Unutterably Silly Quiz

[Shayne Parkinson]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

John Laurie. "We're doomed, we're all doomed!"

The very man! Well done.

[Shayne Parkinson]

A movie quiz: each of these sets of three movies has something in common. Please identify what that something is.

1.
Shine (1996) [Piano Concerto No. 3]
Brief Encounter (1945) [Piano [Concerto No. 2]
Birdman (2014)
- The use of music by Rachmaninoff. Bookpossum. 1 point for correct link; 2 bonus points for identifying the particular piece of music in Shine and Brief Encounter.

2.
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Syriana (2005)
The Fighter (2010)
- Each of these films includes an actor who played the role of Batman in some other film. Orlok 1 point for correct link, 3 bonus points for identifying Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Christian Bale as the actors.

3.
The Thirty-Nine Steps (1935) [John Laurie]
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) [Arthur Lowe]
The Pink Panther (1963) [John Le Mesurier]
- Each includes an actor who later appeared in "Dad's Army". Orlok 1 point for correct link; 2 bonus points for Le Mesurier and Lowe. PDurrant 1 point for John Laurie.

Orlok is duly declared the winner!

[Shayne Parkinson]

Large clue for Set 2: the role is that of a super-hero.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

Large clue for Set 2: the role is that of a super-hero.

Isn't that the answer?

Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Christian Bale have all played Batman.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

Bravo orlok for getting Dad's Army!

Thanks, but not such a leap for a Brit, given John Le Mesurier and the timeframe given. And the fact that Dad's Army is never off the telly here.

[Shayne Parkinson]

Originally Posted by orlok

Isn't that the answer?

Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Christian Bale have all played Batman.

A rather large step towards it.

You're quite right, of course. And with that added to your "Dad's Army" triumph, a deserving winner! Take it away, Orlok.

[orlok]

Thanks Shayne.

I'm out tomorrow, so it will be a while before I can come up with a new quiz. Watch this space .

[orlok]

Inspired by a programme I just listened to on BBC Radio 4, here goes:

1. How old was William Shakespeare when he married Anne Hathaway?

2. In The Taming Of The Shrew by William Shakespeare, who was Kate's sister?

3. In which work by William Shakespeare does the character Shylock appear?

4. In which year did William Shakespeare die?

5. From where did William Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen come?

6. In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, how old was the title character?

7. What was the name of William Shakespeare's only son?

8. Which king is murdered in William Shakespeare's Macbeth?

9. In which work by William Shakespeare do Oberon and Titania appear?

10. In William Shakespeare's As You Like It, who was the principal female character?

1 point per correct question. I'll be out until this evening, so will respond to any answers then.

[drjd]

4. 1616.
7. Hamnet Shakespeare
8. King Duncan (?)

[drjd]

6. I had read an article few years back, debating Prince Hamlet's age but various scholars have opined very differently. He could be of 16,17 or 30 years of age according to various arguments.

[drjd]

1. Shakespeare was 18 or 19 years of age at the time of his marriage. His wife Anne was a few years older than him (not sure how many years, though.)

[Bilbo1967]

3. The Merchant of Venice
5. Verona

[Bookpossum]

9. A Midsummer Night's Dream.
10. Rosalind.

I should know 2. but have gone blank. It may come to me.

[Kumabjorn]

2. Pippa?

Twitter is to communications as haiku is to literature.

[Shayne Parkinson]

2. Bianca
6. 30, according to the gravedigger