in the top 5:
    Miss Laurie
    Jemimah
    Charity

    Keep the answers coming!

    Melody,
    I haven't gotten your answers in yet. Try sending them through again.

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  6. Oh dear! I do hate it when that happens. Why oh why didn't I save the Word document I was typing the answers out on? >.<

    Well, fortunately I didn't 'check' any of my answers so I am still in ignorance as to whether or not I got them right! ;-)
    And you may not have to deal now with as much rambling as I had in my original answers!

    I sent them not 2 hours after my first comment...perhaps within 1 hour.

    I'll type them soon...laundry is presently waiting to be hung out. :P

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  7. Miss Bennet, So very delightful to make your acquaintance. I found you through a mutual blog and am happy to become a follower, adding you to my own bloglist at The Writers Reverie:
    www.thewritersreverie.blogspot.com

    I do hope you'll return to me the favor of a visit. As we enter the fall season, it is my very favorite season to cozy up with one of my period dramas. The trouble is - which one to choose! As we do not hook up to popular television and purchase select BBC period drama, I do have a growing collection. My latest is the fourth season of "Larkrise to Candleford" - of which I have thoroughly enjoyed the first three seasons. Of course, defaulting to our good Miss Austen's novels on the screen is always a quality choice. One of my favorites is Persuasion - with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds.

    I, too, enjoy period attire - I've a CIvil War ball to attend this month - but am sorely disappointed in what I have to wear. I simply did not have the time this summer to make a new dress. The one I have I've worn twice before to balls, and is far too plain for what I had hoped to wear this time - but it will do.

    I look forward to your informative posts and to keep up with the "in" story on new period pieces.

    BTW - any word on "Little Dorrit" with Derrick Jacobi out on DVD? It was an odd adaptation - but I loved it!

    Joy!
    Miss Kathy

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  8. Melody -- 72% (14 Wrong)*

    So in the top 5 are...
    Miss Laurie -- 72%
    Melody -- 72%
    Jemimah -- 32%
    Charity -- 16%
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    Since I wasn't as clear in questions 13 and 45, I'll clarify here and make a post about it. If you've already submitted questions, I will allow you to reanswer 13 and 45. For 13, there was a line in Cranford that I was referring to: "There is ____ at stake!" For 45, I meant at the start of the novel Persuasion ("Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage"). I wasn't referring to any flashbacks. Hope this clears up! If you answer those questions correctly, I'll give you those points back. I'll post about this soon!

    Kathryn Ross,
    You have a very lovely blog! I know what you mean about popular television today: I'm very glad for the period dramas that we own. If you need help choosing a period drama to watch, you can check out the reviews that I have done. Feel free to ask any questions of what I would recommend.
    For Little Dorrit with Derick Jacobi, I know it's on Netflix's Instant Streaming, but I haven't heard of it out on DVD yet. From looking at Amazon, it looks like it's available on VHS, but not DVD.

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  9. Melody -- 76% (12 Wrong)

    Top 5 so far...
    Melody -- 76%
    Miss Laurie -- 72%
    Jemimah -- 32%
    Charity U -- 16%
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    Keep the answers coming!

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  10. Abby -- 72% (14 Wrong)
    Jemimah -- Remains at 32%
    Miss Laurie -- Up to 74% (13 Wrong)
    Mimic of Modes -- 34% (33 Wrong)

    In the Top 5
    Melody -- 76%
    Miss Laurie -- 74%
    Abby -- 72%
    Mimic of Modes -- 34%
    Jemimah -- 32%

    Keep them coming!

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  11. Imogen -- 22% (39 Wrong)

    Top 5
    Melody -- 76%
    Miss Laurie -- 74%
    Abby -- 72%
    Mimic of Modes -- 34%
    Jemimah -- 32%

    Keep them coming!

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  12. Elizabeth -- 26% (37 Wrong)

    Top 5
    Melody -- 76%
    Miss Laurie -- 74%
    Abby -- 72%
    Mimic of Modes -- 34%
    Jemimah -- 32%

    Keep them coming!

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  13. birdienl -- 44% (28 Wrong)

    Top 5
    Melody -- 76%
    Miss Laurie -- 74%
    Abby -- 72%
    Birdienl -- 44%
    Mimic of Modes -- 34%

    Keep them coming!

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  14. Mel -- 54% (23 Wrong)

    Top 5
    Melody -- 76%
    Miss Laurie -- 74%
    Abby -- 72%
    Mel -- 54%
    Birdienl -- 44%

    Keep the answers coming!

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