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When a trivia question refers to an author known for witty comments, G. B. Shaw is one of the first who springs to mind. Although he wrote over 60 plays, most people will immediately connect him to 'Pygmalion', the play which was the source for the hit musical (and movie) 'My Fair Lady'.
3 quizzes and 30 trivia questions.
1.
  Bernard Shaw - Letters to an Actress   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Bernard Shaw and Mrs Patrick Campbell - Their Correspondence" (Edited by Alan Dent, 1952) The intimate letters of an intellectual giant and beautiful and talented actress. Shaw's plays are also discussed within the framework of the letters.
Average, 10 Qns, Englizzie, Aug 16 10
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  George Bernard Shaw    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Not many of Shaw's plays are performed these days. See how you do on these questions.
Average, 10 Qns, minch, Nov 18 08
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minch gold member
1726 plays
3.
  Arms and the Man    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
George Bernard Shaw in his play "Arms And The Man" makes us laugh as well as makes us think.
Average, 10 Qns, debapriya, Mar 12 21
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Mar 12 21
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George Bernard Shaw Trivia Questions
1. The setting of the play is in idyllic Bulgaria where there is a war going on between the natives and the Serbs. The hero, Captain Bluntschli, a professional soldier, joined the Serbian army. What is his nationality?

From Quiz Arms and the Man

Answer: Swiss

Bluntschli joined the Serbian army instead of the Bulgarian because Serbia "came first on the road from Switzerland".

2. Where was GBS born?

From Quiz George Bernard Shaw

Answer: Ireland

He was born in Dublin.

3. In the beginning of the play the heroine Raina Petkoff is engaged to Sergius Saranoff who wins a battle in a wrong way. He leads a cavalry charge against whom?

From Quiz Arms and the Man

Answer: Artillery

Sergius foolishly leads this cavalry charge, but luckily for him the artillery has no ammunition and Sergius gets an easy victory.

4. On what Shaw play was 'My Fair Lady' based?

From Quiz George Bernard Shaw

Answer: Pygmalion

It was made into a musical by Lerner and Loewe. A movie version starred Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn.

5. Bluntschli compares Sergius to which famous literary character while describing the great cavalry charge to Raina?

From Quiz Arms and the Man

Answer: Don Quixote

When Bluntschli takes refuge in Raina's bedroom he calls Sergius 'Don Quixote', charging at the windmills with flashing eyes.

6. Complete this title. 'Major _____'

From Quiz George Bernard Shaw

Answer: Barbara

"Major Barbara" was first performed in London, England, in 1905. Some think it is partially based on Shaw's own life.

7. In Bluntsclhi's famous iconoclastic dialogue to Raina he calls nine out of ten soldiers to be what?

From Quiz Arms and the Man

Answer: fools

Bluntschli further tells Raina that old soldiers carry food instead of cartridges to the battlefield.

8. One of Shaw's plays is about a major. In what army was this major.

From Quiz George Bernard Shaw

Answer: Salvation

9. 'Back to ______ ' What is the missing word?

From Quiz George Bernard Shaw

Answer: Methuselah

10. Louka, the maid, is engaged to Nicola, the man-servant. He has been called 'ablest man in Bulgaria' by which of the characters?

From Quiz Arms and the Man

Answer: Bluntschli

Bluntschli was so impressed with Nicola's practical bent of mind that he wanted to make Nicola a manager in one of his hotels, if only he could speak German and French.

11. 'Androcles and the ____' What's the missing word?

From Quiz George Bernard Shaw

Answer: Lion

12. 'The ______ Dilemma' Whose dilemma?

From Quiz George Bernard Shaw

Answer: Doctor's

13. Bluntschli mistook Raina's age and called her a school-girl of seventeen. What was revealed to be her real age?

From Quiz Arms and the Man

Answer: 23

Bluntschli, who is a prosaic soldier, is found to be very inexperienced when it comes to women. So he does not realize that Raina is a lady and not a child.

14. Raina and her mother had sent off Bluntscli in an old coat of Petkoff. In the pocket of the coat Raina had put something for Bluntscli. What was it?

From Quiz Arms and the Man

Answer: A signed portrait

Bluntschli never found it. For the purpose of safe-keeping, he had pawned the coat.

15. The play is rounded off with two marriages. Raina and Bluntschli, and Louka and Sergius. Earlier in the play only one character had predicted Raina's marriage to Bluntscli, though she was engaged to Sergius. Who was it?

From Quiz Arms and the Man

Answer: Louka

Only Louka realized that Raina was keeping up a charade with Sergius while she had fallen for Bluntscli.

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