Theatre Quiz for the All Ireland Confined Finals in Gorey 2003.

1) In which John B. Keane play does Dinzie Connley appear? a) The Highest House on The Mountain b) The Crazy Wall, c) The Man from Clare, d) Sharon’s Grave.  Answer D.

2) Bernard Farrell wrote which of the following plays? a) All in Favour Say Hi, b) All in Favour Say Yes, c) All in Favour Say Maybe, d) All in Favour Say No. Answer D.

 3) The song, The Waxies Dargle is sung in which of Hugh Leonard’s plays? a) The Poker Session, b) Da, c) A Life, d) Time Was. Answer B.

 4) Which of the following plays did Alan Ayckbourn not write? a) How the Other Half Loves, b) Run for Your Wife, c) Things We Do For Love, d) Season’s Greetings. Answer B. Ray Cooney wrote B.

 5) Who won the Open Competition at last year’s (2002) South Leinster Drama Festival? a) Enniscorthy Drama Group, b) The Moat Club, Naas, c) Classic Revival, d) Sundrive Players. Answer C with Twelve Angry Men.

 6) Peter Paul McNally appears in which of the following plays? a) The Monkey’s Paw, b) The Bishop’s Candlesticks, c) Fledged ‘n’ Flown, d) They Got What They Wanted. Answer C.

 7) Place these playwrights in order of Birth? a), Samuel Beckett, b) Oscar Wilde, c) Brendan Behan,  d) Sean O’Casey.  (Hint the years are: 1854, 1880, 1906, 1923) Answer B, D, A, D .

 8) Madame Arcarti is the main female character in which Noel Coward play? a) Blithe Spirit, b) Hay Fever, c) Cavalcade, d) Conversation Piece. Answer A.

 9) What Irish village is the play, The Field, set in? a) Carraigban, b) Carraigdubh, c) Carraigthomand, d) Carraigbhui. Answer C.

 10) Arthur Miller did not write which of the following plays? a) A View From The Bridge, b) Death of A Salesman, c) All My Sons, d) The Thurible. Answer D (The Crucible).

 11) Lady Bracknell features in which Oscar Wilde play? An Ideal Husband, b) A Woman Of No Importance, c) Lady Windermere’s Fan, d) The Importance of Being Earnest. Answer D.

 12) Who wrote Professor Tim? a) Louis Dalton, b) Lennox Robinson, c) P.V. Carroll, d) George Shiels. Answer D.

 13) Which of the following characters does not appear in Samuel Beckett’s play, Waiting for Godot? a) Estragon, b) Vladimir, c) Godot, d) Lucky. Answer C.

 14) Who created the character, Gar O’Donnell? a) Thomas Murphy, b) Martin McDonagh, c) Hugh Leonard, d) Brian Friel. Answer D.

 15) In which Billy Roche play does Oweney, a Barber, appear? The Cavalcaders, b) Poor Beast in The Rain, c) Amphibians, d) On Such As We. Answer D.

 16) Fluther Good and Bessie Burgess appear in which play written by Sean O’Casey? a) The Plough and The Stars, b) Juno and The Paycock, c) The Shadow of a Gunman, d) The Silver Tassie. Answer A.

 17) The Bugle in The Blood was written by whom? a) Bryan MacMahon, b) Padraic Colum, c) Thomas Kilroy, d) M.J. Molloy. Answer A.

18) Which was Martin McDonagh first play? a)The Cripple of Innishman, b) The Lonesome West, c) The Beauty Queen of Leenane, d) A Skull in Connemara. Answer C.

 19) George Bernard Shaw’s play, Pygmalion was the source for which famous Musical? a) Cabaret, b) My Fair Lady, c) The Merry Widow, d) Chicago. Answer B.

 20) Who wrote the play An Giall? (hint: translate the title into English) a) J.M. Synge, b) Brendan Behan, c) W.B. Yeats, d) Padraig Pearse. Answer B.

  21) What did John B. Keane’s character, Moll, do for a living? a) A Nuclear Physicist , b) A Rocket Scientist, c) A Priest’s Housekeeper, d) A Brain Surgeon. Answer C.

 22) Which of the following did Thomas Murphy not write? a) Bailegangaire, b) A Shot in The Dark, c) The Sanctuary Lamp, d) The Gilgi Concert. Answer B. (A Whistle in the Dark)

 23) Who wrote Stones in His Pockets? a) Conor McPherson, b) Marie Jones, c) Geraldine Aaron, d) Tom Stoppard. Answer B.

 24) The Mouse Trap was written by? a) Neil Simon, b) Eugene O’Neill, c) Agatha Christie, d) Marina Carr. Answer C.

 25) In which Street did The Barretts live? a) Fleet Street, b) Regent Street, c) Oxford Street, d) Wimpole Street. Answer D.

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