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Samuel Beckett Quiz

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Dec 232009
 

King – An entertaining and educative novel by Vincent Augustine D’souza.

1. When was Samuel Beckett born?
a) 1 January 1901
b) 13 April 1906
c) 2 August 1904
d) 5 October 1905

2. Where was Samuel Beckett born?
a) Wexford
b) Limerick
c) Foxrock
d) Boyle

3. Which school did Samuel Beckett attend?
a) St. Patrick’s School
b) Portola Royal School
c) St. John’s School
d) Holy Family School

4. What did Samuel Beckett study at Trinity College, Dublin?
a) Science
b) Commerce
c) Romance languages
d) Semitic languages

5. Where did Samuel Beckett live from 1937 onwards?
a) Russia
b) India
c) Hungary
d) France

6. What did Samuel Beckett receive for his resistance work against Germans during World War II?
a) Order of Merit
b) Victoria Cross
c) Croix de Guerre
d) Medal of Freedom

7. Which play of Samuel Beckett made him famous?
a) Eleutheria
b) Waiting for Godot
c) Candida
d) Cymbeline

8. When did Samuel Beckett get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1969
b) 1967
c) 1955
d) 1948

9. When did Samuel Beckett die?
a) 12 February 1976
b) 6 June 1978
c) 17 September 1992
d) 22 December 1989

10. Where did Samuel Beckett die?
a) Galway
b) Dublin
c) Paris
d) Tuam


Entertaining and Educative!
A Mixture of Past and Present!!
A Way to an Ideal World!!!
KING – A novel by Vincent Augustine D’Souza

Samuel Beckett Quiz Answers

1. When was Samuel Beckett born?
b) 13 April 1906

2. Where was Samuel Beckett born?
c) Foxrock

3. Which school did Samuel Beckett attend?
b) Portola Royal School

4. What did Samuel Beckett study at Trinity College, Dublin?
c) Romance languages

5. Where did Samuel Beckett live from 1937 onwards?
d) France

6. What did Samuel Beckett receive for his resistance work against Germans during World War II?
c) Croix de Guerre

7. Which play of Samuel Beckett made him famous?
b) Waiting for Godot

8. When did Samuel Beckett get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1969

9. When did Samuel Beckett die?
d) 22 December 1989

10. Where did Samuel Beckett die?
c) Paris

 

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Audrey Hepburn Quiz

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Dec 202009
 

King – An entertaining and educative novel by Vincent Augustine D’souza.

1. What was Audrey Hepburn’s original name?
a) Audrey Thomas
b) Audrey Richards
c) Edda Kathleen van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston
d) Audrey Tautou

2. When was Audrey Hepburn born?
a) 9 March 1928
b) 4 May 1929
c) 7 July 1932
d) 19 December 1933

3. Where was Audrey Hepburn born?
a) London
b) Amsterdam
c) New York
d) Brussels

4. For which film did Audrey Hepburn get Academy Award for Best Actress?
a) Roman Holiday
b) Wait Until Dark
c) Sabrina
d) Funny Face

5. Which award did Audrey Hepburn get for her performance in Ondine?
a) Emmy
b) Grammy
c) Pulitzer
d) Tony

6. In which film did Audrey Hepburn play the role of Holly Golightly?
a) Charade
b) Two for the Road
c) Breakfast at Tiffany’s
d) War and Peace

7. What was Audrey Hepburn’s role in My Fair Lady?
a) Galatea
b) Eliza Doolittle
c) Metharme
d) Venus

8. For which organization was Audrey Hepburn special goodwill ambassador?
a) CARE
b) Caritas
c) Red Cross
d) UNICEF

9. When did Audrey Hepburn die?
a) 12 June 1988
b) 20 January 1993
c) 22 November 1990
d) 4 September 1992

10. Where did Audrey Hepburn die?
a) Los Angeles
b) Paris
c) Boston
d) Tolochenaz


Entertaining and Educative!
A Mixture of Past and Present!!
A Way to an Ideal World!!!
KING – A novel by Vincent Augustine D’Souza

Audrey Hepburn Quiz Answers

1. What was Audrey Hepburn’s original name?
c) Edda Kathleen van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston

2. When was Audrey Hepburn born?
b) 4 May 1929

3. Where was Audrey Hepburn born?
d) Brussels

4. For which film did Audrey Hepburn get Academy Award for Best Actress?
a) Roman Holiday

5. Which award did Audrey Hepburn get for her performance in Ondine?
d) Tony

6. In which film did Audrey Hepburn play the role of Holly Golightly?
c) Breakfast at Tiffany’s

7. What was Audrey Hepburn’s role in My Fair Lady?
b) Eliza Doolittle

8. For which organization was Audrey Hepburn special goodwill ambassador?
d) UNICEF

9. When did Audrey Hepburn die?
b) 20 January 1993

10. Where did Audrey Hepburn die?
d) Tolochenaz

 

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Rudyard Kipling Quiz

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Dec 082009
 

King – An entertaining and educative novel by Vincent Augustine D’souza. Click here to read the excerpts.

1. When was Rudyard Kipling born?
a) 9 February 1864
b) 17 May 1862
c) 3 August 1861
d) 30 December 1865

2. Where was Rudyard Kipling born?
a) Calcutta
b) Madras
c) Delhi
d) Bombay

3. Which story by Rudyard Kipling describes the horrors of a foster home?
a) Mandalay
b) Baa Baa, Black Sheep
c) Gunga Din
d) Danny Deever

4. When did Rudyard Kipling publish Plain Tales from the Hills?
a) 1874
b) 1888
c) 1878
d) 1882

5. Where was Rudyard Kipling in 1882-1889?
a) India
b) Australia
c) Canada
d) South Africa

6. When was Rudyard Kipling in USA?
a) 1866-1870
b) 1872-1876
c) 1892-1896
d) 1901-1903

7. Which novel did Rudyard Kipling publish in 1897?
a) Captains Courageous
b) Kim
c) The Jungle Books
d) Puck of Pook’s Hill

8. When did Rudyard Kipling get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1901
b) 1907
c) 1915
d) 1918

9. When did Rudyard Kipling die?
a) 18 January 1936
b) 3 June 1938
c) 11 September 1942
d) 12 November 1945

10. Where did Rudyard Kipling die?
a) Canberra
b) Ottawa
c) Wellington
d) London


Entertaining and Educative!
A Mixture of Past and Present!!
A Way to an Ideal World!!!
KING – A novel by Vincent Augustine D’Souza

Rudyard Kipling Quiz Answers

1. When was Rudyard Kipling born?
d) 30 December 1865

2. Where was Rudyard Kipling born?
d) Bombay

3. Which story by Rudyard Kipling describes the horrors of a foster home?
b) Baa Baa, Black Sheep

4. When did Rudyard Kipling publish Plain Tales from the Hills?
b) 1888

5. Where was Rudyard Kipling in 1882-1889?
a) India

6. When was Rudyard Kipling in USA?
c) 1892-1896

7. Which novel did Rudyard Kipling publish in 1897?
a) Captains Courageous

8. When did Rudyard Kipling get Nobel Prize for Literature?
b) 1907

9. When did Rudyard Kipling die?
a) 18 January 1936

10. Where did Rudyard Kipling die?
d) London

 

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