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Quiz about The Life and Work of Judi Dench
Quiz about The Life and Work of Judi Dench

The Life and Work of Judi Dench Quiz


Judi Dench is one of my favourite actors. If you admire her too you may enjoy this quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by Serenesh. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Serenesh
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
397,998
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
271
Last 3 plays: Guest 31 (6/10), Guest 92 (9/10), Guest 31 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Where was Judi born? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What is the name of Judy's actor daughter? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In which television series did Judi costar with her husband Michael Williams and play an interpreter whilst Michael played a gardener? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Judi Dench won an Academy Award for playing which queen? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which actor played Judi's husband in the television series 'As Time Goes By'? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Judi is now in a relationship with a man called David Mills. He was once a farmer but what work does he do now? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The movie '84 Charing Cross Road' was based on the correspondence between an American writer, Helene Hanff and a London bookshop, mainly with Frank Doel, an expert on antique books. Judi Dench played Frank's wife. What was her name? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In the movie 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' the character Evelyn, played by Judi Dench, gets a job in India. What did she do? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Judi Dench appeared in seven James Bond movies. What was the code letter which identified her character? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In which Shakespearean role did Judi make her professional debut? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Where was Judi born?

Answer: North Yorkshire

Judi was born on 9th December 1934 in Heworth, in the north riding of Yorkshire. Her mother was Irish and her father, a doctor, was from Dorset. She had two brothers, Jeffery, who is also an actor and Peter.
2. What is the name of Judy's actor daughter?

Answer: Finty

When Judy was pregnant she and her husband called her bump 'Finty' and the name stayed after she was born although officially she is called Tara. She has appeared in such movies as 'Gosford Park' and 'The Importance of Being Ernest'.
3. In which television series did Judi costar with her husband Michael Williams and play an interpreter whilst Michael played a gardener?

Answer: A Fine Romance

'A Fine Romance' was a gem of a series where Judi and Michael played two very shy and socially inept people, who somehow managed to form a relationship. Susan Penhaligon played her sister Helen, who was of opposite personality. Despite the fact that their parents shamefully favoured Helen the two sisters were close.
4. Judi Dench won an Academy Award for playing which queen?

Answer: Queen Elizabeth I

In the movie 'Shakespeare in Love' Judi played Queen Elizabeth I and won the award for best supporting actress. Joseph Fiennes played Shakespeare and Gwyneth Paltrow was the woman he was in love with.
5. Which actor played Judi's husband in the television series 'As Time Goes By'?

Answer: Geoffrey Palmer

The story is about a young nurse and an army officer who meet during the second world war and fall in love. When he is posted their letters to each other go astray, and through misplaced pride neither of them tries again to get in touch. Forty years later they meet again when she is a widow and he is divorced, and rekindle their romance.
6. Judi is now in a relationship with a man called David Mills. He was once a farmer but what work does he do now?

Answer: Nature Conservation

Ex Guernsey farmer David Mills asked Judi to open his badger sanctuary. She refused due to health problems at the time but later opened a sanctuary for squirrels for him. They have now been together since 2010, and have made a television series together about Borneo.
7. The movie '84 Charing Cross Road' was based on the correspondence between an American writer, Helene Hanff and a London bookshop, mainly with Frank Doel, an expert on antique books. Judi Dench played Frank's wife. What was her name?

Answer: Norah

Norah, Frank's second wife, was an Irish woman. She had two daughters Sheila, who was the child from Frank's first marriage, and Mary who was Frank's and Norah's. After Frank dies she writes to Helene and admits that sometimes she was jealous of the relationship she had with Frank.
8. In the movie 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' the character Evelyn, played by Judi Dench, gets a job in India. What did she do?

Answer: Trained telephone sales people

This movie is about a group of pensioners who retire to a hotel in India. Judy's character is a recently widowed woman whose husband was very controlling. She finds a new life of freedom at the Marigold hotel, and becomes close with unhappily married Douglas played by Bill Nighy.
9. Judi Dench appeared in seven James Bond movies. What was the code letter which identified her character?

Answer: M

M was the head of MI5 and Judi played her for all of the time that Piers Brosnan played James Bond, dying in one of the Daniel Craig offerings, "Skyfall". The movies included 'Licence to Kill' and 'Goldeneye'. Stella Rimington was appointed head of MI5 in 1992, and 'Golden Eye' was made in 1995 so she may have been the inspiration to cast a female as M.
10. In which Shakespearean role did Judi make her professional debut?

Answer: Ophelia

Ophelia was a tragic heroine in the play 'Hamlet', who drowned herself when Hamlet rejected her. Judi was a great success as Ophelia and continued to work with the Royal Shakespeare Company for four years. On an occasion when she played Juliet in an RSC production, her parents were in the audience. Judi came on with the line 'Where are my father and my mother?' to which her mother answered 'We're here darling in the stalls'.
Source: Author Serenesh

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